Newspaper Items - School


From Victor Herald 26 January 1900

The Work of the High School - Today closes the second quarter and the first half of the school year. Next Monday will open the third quarter at which time many new classes will be organized. This will be an excellent time for students to enroll, who have not already done so, the present year. We give below the names of non-resident students who are now in attendance:

FARMINGTON - Robert Bowerman, Frank Hunt, Irving W. Payne, Mary E. Tuttle

MERTENSIA - Louis Brady, Florence Lane, Rose Lynaugh, Walter Mosher, Lily Ryan

VICTOR OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT - Anna Adams, Carrie Aldridge, Irene Barry, Alfred Barry, Nelson Blazey, Olive Blazey, Bertha Boughton, Ruth Boughton, George Boughton, Frank Bumpus, Grant Cline, Irma Conover, John Conover, Fred Cratsley, Louis Crowley, George Crowley, John Carr, John Driscoll, I. B. Estes, Ina Finucan, Enos G. Gallup, Catherine Ganey, Lillian Green, George Hawkins, Gertrude Henehan, Ida Henehan, Ruth Hill, Maude Hunt, Homer Hunt, Mary Keating, Johanna Keefe, Emmett Keefe, Charles McMahon, William Mosher, Francis Murphy, William O'Brien, Anna O'Neill, Florence Padgham, Ruth Parmele, Clifford Rose, Ray Rose, Alonzo Rowley, Clarence Rugg, William Rugg, George Sidell, John Sullivan, Callie Tillotson, James Tischer, Benjamin Tischer, Julia Tobin, William Tobin.


From Victor Herald 27 April 1900

The Senior Class of the Victor High School have elected the following officers: President, Clarence Floyd Rugg; vice-president, Vera Hazel Brown; secretary, Mary Kellogg Reeder; treasurer, Rose Alice Lynaugh.


From Geneva Gazette 8 June 1900

The following named candidates for the Cornell University scholarship took part in the competitive examination conducted by Commissioners Stephens and Aldridge in Canandaigua on Saturday:  Herman D. Baggerly, of Clifton Springs; Roy H. Kipp, of Shortsville; Frederick Leighton, of Canandaigua; J. Fisher Maltman, of Canandaigua; Helen M. Marshall, of Geneva; Alice Ottley, of Seneca Castle; Alice M. Turner, of Clifton Springs; Charles S. Wilson, of Hall's Corners.  The papers have been forwarded to the State Department of Public Instruction, and the result will be announced later.


From Victor Herald 8 June 1900

The following are the standings of pupils of the Victor High School for the month of May:

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT - Fred Sale, 94; John McCarthy, 93; Ethel Wilbur, 93; Hattie McNutt, 93; Isabel Keating, 92; Blanche Sage, 92; Marie Toomey, 91; Charlie Peck, 90; Carl Higinbotham, 90; Peer Locke, 94Clarence McNutt, 93; John Mangan, 93; George McCrone, 93; Nettie Wilber, 93; Ruth VanDenbergh, 90; Neva Remer, 96; Charley Lovejoy, 96; Harley Lovejoy, 92.

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT:  Fourth Grade - Evelyn Mead, 93; George Higinbotham, 95, Bernice Lone, 93; Marie Norton, 92; Blanche Howland, 92; Ruth Hill, 91; Ruth Ewer, 91; Helen Simonds, 91; Russell Simonds, 90; Marion Tebbetts, 90; Carroll Moore, 90; Fifth Grade - Harry Loomis, 94; Marguerite Burke, 91; Glenroie Vail, 90; Ruth Boughton, 90. Sixth Grade - Lucile Simonds, 91; Mary Dunlap, 91; Blanche Loney, 93; Libbie Bennett, 90.

GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT:  Seventh Grade - James Mangan, 94; Lois Powell, 93; Walter Eckler, 93; Everett Norton, 92; Hiram Wilcox, 92; Marguerite Simonds, 92; Bertha Boughton, 91; Howard Barry, 90; Allan Cornford, 90; Elmer Peachy, 90; Willie Concannon, 90; Irma Conover, 90. Eighth Grade - Fannie Ladd, 95; Roy Gallup, 95; Daniel Enright, 94; Laura Wilber, 93; Winifred Nelson, 92; Grace Frazer, 92; Jessie Cole, 92; Ethel Shanks, 91; Warren Simonds, 91; Jay Remer, 91; Carrie Aldridge, 95.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT - Ralph Harmon, 94; Mary Reeder, 94; Charles McMahon, 92; Anna Adams, 91; Maude Hunt, 91; Jean Ladd, 91; Florence Padgham, 91; Gertrude Concannon, 90; Mary Talmadge, 90.


From Geneva Gazette 22 June 1900

The graduating class of Geneva High School numbers twenty-six whose names follow:  John J. Chartres, Fannie B. Andrews, Lena B. Broadway, Kathryn M. Buckley, Margaret M. Desmond, Harriet A. Dickinson, Bridget A. Doran, Mary E. Durkee, M. Ina Hancock, Edward G. Nellis, Nora V. Hennessey, Olive Jacobs, Catherine Murray, Laura Payne, Isabella D. Rice, Stella M. Ringer, Byron M. Nester, Elizabeth M. Rippey, Lillie B. Scofield, Lottie M. Spenton, Ella K. Truesdale, Roland W. Schumann, James W. Wilson, Florence A. Van Huben, Bessie A. Whitfield, Florence L. Wells.  Of these it is reported that more than one-half will enter either University, College or Normal training schools.


From Victor Herald 22 June 1900

Regents Examinations at Victor High School:

READING - Maude I. Hunt, 80.

SPELLING - Terry Aldridge, 94; Cathryn Brady, 76; Agnes Lapham, 94.

ELEMENTARY ENGLISH - Grant Cline, 80; Frank M. Hunt, 80; Edgar R. Mead, 77; William J. Mosher, 75; Hester C. Wallace, 75.

