“I might Be fooled as some cheats are”

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Sheryl

15-year-old Helena wrote a hundred years ago today:

Tuesday, February 7, 1911. Some of the boys at school found the teacher’s Latin questions in examination, and we all expect to make a good mark. I do at least, but I might be fooled as some cheats are.

Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:

Hmm—Today’s news media makes cheating sound like a new phenomena . . .

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Do Students Cheat More Now? « A Hundred Years Ago, on January 25, 2012 at 12:04 am said:

[...] February 7, 1911 Grandma wrote: Some of the boys at school found the teacher’s Latin questions in examination, and [...]

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Got a Lecture from the Teacher | A Hundred Years Ago, on March 26, 2013 at 12:03 am said:

[...] years prior to this diary entry, on February 7, 1911, she [...]

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Hello

I look forward to sharing my grandmother's diary with relatives and friends. Helena Muffly (Swartz) kept a diary from 1911-1914. She was 15 years old when she began this diary. I plan to post these entries one day at a time—exactly 100 years after she wrote them. I hope you enjoy this glimpse back to a slower paced time.

The header is a picture of the farm where my grandmother lived when she wrote this diary. It is located in Northumberland County in central Pennsyvlania about a mile outside of McEwenvsille. My father says the buildings look similar to what they looked like when he was a child.

A Hundred Years Ago

Helena Muffly

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