0513: Byron T. Morris Papers, 1967-1989

Copies of Mr. Morris\u27s newspaper column, Out of the Past, written for the Wayne County News; subjects include histories of communities in Wayne County, West Virginia, genealogy of Wayne County families, registers of marriages in neighboring counties of Wayne County persons, and school and church histories

A History of the North Wayne Community Unit 200 School District

This paper is a historical review of the past and present state of the North Wayne Community Unit School District Number 200. This study of the past reveals how the current state of development was reached. The North Wayne School District lies in Northern Wayne County, Illinois. The district encompasses 202 square miles and has three main population centers: Cisne, Mt. Erie, and Johnsonville. Wayne County was settled as early as 1814. The small communities in Northern Wayne County were not platted until 1852-53. The largest village, Cisne, was not laid out until 1870. The main resources over the past century have been the production of red top hay, agriculture and related industry, and oil related businesses since its discovery in Wayne County in 1937. The first schools in Wayne County were subscription schools that were taught by traveling teachers in 1820. Public schools began to appear with the passage of the Common School Law in 1855. By 1882 Wayne County had 121 school districts and 117 public school buildings. Interestingly fourteen of these buildings were log cabins and two were brick structures. This paper examines school life, textbooks, rules, and facilities common to this early era in education. Early school funding and the public school movement is also reviewed. Each seperate community had its own elementary district and there were numerous country schools until the State of Illinois legislated many of them out of existence in 1953. The law determined that the number of the 12,000 school districts in Illinois had to be reduced and stated that schools with fewer than fifteen pupils would no longer receive state aid. Johnsonville, Cisne, and Mount Erie maintained their school districts by absorbing many small districts during this period. In 1972 the North Wayne Community Unit Number 200 School District was formed by a vote of 454-94. On July 12, 1973, the North Wayne Community Consolidated Board of Education held its organizational meeting. Each of these seperate elementary districts are historically reviewed in this paper. The emergence of the high schools in our nation is briefly reported. Johnsonville created a high school for two years, 1919-1920. Mt. Erie had a high school from 1914 until consolidating with Cisne in 1951-52. Cisne High School was organized in 1919 and operated as Cisne High School District #228 until the formation of the North Wayne School District. The Cisne High School building now serves the entire district. Finally, the school district’s present state is evaluated in regards to its educational programs and the quality of these programs based upon the philosophy and objectives of the district. Recommendations for improvement conclude this study

Oral History Interview: Tillie Watts

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Born in rural Wayne County. Mrs. Tillie Watts was the first female Field Deputy Sheriff in West Virginia. Highlights of the interview include her childhood in rural Wayne County, the Great Depression, her work during World War II in food rationing and the sale of war bonds, the career of her husband Oscar Watts who was a state legislator and the first president of the Tri-State Airport, her wedding reception, Christmases in the country, and the day she learned to drive.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1236/thumbnail.jp

Fort Wayne College Catalogue 1882-1883

The 1882-1883 academic catalog of Fort Wayne College in Fort Wayne, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/catalogs/1098/thumbnail.jp

Fort Wayne College Catalogue 1883-1884

The 1883-1884 academic catalog of Fort Wayne College in Fort Wayne, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/catalogs/1119/thumbnail.jp

The Bible Vision

The September 1948 edition of The Bible Vision, published by the Fort Wayne Bible Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/tufw-alumni-publications/1135/thumbnail.jp

Fort Wayne Bible College Vision

The July-August 1958 edition of Fort Wayne Bible College Vision, published by Fort Wayne Bible College in Fort Wayne, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/tufw-alumni-publications/1317/thumbnail.jp

The Fort Wayne Vine

The Winter 2013 edition of The Fort Wayne Alumnus, published by Taylor University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/tufw-alumni-publications/1016/thumbnail.jp

Fort Wayne College Catalog

The 1881-1882 academic catalog of Fort Wayne College.https://pillars.taylor.edu/tufw-catalogs/1006/thumbnail.jp

Fort Wayne College Catalogue 1881

The 1881 academic catalog of Fort Wayne College in Fort Wayne, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/catalogs/1118/thumbnail.jp