ARITHMETIC - Gertrude Concannon, 75; Nellie Crowley, 87; Annie Higinbotham, 75; Maude I. Hunt, 79; Florence M. Lane, 81; Walter Mosher, 91; Mary E. Tuttle, 75; Hester C. Wallace, 83.

GEOGRAPHY - Anna D. Adams, 82; Diana M. Porter, 79; Julia T. Tobin, 82; Hester C. Wallace, 77.

ADVANCED ENGLISH - Catherine Gainey, 75; Johanna Keefe, 75; Jean Ladd, 80; Florence M. Lane, 75; Charles J. McMahon, 83; William B. Osborne, 82; Esther Powell, 80; Clifford E. Rose, 75; Lily A. Ryan, 75; Camilla B. Sale, 80; Blanche Sherrard, 75; Mary E. Tuttle, 75; Eva E. Wing, 80; Lizzie Sullivan, 80; John Sullivan, 75.

ENGLISH COMPOSITION - Anna D. Adams, 79; Gertrude Concannon, 80; Catherine Ganey, 85; Lillian C. Greene, 92; Annie Higinbotham, 90; Maude I. Hunt, 87; Mary M. Keating, 76; Dora E. Mead, 76; Florence E. Padgham, 77; Clifford E. Rose, 77; James W. Tischer, 75.

RHETORIC - Charles J. McMahon, 75.

ENGLISH LITERATURE - Vera E. Brown, 92; Gertrude L. Henehan, 75; Gertrude Jones, 81; Rose A. Lynaugh, 86; Henry D. Osborne, 89; Mary K. Reeder, 97; Mary Tallmadge, 90.

ENGLISH SELECTIONS - Vera H. Brown, 75; Rose A. Lynaugh, 91; Henry D. Osborne, 87; Mary K. Reeder, 100; Mary Tallmadge, 98.

GERMAN - 2d yr - Vera H. Brown, 78; 3d yr - Agnes H. Higinbotham, 82.

LATIN - 1st yr - Roy E. Bowerman, 96; Townsend W. Curtice, 88; Ralph E. Harmon, 96; Gertrude L. Henehan, 84; Clifford E. Rose, 80; Maida H. Snyder, 93; Mary Tallmadge, 85; Eva E. Wing, 75.

CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES - Agnes H. Higinbotham, 79; Gertrude Jones, 81; Leslie G. Loomis, 75.

GREEK, 1st year - Leslie G. Loomis, 82.

ALGEBRA - Roy E. Bowerman, 84; Bertha A. Concannon, 88; Nora Egan, 92; Ralph E. Harmon, 81; Agnes H. Higinbotham, 90; Margaret Merriman, 75; William B. Osborne, 75; Diana M. Porter, 76; Maida H. Snyder, 75; Francis Whelan, 87.

PLANE GEOMETRY - Gertrude L. Henehan, 75; Leslie G. Loomis, 86; Mary K. Reeder, 75; Clarence F. Rugg, 76.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY - Catherine Ganey, 89; Ralph E. Harmon, 95; Florence M. Lane, 81; Mae M. Mead, 75; Maida H. Snyder, 77; Lizzie Sullivan, 87; Mary E. Tuttle, 78; Francis Whelan, 79; Eva E. Wing, 81.

BOTANY - Vera H. Brown, 84; Rose A. Lynaugh, 81; Henry D. Osborne, 78; Mary K. Reeder, 96; Clarence F. Rugg, 86.

ZOOLOGY - Bertha A. Concannon, 90; Catherine Ganey, 75; Charles J. McMahon, 88; Clifford E. Rose, 86.

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE - Gertrude Concannon, 85; Nellie Crowley, 95; Edgar R. Mead, 75; Mae M. Mead, 84; William J. Mosher, 88; Walter Mosher, 85; Florence E. Padgham, 81; Julia T. Tobin, 77.

GREEK HISTORY - Roy E. Bowerman, 88.

UNITED STATES HISTORY - Willie Riley, 84.

NEW YORK HISTORY - Roy E. Bowerman, 97; Nellie Crowley, 77; Lillian C. Greene, 75; William J. Mosher, 79; Clifford E. Rose, 83; Lily A. Ryan, 75; Blanche Sherrard, 86.

BOOKKEEPING - Townsend W. Curtice, 75; Charles J. McMahon, 91; William B. Osborne, 81; Ruth Parmele, 81.

DRAWING - Grant Cline, 85; Maude I. Hunt, 75; Florence M. Lane, 75; Edgar R. Mead, 78; Florence E. Padgham, 83.


From Victor Herald 29 June 1900

Miss Leona May Adams, of this village, graduated this year from Brockport Normal School, in the English course. The subject of Miss Adams' commencement essay was "The Future Woman." Miss Marion Lobdell, who is also at Brockport graduates next year.


From Victor Herald 6 July 1900

Nelson Lobdell, who recently graduated from St. Lawrence University, arrived at his home in this town today. Mr. Lobdell, in company with several other students, wheeled from Canton, N. Y., to this section of the State, stopping at Thousand Islands to spend Sunday.


From Ontario County Chronicle 12 September 1900

Shortsville, N. Y. - The following graduates of our village High School leave this week for higher educational advancement: Miss Frances DeR. Blansett and Miss Althea P. Knapp, to Geneseo State Normal; Miss Irene Van Buren, to Granger Place; Miss Gertrude Derr, to Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College; Rea V. Howland and Henry C. Dewey, to the Rochester University; John H. Perry to the Mechanics Institute, Rochester.


From Ontario County Chronicle 28 November 1900

Rushville, N. Y. - Last Thursday the boys of the Rushville Union School Academic Department organized a Literary Society. There were twenty members present. The following officers were elected: President, Stanley Vorhees; Vice-President, George Ebert; Secretary, J. M. Wise; Treasurer, Harry Conway; Tellers, Oliver Hunter and Henry Vorhees.


