Barker Hall School Graduates

extracted by Patricia Gruse Harris

June 2006 through August 2006

Barker Hall School was the private parochial school of Trinity Episcopal Church, Michigan City, IN begun under the direction of Rev. J. J. Faude and Hon. John H. Barker, founder of the school who gave it great financial support. Rev. Faude was succeeded as the headmaster by Miss M. F. M. Raymond, Dr. Samuel W. Murphy and Rev. N. W. Heermans. Its first school year was 1885-1886 and held its first commencement exercises at Barker Hall on Thursday, 21 June 1888 with one graduate.

1888 Barker Hall Graduating Class, Evening News, Michigan City, IN 22 June 1888.

Walter Moulton Blinks

1889 Barker Hall Graduating Class, Evening News, Michigan City, IN, 21 June 1889.

Rose Etta Andrews
Walter Jay Lockton
Otillia Elizabeth Hansen
Katharine Long

1890 Barker Hall Graduating Class, Evening News, Michigan City, IN, 25 June 1890.

Clara Hoch
Harriet Lemon Miller
Florence Mable Hoffman
Ella Little Rogers

1891 Barker Hall Graduating Class, Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 17 June 1891
No Graduates

1892 Barker Hall Graduating Class, Evening News,Michigan City, IN, 17 June 1892.

Fannie N. Culbert
Geo. P. Rogers
Lydia Hoch

1893 Barker Hall Graduating Class, Evening News, Michigan City, IN, 16 June 1893.

Edith Rose Boothroyd
Mary Alice Orr
H. Mae Earl
Wm. Walter Vail
Edward H. Harrington

1893 Barker Hall Discontinued, Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN 19 August 1893.
It has been definitely decided that the Barker hall school will be discontinued. The decision was only recently arrive at, and is due to the fact that the school can not be made self-sustaining with such a limited field to draw its support from. The institution has been running for quite a few years, and has always maintained an excellent reputation, and many people will regret to learn that it is to be closed. Mr. Heermans has made great efforts to place the institution upon a self-sustaining basis, but has finally concluded that it not be wise to keep open longer. Miss Harriet Miller will conduct a kindergarten school in the building this fall.