The graduating class for this year is one of the smallest that the school ever had.

It consisted of Olive Long, Clarence J. Eden and Charles F. Dickson.

J. J. McMahon

The teachers elected for 1899-00 and their respective grades and salaries per month are as follows:
J. J. McMahon, principal, $85
A. C. Fuller, assistant principal, high school grades, $50
Mrs. O.B. Walters (Alma Stuedeman), preparatory, 7th and 8th grades, $40
James Signall, second grammar, 6th grade, $10
Lina Loechner, first grammar, 5th grade, $40
Jessie Eden, second intermediate, 4th grade, $42.50
Elsa Stuedemann, first intermediate, 3d grade. $40
Effie Woolman, second primary, 2nd grade, $12.50
Blanche Patton, first primary, 1st grade, $45

A. C. Fuller

In summing up the core of teachers for this year, the board may well be proud and the patrons of the school confident.

J. J. McMahon, B. Di., received his early education in the rural schools of Butler County, Iowa, and by hard night and Sunday studying. He carries the degree of Bachelor of Didactics from the Iowa State Normal School. He was elected principal of the Breda Schools in September, 1887.
This position he filled till January, 1891 when he resigned to qualify for the office of County Superintendent, to which office he was elected the fall preceding. He filled this office up to the tune that he was elected principal of the Manning Schools, in 1898.

A. C. Fuller, a graduate of the Iowa State Normal, comes well recommended to fill the position of assistant principal and as instructor in languages.

Mrs. Alma Stuedemann-Walters has been an instructor in the Manning Schools since 1893. She is a graduate of the Carroll Schools. She has been re-elected to a position in the Manning Schools and will fill the position tendered to Adora Atherton, the latter refusing to qualify owing to an offer of her former position in the Manilla Schools.

James Signals was a member of the class of 1892. Athough he taught in the rural districts during the winter terms, still, he did not make it a profession till 1897, when he was elected to his present position.

Lina Loechner is serving a second year. She refused re-election to a position in the Aspinwall Schools to accept the present one. She completed her education in the Vail High School.

Jessie Eden was a member of the class of 1890. She was elected to a position in these schools in 1895 and has served in that capacity ever since. This is sufficient recommendation of her efficiency.

Elsa Stuedemann, is serving her second year as instructor in these schools. She received her early education in the Carroll Schools and has had a number of years experience in the schools of the county.

Effie Woolman was a member of the class of 1893 and since her graduation, has devoted herself to teaching. She was honored with a position in these schools in 1897. Her re-election and promotions to more difficult positions, also the increase of her salary demonstrates her ability more than words could.

Blanche Patton, who completed the High School course before there were any graduating exercises held, holds the responsible position of First Primary instructor. She has filled positions in the schools in 1891, '97, '98 and '99. She now holds one of the most responsible positions in the school and her increased salary demonstrates her competence.

C. H. Carlisle still officiates as janitor.

W. H. Reever, M. Di., Ph. B., retiring, was elected superintendent of the Greenfield Schools for the ensuing year, with an increased salary over that of the Manning Schools and a more desirable position than the one he has just left. His professional training consisted of a high school course in Carroll, from 1885 to 1888, followed by a course in the Iowa State Normal, from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Didactics in 1895.
Since then he has received the degree of Master of Didactics. He entered the State, University of Iowa in the fall of 1895 and graduated from the same in 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He was elected to the principalship of the Manning Schools in 1897:

Hattie Leonard who, for the present, has given up the profession of teaching school, was a member of the class of 1893. For the past five years, she has devoted the most of her time to teaching, having filled positions in Carroll, Crawford, and Audubon Counties. She is now taking a special course in music.

Among the noticeable changes made by the present board are: the raise in teachers salaries; the laying of a new brick walk from the main entrance of the building to the street; the revision of the course of study and the publication of a volume, for free distribution among the patrons of the school, which set forth the rules that govern the board, the teachers, and the pupils and their parents.
It is the first catalogue of the school that has ever been issued and seems to fill a long felt want. It makes many suggestions to parents; gives items of interest from the school records and brings the parents, the board, and the teachers in closer touch with each other. The volume is nicely arranged, well worded and neatly gotten up. It is well worth studying and preserving.

The courses added are: A term and a half in physiology; two terms in higher arithmetic; term and a half in astronomy; one term in trigonometry; nine terms in Latin.

The courses increased are:
English Literature, from three terms to five; Geometry, from four terms to five.

The courses dropped are: Zoology and book-keeping. A completion of the course as now arranged will admit graduates to enter the State University or any other college.
A new organ has been placed in the high school room, and over fifty classic and standard reference books have been added to the library.

J.P. Arp

Douglas Rogers

By comparison with the list of teachers for the year previous, it will show a change of grades and the substitution of three new teachers, as well as a rise in salary of some of the present teachers.

J. J. McMahon was elected principal with an increased salary, while A. C. Fuller was re-elected to the same position that he filled the year previous. On Mr. McMahon's refusal of the principalship, Mr. Fuller was elected to his position.
Mr. McMahon will, in the near future, devote his attention to the management of a printing and publishing house belonging to him and located at Toledo, Iowa.

Adora Smith needs no introduction as she has made this her home for a number of years. Her professional work has called her to larger cities for a number of years past. She held a position at Traer for a number of years and then accepted a position in the Marshalltown Schools which she filled nearly as long. Miss Lancelot has been teaching in Audubon for a couple of years and Miss Kelley has, for the past six or seven years, been teaching school in the country.
The board has decided to add a German course and have hired Henry Sievers as instructor.

The graduating class for this year consists of the following members: Peter Rademann, Lillian Halford, Nellie Signall, Julius Tank, Fred Wiseman, Julius Miller, Henry Brunnier, Emma Summerville, Philip Signall; Robert Summerville and Olive Pickett, Myrtle Arp.

Following, is a list of teachers whose homes are at Manning, and also those who teach in Manning and vicinity: