1855 South School Roll – Quincy Illinois

1855 School Roll
South School – Quincy, Illinois
Quincy, ILL., April 7, 1855

Mr. Editor,

As you have manifested considerable interest in the welfare of our Public Schools, I hand you for publication a memorandum from the rolls of the Boys’ Department, (South School) under the charge of Wm. M. Kirkpatrick as principal, and Mrs. E. H. Eastland as assistant. This account is for the session of forty-two days which closed with April 1st. Scholarship is denoted by numbers from one to ten. An account is kept of each recitation and an average made at the close of each term, which, together with the attendance for the term, is sent for the inspection of the parents upon blanks furnished to the teachers for the purpose. By publishing the accompanying list, you may excite a spirit of emulation among the scholars, and lend a helping hand to the cause in which we all ought to feel a greater interest.

J. Murphy
Sup’t Public Schools

Source: Quincy Weekly Herald, April 16, 1855.