Identifier: tropaeum1915butl (find matches)
Title: The Tropaeum
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Butler High School (Butler, Ind.)
Subjects: Butler High School (Butler, Ind.) School yearbooks High schools
Publisher: Butler, Ind. : Butler High School
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
'
Text Appearing After Image:
W. P. ENDICOTT, President GEO. W. GEDDES, Secretary. L. C. BUEHRER, Treasurer


HISTORY OF THE BUTLER SCHOOLS

When the city of Butler was but a pioneer settlement, the
little folk of the vicinity attended school in a log building lo-
cated on the site now occupied by the Livergood bungalow.
Miss Susann Norris, a daughter of the man for whom the
town was first named, was teacher of this district school. Mrs
.Almyra Noels Daily was one of her pupils, both teacher and
pupil residing on the opposite side of the street, Miss Norris
in a log cabin and Miss Noels in the only frame house of im-
portance, it being built by her father, and still stands to test-
ify of his good workmanship as it has recently been remodeled
into a modern bungalow being occupied by Dr. Samuells, tho
the old school building has long since been destroyed.
From time to time the locality of the school was changed
until in 1871 there was erected a square brick surmounted by
a similar shaped cupola, in which was placed the bell which
has ever since been calling the children of the town to come

Note About Images