The Port Hope Model High School (c1891)

Photo courtesy Port Hope Archives Port Hope Archives has, in its collection, two particular items of interest regarding Port Hope's early high school education.

The first is a transcription of part of the 1891-1892 attendance register for the Model High School, located in the old Presbyterian Church (erected in 1860 and since demolished) at the corner of North and Brown streets.

It opened as a High School in January 1873 under the principalship of Dr. A. Purslow. (Master B.F. Nicholls' 1880
report card)

The first section lists the names of the boys attending at the beginning of January 1891.

Register No.	Form IV boys
1	Clark, George
2	Scott, Fred
3	Johnson, Robert
4	Race, Cecil
5	Evans, Charles
6	McLean, Stanley
7	Henwood, George
8	Smith, Vernon
9	Powers, Edward
10	Hewson, Bruce
11	Fallis, Morley

Register No.	Form III boys
16	Hamill, Norman
17	Harcourt, Fred
18	Budge, Victor
19	Rosevear, John
20	Gothwaite, Fred
21	McMullen, Will
22	Renwick, Walter
23	Ross, Beverley
24	Irwin, Geo. E.
25	Inch, W. Edgar
26	Kelly, Joseph
27	Harcourt, George
28	Tape, Edward
29	Stanton, Ambrose
30	Tonkin, Albert
31	Stevenson, George
32	Graham, John
33	Craig, William
34	Martin, Harold

Register No.	Form II boys
40	Curtis, Fred
41	Fogarty, Cecil
42	Burnham, Cecil
43	Hagerman, Harvey
44	McLennan, Jonathan
45	Griffin, Vincent
46	Moore, Samuel
47	O'Brien, D'Arcy
48	McLennan, Will
49	McLennan, Arthur
50	Best, William
51	Greenaway, Will C.
52	Haskill, Sanford H.
53	Garfat, Fred
54	Gill, Ernest
55	Ross, Thomas
56	Raymond, David

Register No.	Form I boys
61	Hayden, Charles
62	Hall, Victor A.
63	Clark, James C.
64	McCallum, James
65	Davison, Bertie
66	McGahey, Charles
67	Chestnut, Howard
68	Budge, Sydney S.
69	Kerr, John
70	Smith, Arthur
71	Hough, Alexander
72	Wickett, Charlie
75	McLean, Howard
76	Stone, John
77	Garfat, John
78	Henwood, Charles
79	Foster, Ervine
80	Hewson, Fred
81	Clemesha, Will
82	Douglas, Frederic
83	Andrews, Robert
84	Maynard, Walter
85	Roddick, Roderic

This next section lists the girls and some additional information taken from a section of the register dealing with admissions to the school. The extra material is limited, dealing with students already attending.

Form IV girls

Register No.	Names	Date of approved admission	Parent or guardian	Post office address	Course selected	Option selected
90	Brown, Ella	Jan. 1892 (readmitted)		South Monaghan	Special	French
91	Cann, Mary		Thomas Cann	Port Hope	Special	French
92	Strickland, Ida		Captain Strickland	Port Hope	Special	French
93	Sing, Edith
94	McCallum, M.
95	Hockin, Lillian
96	Camelon, Maggie
97	McCallum, W.
98	Harmer, Emily	Jan. 1892 (Readmitted))	John Harmer	Port Hope	Special	French
99	Tapscott, Mabel
100	Tapscott, Cora C.
101	Burnham, A.
102	Pearce, Bessie
103	Cooper, Fanny
104	Bray, Emma
105	McCallister, Jennie
106	Hamill, Alice
107	Hamill, M.
108	Perrin, Lottie			Bensfort	General	French
109	Leach, Flora		James Leach	Port Hope	Special	French

