Flora High School - Florian Yearbook (Flora, IN)

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mug, , .qs 1325, sg 1 Liz 'eJ of great men al! remind uf Wfe mu make our lifes Jublimeq And, departifzg, Ieafe befaifzd uf Footprinty on the ffllldj' of lime. -l.ONC9FEl,LOXX' The Past

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Forty Years Ago I'1'e wandered to the village, Torn, I'z'e .fat beneath the tree, Upon the schoolhouse playground, that Jheltered you and rneg But none were there to greet rne, Torn.: and few were left to know, W'ho played with ll! upon that green mme forty year! ago. The gran 15 juft ax green Torn hare ooted hoyf at play Were Jportzng, just af ue dzd then, wzth ypzrztf yuft df gay But the rnaster .rleepf upon the hzll, rchzch coated o er wzth mow Afforded us a Jlzdzng place rome orty yearx ago The old schoolhouse 15 altered forne the henchef are replaced By neu onef, 1 ery like the fame our yachhnzz ef once de aced But the fame old hrickf are zn the uall the hell Jwzngy to and ro Itf rnufzc Jyuft thc Janie dear Torn tuaf orty yearf ago FRANCIS HL S I ON Sf'-1' r 1'4- A. 4 1 J ' . . , . ,I rr ,fy ' V ' J ' , . . . . ,. f . r . ., ' .' . ', f . . . , . 1 - If f l.. ' f ' , . , 1' I. V75 . , , . . . . . 7 g v ,. A. ,1 - A V uf ' ' 'T' T' AF- fJQ'Rv9,,?.a V ' ' , , wa' S N ' , I h Vw I rn-5' r ' .Q '4 ' f ' p ' 3 1' , .,-lv If f','.- A , If W x . .K - , 3 .W Y ga , ,Q . eh.. 6 . g ' ,A in-r.xvW' BH . f lk f.F - r .5 5-'gf' ' 4 A 1 '-refq.. , ' .gc 'V 4 . gf.-eg -.. .1 . 11 4.1, V c ,n Km' - z-, s.-.fb , 'M-X 'f f' . '. 'ws

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Hzstory 0 the Schools The flrst schoolhouse ln Monroe Townshlp was bullt of logs rn 1833 about two mrles west of Brlnghurst As new settlements demanded log schoolhouses were erected at dlfferent pornts ID the townshrp These bulldmgs were constructed of hewed logs puncheon floors clapboard roofs greased paper wmdows and a great frreplace rn one end of the burldmg wlth a cat and clay chrmney The benches were uncomfortable bemg arranged on the four sldes of the room facxng the fxre Slabs restrng on wooden plns rn the logs along the walls serxed as wrrtlng desks Here the famous trlology the three R was taught to the tune of the hlcleory stick Blackboards were unknown wall maps were not rn use and text books were few and varlcd generally Blblcs and l manacs Two of the first teachers employed were men by the names ot Carpenter and Dr ames C Todd Swv! Frrst brxck school burldmg North Dnrsron Street In 1853 there were fue log cabln scnoolhouses rn Monroe Townshrp located as fol lows School No 1 near Pxkes Peak School No 2 near where the Church of the Brethren now stands School No 5 west of Walter Calhouns farm School No 4 about one and three quarters mrles west of Brrnghurst and School No 5 northwest of Brrnghurst A new school was bullt rn 1855 at a maxlmum cost of S400 The great desrre for schools 10 the Glorrous Frftres was resultrng rn much adxance ment when the CIVII War stopped all progress ln educatron It was not untrl 1875 that the work rn educatron was begun agam Frrst school burldmg on East Mann Street, wrth nts fxrst addruon 6 1 f I . . . . V 7 .ggi . A. if g , X 5: 7 A 1 i. . I eA.,,N,N , . - ' , , fy ' . , . 1, if iff? ' , J ' L ,MA Q. Q , a -M wire SE - X 4, A 1 . T: '. 'V lv gt I I . .I .gi , -e ' -4,9 1.-.all 'N .5,,,:.--if '-2 - , - .Tf' ' ' ff' ,Q f 3, , , - My lv ' ' ' ' . . on f v - ' - . ' 1 - A - , . , I , 1 - , ' S - , A ' - . S - , ' , - , ' A I - ', x , . , R. 'I '4 . Mg . c