School exercise sheet (reverse): spelling list of ten words, signed 'Chris Friday'
Book 2, Page 214 ·1950–1960
Transcription
The reverse of the narrow exercise strip on page 213. At the top, the teacher’s grade in red crayon, underlined:
S
Very pretty
Below that, the student’s heading in pencil cursive:
Chris Friday
[The word “Friday” is the day of the week on which the work was done, not part of a surname. The writer is Christopher McEwan.]
A numbered spelling-list column, ten words in print:
way
went
was
go
car
red
but
stop
now
green
AI Notes
The reverse of the narrow lined-paper strip on page 213. At the top, the teacher’s grade in red crayon — ‘S / Very pretty’ — and below it the student’s heading ‘Chris Friday’. A numbered column of ten spelling words follows. ‘Chris’ is Christopher McEwan, son of Mary Ann Walker and O. B. McEwan; ‘Friday’ is the school day rather than a surname (a common American grade-school convention to head daily work). Likely from the late 1950s, when Chris was in early elementary school. Show-through of page 213’s three sentences and spelling list visible faintly in places.