From Victor Herald 28 December 1900

HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL FOR DECEMBER - PRIMARY DEPARTMENT - Isabel Keating, 96; Evelyn Keating, 95; Marie Toomey, 95; John McCarthy, 95; Freddie Sale, 93; Roy Williams, 93; Blanche Sage, 91; Peer Locke, 95; Ida Henehan, 93; Mabel Dunford, 92; Nettie Wilber, 92; John Mangan, 92; Ellis Boughton, 91; George McCrone, 91; Ruth VanDenbergh, 90; Norman Brace, 95; Charley Lovejoy, 95; Neva Remer, 95; Harley Lovejoy, 92; Mary Heffron, 90; Florence Mead, 90, Lucile Loney, 90.

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT - Fourth Grade: Evelyn Mead, 95; Bernice Loney, 95; Ruth Ewer, 93; Maryett Benson, 94; Blanche Howland, 95; Belle Barry, 92; Helen Simonds, 92; Marie Norton, 95; George Higinbotham, 95; Roy Childs, 90. Fifth Grade: Harry Loomis, 95; Henry Toomey, 94; Charley Dailey, 93; Arthur Shanks, 90; Glenroie Vail, 90; Fred Locke, 90; Marguerite Burke, 92; Ruth Boughton, 93. Sixth Grade: Mary Dunlap, 95; Lucile Simonds, 92; Blanche Loney, 93; Elizabeth Osborne, 93; Libbie Bennett, 93; Dora Ingraham, 94; Ida Van Vechten, 95.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT - Johanna Keefe, 97; Leslie Loomis, 95; June Turner, 94; Ralph Harmon, 93; Jean Ladd, 93; Louis Brady, 93; Lily Ryan, 92; Charles McMahon, 92; Grant Cline, 92; Esther Powell, 92; Louis Ferrin, 92; Hester Wallace, 91; Diana Porter, 91; Dora Mead, 91; Gertrude Jones, 91; Frank Hunt, 91; William Mosher, 91; Irving Payne, 90; Rose Lynaugh, 90; Gertrude Concannon, 90; Mary Tallmadge, 90.


Allen's Hill, N. Y. - The following young people who are attending school are home for Christmas vacation: Miss Jessie Bancroft, from Canandaigua; Miss Grace Sayre, from Lima; Fred Ray, from Oberlin, Ohio; Milton Phillips, from Cornell; Walter Phillips from Canandaigua; Miss Jeanette Deal, from East Bloomfield, where she is employed as teacher in the Union school.


From Ontario County Chronicle 2 January 1901

Allen's Hill, N. Y. - The following students are home for the holidays: Fred Ray, from Oberlin; Miss Grace Sayre, from Lima; Miss Jessie Bancroft and Walter Phillips, from Canandaigua.


From Ontario County Chronicle 9 January 1901

Rushville, N. Y. - The following young people who have been spending the holidays here have returned: Harry Williams and Arthur Jackson, to Syracuse; Holmes Haviland and Carrie Loomis, to Geneseo; Helen Blodgett, to Canandaigua; Catherine Hoover, to Lockport; Mary Hoover, to Albion; Carrie Hunter, to Yatesville; Lena Haviland, to Lowville; Jennie Smith, to Mohawk; Jennie Ainsley, to Southampton; Lena Jackson, to Brockport; Jennie Hoover, to Liberty; Luther Hoover, to Rochester; Frank Harkness, to Buffalo.


From Victor Herald 5 April 1901

The following are the average standings for the entire year in both class work and examinations:

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT

A class - Marie Toomey, 95; Blanche Sage, 95; John McCarthy, 94; Fred Sale, 94; Frank Hurley, 88; Ethel Wilbur, 85; Roy Williams, 84.

B classs - Ruth VanDenbergh, 95; Ida Henehan, 95; Mabel Dunford, 95; George McCrone, 94; Lizzie Hurley, 94; Claude Dunford, 93;

Nettie Wilber, 90; Emmet Keating, 89; Ellis Boughton, 88; Peer Locke, 88; Charley Lovejoy, 87.

C class - Neva Remer, 92; Florence Mead, 84; Lucile Loney, 83; Harley Lovejoy, 75.

GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT

Seventh Grade - Dean Rose, 95; Allan Cornford, 93; Lois Powell, 92; Ina Finean, 92; William Concanon, 90; Burton Van Maaven, 90; Elmer Peachy, 90; Bertha Boughton, 88; Ina Lobdell, 88; Hiram Wilcox, 86; Ernest Hulbert, 85; Flora Mosher, 84; Howard Barry, 83; Everett Norton, 80; Albert Powell, 78.

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT

Sixth Grade - Dora Ingraham, 96; Lucile Simonds, 95; Ida VanVechten, 92, Libbie Bennett, 92; Blanche Loney, 92; Elizabeth Osborne, 85; Mary Dunlap, 83; Edith Carr, 76; Earl Van Denberg, 75;

Fifth Grade - Harry Loomis, 97; Charles Dailey, 91; Ruth Boughton, 90; Henry Toomey, 88; Pearl Holcomb, 85; Arthur Shanks, 82; Alta Cornford, 80; Marguerite Burke, 80; Hattie Hall, 79; Fred Locke, 78; Allan Hopkins, 75.

Fourth Grade - George Higinbotham, 96; Marie Norton, 95; Blanche Howland, 93; Evelyn Mead, 93; Bernice Loney, 93; Helen Simonds, 93; Maryett Benson, 93; Marian Tebbetts, 90; Belle Barry, 85; Irene Connell, 84; Ruth Hill, 83; Russell Simonds, 82; Elmer Sage, 82; Earl Hutchinson, 80; Earl Remer, 80; Ruth Ewer, 80; Carroll Moore, 79; Frank Mead, 79; Ethel Hutchinson, 78; Erva Wilbur, 78; Milton Wilcox, 78; Roy Boothe, 77; Olive Nichols, 77; Roy Childs, 75, Francis McCrone, 75; Raymond Nichols, 75; Herbert Wilbur, 75.


