“Michael Eberlein is well pleased with the returns that he has received so far from the examinations at Madison for a state certificate. He wrote on nine branches and has passed on the five that he has heard from and feels confident that he will pass on the others. He is one of seven that passed in algebra out of over one hundred that tried. He is only seventeen years old and will probably be the youngest holder of a state certificate in Wisconsin. This speaks well of the Shawano High school.”

Source: Photocopy of clipping from the Shawano Advocate, hand-dated June 1898, in the Frederic C. Eberlein genealogical papersa.