Form III girls

Register No.	Names	Date of approved admission	Parent or guardian	Post office address	Course selected	Option selected
113	Moffatt, Maggie
114	Henwood, Alice
115	Weatherilt, May
116	Chant, Gertrude
117	Martin, Lottie
118	Porteous, Minnie
119	Lucas, Maggie
120	Bickle, Ada
121	Budge, Mamie
122	McKay, Ethel
123	Noble, Hattie
124	Bennett, Mabel C.
125	Guernsey, Kate
126	Reeve, Lucy
127	Maybury, Frank
128	Fair, Maggie
129	Wallace, Ella
130	O'Brien, Emma
131	Robinson, Isabel	Jan. 1891		Port Granby	General	French
132	Curtis, Mertie

Form II girls

Register No.	Names	Date of approved admission	Parent or guardian	Post office address	Course selected	Option selected
136	Coleman, Nellie
137	Walker, Bertha
138	Powers, Robbie
139	Kinsman, M.
140	Kinsman, B.
141	Robinson, Hattie
142	Brand, Maude
143	Hawkins, Gertie
144	Pasmore, Jennie
145	Lethbridge, Minnie
146	Shepherd, Hannah
147	Liggett, Mabel
148	Wellington, Mabel
149	Cook, Mary
150	McLean, Lizzie	Jan. 1891 (Readmitted)	William McLean	Port Hope	Special	French
151	Johnson, Sara	Jan. 1891	Johnson	Port Hope	Special	French

Form I girls

Register No.	Names	Date of approved admission	Parent or guardian	Post office address	Course selected	Option selected
156	Benson, Clara
157	King, Hallie
158	Tuer, Daisy
159	Dunn, Nellie
160	Sexsmith, Eliza
161	Aiken, Mabel
162	Trenbeth, Mabel
163	Uglow, Mary M.
166	Guernsey, Beatrice	Jan. 1891	Major T.N. Guernsey	Port Hope	Special	French
167	Morton, Addie	Jan. 1891	Morton	Cobourg Road	Special	French
168	Douglas, Alberta	Jan. 1891	John Douglas	Port Hope	Special	French
169	Norris, Irene	Jan. 1891	Charles Norris	Port Hope	Special	French
170	Short, Amy	Jan. 1891	John Short	Port Hope	Special	French
171	Liggett, Flora	Jan. 1891	Liggett	Port Hope	Special	French
172	Hansman, Eva	Jan. 1891	Michael Hansman	Port Hope	Special	French
173	Hillis, Maggie	Jan. 1891	Hillis	Rice Lake Road	General	French

This third section is comprised of information regarding female students who registered during the 1891-1892 years. We're currently trying to locate the owner of the original register, as there must be information about male students who registered during the same time frame.

