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founded in the city. The first graduates of the Varnavas School were: Spasis
Papanaoum, Konstantinos Papanaoum, Konstantinos Georsis, Naoum Nakas,
Georgios Papakosmas, Konstantinos Ktenas, Anastasios Tzerros,
Charalambos Triantaphyllides, Stephanos Tzerros, Georgios Tsallis, Naoum
Nikarousis, Anastasios Pischas and Athanasios Anesti. 16
Figure 4. School fête – Gymnastics display at a school in Monastir
In 1851 geographer and historian Margaritis Dimitsas founded a private
school (the “Margaritis Dimitsas Private School”) with places for 80
children. Dimitsas was its headmaster, assisted by teachers Anastasios Picheon,
Serapheim Matlis and N. Chalkiopoulos. The school operated until
1865, by which time it had achieved its purpose, since more Greek schools
providing a solid educational grounding had in the interim been established.
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16. Pantelis G. Tsallis, Glorious Monastir, 8-11.
17. Pantelis G. Tsallis, Glorious Monastir, 15-17; cf. also Athanasios G. Geromichalos,