Both sides of the Daniel Cobb Millard Medal for Merit, awarded to the student with the highest average, Halifax High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Obverse:
Likeness of Daniel Cobb Millard; Aetatis; Suae XC; J. O. Schweizer; Squip.
Reverse:
Awarded to ———- For Highest Average; Qualified in Spelling, Arithmetic, Reading, Writing; John W. Schell, Donor; Esto Perpetuo.
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The story behind the medal:
From the Lebanon Daily News, October 23, 1931:
$1000 TRUST FUND FOR GRADUATING MEDALS AT HALIFAX HIGH SCHOOL
Philadelphia, Today –(AP)– A $1000 trust fund for purchasing scholarship medals for graduates of the high school at Halifax, Pennsylvania is created in the will of John W. Schell, of the Germantown section, which was probated Thursday.
The fund is in memory of Schell’s friend and teacher, Daniel Cobb Millard, who taught in the Halifax schools for 48 years. The estate was valued at $10,500.
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