Admission date	Age	Name	Parent/guardian	Post office	Course	Option
April		Shaw, Ada	Mrs. Mulligan (Aunt)	Port Hope	Special	French
August		Reel, Mabel	John Reel	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	13	Scott, Ethel B.	Robert K. Scott	Port Hope	Special	French & Latin
July 1891	14	Dawley, Mary G.	Hiram Dawley	Cobourg Road	Special	French
July 1891	14	Paterson, Amy L.	Mrs. Ch. Paterson	Port Hope	Special	French & Latin
July 1891	13	Sowden, Josephine	Mrs. Sandford Sowden	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	12	Gladman, Mary	Mrs. E. Gladman	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	14	Small, May	Mrs. S. Small	Port Hope	Special	French & Latin
July 1891	13	Hewson, Leila	Thomas Hewson	Port Hope	Special	French & Latin
July 1891	13	Glass, Eva Maud	George Glass	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	14	Williamson, Nellie	William Williamson	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	15	Cann, Beattie	Thomas Cann	Canton	Special	French
July 1891	14	Braund, Eva	Joseph Braund	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	12	Dayman, Minnie	John Dayman	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891		Shaw, Iva	William Shaw	Millbrook	Special	French
July 1891	12	Corson, Sarah C.	Captain Corson	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	14	Douglas, Euphemia	William Douglas	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	14	L'Esperance, Flora	D.J. L'Esperance	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891		Jackson, Jane	John G. Jackson	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	15	Maybee, Rosa	Mrs. Jarvis Maybee	Port Hope	Special	French
July 1891	14	Smith, Clara E.	Robert Smith	Perrytown	General	French
July 1891		Campbell, Edith	H.S. Campbell	Port Hope	Special	French & Latin
January 1892 (readmitted)		Hamill, Letitia
July 1891		Bickle, Annie		Port Hope	General	French
July 1891		Kinsman, Emma B.		Canton	Special	French
July 1891		Delamere, Lillian	Delamere	Minden	General
July 1891		Wood, Maggie	Archibald Wood	Millbrook	Special	French
August 1891		Barrett, Clara		Garden Hill	General	French
August 1892		Hillier, Jennie	Mrs.	Millbrook	Special	French
Oct. 1891	13	Wood, Ethel	Fred. Wood	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	15	Mulligan, Louise	Henry Mulligan	Millbrook	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	13	Wood, Annie	Archibald Wood	Millbrook	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	13	Ling, Gertrude	Henry Ling	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	14	Thompson, Ella	Thos. A. Thompson	Port Hope	Special	French
August 1892		Crothers, Mabel G.	Rev. W.J. Crothers	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	15	Burnham, Adell	H.H. Burnham	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892		Robb, Bertha		Perrytown	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	12	Holdaway, Nellie	Fred. Holdaway	Port Britain	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	14	Peacock, Kate	John W. Peacock	Welcome	Special	French
August 1892	13	Nicholls, Margueretta	Will. H. Nicholls	Port Hope	Special	French
August 1892	12	Dawkins, Carrie	John Dawkins	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	15	Philp, Estella	Hugh Philp	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	14	Good, Bessie	Mrs. Em. Wainman	Port Hope	Special	French
August 1892	14	Wilcox, Ella	Geo. Wilcox	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
August 1892	13	Purser, Florence Eth.	Samuel Purser	Port Hope	Special	French

The second item referred to is a training register (1884-1904), indicating that a number of the students listed above were training to become teachers. The register is entitled County Model Schools of Ontario Training Register - Special Report of Classes Taught (Registered No. 981: Dec. 28/8/84). The teaching period occurred during the months of October and November. The following are listed for the years shown.

1884 Emma Aldridge, Miss S. Coleman, Mary Dodds, Miss. J. Fanning, Ida Gould, Miss H. Windel, Miss B. Watson, Carrie Gladman, Willis Dean, L. Brown, Elizabeth Walker, Eliza Ballagh, Eva Wilkinson, Anne Stilwell, M. Tamblyn, Ida Venner, Thomas Pue, Wordsworth Porter, Eb Snider, Charles Carveth, George Conway, John Johnson, Wilbur Norris, Thomas Brown.

1885 William Muldrew, Thomas McLaren, Ella Wilson, Jessie Wilgar, Samuel G. Brown, Annie Warde, Minnie Soden (Sowden?), Sara Elson, Thompson Ballagh, Joheil Coolidge, Mary Cann, Annie Moore, John Odell, Hattie Walker, Miss A. Benson, Mary Hansman, Norman Tilley, Alma Nott, Maud Cooper, Lizzie Hewson, Herbert Barber, Archie Stilwell, Edith Riggs, Polly Creba(?).

1886 Melissa Haskell, Jennie Gist, Robert Simpson, Harry Bean, Flora Leach, Flora Carveth, AW Hooper, Edgar Russell, Ada Lowrie, Georgie Furby, Annie Fair, William J. Orchard, William J. Kent, Lila Armstrong, Minnie Halliday, Hattie Stark, WD McLaren, David Jamieson, Edgerton Doxee, Celia S. Paull, Annie Cheer, Louisa Gardiner, Charles Fraser, Ida Strickland, Nellie Richardson, Hattie Lough, William A. Parks.

