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CHAPTER VIII.
SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY-THE FIRST TEACHERS AT WASHINGTON-- ANECDOTES--7" BARRING OUT THE TEACHER "-THE OLD SEMINARY -LATER BUILDINGS-THE GRADED SCHOOL SYSTEM-EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS-SUPERINTENDENTS-COUNTY INSTITUTES-THE SCHOOL FUNDS-TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS-ENUMERATION.
IT is to be regretted that up to 1877 no effort was made to keep a record of the schools that would serve as a guide to the historian of Washington and of Daviess County. Absolutely nothing can be found that will shed any light on the history of the early schools of Daviess County except the treacherous memories of some of the pioneer citizens. Naturally there is much confusion of dates, and the statements concerning the early schools and teachers are given for all they are worth, as the writer found them. The teachers of the first schools have long since passed away and nearly all of their pupils have crossed the dark river.
EARLY SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON.
There is a diversity of opinion as to who the first school teacher in Daviess County was. John Aikman taught a "pay school" in Washington in 1815, and also for a year or so thereafter. In the year 1816 Cyrus McCormick taught school in the old Presbyterian Church, which stood where the Christian Church now_ stands. Mr. McCormick is entitled to the distinction of being. the first Latin teacher in Daviess County. A history of Indiana published in 1876 states that the first school in Daviess County was -taught near Maysville in the year 1811, by James a, Veal. Among his pupils were John Thompson, Joseph Hawkins, John Smith, Daniel Hushia, Elijah Purcell, Watis Veal, John Veal, Samuel Steen, John Steen, Margaret and Ella Steen, Margaret Purcell, John, Samuel and William Ragsdale. It is asserted that the first teacher of English grammar in the county was the Rev. Robert Davis,a minister of the Presbyterian Church, who Ittught a small class in 1813. He had three pupils in the gram- mar class, and from them he received the sum of 138 per annum as tuition. Among the pupils of Cyrus McCormick, the Latin teacher mentioned above, were the late Judge David McDonald, one of the most distinguished jurists of the "Hoosier State," and James A. Carnahan. Thomas Howard also taught in Washington during the latter part of 1815 and until his death, which occurred in 1817. The next "wielder of the supple birchen rod" that we have any account of was Charles McIntire, who taught in 1822, and he was followed by W. G. Cole.
BARRING OUT THE TEACHER.
In 1824 Isaac Heaton taught school in Washington, and enjoyed the fun of being barred out of the log schoolhouse then in use on Christmas day. Mr. Heaton was succeeded by Dudley Johnsbn. The youths in those days were strong, rugged and independent, and the teacher had to be a man of nerve and muscle or the "big boys" would run the school for him. It is said that on one Christmas day, as was customary in these times, the scholars invited the teacher to treat them. He demurred, and a hall-dozen of the strapping youngsters formed themselves into a committee, and gave the teacher notice that he could either treat or "take a d.uckin'." It was a remarkably cold winter that year, and he didn't care about troubling them to cut the ice in a neighboring pond, so he treated.
Following Johnson came W. D. Shepard, whose successors were a Scotchman named Damerel and David McDonald, afterward judge of the United States Court for Indiana. Hiram A. Hunter, father of Prof. D. E. Hunter, who is now one of the most prominent of Indiana's educators, was the next teacher. Mr. Hunter was also a Cumberland minister. He had an able assistant in the person of Miss Mary Cowardin. Then the late Emanuel Van Trees, who was a schoolmate of JUdge McDonald, taught for a short time. After him and up to 1850 schools were conducted in Washington by Calvin Butler, and Miss McCoy in 1835, a Miss Bruner, Mary S..Clapp, a Miss Cummings, Miss Osgood, Thomas Ballow, Miss Fisk, Josiah Peck and Mary Bascom. During the next ten years the education of the youth of Washington depended upon the labors of Rev. F. Snell (Episcopalian), William Chase, Samuel Ghee, Miss Cressy (afterward wife of Mark Shryer, of Bloomfield.), Delight Weber and Miss N. Jackson. In 1861 C. P. Parsons made an effort to start a girls' school but was unsuccessful. Other teachers after that date were the Rev. Mr. Cross, of the Methodist Episcopal Church; J. M. Barry, a Baptist preacher; Rev. McCain, a Presbyterian; Mrs. Laura Clark, Howard Williams, Samuel Loveless, Rebecca A. Wirt, Mrs. T. R. Palmer, Mrs. Mary R. Dyer, Alexander Patten, Rev. John R. Phillips, of the Baptist Church (who was also school examiner and in 1868 a candidate for State superintendent of public instruction)„ Edward Wise, first superintendent of Daviess County; E. P. Cole and wife, T. T. Pringle, W. Hays Johnson, John A. Geeting, George W. Morin, D. M. Geeting, Misses Anna S. Kennedy, Sarah Agan, Laura E. Agan, Mary E. Barton, Laura F. Ladd, Emma Trimble and Mrs. Annie C. McGuire.
