Piedmont College - Yonahian Yearbook (Demorest, GA)

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)EMOREST GEORGIA OR A VISIT OR A LIFETIME

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In the county of Habersham there was one small, one-room schoolhou.se. The site now has become the vineyard of Miss Lillian McKee. The school year consists of a six-week session in the summer between cultivation and harvest, and from two to three months in the winter, dependent on the dis- position of the weather. School books were not furnished. Compositions were accomplished on slates, which, of course, were furnished by the parents. The peculiarities of the medium furnished one form of childish delight. You could hold the slate pencil per- pendicular, press down hard and draw it across the slate. The resulting blood-curdling screech was a delight to the pupil, but somewhat dis- concerting to the instructor. Cleaning of the slate was accomplished with judiciously applied sa- liva, rubbed dry with elbow. This method was denied me. My parents furnished a nondescript rag and the injunction, No spitting. Sometimes the rag got all the way to school with me. 13