Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1926 — Page 8

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352 ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS OVER STATE CLOSED Marion Only County Without Historic Landmark, Says Sherwood. With all its glamor, the ouetooin school house rapidly is sinking into the lintbo from which it first iroSe, declares Dr. Henry Noble (Sherwood, State superintendent of public instruction. Following the path of its preSeeessor, the log school, so has gone Ihe one-room structure, 352 having I'-pn abandoned during 1925, Sherft ood says. Os the ‘8.303 one-room 6. l'ools that formerly graced Indiana's educational map, only 3,029 remain, according to records of the K\ate board of education. Since the hey-day of the one-room school building the reduction In their number has totaled 64 per cent. To predict the date when the last one is replaced might involve a conjecture as to how long the wood In the building will resist the elements, State educators say, as they croon oVer Indiana’s educational program for the next decade. Brown'County led the field In the number of abandonments during 1925, thirteen being replaced. Fountain County was second with twelve find Huntington County boasted eleven. Other counties following suit 6ai>y Loves__j^> A Bath With CuticuraJwN/ Soap —HIM K>thtT!<r *° TWleeSttaß. Upholstered Living Room Suites Made in Our Own Shop. MESSENGER’S Wash, and Delaware Sts.

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