THE COUNTY SEMINARY.
An early law of the State provided that fines before justices of the peace and the circuit court, forfeitures, etc., should be used to found and maintain a county seminary of learning. The fund_ began to accumulate from the organization of the county, and was loaned by a trustee, or trustees, appointed to manage it. Robert Oliver was one of the first trustees. He was succeeded by Lewis Jones, in May, 1831, having served ten years or more. In January, 1832, he reported the total amount of the fund to be $504.744, of which $386.111 was cash on hand, and $118.624-in the form of notes drawing interest. A year later the fund was $676.834, and a year still later was $821.99, and in January, 1835, was $939.14. In January, 1836, it was $1,103.21, and September 5, 1837, was $1,343.04 The receipts from that date to September 1, 1841, were $1,241.84 making the total fund at the last named date $2,584.97. In 1838 a lot of ground was bought in Washington, upon which to erect a county seminary. The construction of the brick building, though probably begun in 1839, was not completed until the autumn of 1841, at which time the trustees, Samuel J. Kelso and William G. Cole, made the following report: Total fund received to September; 1841, $2,581.97 ; paid to contractors, $2,584.97, leaving yet due the contractors $729.01; total cost of seminary, ground, etc., $3,313.98. Some trouble arose over the management of the. funds. In 1844 Jephtha Routt, who was probably one of the contractors, obtained in the circuit court judgment for $200.62, and costs, and proceeded to levy upon the seminary property to satisfy the judgment. The county board paid him part of the judgment, and gave him satisfactory assurance that the remainder would be forthcoming in a short time. But the property was yet quite heavily involved. Thomas Graham held a claim upon the lot and appurtenances.
In some manner a sheriff's sale resulted, Graham bought certain rights, but in September, 1846, was paid by the board $420.80 for all his claims. Another suit, at the April term, 1844, "The State on the relation of Alfred Davis - vs. Thomas Graham, John B. Coleman and Charles F. Wells," grew out of the management of the funds, or the construction of the building. Judgment was rendered against the defendants for $500, but the Legislature, in some manner, annulled it. Under the new constitution of 1852 county seminaries were sold, and the proceeds merged with the common school fund. December 12, 1853, the Daviess County Seminary was sold at auction, to James S. Morgan, for $1,180. Mr. Morgan failed to pay, and in April, 1855, the property was sold to the town of Washington for $500. Full payment was made by March, 1863. The seminary grounds were nine rods square.
OTHER SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
After Washington became a city, schoolhouses were built in various parts of the place. A substantial two-story brick affair in McTegart's Annex is yet maintained, as are the West End School, on Sand Will, and .the colored schooL When the graded school building was completed in 1876, the schoolhouses in Turner's Annex, on West Walnut Street, and in the- East End were abandoned. The graded school building of Washington is a splendid brick structure, three stories in height and basement. It was built in 1876, at a cost of $40,000. The money to pay the cost of the construction of the building was derived from the sale of city bonds. The building is one of the substantial ornaments of the city, and is the pride of Washington's citizens. It has twelve school-rooms, well lighted and ventilated, a commodious assembly room, and is centrally located on Walnut Street, the most fashionable thoroughfare of the city.
THE GRADED SCHOOLS.
The graded system in Washington was first adopted in 1874. Prof. W. T. Fry introduced it and acted in the capacity of superintendent of the graded schools for three years. While Prof. Fry had charge of the schools there were seven separate school buildings distributed throughout the city, the headquarters being at the old brick seminary. The new building was first occupied in 1877, the year that Superintendent D. E. Hunter assumed control, succeeding Mr. Fry. Mr. Hunter was superintendent for eight successive years. In 1885 he resigned, and his place was filled by Prof. William F. Hoffman, principal of the high school, who is superintendent at this writing. The following table will show the growth of the schools since the system was established:
year. Number Enrolled. Average
Attendance. Per Cent of Attendance.
