A cousin mine ran across two diplomas. I am not familiar with this type.
What is
a "common school"? What is a Young Peoples Reading Circle? See the info
below:
INDIANA COMMON SCHOOLS DIPLOMA
This certifies, that Leota McCabe
of District 9 in the School Township of Johnson County of Ripley
having passed a creditable examination in Orthography, Reading, Writing,
Arithmetic,
Geography, English, Grammar, Physiology and Scientific Temperance, United
States
History and having sustained a correct deportment is granted this
Certificate of Proficiency
In Testimony Whereof
Our Signatures are here affixed this twenty second day of June 1912.
Charles R. Hertenstein, County Supt.
J. C. Pickett, Trustee
(blank), Teacher
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INDIANA YOUNG PEOPLES READING CIRCLE DIPLOMA
This Certified that Leota McCabe has
completed the Course of Reading presented by the Board of Directors of the
YOUNG PEOPLES READING CIRCLE OF INDIANA.
In Witness Whereof, The Board of Directors has caused this Diploma to be
signed by its President and Secretary and attested by the County
Superintendent and Teacher
this 26 day of November 1910
Hale Bradt, Superintendent J. M. Neet, President
Ripley County Lawrence McTurnan,
Secretary
Calvin Francis, Teacher
(In the upper left corner is a picture of Horace Mann and in the upper right
corner a picture of H. W. Longfellow.)
Bill Willey
willeybill(a)aol.com