Thumper
06-25-2013, 10:00 PM
I picked up an old book at an estate sale over the weekend ... a 1933 edition of Chaucer for 50 cents. I was thumbing through it a minute ago and found an old report card (evidently used as a bookmark) that's 100 years old! (school year 1913-1914)
It belonged to an 11 year old girl in the 7th grade. They had some very interesting subjects back then. (Arithmetic, Reading, Agriculture, Grammar, U.S. History, Geography, Language, Physiology, Civil Government, Spelling and Writing). I guess she wasn't quite a PERFECT angel, but close, as she averaged a 97.5 in "Deportment"! ;)
There were also different "Industrial Work" grades ... one set for girls (Sweeping, Dusting, Cake Baking, Bread Baking, Sewing, Washing Dishes and Ironing) and one for boys (Feeding Stock, Milking, Currying Horses, Providing Fuel and Feeding Poultry). I think it's pretty interesting. (it's from Macon County, but I have no clue what state it's from)
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It belonged to an 11 year old girl in the 7th grade. They had some very interesting subjects back then. (Arithmetic, Reading, Agriculture, Grammar, U.S. History, Geography, Language, Physiology, Civil Government, Spelling and Writing). I guess she wasn't quite a PERFECT angel, but close, as she averaged a 97.5 in "Deportment"! ;)
There were also different "Industrial Work" grades ... one set for girls (Sweeping, Dusting, Cake Baking, Bread Baking, Sewing, Washing Dishes and Ironing) and one for boys (Feeding Stock, Milking, Currying Horses, Providing Fuel and Feeding Poultry). I think it's pretty interesting. (it's from Macon County, but I have no clue what state it's from)
Front Page
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Interior
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Back Page
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