From Ontario County Chronicle 24 April 1901

The Canandaigua Academy baseball team has been organized for the season as follows: Frank Welch, left field; Enos Booth, center field; John Martin, right field; Rollin F. Sisson, third base; William Green, second base; Elmer Anderson, first base; George Leach, shortstop; John Niblock, catcher; James Woodside, pitcher.


From Ontario County Chronicle 1 May 1901

Rushville, N. Y. - The graduating class of the union school has organized with six members and has elected officers as follows: President and valedictorian - Lulu M. Holbrook; vice- president and salutatorian, Mary C. Flynn; poet, Genevieve E. Wilson; prophet - Grace G. Williams; essayists - Nettie M. Greene, Ruth Blodgett.

From Victor Herald 3 May 1901

The graduating class of the Victor High School for 1901 numbers four. The members of the class with the offices that they are to fill are as follows: D. Henry Osbourne Jr., president and valedictorian; Gertrude Jones, secretary and salutatorian; Mary Talmadge, treasurer, class poet and historian; Gertrude Henehan, class essayist. The colors chosen by the class are red and gold, and its motto is "Aim High."

From newspaper 10 May:  Louis Brady, a former pupil of Victor High School, has returned to school and joined the graduating class of 1901. The class now numbers five instead of four.


From Ontario County Chronicle 8 May 1901

Reed's Corners, N. Y. - The Roll of Honor in the school for the week ending May 3 contains the following names: Ethel Davis, Myrtle Griffin, Harry Hartsough, Maud Perrin, Mable Wild, Frances Osborne.


From Ontario County Chronicle 29 May 1901

Phelps, N. Y. - The commencement exercises of the Phelps high school will be held in Gibson hall on the evening of June 25. The class of 1901 is composed of the following students: Cora Barringer, Martha Boyes, Minnie Bulkley, Luther Falkey, Sara Falkey, Minera Hicks, Margaret McAniff, Alice Neider, Bertha Padden, Susan Millier, Howard Van DeMark, Earle White, Francis Wisewell.


From Ontario County Chronicle 5 June 1901

Phelps, N. Y. - The graduating class of the Phelps High School of 1901 is the largest in many years. Through the efforts of its principal, Professor W. A. Ingals, the school has gradually risen in proficiency until it now ranks among the first of its grade in the state. Its foreign scholarship now exceeds any previous year. The class officers are: President, Luther Falkey; vice-president, Howard Vandemark; secretary, Bertha Padden; treasurer, Sarah Falkey; salutatorian, Minnie Hicks; valedictorian, Earl White; class history, Minnie Buckley; class will, Francis Wisewell; poet, Alice Neider; essayist, Cora Barringer; orator, Howard Vandemark; prophet, Earl White.


From Victor Herald 5 July 1901

The following is a report of standings attained by pupils of Victor High School at grade and Regents examinations:

Regents Examinations:

Reading - Pearl Lauder, 85; Morton Locke, 80; Belle Mosher, 90; Laura Wilbur, 85.

Writing - Carrie Aldridge, 90; George M. Gallup, 75; Warren Simonds, 80.

Elementary English - Carrie Aldridge, 78; George M. Gallup, 75; Belle Mosher, 78; Walter S. Mosher, 80; Warren Simonds, 79.

Arithmetic - Carrie Aldridge, 75; George M. Gallup, 94; Wm. Roy Gallup, 92; Morton Locke, 81; Dora Mead, 77; Belle Mosher, 80; Winfred Nelson, 93; William O'Brien, 76; Warren Simonds, 75, Laura Wilbur, 83.

Geography - Carrie Aldridge, 84; George H. Boughton, 79; Grace M. Frazer, 76; Gratia Tebbetts, 78; Callei Tillotson, 75.

Advanced English - Anna D. Adams, 85; Gertrude Concannon, 85; Lillian C. Green, 85; Annie Higinbotham, 83; Mary M. Keating, 83; Jean P. Ladd, 88; Pearl Lauder, 90; Dora Mead, 79.

English Composition - Nellie M. Crowley, 86.

Rhetoric - Anna D. Adams, 80; Nettie M. Crowley, 84; Catherine T. Gainey, 75; Johanna Keefe, 81; Jean P. Ladd, 82; Florence M. Lane, 83; Mae E. Mead, 75;

William J. Mosher, 80; Diana M. Porter, 75; William C. Rugg, 79; Lily A. Ryan, 78; Bernice A. Stubbs, 85; Frances A. Whelan, 76.

English Selections - Louis P. Brady, 92; Gertrude L. Henehan, 83; Esther M. Powell, 98.

History English Literature - Louis P. Brady, 76.

History American Literature - Louis P. Brady, 76.

German, 1st year - Bertha C. Concannon, 78; Gertrude L. Henehan, 76; Maida H. Snyder, 82; Mary L. Talmadge, 75.

Latin, 1st year - Gertrude Concannon, 80; Catherine T. Gainey, 75; Annie Higinbotham, 81; Dora Mead, 75; William C. Rugg, 83; Hester C. Wallace, 80; Frances A. Whelan, 87.

Caesar's Commentaries - Bertha A. Concannon, 80; Ralph Harmon, 97; Jean P. Ladd, 76; William Bushnell Osborne, Jr., 85; Esther M. Powell, 84; Lily A. Ryan, 83; Maida H. Snyder, 87; Mary L. Talmadge, 75; James W. Tischer, 78; Bernice Welch, 80.

Latin Prose Composition - D. Henry Osborne, Jr., 75.

Greek, 1st year - Ralph Harmon, 91; James W. Tischer, 75.

