1902 Waveland Annual Report

Tenth Annual Report of the Waveland Public Schools, Waveland, Indiana

for the School Year 1901-1902

-- there will also be annual reports from this book up through 1902

Click here for the other years: 1896 -- 1897 --1898 -- 1899 -- 1900 -- 1901 - 1902

Special thanks to Dave F and Trevor P for bringing me this awesome book -- Dave & I have decided we're appointing Trevor as the official Waveland Junior Historian :)

Note: I'll be adding to this as time progresses !!! I'm sooo excited - something I'd not seen before. MAKE SURE YOU REFRESH the page to get updates of what's been added :) ENJOY

CALENDAR for 1901-1902

TEACHERS

1888-89................................................................................1891-92
J.B. Evans ....................................................................... J.B. Evans
C.A. Kleiser......................................................................C.A. Kleiser
Nannie A. Hanna.............................................................Nannie A. Harris
T.Y. Hall..........................................................................Laura Spencer
Lillie B. Dowdall..............................................................Alice Kashner
..........................................................................................Mary Oglevee

1889-90 ..............................................................................1892-93
J.B. Evans........................................................................O.P. Foreman
C.A. Kleiser......................................................................C.A. Kleiser
Kate Moore......................................................................Laura Spencer
Minnie LeCraw.................................................................H.F. Johnson
Emma Russell..................................................................Lulu Milligan
..........................................................................................Mary J. Lowry

1890-91................................................................................1893-94
J.B. Evans..........................................................................Walter Dunn
C.A. Kleiser.......................................................................Effie Preston
H.F. Johnson.....................................................................Laura Spencer
Bertha Ghormley..............................................................Lillian Wilson
Laura Spencer..................................................................Margaret Jones
Kate Moore ....................................................................Maye Handlen

1894-95................................................................................. .1895-96
Walter Dunn.....................................................................Walter Dunn
Effie Preston......................................................................Belle Mills
Laura Spencer...................................................................Laura Spencer
Jennie Burford..................................................................Allie McMahon
Emma Griest.....................................................................Jennie Burford
Lizzie Morrison.................................................................Harriet Hendricks

1896-97 ................................................................................ 1897-98
George L. Guy .................................................................. Mark Moffett
Eunice B. Little ................................................................ Belle Mills
Laura Spencer ................................................................. Laura Spencer
Hintie J. Wray ................................................................. Etta Chenault
Anna Anderson ................................................................ Della Moore
Allie May Bland .............................................................. Allie May Bland

SCHOOL OFFICERS 1898-99

F.N. Johnson.............................President

T. Z. Ball .......................... Secretary
T.L. Hanna .................... Treasure
C.A. Kleiser ......................... Township Trustee
Prof. Mark Moffett .......................... Superintendent

TRUSTEE's REPORT

The Tenth Annual Announcement of the Waveland Public Schools is herewith submitted and we take pleasure in commending the excellent work done by the schools during the current year and as the facilities for instruction are more complete than ever before, we feel confident that with your hearty cooperation the success of next year's work is assured. During the last year, as an assistant in the higher departments of work, purchases were made of elegant, new raised maps, the latest cyclopedias, etc. Our Library and Aparatus for instruction in the various departments are second to none, thanks to the kindly interest and earnest effort on the part of teachers and pupils who originated the idea of a school library and have contributed so largely toward increasing and making it a feature of education. Prof. Mark Moffett will again have charge as Superintendent and a number of the old teachers will be retained - vacancies will be filled as early as can be done satisfactorily, and we hope to supply the school with teachers who will keep up the excellent standard attained in years past. OUr High School has achieved a reputation more than local, and we hope as soon as possible to place it in the list of Commissioned High Schools, which right has only been denied us on account of shortness of term, and not from any lack of merit. With your interest and assistance we remain yours for success to the Waveland Schools -

F.N. Johnson, T.L. Hanna, T.Z. Ball, C.A. Kleiser, Township Trustee.

Note from typist, Karen Bazzani Zach: F.N. Johnson is Fountain North; T.L. Hanna is Tyree Littleton; T.Z. Ball is Thomas Zopher; C.A. Kleiser is Charles Albert.

SUPERINTENDENT's REPORT

To the Honorable Board of Trustees of the Waveland Schools.

Gentlemen: I herewith submit the tenth annual report of the Waveland Schools to you. The term just finished for the year 1997-98 was begun on September 13, 1897, and closed April 15, 1898, having a total term's length of 1-- days.

The general tone of the work throughout the year has been good beyond doubt. The teachers for the most part have been earnest and thoughtful, the pupils studious and obedient. Each Monday morning, as in former years, devotional exercises were held in the chapel, at which every student was required to be present. They were conducted as often as practicable by either ministers of the city or by visiting clergy, which added much to their interest, and to these exercises I attribute much of our success in management and the cheerfulness of the school.

The same evening, after school, teachers' meetings were held. There we all sought to better equip ourselves for the coming week at our fellow's expense, in a general round-table discussion. Matters of discipline, preparation of pupils and teachers, assignments and recitation, reports and other miscellaneous things were considered. These are meetings which the successful teacher is always glad and prompt to attend.

The teachers and pupils, too, this year, have greatly appreciated the new set of relief maps, the new cyclopedia and dictionary, which you have purchased; and many a dreary noon hour has been made just as happy and useful a one by the periodicals and papers of the reading table. All of these things not only bespeak a courtesy to your judgment as a school board, but a firm advancement for the school itself in the future. The following statistical report will indicate to you its numerical advancement during the last decade.