1887 Laura Welch, Lottie Hamill, James A. Newsome, Fred Deyell, Minnie Anderson, Louise McIvor, James Berry, Harry Eagleson, Ida Strickland, Lizzie Dean, Robert J. Montgomery, Fred Everry(?), Alice Evans, Eppie Warren, Adam Watson, Peter J. Tyerman, Amanda Hamill, Bessie Allen, Thomas Dodds, Ettie A. Campbell, Lottie Perin, Melissa Haskill, William AM Bellwood.

1888 Allie Vance, Ada Linton, Fred Deyell, Martha Whittington, Jennie C. Reid, Neil Colville, Miss Lou MacWilliam, Maggie Nott, Kimball Morrison, Ethel Hall, Helen Cornish, Jonathan W. Russell, Mollie Booth, Lillian Delamere(?), Cassie Fox, Helen Hay, Gertrude Lewis, Herbert Smale(?)

1889 Tena Elliott, Jennie Small, Mr. H. Carveth, Alice O. Budge, Effie Larmer, Mr. Shaw, Emma Earl, Alberta Kelley, WH Hooper, Edith M. Lee, Lizzie McMaster, James Lawson, Belle Stephenson, Eppie Warren, SE Sanderson, Mary Harmer, Miss Bertie Tamblin (Tamblyn?), Mr. Pearce.

1890 Emma Brown, Maude Broughall, Edward M. Pearce, Ida Morris, Jennie Robinson, GG Fitzgerald, Aggie Benson, Aggie Watson, Upton Runnalls, NS McDonald, Rosa Henderson, Alberta Kelly, Morley Fallis, Bertha Sing, Edith Allen, George H. Dean, Della Fanning, Sarah Carr, B. Van Homrigh(?), AB McGill.

1891 Ella Fligg, Minnie Spry, Thomas F. Perkin, William Argue, Isabel Wilson, Emily Harmer, Maggie Lucas, John Lee, Laura McNeil, Jessie Hawthorne, Miss ML Carr, Fred Harcourt, Margaret Rogers, Lilley Prout(?), Ada Bickle, John Graham, Bertha McCulloch, Alice Hamill, Herbert Sanderson, F. John Jollow, Addie Staples, Alice Harmer(?), Norman Hamill, Edwin A. Tonkin(?), Ida Osborn.

1892 Miss Moffatt, Miss Deyell, Mr. Hawkey, Mr. Thorndyke, Mabel Tapscott, Miss Cook, Miss Camelon, Robert Stevens, Miss Scott, Miss McAllister, Mr. Grieve, Robert Johnston, Miss Washington, Miss Shaw, Miss Trull, Charles Evans, Miss Jennings, Miss Griffin, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Martyn, Miss Jolliffe, Miss Graham, Miss McCallum, Mr. Aikenson, Mr. Argue.

1893 Miss M. Weatherilt, Miss M. Aiken, Oscar Conlin, JH Bean, Jessie K. Laing, Mabel Liggott, Helen Coleman, Ambrose Stanton, Miss. F. Coatham, Agnes Orchard, LB Williams, NF Coombe, Miss E. Kelly, Miss A. Rowland, William Grieve, NE Inch, V. Osborne, Miss W. McCallum, Miss F. Cobbledick, Mr. McDonald, Miss Isabe Robinson, Kate Colville, CE Brown, F. Atkinson, Miss ME Haines, Miss AE Orchard, V. Budge, F. Thompson.

1894 Adella Dancaster, Mary Uglow, AN Mitchell, Wesley Hancock, Edith Sing, Eliza Sexsmith, Edith Scott, HC Rundle, Miss A. Hancock, Bertha Dancaster, EW Smale, CW Sleman (Sleeman?), Amy Armour, Ida Hughes, James W. Kelly, Gertrude Hawkins, Lottie Martin, Edith Mountjoy, Ada Shaw, JC Mills, Bertha Morris, Ethel Sharp, Nellie Coleman, William McMullen, Cora Tapscott, Lila Might, Frank Tribilcock, Robert Clarke.