Xenophon's Anabasis - Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., 94; D. Henry Osborne, Jr., 80.

Algebra - Gertrude Concannon, 75; Annie Higinbotham, 83; Johanna Keefe, 77; William J. Mosher, 85; Florence C. Padgham, 75; William C. Rugg, 89.

Plane Geometry - Vera H. Brown, 85; Bertha A. Concannon, 83; Ralph Harmon, 100; William Bushnell Osborne, Jr., 87; William C. Rugg, 80; June W. Turner, 97.

Physical Geography - Anna D. Adams, 78; Nellie M. Crowley, 90; Lillian C. Green, 79; William J. Mosher, 92; Florence E. Padgham, 90; Diana M. Porter, 76.

Physiology and Hygiene - Jessie M. Cole, 82; Grace M. Frazer, 75; William Roy Gallup, 78; Ira Hutchinson, 77; Fannie Ladd, 86; Pearl Lauder, 91; Morton Locke, 75; George McInerney, 75; Belle Mosher, 80; Winfred Nelson, 79; Warren Simonds, 76; Laura Wilbur, 96.

Roman History - Louis P. Brady, 77; Vera H. Brown, 79; Catherine T. Gainey, 75; Gertrude L. Henehan, 75; Gertrude M. Jones, 75; Jean P. Ladd, 75; Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., 83; Rose A. Lynaugh, 76; D. Henry Osborne, Jr., 84; Esther M. Powell, 96; Lily A. Ryan, 87; Mary L. Talmadge, 76; June W. Turner, 80.

Civics - Ernest Hopkins, 89; Walter S. Mosher, 85; Florence E. Padgham, 80; Ruth Parmelee, 92; Frances A. Whelan, 85.

Drawing - Morton Locke, 84; William J. Mosher, 88; Walter S. Mosher, 90; James W. Tischer, 93.

Advanced Drawing - Anna D. Adams, 79; Mary M. Keating, 75; Lily A. Ryan, 80.

Primary Department

A Class - Ida Henehan, 97; Hattie McNutt, 97; George McCrone, 97; Alice McNutt, 96; Neva Remer, 96; Florence Mead, 95; Peer Locke, 95; Ruth VanDenbergh, 94, Emmett Keating, 94; Charley Lovejoy, 94; Royal Hunt, 93; Ellis Boughton, 91; Lizzie Hurley, 91; Clarence McNutt, 90.

B Class - Harley Lovejoy, 98; Laura Sale, 98; Mary Heffron, 98; Lucile Loney, 96; Lester Hunt, 92; Marie Farrell, 90.

C Class - Dorothy Loomis, 100; Norman Brace, 99; Paul Hutchinson, 98; Russell Hill, 96; Caroline Wilber, 93.

Intermediate Department

Fourth Grade - Ethel Ingraham, 91; Marie Toomey, 90; Blanche Sage, 87; Fred Sale, 86; Ethel Wilber, 85; John McCarthy, 85; Frank Hurley, 83.

Fifth Grade - George Higinbotham, 94; Maryette Benson, 93; Helen Simonds, 91; Bernice Loney, 88; Evelyn Mead, 87; Irene Connell, 85; Marian Tebbetts, 84; Earl Hutchinson, 84; Ruth Ewer, 84; Ruth Hill, 82; Russell Simonds, 82; Belle Barry, 80; Carroll Moore, 80; Olive Nichols, 79; Earl Remer, 77; Raymond Nichols, 76; Erva Wilber, 75.

Sixth Grade - Harry Loomis, 97; Glenroie Vail, 91; Ruth Boughton, 91; Edith Ingraham, 89; Marguerite Burke, 88; Edna Hunt, 87; Henry Toomey, 85; Arthur Shanks, 83; Charles Dailey, 83; Pearl Holcomb, 81; Alta Cornford, 79; Fred Lacke, 71.

Grammar Department

Seventh Grade - Lucile Simonds, 97; Blanche Loney, 93; Mary Dunlap, 92; Ida Van Vechten, 91; Elizabeth Osborne, 90; Libbie Bennett, 85; Nina Covill, 82; Victor Hunt, 81; Edith Carr, 80; Mabel Van Voorhis, 78.

Eighth Grade - Marguerite Simonds, 95; Allen Cornford, 94; Dean Rose, 93; Everett Norton, 88; Burton Van Mararen, 83; Lois Powell, 82; Hiram Wilcox, 82; Elmer Peachy, 82; Howard Barry, 80; Ina Finucan, 79; Ina Lobdell, 79; William Concannon, 79; Bertha Boughton, 78.


From Victor Herald 11 October 1901

Honor Roll for Victor High School for September.

Primary Department

A Class - Peer Locke, 96; Ruth VanDenbergh, 94; Charley Lovejoy, 93; Clarence McNutt, 93; Emmett Keating, 92; George McCrone, 91; Neva Remer, 90; Royal Hunt, 90; Ellis Boughton, 90; Alice McNutt, 90; Hattie McNutt, 90.

B Class - Lucile Loney, 99; Harley Lovejoy, 98; Mary Hefron, 97; Laura Sale, 96; Marie Farrell, 95; Lester Hunt, 93.

C Class - Norman Brace, 96; Dorothy Loomis, 95; Paul Hutchinson, 95.

Intermediate Department

Fourth Grade - Marie Toomey, 92; Blanche Sage, 91, John McCarthy, 90; Fred Sale, 90.

Fifth Grade - Blanche Howland, 96; George Higinbotham, 96; Marie Norton, 96; Maryett Benson, 96; Ruth Ewer, 94; Evelyn Mead, 94; Bernice Loney, 94; Helen Simonds, 93; Marion Tebbetts, 92; Olive Nichols, 91; Russell Simonds, 90; Earl Remer, 90.

