Page four of a handwritten composition titled "The Square," penned by J.A. Wagener on April 23, 1882. The essay humorously describes a courtyard water pump and dormitory life governed by a nightly "retiring bell," offering a glimpse into the author's early years decades before his son, Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, would serve in the First World War. Preserved within the family's WWI-era correspondence collection, this earlier document illustrates how personal papers were kept across generations as part of a single family archive. Project: 218015