Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1950 — Page 13

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Leng Ago in Indiana—

Early Schools Had Split-Log Seats;

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Pupils Either Shivered or Roasted

Adams County Schoolmaster 110 Years Ago

Received $1 to $2 Monthly and Produce JE PUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES in Adams County in 1840 were like the schoolhouses—few and far between, and of doubtful value. ; A wealth of information on early day school pracdces is contained in “Snow’s History of Adams County.”

Boys (and perhaps some girls) of today would have |

favored the 12-week school term popular 110 years ago. But they would hardly pre-

fer to go without the con- |

vepiences so obviously lacking then. Schoolhouses, inevitably built of logs chinked with clay, were warmed (partially) by large fireplaces. In winter,

seats near the fire were ex- |

changed as soon as one side of a pupil became unbearably hot.

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THE SEATS were of two |

kinds, high and low. All were simply the one-half part of logs a foot or more thick, split into two parts and

hewed on the upper sides, with fronwood poles put in for bench | legs. There were no backs to !

the seats. Those' who were to write on paper would sit on high

benches next to the wall and write on puncheon desks, constructed of punicheons resting on stout pins driven into the wall. ; Boys sat on one side of the room, girls on the other, When recitation time came, they were called out on the floor and required to “toe the line” by standing with toes at the crack where one puncheon in the floor joined another. The knowledge that a schol ar could learn his lesson without whispering it aloud to himself had not, at that time, got as far west as Adams County. Ind.

» » » HARDLY ANY textbooks were uniformly used, except for the New Testament for reading and Webster's or MeGuffey's for spelling. It was the teacher’s responsibility to teach, at least as much as he knew, ! Few women were hired to teach in that day. Each male teacher among his pupils’ families, and

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This Is the first of a series of articles on early days in "n- | diana, which will appear in the Sunday Times.

ing place once a week. A school

teacher earned $1 to $2 and varying amounts of produce for a 20-day month. Pioneer Hoosier settlers, subject to many privations, commonly agreed that to “spare the rod” was to “spoil the child,” and gave a teacher ample authority for its application. As a result, many .an idler received a stinging reward that headed him successfully | toward manhood. It was of common occurrence for teachers to read their rules at the beginning of the school term. Woe to the pupil who stepped beyond the bounds of rectitude. In 1852, new school laws were enacted requiring teachers to

make reports to their successors and to the trustees at the end of the term. ” ” »

THE FOLLOWING is believed to be such a report, made by one of the early pedagogues:

“I will, begin with the trustees. *

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i | i amination I had to pass. You | know that no living mortal could give correct answers to { all them questions. You had never ought to put a teacher in a school where the scholars get So smart as to be shooting

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“I ain't no dictionary; air you? You should note this when you hire the next teacher. “To my successor. in this school: ‘ “This is a good school, but { it needs watching. They can | knock an eye out of any school around here on spelling.

“A little memorandum of the |

winter's work is sticking just | behind the teacher's platform. | If you don’t find it and a little |

red-haired boy that lisps comes i to school, he will set you right, and give you all the information that you. need, and help you run the school. “Don’t let your ink freeze up, for it spiled this way last winter and raised a rookery all over the deestrick. If you want a good view of your work, compare what people tell you with { what they tell others. :

Yule Benefit Show To Be Held Saturday

A Christmas benefit show will be sponsored by the Indianapolis Recorder Saturday night at the

Avenue Theater, Proceeds will be used to aid needy families on Christmas, sponsors said. Two complete shows,” one at 9:30 p. m. and another at 12:30

a, m, have been planned. Professional and amateur entertain-

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1CeS, Tickets are now on sale at the Recorder and the Lyrie Record { Shop.

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