1874 827 357 43
1875. .. - • • - -------- • • • - • 862 415 48
884 423 46
1877 816 465 57
1878 830 526 63
1879 800 511 64
1880 835 547 65
1881 835 443 65
1882 856 569 66
1883 883 580 90
1884 909 581 87.5
1885 878 603 88.8
1886(January)..... 894 669 91.8
There are eighteen teachers employed besides the superintendent, namely: Twelve at graded school building, two each at
South Side, West End and colored schools. The Washington High School is one of the foremost schools in this part of the State. It has been in existence since 1877. Its present principal is W. F. Axtell. Some of the high school classes recite to the superintendent, Prof. W. F. Hoffmann.
The following named persons have graduated from the high school since its organization: Class of 1878—Anna Allen, S. C. Eskridge, Emma Hoffmaister, Dora Meredith, Hattie Meredith, Mary Mills, Charles P. Scudder. Class of 1879—Lettie Meredith, Omie Sanford, Tillie F. Scudder, Laura G. Scudder, James Edmund Waller. Class of 1880—Virginia Allen, Mary Clements, Katie Dobbins, Laura Hall, Stella Lee, Walter Meredith, William H. Sanford, John H. Spencer, John E. Thomas, John Ellis Van Trees. Class of 1881 —Mattie E. Arthur, Glendora Allen, Annie Hawkins, Lizzie M. Sanford. Class of 1882—William E. Barton, Charles G. Gardiner, Charles G. Myers, Josie Sanford, Sallie Wright. Class of 1883—William R. Gardiner, Emma E. Hogshead, Josie B. Thomas, Annie T. Scudder. Hettie G. Seay, John B, Aikman, Eva Morehead. Class of 1884—Frank Spi-nk, Edwin R. Axtell, Lucy Jepson, Omie Feagans, Elva C. Bondurant, Addle Cloud. Class of 1885—Frank F. Axtell, Laura Wright, Henry S. Duncan, James Mills, Minnie Hall.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
If any record of the early school officers of Daviess County was kept, it has been lost or destroyed. Among the school examiners were W. S. Gaffney, S. H. Taylor, John R. Phillips, Noah S. Given and George A. Dyer. The first county superintendent was Prof. Edward Wise, who served one term and part of another. He was elected in 1873. His successor was Rev. E. C. Trimble. David M. Geeting served from 1879 to 1883, and was succeeded by the present superintendent, Samuel B. Boyd. Mr. Boyd was re-elected last year, receiving the unanimous vote of the board of township trustees. Mr Boyd ranks among the first teachers of the State, and has done more for the schools of the county than any other school officer that ever served in Daviess.
COUNTY INSTITUTES.
The first County Teacher's Institute of which there is any record was held at the court house in Washington, during the week
beginning with Monday, August 23, 1869. Dr. George A. Dyer was the president; A. W. Smith, secretary; Miss Maria Graham, assistant. The committee on program consisted of George W. Morin and Miss Ophelia Roddick. After the organization had been effected the institute adjourned to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the balance of the session was held. The roll of teachers at that time showed the following names: G. W. Morin, J. A. Murray, W. Wise, A. Carnahan, F. Arford, A. Connolly, H. Allen, H. B. Bohr, H. Williams, J. Laverty, William Kennedy, J. C. Porter, S. Loveless, J. J. McIntire, N. J. Goshorn, Thomas Kilgore, J. C. Lavelle, F. M. Walker, L. Reaves, G. M. Robinson, Anna Kennedy, M. E. Barton, L. Wilson, L. Wells, Ria Graham, M. Stubblefield., L. Ryan, 0. H. Roddick, M. Feagans, J. Feagans, L. Hogshead, J. Carnahan, Sue Cosby, M. E. Flinn, Emma Baldwin, M. Perkins, F. Agan, B. Agan, M. Dyer, L. Clark, J. Beckett, J. C. Allison, J. Morgan, E. W. Connaughton, A. W. Arford, J. Nicholls, 0. Cosby, W. H. Allison, T. J. Lavelle, M. T. Connaughton, E. S. Pershing, T. A. Wade, J. Mahoney, F. Myers, J. Winklepleck, L. Cosby, M. Gallagher, D. H. Morgan, A. W. Smith. Institutes have been held each year since that time. The last, in 1885, was attended by 160 persons. It was held during the week beginning with Monday, August 17, and had the following officers: President, S. B. Boyd; recording secretary, W. S. Davis; enrolling secretaries, Omie Sanford and Jesse Stephenson; librarian, John F. Arthur. Following are the names of the