Sixth Grade - Harry Loomis, 94; Marguerite Burke, 93; Glenroie Vail, 93; Henry Toomey, 92; Edith Ingraham, 91; Ruth Boughton, 91; Fred Locke, 90; Charles Dailey, 90; Pearl Holcomb, 90.

Grammar Department

Seventh Grade - Blanche Loney, 98; Dora Ingraham, 97; Ida Van Vechten, 95; Mae Preston, 94; Mabel Van Voorhis, 94; Altha Kyte, 93; John Conover, 90; Louis Locke, 90.

Eighth Grade - Marguerite Simonds, 96; Dean Rose, 96; Walter Sweeney, 95; Martha Gallup, 95; Lois Powell, 94; Flora Mosher, 93; Everett Norton, 93; Ruth Lauder, 92; Julia Crowley, 91; Howard Barry, 90; Elmer Peachy, 90; Ermil Kyte, 90.

Academic Department

Ralph Harmon, 96; June Turner, 95; Pearl Lauder, 95; Lily Ryan, 94, Maida Snyder, 94; Bernine Welch, 93; Roy Gallup, 93; Julia Tobin, 93; Jean Ladd, 92; Bertha Concannon, 92; Esther Powell, 91; Dora Mead, 91; Johanna Keefe, 91; Leslie Loomis, 90; Morton Locke, 90.


From Ontario County Chronicle 27 November 1901

Chapinville, N. Y. - The following pupils have attained a general average of over 95 percent for the week ending November 15, and have had their names placed on the weekly roll of honor: Lina Johnson, Marion Benham, Mildred Benham, Mildred Pratt, Leota Cooper, Hazel Goldsmith, Estella Smith, Louis Angell, Harold Benham, Adelbert Angell, Herbert Nicholson, George Schrader, Fred Goldsmith.


From Ontario County Chronicle 18 December 1901

The following pupils of district school No. 4, of which Helen C. Buckley is the teacher, have kept their names on the roll of honor during the past month: Fred Goldsmith, Roy Nicholson, Herbert Nicholson, Earl Smith, Floyd Kotteker, Louis Angell, Robert Chamberlin, Leota Cooper, Mildred Pratt, Hazel Goldsmith, Marion Benham, Mildred Benham.


From Ontario Chronicle 1 January 1902

Phelps, N. Y. - The following students and teachers are at home for the holiday vacation: George Wisewell from Hamilton College; Francis Wisewell and Howard Vandemark, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Luther Falkey, Cazenovia Seminary; Earl Warner, Hobart College; Genevieve Bailey, Albany Normal; Meta White, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; Miss Linda Holmes, Albany; Miss Estella Lester, Jamestown.


Manchester, N. Y. - Miss Gertrude Derr, who is attending the medical college at Cleveland, Ohio, is spending her holiday vacation at her mother's home south of this village.


From Victor Herald 10 January 1902

The following are the December honor rolls for the primary, grammar and academic departments of Victor High School:

Primary Department - Charley Lovejoy; Neva Remer; Peer Locke; Hattie McNutt; Ruth VanDenbergh; Clarence McNutt; Nettie Wilber; Ellis Boughton; Emmet Keating; Alice McNutt; Royal Hunt; George McCrone; Harley Lovejoy; Mary Heffron; Laura Sale; Lucile Loney; Marie Farrel; Lester Hunt, William Ingraham; Dorothy Loomis; Bessie Webster; Norman Brace; Caroline Wilber; Russell Hill; Olive Simonds; Paul Hutchinson; John K. Hill; Loretta Concannon; Tommy Farrell; Alta VanDenbergh.

Grammar Department, 8th Grade - Marguerite Simonds; Dean Rose; Walter Sweeney; Ermil Kyte; Henry Phillips; Lois Powell; Martha Gallup; Flora Mosher; Mae Wareing; Henry Fisher; Ethel Shanks; Ruth Lauder; Willis Ward.

Seventh Grade - Ida VanVechten; Blanche Loney; Lucile Simonds; May Preston; Dora Ingraham; Elizabeth Osborne; Mabel VanVoorhis; Grace Miller; Earl Van Denbergh; Victor Hunt; Edith Carr; Libbie Bennett; Altha Kyte.

Academic Department - Grant Cline; Ralph Harmon; Julia Tobin; June Turner; William Mosher; Pearl Lauder; Leslie Loomis; Esther Powell; Lily Ryan; Johanna Keefe; Roy Gallup; George VanVechten; Bertha Concannon; Fannie Ladd; Hester Wallace; Lillian Greene; Bernine Welch; Maida Snyder; Almon Fisher; Laura Wilbur; Winifred Nelson; Catherine Ganey; Frank Hunt; Ernest Hopkins; Walter Mosher; Jean Judd; Dora Mead; Frances Whelan; Florence Lane.


From Ontario County Chronicle 26 February 1902

The following is a list of the persons who will graduate from the Canandaigua Academy this year: G. Elmer Anderson, Caroline V. Booth, Roy H. Chase, John G. Cooley, Elenor R. Crowley, William J. Donovan, Marie Donovan, John C. Gleason, George W. Gregg, Orestes J. Gregg, Ira Myron Hawley, John W. Henry, Helen Kelly, John H. Kennedy, Robert C. Knapp, Henry Leighton, Letitia Maude Lohnes, Charles I. O'Neil, Mabel B. Pierson, Lydia Rose, Josephine M. Scott, Belle L. Wheeler, of Canandaigua, Leo Allen and H. C. Burgess of Bristol Center, E. Blanche King of Cheshire, Anne B. Pierson of Stanley, Herbert A. Temple and John C. Wilson of Seneca, Grover Roat of Reed Corners. John C. Wilson will be valedictorian and Herbert A. Temple salutatorian. John C. Gleason is president of the class.


