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Incentive awards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

School merit certificate

 Collection — Folder S1529
Identifier: S1529
Scope and Contents This collection includes a "20 Merits" pre-printed certificate (circa 1850-1900) with space for the pupil's and teacher's names and this printed inscription:

Would you excel--you must labor.

Would you be beloved--you must love.

Would you be respected--respect yourself.

Would you have others' smiles--impart your own.

Look up, and press onward!
Dates: circa 1850-1900

Wilhelm Scheidt and Louise Balk correspondence

 Collection — Folder S1890
Identifier: S1890
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence between Wilhelm Scheidt of Columbus, Indiana and Louise Balk of Indianapolis, Indiana, written in German. Also in the collection is one card, presented to Louise titled, "Reward of Merit", with a sprig of honeysuckle; and one promissory note, written in English.
Dates: 1867-1874