The
one-room schoolhouse! Mills continue to grind, covered bridges
carry traffic and rural churches still come alive each Sunday morning,
but the one-room schoolhouse is surely a thing of the past.
Some
were built of wood, others of sturdy brick, but all had a cloak
room to the left for the boys and one to the right for the girls.
One large room with windows across the side wall, a potbellied stove,
and slate boards were typical. Displayed high above the chalkboard
was the alphabet in both tall block letters and cursive script --
the Palmer method. Remember?
And
then, recess! A romp in the walnut grove nearby and a few minutes
on the seesaw or the swinging tire provided a brief respite from
the long morning of studies inside.
Located
nine miles north of North Vernon, Indiana, on Hwy. 3, it was built
in the very early 1900s. Walnut Grove School served the youth of
northern Jennings County until the late 1950s when the land was
sold back to descendants of the original landowners as stipulated
in the original donor agreement.
COUNTRY
SCHOOLHOUSE
is a companion painting to COUNTRY
CHURCH
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RAY
DAY
ray@rayday.com
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