Student registers, 1893-1919.

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Richland County School District 1. Student registers, 1893-1919.

Student registers, 1893-1919.

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School register volumes listing names of students and teachers, record of attendance and deportment for male and female students; scholarship report for male and female students, grades, class average by gender, and examination scores; also includes names of each student's parent or guardian, residence, and voting ward. Includes registers for summer or "Vacation school" and the regular academic year. Schools represented include: Columbia High School (104 volumes: 1893-1919, for Grades 8 through 10); Washington Street School (nine volumes: 1893-1894, 1903-1908, 1912-1915, for Grades 6 through 9); and Central Night School (two volumes: 1913-1914 and 1915-1916, for Grades 7 and 8). Singe volumes only held for McMaster School (one volume: 1912-1913, Grade 7 - Henry A. Wise, teacher); and Waverley School (one volume: 1913-1914, Grade 7 - W. Lykes, Jr., teacher) The Columbia City Directory for 1913 identifies the following addresses for these institutions: Columbia High School (1417 Marion St. at Washington St.); McMaster School (1106 Pickens St.); Washington Street School (1323 Washington St.); and Waverley Graded School (located at 1225 Oak St., which appears as a separate entry distinct from the "Waverley Colored School," located at 2329 Gervais St.) [several decades later, the spelling of this neighborhood's name had been shortened "Waverly"].

117 v.

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