Photograph a:  One photograph of female students with flowers taken in 1897. 

Names are written on the verso:

·         Etta Urey

·         Mammie Timberlin

·         Mrs. Gump (Fox)

·         Mrs. Phoebe King (Eby) [Phoebe King Ebey]

·         Mrs. Alice Reiker (not sure).

·         Mother [Mrs. Maggie Rupel (Jackson)].

·         Clara Hanes (     ).

·         Mra. Glady Swartz (Miller)

·         Miss _______ Stafford.

·         Mrs. Emma Bukly (Bechter)

·         Mina Bosserman

·         Alice King (Eby) [Alice King Ebey].

Photograph b:  One photograph, 1897, probably of a class with instructor, because Alice King (Ebey) is identified as “Teacher,” and she did do some teaching after following E. S. Young from Mt. Morris to his newly founded, “Manchester College and The Bible School.  The picture appears to have been taken 15 March 1897.

·         Clarence Bowman

·         Lizzie Lictenwalter

·         Eva Hardman

·         J. T. Layman

·         Martha Brumbaugh

·         Alice King Teacher (Alice Ebey)

·         Dora A. Weybright

·         Ella Raffensberger

·         Harvey Shrock

·         Phebe King (Phoebe King Ebey)

·         Emma Petterson

·         Laura Rief

Photograph d  - Manchester College group taken during Spring Term 1898. Image dated as 18 May 1898.

May Day had not been established in 1897, but it appears as if these female students celebrated spring by having their photograph taken while holding bouquets of foliage (perhaps lilacs).

 [note by archivist: Married names of women seem to be written in parenthesis.  eg., Mrs. Alice King (Eby); Actually Ebey is Alice's married name.  She and husband were to become missionaries to India.].

Phoebe King (Ebey) graduated from the Academy in 1897.

In Photograph b Alice Ebey is identified as the teacher.  She did come to Manchester College from Mount Morris College when E. S. Young (also from Mt. Morris) began Manchester College and The Bible School.