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

The first is a photocopy of parts 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. The first section lists the names of the boys attending at the beginning of January 1891.

Register No.	FORM IV BOYS		FORM III BOYS		FORM II BOYS		FORM I BOYS
1	Clark, George	16	Hamill, Norman	40	Curtis, Fred	61	Hayden, Charles
2	Scott, Fred	17	Harcourt, Fred	41	Fogarty, Cecil	62	Hall, Victor A.
3	Johnson, Robert	18	Budge, Victor	42	Burnham, Cecil	63	Clark, James C.
4	Race, Cecil	19	Rosevear, John	43	Hagerman, Harvey	64	McCallum, James
5	Evans, Charles	20	Gothwaite, Fred	44	McLennan, Jonathan	65	Davison, Bertie
6	McLean, Stanley	21	McMullen, Will	45	Griffin, Vincent	66	McGahey, Charles
7	Henwood, George	22	Renwick, Walter	46	Moore, Samuel	67	Chestnut, Howard
8	Smith, Vernon	23	Ross, Beverley	47	O'Brien, D'Arcy	68	Budge, Sydney S.
9	Powers, Edward	24	Irwin, Geo. E.	48	McLennan, Will	69	Kerr, John
10	Hewson, Bruce	25	Inch, W. Edgar	49	McLennan, Arthur	70	Smith, Arthur
11	Fallis, Morley	26	Kelly, Joseph	50	Best, William	71	Hough, Alexander
		27	Harcourt, George	51	Greenaway, Will C.	72	Wickett, Charlie
		28	Tape, Edward	52	Haskill, Sanford H.
		29	Stanton, Ambrose	53	Garfat, Fred	75	McLean, Howard
		30	Tonkin, Albert	54	Gill, Ernest	76	Stone, John
		31	Stevenson, George	55	Ross, Thomas	77	Garfat, John
		32	Graham, John	56	Raymond, David	78	Henwood, Charles
		33	Craig, William			79	Foster, Ervine
		34	Martin, Harold			80	Hewson, Fred
						81	Clemesha, Will
						82	Douglas, Frederic
						83	Andrews, Robert
						84	Maynard, Walter
						85	Roddick, Roderic

This next section lists the girls, along with 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.

Register	Names of Pupils	Date of	Parents or Guardians	Post Office	Course	Option
Number		Approved Admission		Address	Selected	Selected
	Form IV Girls
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
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, Isabe	Jan. 1891		Port Granby	General	French
132	Curtis, Mertie
	Form II
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
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.

Date of Approved	Age at time			Post Office	Course	Option
Admission	of admission	Names of Pupils	Parents or Guardians	Address	Selected	Selected
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
Jan. 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
Aug. 1891		Barrett, Clara		Garden Hill	General	French
Aug. 1892		Hillier, Jennie	Mrs.	Millbrook	Special	French
Oct. 1891	13	Wood, Ethel	Fred. Wood	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	15	Mulligan, Louise	Henry Mulligan	Millbrook	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	13	Wood, Annie	Archibald Wood	Millbrook	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	13	Ling, Gertrude	Henry Ling	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	14	Thompson, Ella	Thos. A. Thompson	Port Hope	Special	French
Aug. 1892		Crothers, Mabel G.	Rev. W.J. Crothers	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	15	Burnham, Adell	H.H. Burnham	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892		Robb, Bertha		Perrytown	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	12	Holdaway, Nellie	Fred. Holdaway	Port Britain	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	14	Peacock, Kate	John W. Peacock	Welcome	Special	French
Aug. 1892	13	Nicholls, Margueretta	Will. H. Nicholls	Port Hope	Special	French
Aug. 1892	12	Dawkins, Carrie	John Dawkins	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	15	Philp, Estella	Hugh Philp	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 1892	14	Good, Bessie	Mrs. Em. Wainman	Port Hope	Special	French
Aug. 1892	14	Wilcox, Ella	Geo. Wilcox	Port Hope	Special	Latin & French
Aug. 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 occured 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 of lesson	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)