1895 Grace Laing, Fred Davy, Richard Foster, James Benson, Mary E. Virtue, Minnie Lethbridge, Herbert Foley, Howard Chestnut, Jennie Jackson, Josie Sowden, William Inch, Frank Moore, Lena Davy, Fred E. Moroney, Norman Moyse, EW Allin, Agnes Orchard, Mabel Bennett, Stanley H. Pickup, Alex Hough, May Sparling, Charles Hayden.

1896 Emily Couch, Amy Short, HR Gray, John A. Wright, Fanny Ellenor, Carrie Syer, RS Rowland, William Law, Ellie Thompson, Stella Cobbledick, SM Hawkins, Edward Worden, Agnes Delamoure (Delamere?), Maude Brand, DR Moore, Roderick Roddick, Irene Jewell, Iva Shaw, J. Fletcher Chapman, Sidney Cole, Daisy Tuer, Carrie Grose, TJ Ryan, Charles P. Henwood, Rhoda Black, Etta Wilcox, William Trenouth, Clarence Race, Isabella Lawrie, Jennie Johnston, HR Philp.

1897 Edith Campbell, Minnie Rogers, Mamie Cochrane, William Law, Lillian McLean, Ethel M. Wood, Hannah Staples, Walter Thorndyke, Gertrude M. Sing, Annie Waddell, Mabel Kennedy, John A. Thompson, Ethel Trebilcock, Helen Caldwell, Katie Peacock, George W. Peters, Lila M. Might, Clemie Mackie, Louise Barker, John A. Wright.

1898 Edna Fielding, Edwin Best, Harold Pickup, Lillian Gamsby, Emma Sackville, Lorenzo Dunbar, Ethel Sackville, Clara Beer, Russell Smale, Myrtle Jenkins, Ethel Rose, Arthur McRoberts, Nellie Holdaway, Florence Carson, Richard Hoskin.

1899 Minnie B. Anderson, Florence M. Galbraith, William Bennett, Stella M. Blackburn, Winona M. Eilbeck, William G. Dewey, May L. McGorman, MA Rickard, Charles S. Hawkins, Clara Carson, Susie H. Hutchison, Fred R. Phillips, Edith M. McColl, May A. Elliott, Amy E. McKowan (McCowan?), Eva J. Roberts, Edythe A. Preston, James Whitehead, Ethelwyn M. Sparling, Katie S. Peacock, Elma Walker, Helen B. Lough, AF Johnston, Horace Wood, Estella M. Philp, Blanche Clarke, AN Tabscott (Tapscott?), Annie Davidson, Ada L. Ward, Edgar G. Trick, Minnie Weatherilt, Florence Robertson, Edith B. Maybee, Charlotte H. Dayfoot, Lillian F. Merrill, Minnie F. Weston, Annie Walters.

1900 Ella Coulter, Julia Boyd, Kenneth K. Robertson, Minnie Mann, Mary Coffey, George Blodgett, Zella Lapp, Aggie Carson, Gerald Byers, Lillian Marett, May McNaughton, Harry Johnson, Jessie Tuer, Amy Rooney, D'Arcy Davidson, Eunice McNaughton, Eva Crookshank (Cruickshank?) Addie Macklam, Eva Galbraith, Minnie Downs, Fred Phillips, Annie Walter, Helen Drewry (Drury?), Maud McElroy, Florence Cheffins, Hattie Might, William Jones, Tena Ferguson, Robert Ely.

1901 F. Lillian Archer, Laura G. Wilson, Delbert Armstrong, Nellie Hall, Florence Purser, Ada Fair, Matthew Sutton, Alda Williams, Flora Boskill (Bouskill?), Fred McColl, Maud Pickup, Gertrude Gardiner, Adam Miller, Helen C. Kemp, Alice L. White, Eber Hurl, Bertha Galbraith, Stella I. Purser, John McKenny, Ethel Ward, Olga Brand, Egerton Byers, Fanny E. Boundy, Nellie Mitchell, Bessie W. Lucey, Edna M. Brock, Margaret Thomas, Fred Tuer, May Mitchell, May Huycke, Helen G. Morris, Iva E. Doyle, Ethel M. Sing, Julyan E. Lang, John W. McDonald, Florence C. Phillips, Celai Hutchinson, Thomas G. Murphy, Ethel Purdy.

