The Mueller Farm, on Kammerer Road east of Kendallville, Indiana, photographed in rain June 4, 2007, by Mark Nickel

Opa’s report card: almost satisfactory

Opa Mueller’s report card for the first semester of his second year at Concordia Milwaukee was a bit short of Lobenswert (Praiseworthy, an A). His math and German grades were Unbefriedigend (Unsatisfactory). Nothing was entirely Lobenswert, although he came close in his marks for deportment.

Concordia College zu Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Zeugnis

für Ernst Mueller, Schüler der II Klaße
Schuljahr 1893-1894
Erste Hälfte

Religion
Latein
Griechisch
Hebräisch
Deutsch
English
Französisch

2 1/2
2 1/2
2
2 1/2
3
2 1/2
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Geschichte
Mathematik
Naturlehre
Geographie
Zeichnen
Schrieben
Singen

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3
2
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Fleiß [Diligence]  2  |  Aufmerksamkeit [Attention]  2  |  Betragen [Deportment]  1 1/2
Versäumte Stunden [Hours absent]   0

Bedeuten der Zahlen [Key to the marks]

  1) Lobenswert [Praiseworthy]
  2) Befriedigend [Satisfactory]
  3) Unbefriedigend [Unsatisfactory]
  4) Schlecht [Inferior, Poor]