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Waterville School Photos & other items |
Waterville
School notes - 1872 Friday, March 8 Mr. H.* Miller had charge of the large array of empty benches we found in this school. From a roll of 38 we found 3 present. Mr. Miller is a well educated young man himself, but the three scholars present are grossly defective. They could not read in a second reader correctly; indeed to tell the truth they could not articulate distinctly, and yet were endeavoring to read in a fifth reader. Mr. M. says nothing could induce him to
continue teaching after this term, and nearly all of the
male teachers I spoke to talked in a like striated. |
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1925 Waterville* girls basketball
~photo contributed by Janet Koozer ~Janet's notes: Lansing played at Waterville for this event. I believe this is the Waterville team, but it *could be the Lansing team. Hopefully someone will know for sure. On the basketball is written 1925. Can anyone ID the children in this photo? |
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Waterville school & school children ca1926-1928
~photo contributed by Janet Koozer ~Janet's notes: This photo is of the Waterville school back in the twenties... about 1926-28. I can't narrow it down more. Can anyone ID the children in this photo? |
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The following pupils received a grade of 100 during
the first six weeks: Helen McGeough, Anna Jacobson,
Arlene Gjefle, Alta Gilbertson, and Florence Duffy.
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Two Waterville teachers Resign, 1935 Monica Cahalan and Dorothy Wright,
instructors in the consolidated school at Waterville,
have accepted positions in the high school at Decorah. |
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1937 Girls Basketball
Waterville High School Girls Basketball, 1937 State
Runner-Ups
L-R: Ruth Hanson, Norma Gronna, Jean Puls, Arlene Grangaard, Harriet Hanson, Clare Ellen Gronna
~photo contributed by Errin Wilker
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Buses
In Dirt Road Days After horse-drawn buses became obsolete in the
Waterville School district, mechanical buses were put
into operation. Keeping them ready to roll so pupils
could be in their classrooms on time posed a bit of a
problem, especially since hard surface roads had not made
their appearance yet. |
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