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A YEAR after Rochester was found¬ ed, in 1855, a log building was constructed which served as Rochester’s first school house. This building was very crudely finished, the bark being hewn off on the inside only. The eight windows afforded ample light, and since they were of waxed paper, served also as ventilators. Desks facing the wall could be seen on all sides but the east, « , , , t ™ ROCHESTER’S FIRST LOG HOUSE where the only door was located. 1 he desks were crudely made of wide boards supported by pegs placed in the wall for this purpose. The teacher’s desk was in the northeast corner of the room. In the center of the room was a firebox, which heated the school on cold days. The ceiling was made of plaster board to make the school more fit to withstand the weather. Behind the firebox, were several benches for the classes. Miss Mary Walker, the first school teacher of Rochester, taught intermittently for two years. Miss Phebe Hoag and Miss Stedman succeeded her the fol¬ lowing Rummer, and Mr. Reuben Rey¬ nolds, the first male teacher, was hired about this time. Edu¬ cation progressed so rapidly that there were soon forty pri¬ vate schools. Rochester had be¬ come a thriving city and the need for a large school was soon realized. The possi- DARLING’S BUSINESS COLLEGE b i 1 i t i e s were dis¬ cussed, but when the Civil War broke out, all other issues were dismissed. Mr. O. P. Whitcomb was final¬ ly authorized to pur- chase the Central School site which he bought for six thou¬ sand dollars. The building was finished in 1 868. Miss M. C. Bateman of Lansing, Michigan, was elect¬ ed principal. ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL After Miss Bateman’s term of principal- ship had expired, a yearly change of prin¬ cipals followed until Mr. C. H. Roberts was elected to that office. He was very capable and the school advanced rapidly under his leadership. Rochester schools have progressed frorn a log cabin with rude furnishings in 1855 to eight large, public schools of an ap¬ proximate value of two million dollars in 1927. Page Eleven
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