Stephenson County IL Schools Mt. Hope School Buckeye Twp.

Our school has been doing very well for the first month. The first week we did not have very many scholars, but they soon gathered in. Now we have twenty-six. Chas. H. Addams of Cedarville, teaches our school. He taught it last winter. We all like him very much. We have a very interesting school, and consider it about as well advanced as any country district school in this county. We all try to improve our time during school hours, studying and reciting lessons, and enjoying ourselves during intermission at playing ball and other innocent amusements. Among those who have not missed any days during this month are as follows: Ella Gingrich, Bertha Fager, Lydia Werner, Blanche Hutchison, and Edna Hutchison. We have not had many visitors so far, but hope the folks will come. We would try to make it pleasant for them. A Little Girl - Undated Scrapbook Clipping Mount Hope Jottings To The Editor - We were all glad to read the few lines in last week's paper stating the school was in a good, general prospering way. The attendance was very good all winter. Last Friday the school was small there being only seven pupils in attendance on account of rain and bad roads. There is but one of the pupils that have not missed a day all through the term, and it is Hutch Rutherford. The teacher is taking a very interesting part in teaching the girls how to write. Contributed by Karen Fyock - Undated Scrapbook Clipping