1902 Charles A. Brady, Nona Burnham, K. Helena Dauncey, Carrie Dunnett, Helen Fraser, Norma Gliddon, Susie Hawkins, Susie A. Hinman, Flossie Martyn, Leona McBride, Fred J. O'Connor, John J. O'Sullivan, Kathleen Patterson, Samuel W. Pickup, Ethel Purdy, Alice M. Richards, Eva L. Rutherford, Heber Sisson, Ethel M. Smith, Frank Staples, Robert Stocker, Alberta Wight, Bessie P. Winter, Alfred Wilson, Harold B. Wood, Helen M. Young, James P. Smart.
All students at the school were not residents of Port Hope.

1903 Wilma Fair (Canton), Blanche Wilson (Lifford), Stella Nichols, Olive Frederick (Campbellford), Florence Kerr (Cold Springs), Alma Thomas (Newcastle), Mabel Sutton, Violet Scott (Port Hope), Ruby Kerr (Cobourg), Laura Coe (Cavan), Mary Squair (Orono), Mary McCallum (Port Hope), Grace Boggs (Cobourg), Ethel Walker (Colborne), Owen Pollard (Canton), John Isaac (Norham), Raymond Humphries (Warkworth), Byron Burwash (Baltimore), Brock Pengelley (Bailieboro), Harry White (Port Hope), Edward Sackville (Bewdley), James McDonald (Bowmanville).

1904 Frances J. Drummer(?) (Vernonville), Isabel W. Handley (Millbrook), Edith W. Henderson (Port Hope), Winnifred K. Henry (Newcastle), Florence A. Hunter (Orono), Edith E. Hutchinson (Bailieboro), Rachel H. Johnston (Colborne), Robina E. Johns (Hampton), Alida J. Lapp (Brighton), Loretta Murray (Grafton), Pearle Purser (Port Hope), Lillian Rae (Port Hope), Maud L. Scott (Bowmanville), Ella Staples (Bethany), Edith W. White (Port Hope), Rose E. Wimbles(?), Eva J. Wickett (Bowmanville), Helena J. Waddell (Orono), Stanley E. Burnham (Port Hope), George W. Bunton (Welcome), Thomas W. Davidson (Camborne), Carleton K. Fotheringham (Cavanville), Stace H. Gaudier (Port Hope), Charles R. Gummow (Cobourg), Thomas W. Halligan (Plainville), Alex R. Lord (Grafton), Kenneth K. Pearce (Welcome), Raymond Richards (Codrington), John G. Staples (Bethany).

A typical entry from this register

Miss Amanda Hamill

Date	Subject	Class or Division	GP	TP1	TP2	TP3	TP4	M	Remarks
October 18, 1887	Reading	IIc	40	16	17	15	15	38
November 2, 1887	Reading	IIIs	36	16	17	15	15	36	Lacks vivacity
November 3, 1887	Geography	IIIs	40	17	17	15	16	40
November 7, 1887	Arithmetic	IVj	40	18	17	16	16	42
November 9, 1887	Geography	IVj	44	19	18	17	17	48
November 15, 1887	Geography	IVs	48	20	17	18	18	50
November 30, 1887	Reading	Ic	50	20	15	18	18	50

Marks were given for:

Governing Power: ability to excite interest and sustain attention (60)
Teaching Power:
Preparation (20)
Language: distinctness of enunciating, fluency, tone of voice, pronunciation, grammatical accuracy (20)
Methods of giving questions and of receiving answers (20)
Detection and correction of errors (20)
Manner: general appearance, energy, animation, sympathy, self-possession, tact (60)

In 1902, more anecdotal material regarding teaching experiences was added along with the marks. For the complete entries of any of the students listed in the training register, please contact the Port Hope Archives for charges.

Peter and Barbara Bolton - Port Hope, Ontario
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