Cornelia Hall
Superintendent 1911 - 1914
Cornelia Hall taught at Vernon School circa 1904. She later became Derby's first female superintendent in 1911 and stayed through 1914 before getting married and moving to Utah.
Unknown donor donated the photo to the Derby Historical Museum
(Inv. 23-080118)
John Willis Swaney
circa early 1900s
Unknown donor donated the photo to the Derby Historical Museum
(Inv. 23-080113)
Sophomore Class (Class of 1927)
1924 - 1925 school year
The sophomore class in the 1924 - 1925 school year (Class of 1927) pictured with Professor J. W. Swaney
Front row: Edwin Shorey, Orie Watson, Cecil Bassett, John Boylan, Orpha Brian, Thelma Rippel, Thelma Church, Ralph Rich
Second row: Ruth Sawin, Margaret Scarth, Emma Church, Agnes Masterson, Ella Pittman, Ruth Means, Esther Grother, Verva Alley, Professor J. W. Swaney
Third row: Mack Wainscott, Elgar Church, Carl Schweitzer, Harold Lawless, Theodore Pitman, Deane Jones, Merle Mohr, Ralph Jones
Back of photo Mack listed as Ned but Ella Pittman’s diploma and the newspaper graduation list Mack. Ned T. Wainscott is Mack’s brother; Mack died in 1931 in California. Back of photo also has Theodore Pitman listed as Palmer and Deane Jones as Raymond.
Unknown donor donated the photo to the Derby Historical Museum (possibly Schweitzer family)
(Inv. 23-080096)
Derby High School Diploma for Ella Pittman
May 18, 1927
Diploma Certificate:
Derby High School
This Certifies That
Ella Pittman
has completed the Course of Study prescribed by the Board of Education for the High School Department and is therefore entitled to this
DIPLOMA
Given at Derby, Kansas, this eighteenth day of May, A. D., One thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
J. W. Swaney - Superintendent
Herman Garrett - Director (Board)
SImon Mohr - Clerk (Board)
J. J. Butterfield - Treasurer (Board)
Front of diploma:
Derby
HIGH SCHOOL
Ella Pittman
CLASS OF 1927
Inside front of diploma:
Class Motto
HONOR LIES AT LABOR'S GATE
Class Colors
CRIMSON AND GOLD
Class Flower
YELLOW TEA ROSE
Inside back of diploma:
Class Roll
Ruth Means
Ella Pittman
Margaret Scarth
Ruth Sawin
Verva Lucile Alley
Oprha Irene Brian
Thelma Leona Rippel
Kenneth G. Shutts
John J. Boylan
Orie F. Watson
Carl R. Schweitzer
Edwin T. Shorey
Ralph M. Jones
Cecil W. Bassett
Harold R. Lawless
Elgar L. Church
L. Mack Wainscott
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the diploma to the museum)
Inv. 23-050106
Ella Jane Pittman
Senior Picture
Class of 1927
Ella Pittman graduated from Derby High School in 1927.
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the photo to the museum)
Inv. 23-050105
Eighth Grade Diploma Envelope for Ella Pittman
1923
This is the envelope Ella Pittman's eighth grade diploma came in from County Superintendent R. M. Crum's office. She wrote all the names of the Derby graduates on the back of the envelope.
Graduates: Ruth Sawin, Orpha Brian, Ella Pittman, Agnes Masterson, Verva Alley, Orie Watson, and Lewis Homan
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the diploma envelope to the museum)
Inv. 23-050104
Eighth Grade Diploma for Ella Pittman
May 15, 1923
Kansas Public Schools
Sedgwick County
This Certifies That Ella Pittman has completed the Course of Study prescribed for the Common Schools of the State of Kansas and is therefore entitled to this
Diploma
Given at Wichita, Kansas, this 15th day of May 1923
Jess W. Miley (State Superintendent of Public Instrution)
R. M. Crum (Superintendent)
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the diploma to the museum)
Inv. 23-050103
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Senior Year
School Year 1926 - 1927
High School
Report to Parents
1926 - 1927
Ella Pittman
Senior Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Assistants
Leone Johnson
Grace Messmer
Susan Beitel
Subjects
English, Spanish, Physiology, Pyschology, Music (Girls Glee - One Half Credit), Civics
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050102
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Junior Year
School Year 1925 - 1926
High School
Report to Parents
1925 - 1926
Ella Pittman
Junior Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Madge Dixon Swaney, Principal
Assistants
Kittie May
Lottcheu Lipp
Subjects
English, Physics, Bookkeeping, Music, History, Constitution
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050101
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Sophomore Year
School Year 1924 - 1925
High School
Report to Parents
1924 - 1925
Ella Pittman
Sophomore Class Second Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Madge Dixon, Principal
Assistants
Lottcheu Lipp
Subjects
English, Geometry, Domestic Science, Music, Agriculture
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050100