The first day of school, ever, in Calgary: 17 students and a $50-a-month teacher

In the early days of the newspaper business, every little thing that unfolded in any given town was published as news — even high school students' exam marks. (Harsh!)  A look through pages of the Calgary Herald — and several other newspapers that were around a century or more ago — shows that publication of the percentage grade achieved by students was routinely printed in local papers. Here are a couple of examples from 1920: Read More