Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, June l9, l902

'DECATUR COUNTY NORMAL'

The Decatur County Normal Institute is in session this week, the second floor of the Biggs block, the K.P. Hall and the Court House being used to accommodate the l73 students who are enrolled. The Institute is under the general supervision of County Superintendent McIntosh, and he has surrounded himself with an able corps of instructors. Decatur County has the reputation of having one of the best Institutes in the State, and the reputation will be fully maintained this year.

The term lasts two weeks, one session a day being held from 7:30 a.m. to l2:30 p.m., the afternoons being devoted to study. The following are the instructors and the branches taught by each:

Prof. J. Rolla Cash, New Market -- History, civics and Grammar.
Prof. J.L. Latta, Weldon -- Didactics and geography.
Prof. S.W. Stookey, Cedar Rapids -- Physical geography, botany and physiology.
Prof. R.A. Harkness, Fairfield -- Grammar, arithmetic and algebra.
Prof. J.H. Drake, Leon - Orthography, physics, algebra and economics.
Prof. Tillman Smith, Leon -- Grammar, civics, economics and algebra.
Prof. J.E. Cummins, Leon -- Music and geography.

The following is the complete enrollment at the Institute:

POST GRADUATES:

Bessie Moore, Leon.
Hallie V. Moore, Leon.
Rosa Burkhart, Grand River.
Fannie Gardner, Leon.
Lanie Meek, Leon.
Gertrude E. Sylvester, Davis City.
Harriet Kirkpatrick, Leon.
Addie Crawford, Leon.
Maggie Smith, Leon.
Adaline Hoadley, Garden Grove.
Ella Grogan, Leon.
Olive Nelson, Lineville.
Emma Greenwood, Thurman.

A GRADE:

Chas. Newlin, Woodland.
Nellie Merrill, Leon.
Kathleen Ogden, Leon.
May Owens, Leon.
Bertha Watsabaugh, Leon.
Mabel Bradley, Davis City.
Ethel Gardner, Leon.
Nina Detrick, Leon.
Kate Lathrop, Leon.
Silvia Vandel, Lamoni.
Anna Shirley, Davis City.
Pearl Norman, Davis City.
Myrta Howell, Davis City.
Lucy Ilsley, Leon.
Etta A. Trout, Leon.
Cleo Bryson, Woodland.
Margaret Mullen, Leon.
Nellie Grogan, Leon.
Lulu Miller, Garden Grove.
Katie Vail, Garden Grove.
Mrs. E.A. Butts, Van Wert.
Maggie E. Conwell, Westerville.
Ida M. Oliver, Henderson.
(The 2nd page is not readable - to show the others of the l73 enrolled.) sorry..

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February 11, 2003