members: Sallie Alexander, Mattie Arthur, John F. Arthur, John W. Adams, Grant Allen, Josiah Allen, Frank Axtell, Hamlet Allen, Jennie Allen, Ida Allison,Nora Abel, W. H. Allison, John Akester, Kitty Bernes, Rosetta Barsh, Harrison Burriss, S. R. Boyd, Lou Burriss, J. D. Bradford, W. T. Brown, L. W. Barber, L. M. Burriss, G. W. Buckner, William A. Baldwin, Ross H. Baldwin, Millie Boyd, Ella Clark, B. F. Cole, Mrs. Mary E. Cole, Henry L. Canary, E. A. Crosson, P. M. Clark, John W. Conley, John Cooney, Aikman Carnahan, G. B. Clark, Maggie Chambers, A. M. Clark, Mary Campbell, Ida Campbell, William Conley, Ella Cosby, F. B. Colbert, M. B. Cunningham, C. J. Cooney, J. B. Crooke, Annie Davis, W. S. Davis, Harry DeWitt, H. L. Duncan, William J. Danner, Joel F. Danner, Annie R. Dixon, Eugene
Evans, Willis Edgin, James A. Fisher, Omie Feagans, Emma Ferguson, Anna Flint, A. 0. Fulkerson, Katie Farrell, G. W. Gates, J. E. Gamble, Charles Gregory, Ida Goshorn, Dora Henry, Stewart Harrod, M. S. Hastings, Lew Hammerslry, Anna Hawkins; Katie Hopkins, Minnie Hall, Maggie Hopkins, Laura Hall, Paris Hastings, G. D. Hoopingarner, John S. Hubbard, Maggie Heffernan, Nettie E. Jones, Lucy Jepson, Mason Jones, Tilman Jackson, E. E. Kelly, J. D. Kelly, Laura Ketcham, M. P. Kutch, W. E. Keck, C. B. Kendall, Mollie Ketcham, Ada Killion, Rebecca Ledgerwood, F. L. McCafferty, Arthur McCormick, John T. McCormick, Emma McCormick, James W. Mattingly, Ezra Mattingly, James Manley, Lollie Moore, Tillie Millis, James A. Morgan, Mattie Mulholland, F. T. McCormick, George J. Madden, Maggie Mullin, Arthur Martin, Flora Metheny, Hugh Morgan, Maud. McDougal, Kate Morgan, James Myers, D. M. Osborne, Wilson Palmer, Laura Phipps, Frank Potts, Minnie Palmer, J. M. Porter, John L. Pate, W. R. Porter, Noah S. Pate, E. S. Pershing, W. Z. Padgett, Ophelia Roddick, George W. Rogers, T. D. Slimp, W. P. Smoot, Lizzie Sanford, Omie Sanford, Josie Sanford, George L. Stucky, S. M. Stalcup, Ida Smiley, Jesse Stephenson, Agnes Seal, A. C. Swickard, Mary L. Tomey, J. A. Tomey, Tessa Tracy, 3. W. Trueblood, Charles Watson, Sallie Wright, W. P. Walter, John Wadsworth, -Lee Wadsworth, Amy Wright, George E. Williams, F. M. Walker, F. T. Ward, Samuel White, -R. W. Wadsworth, Randa Wilson, H. I. Williams, W. Q. Williams, John G. Wallace, William A. Wallace, Sue B. Ward, Mary E. Waid, David Wade, Eva Young and William M. Young.
COMMON SCHOOL FUND.
Surplus Revenue of 1836-37. $ 5,569 08
Bank Tax Fund. 550 67
Saline Fund. 482 92
Sinking Fund (first)................................. 10,556 23
County Seminary Proceeds 500 00
Sinking Fund of 1872-73 6,363 86
Miles, forfeitures, etc,, prior to 1853..... 448 43
Fines, forfeitures, etc., 1853-85 11,001 21
Total, June 1, 1885. $35,452 40
CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL FUND.
Total, May, 1866.... . $19,243 49
A portion of Section 16, Township 3 north, Range 7 west, was unsold at the time this table was prepared, May, 1866. The congressional fund has been reduced since by losses and apportionments to $19,176.11 in June, 1885.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Including the city of Washington, Daviess County has 116 schools. Five of the school buildings are brick, and the balance are frame. The buildings and grOunds are estimated at $105,200, and the school apparatus at $8,815, making the total value of the school property $114,015. There were twenty-one private schools in the county in 1885, with a total enrollment of 541. The reports for 1885 show a grand aggregate for the county of 14,183 days of school ; 133 schools ; average term, 107 days ; amount paid teachers, $29,283.81; average wages of teachers, $2.07 per day. During the year 5,800 pupils were admitted to the schools; and 134 teachers employed. The public schools in Daviess County are well up to the average in point of general excellence, but the buildings outside of the city of Washington are away behind the times, and in many instances are a disgrace to the neighborhood. The buildings are mostly small, one-story wooden affairs, and many of them are not really fit for the purpose for which they are employed.
TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.
Washington Township has nineteen frame and two brick
school buildings, valued at $7,000, including the apparatus $7,900. The school fund of this township, in 1885 was as follows: Tuition, $6,918.41; special school, $1,671.22. There are twenty frame school buildings in Barr Township, valued at $16,000, with the school apparatus at $21,000. The tuition revenue of this township, in 1885, was $4,814,66, and the special school $2,220.01. Bogard Township has nine frame school buildings, the value of which including $300 worth of apparatus is $4,800. Tuition revenue,$2,- 099.01; special school revenue $838.96. Elmore Township has seven frame buildings, value $2,800; apparatus, $300; special school revenue, $600.32 ; tuition revenue $2, 382.63. Harrison Township has eight frame schoolhouses, value $2,800 ; apparatus, $100 ; tuition revenue $2,614.76; special school revenue, $955.06. Madison Township schools and the schools of Van Buren Township, are the best township schools in the county. Madison has nine frame and one brick school buildings, value $6,500; apparatus, $350 ; tuition revenue, $3,607.96; special school revenue, $887.97. Van Buren Township has nine frame school buildings, value $5,400,; apparatus, $90; tuition revenue, $2,304.89; special school revenue, $537.44. Reeve Township has eleven frame school houses, value $4,400; apparatus, $200; tuition revenue, $2,937.- 90; special school revenue, $1,137.29. Steele Township has nine frame school houses, value $4,500; apparatus, $1,000; tuition revenue, $3,000.57; special school revenue, $921.65. Veal Township has six frame school buildings, value $4,000; apparatus, $300; tuition revenue, $2,126.91; special school revenue, $1,237.27. The town of Cannelburg has one frame schoolhouse, value $800; apparatus, $50 ; tuition revenue, $704.45; special school, $60.05. The town of Montgomery has one frame schoolhouse, value $500; apparatus, $25; tuition revenue, $642.11; special school revenue, $85.68. The special school revenue of the city of Washington, in 1885, was $3,243.93; tuition revenue, $10,372.01.
Enumeration, Enrollment and Average Attendance.—The fol
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3 60 28 22 62 40 27 14 34 29 19 44 23 12
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7 47 37 27 44 38 26 18 118 55 41 134 66 52
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9 57 24 14 67 80 23 20 63 37 23 56 32 23
10 39 28 23 41 31 22 21 24 22 18 23 18 10
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1 42 34 27 49 41 22 7 40 29 19 47 34 27
2 58 51 28 59 .. .. 8 78 56 38 95 64 37
3 37 33 24 48 30 19 9 27 21 11 14 19 8
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1 2 1 52 32 18 48 33 19 7 64 48 33 64 52 31
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ENUMERATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Following is the report of the county superintendent to the State superintendent of public instruction, of the enumeration of children between the ages of six and twenty-one years, in Daviess County, for the year 1885:
CORPORATIONS. WHITES. COLONXD. Total.
Males. Females. Males. Females.
Barr Township. 518 490 1008
Bogard Township.................. 239 243 482
Elmore Township. .. 251 199 450
Harrison Township................. 246 216 462
Madison Township. 348 319 667
Reeve Township 306 276 582
Steele Township. 239 281 470.
Van Buren Township 246 217 463
Veal Township..................... 218 204 422
Washington Township, 491 432 15 14 952
Town of Montgomery. 55 52 1 108-
Town of Cannelburg. 83 97 184)
City of Washington. ......... . 818 869 37 43 1767
Totals 4058 3845 1 53 57 8013
County Board.—The County Board of Education, as constituted September 1, 1885, contained the following members: James A. Swick, Washington Township, Washington; S. L. Ketcham, Madison Township, Keck's Church; James H. Fanning, Barr Township, Montgomery; A. T. Conley, Harrison Township, Glendale; James Heinbaugh, Steele Township, Plainville; Elkanah Allen, Bogard Township, Epsom ; Peter Wadsworth, Jr., Van Buren. Township, Raglesville; Steward Porter, Reeve Township, Alfordsville ; Thomas J. Payne, Elmore Township, Owl Prairie; Jeremiah Goodwin, Veal Township, Cumback ; Samuel B. Boyd, county superintendent, Washington.
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