From Victor Herald 11 April 1902

The senior or graduating class of Victor High School has eight members this year, who are: Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., Ralph Harmon, Bertha Concannon, Esther M. Powell, William Rugg, Lily Ryan, James Tischer and Bernine Welch. The class has organized by the election of Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., president; Ralph Harmon, vice-president; Bertha Concannon, secretary; Esther M. Powell, treasurer.


From Victor Herald 2 May 1902

East Bloomfield, N. Y. - The graduating class of 1902 of the High School will consist of Cladd Chase, Fred Chase, Margaret Smith, Theda Page and Modesta Butler.


From Ontario County Chronicle 7 May 1902

Gorham, N. Y. - Arthur Phillips, oldest son of A. M. Phillips, finished his labors at the Buffalo Medical college Friday. He has the best wishes of a host of friends in Gorham for his future success as a doctor. He attended school at Canandaigua one year, and from there he went to Andover, Mass., and took a four year preparatory course at Philips academy. The academy was founded April 21, 1778. After graduating from Philips academy, Mr. Phillips entered the Buffalo Medical college, from which he graduated this year. The graduating exercises were held at the Teck theatre, Friday. Mrs. A. M. Philips and Mrs. C. H. Johnson attended the graduating exercises at the Buffalo Medical college in Buffalo.


From Ontario County Chronicle 21 May 1902

Phelps, N. Y. - The graduating class of 1902 of the Phelps High school have elected the following officers: President, Leonard Partridge; vice-president, Miss Selma Holbrook; secretary, Edward P. Ryan, Jr.; treasurer, Margueretta Sabin; orator, George Wicks; prophet, John C. Ingalls; historian, George P. Parmelee; Class colors, scarlet and white.


The students of the Academy have organized a junior class, with officers as follows: President, Roy Case; vice-president, Miss Mary Gage; secretary, Allan Cooley; treasurer, Miss Lulu Fish. The class has twenty-eight members.


From Geneva Daily Times 5 June 1902

Word has been received here that Wallace W. Rayfield of Seneca, formerly a student at the high school, was graduated from the Cortland normal school with the highest honors of the class.  His average in oratory and English for the entire course was 96 per cent.


From Ontario County Chronicle 11 June 1902

Victor, N. Y. - The commencement exercises of the Victor High School will be held Monday evening, June 23 in the town hall. The graduating class of '02 is somewhat larger than usual, numbering eight. It is composed of Esther Powell, salutatorian; Bernie Welch, class prophet; Bertha Concannon, class essayist; Lilly Ryan, class recitation; Ralph Harmon, classical oration; William Rugg, economic oration; James Fischer, class declamation; Leslie Loomis, valedictorian.


From Geneva Daily Times 23 June 1902

The commencement exercises of St. Francis de Sales school will be held at the Smith Opera House Friday evening.  There are 32 graduates in the class this year, as follows:  William L. Baker, Lawrence J. Barrett, John O. Connor, Felix M. Taney, Thomas J. Taney, John A. Toole, Raoul LeBrun, Florence J. Huck, Thomas J. Maney, Thomas J. Hickey, Edward A. Hennessey, Isabelle F. Kenny, Mary H. Pavlak, Helen VanNortwick, Florence Rogan, Anna G. Murphy, Mary A. Murphy, Regina A. Quinn, Helen C. Sparrow, Anna A. Garvey, Elizabeth C. Gulliver, Anna C. Doran, Rose C. Dinan, Alice J. Ferris, Helen P. Toole, Mary B. O'Malley, Agnes G. O'Malley, Julia A. Hickey, Mary E. Kinney, Josephine Ryan, Mary Roland and Evelyn L. Rickon.


From Geneva Daily Times 25 June 1902

After considerable delay the faculty of the high school has announced the personnel of the class of 1902 which is the largest graduating class in the history of the school.  The class numbers 33 or two less than originally expected.  Of the number graduated 21 are young women and 12 are young men.  The young people who will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises Friday morning are as follows:  Maggie Belle Black, Ida Alice Bond, Ruth Coleman, Carrie M. Coon, Maud Emma Demming, Florence Lomira Eggleston, Sara Frances Forden, Annabell Gosman, Olive Nelson Hancock, Edith May Kirk, May McLaughlin, Emma Louise Knight, Alice May Moses, Lucy Elizabeth Reynolds, Betty Lulu Smith, Edna May Smith, Edna May Taylor, Myra Anna Wader, Elsie May Weyburn, Florence Louise Wilcox, Dewight Coleman, Edward Robert Dobbin, Paul Folger, Clarence Arlington Goodwin, Charles Edwin Haslett, Fred Willis Herndeen, Harry Dains Marshall, Percy Austine Palmer, William Durant Schell, Claude B. Smith, Edward Maynor Trott, Eljah Robert Williams.


From Ontario County Chronicle 25 June 1902

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - At 8 o'clock this evening, in Association Hall, occurred the graduation exercises of the Clifton Springs High School. The class consisted of eight members: president, Myron James Walter; vice-president, Floyd Stephens; secretary and treasurer, Miss Mildred Carpenter; Miss Isabel Tey, Miss Grace Gillette, Miss Elizabeth Stuart, Miss Jennie McGinniss, and Stanley Short. Music was furnished by Webb's Orchestra from Auburn.


From Ontario County Chronicle 9 July 1902

Rushville, N. Y. - The following is a list of students who passed Regents examinations at the Rushville Union School last month:
First year Greek - George H. Ebert, Frances G. Savage, Mabel L. Voorhes
Virgil's Aeneid - Lulu M. Holbrook
Chemistry - Lulu M. Holbrook
Elementary English - Rachael Hazeltine
Rhetoric - Frances Savage, Lulu Holbrook, Mary Flynn
Spelling - Alberta Eddy, Alonzo Carson, Blanche Brown, Bertha Tenny, Mary Dailor, Jennie Dailor, Ina Myers
Roman history - Verna Boardman, Anna Eddy, Norma Hazeltine, Rachael Hazeltine, Frances Savage, Earle Wilbur, Margaret Williams
English Composition - Mary Blodgett, Alice Hogan, Lucy Robinson
Geography - Alberta Eddy, Mabel Blodgett, Effa Fisher
Geometry - Mabel Voorhees, Frances Savage, Clara A. Raymond
Botany - Norman Hazletine, Mabel Voorhees, Genevieve Wilson, Lulu Holbrook, Frances Savage, George Ebert
American History - Lura B. Adams, Alma O'Loughlin, Mabel Schumann, Emma Smith, Glenn H. Staysa
Physiology - Lura Adams, Grace Ansley, Alice Blair, Verna Boardman, Harriet Haviland, Rachael Hazeltine, Oliver Hunter, Ina Myers, Glenn Staysa, Clara Raymond, Lucy Raymond, Vincent Voorhees, Earle Wilbur
First year Latin - Ruth Blodgett, Mary Blodgett, Lucy Robinson, Earle Wilbur, Verna Boardman
Reading - Mabel Blodgett, Grace Ansley, Effa Fisher, Harriet Haviland, Bertha Tenny, Glenn Staysa, Inez Wood, Alma O'Loughlin, Mildred Phillips
Writing - Mabel Blodgett, Grace Ansley, Effa Fisher, Harriet Haviland, Bertha Tenny,
Glenn Staysa, Alma O'Loughlin, Alice Flynn
Arithmetic - Mabel Schumann, Grace Ansley, Inez Wood, Alma O'Loughlin


From Ontario County Chronicle 10 September 1902

Reed's Corners, N. Y. - The following pupils are attending school at Canandaigua: Albert Middaugh; Edward Lynch; Ethel Powell; Mary, Blanche and Charles Johnson; Josiah and Arthur Davis; Olin and Leland Powell; Charles Boyd.

From Ontario County Chronicle 17 September 1902

Phelps, N. Y. - The following students leave Phelps this week for the schools named: George Parmalee, Francis Wisewell and Howard Van Demark go to Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Earl Warner enters the law department at Ann Arbor University, Michigan; George Weeks and Leonard Partridge to to Hobart College, Geneva; Robert Waugh enters Cornell; George Wisewell, Hamilton College, Clinton; Earl White, Rochester Business University; Bennett Wright, Worcester Polytechnic, Worcester, Mass; Thomas Wright, Hartford Academy, Hartford, Conn.; Luther Falky, Syracuse University; Harland Howe, University of Buffalo; Miss Meta E. White, Miss Minnie Bulkly, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; Selina Holbrook, Wells College, Aurora; Miss Julia Wright, Vassar College; Winifred Wright, Philadelphia.


From Victor Herald 10 October 1902

Honor Roll for September -

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT, A Class: Dorothy Loomis, 96; Mary Heffron, 94; Leon Quigley, 94; Laura Sale, 93; Harley Lovejoy, 93; Florence Mead, 92; Lucile Loney, 90.

B Class - Olive Simonds, 95; Caroline Wilber, 95; Joseph Gavin, 93; Ione McNutt, 93; Russel Hill, 92; John Knapp Hill, 92; Paul Hutchinson, 92.

C Class - Lauretta Concannon, 92; Ruth Cramer, 92; Blanche Quigley, 90; Henry Wilkinson, 90; Leslie Toomey, 90.

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT, Six Grade - Blanche Howland, 93; Marie Norton, 93; Minnie Kohlhagen, 93; Bernice Loney, 92; Ruth Ewer, 92; Evelyn Mead, 92; Maryett Benson, 91; Helen Simonds, 90; Belle Barry, 90.

Fifth Grade - Marie Toomey, 94; Isabel Wilkinson, 93; Roy Childs, 91; Francis McCrone, 90; Ethel Ingraham, 90.

Fourth Grade - Clarence McNutt, 93; Hattie McNutt, 92; Neva Remer, 91; George McCrone, 91; Charley Lovejoy, 91; Peer Locke, 90; Alice McNutt, 90.

GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT, Eighth Grade - Blanche Loney, 96; Leon Smith, 96; May Preston, 94; Mary Ryan, 93; George Bortle, 92; Lillie Stutzman, 92; Howard Barry, 90; Elizabeth Osborne, 90; Lucile Simonds, 90.

Seventh Grade - Harry Loomis, 98; Esther Chisholm, 93; Hattie Hall, 92; Henry Toomey, 91; Glenroie Vail, 90; Edna Hunt, 90; Marguerite Burke, 90.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT: Bushnell Osborne, 95; Maida Snyder, 95; June Turner, 95; Laura Wilbur, 95; Marguerite Simonds, 94; Mae Mead, 93; Annie Higinbotham, 93; Lillian Greene, 93; Fannie Ladd, 92; Pearl Lauder, 92; George McInerney, 92; Johanna Keefe, 92; Henry Phillips, 91; Lois Powell, 91; Martha Gallup, 91; Belle Mosher, 90; Frances Whelan, 90; Dora Mead, 90.


From Victor Herald 7 November 1902

The following pupils of district No. 9, Fishers, were neither absent or tardy during the month of October: Walter Smith, Bessie Webster, Mabel Barry, Emma Ford and Nellie McCarthy.


From Geneva Advertiser 18 November 1902

"The High School News" for November was issued last Thursday.  Miss Katherine M. Kean is editress, with Bernice Anderson, Byron Rennyson, Frank Rogers, John Reynolds, Anna Gilbert, Mary Rippey, Hester May, A. W. Mason, assistants; Mead Rupert and Paul Henry, business managers.  It is chock full of school news and fun.


From Victor Herald 28 November 1902

We were all pleased to see Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., in our midst Wednesday, home from college. Leslie reports a loss of 14 pounds in weight, "due to foot ball." We surmise that freshman Latin and Greek have something to do with it.


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