Wharton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Wharton, TX)

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Y, 9 fc., ONE OF THE EARLY CLASSES CAPTAIN VIACNEALY Prmcupal ANOTHER EARLY CLASS MR PEACOCK Pnncxpal Tlmhu Q-. .. ., - . , I i - , . . I . x 1 A . - 4--N A-- A f E. , , ...-1....,. . . I - .1 ' f , , I . , Q ' ,' . A - X ' 7 ' r I - Y- f- ff - - - ,,.........., gi K , , H - Q 5 h A .. , L K' -U . g ' f. 4 h '--: ' . ' Q K A ,-, , Q-.-,,,, 1' 1 1 , 2 ' I . V C 41. .X - A' ' I l ,, f V. ' 'L , fix U A ' A , , 1 1 A ly' ' LA. ,a f W - .' f VL .',:,-' 4 1 A ,I 'V 4 ' A ' , 5' - - 4 4 ' P f , Q ' 'T' gn' .-Yr! - N.. J 4 - . . , ' ' . V . . C - . Q - . - z X xf I ' Q , - , A ' f .ish t 'A ' A 4 ' -. -, ., ,E.-. -,,, .,,., . Nl 1

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THE ABONE HOUSE WAS MR.: WATTS HOME WHERE SHE TAUGHT WHARTON S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL NOW AFTER FORTY YEARS I1 IS AGAIN CONNECTED WITH TH1: SCHOOLS BEING THE RESIDENCE OF MR SLHWARTZ A TRUSTEE VIEW OF TOWN SHOWING FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSE l-an-hm 8 ul ffl L , 1 fi 4 - .C , . 1 R , . - ' - . 1.-L.. , , .

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COLORADO Fon rirrn THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE HISTORY OF WHARTON S SCHOOLS Wharton s progress along educational lmes has been phenomenal In a comparatively short tlme we have advanced from the one room stage to that of the best and most modern school ln any town of thrs slze rn the State The metamorphosls of the schools of Wharton has ln short been complete We shall not be content to stop at thus pomt but our advancement shall contmue The early history of our schools conslsts mostly of brographxcal sketche of the teachers to whom me owe a great deal for the foundatron of our present advantages they lard In September IBSO there came to Wharton from Camden Alabama one Mrs Maggle Watts a wndow wlth four small children Upon her devolved the task of then support and to thus end she opened a pnvate scnool whlch proved mutually benehclal a there was no mstltutlon of thls kmd ln the community The success of her school was so marked that two leading cxtlzens Dr Saltman and Mr Rust came to her home and gave her a crude examlnatlon of oral questions These she answered satxsfactonly and she was accordmgly granted a teacher s certlhcate Thus the school became Whar tons 6l'St public mstrtutlon of learning The only difference that was brought about by the change was that a portion of her salary was pald by the State the pupils paymg the rest She had twenty two pupxls but the salary was so small that she had to serve as asslstant postmaster to provide for her famlly The crtlzens of Wharton she says were very kmd to her and helped her ln every way they could but the straxn was too great and the next fall she had a nervous breakdown She was forced to gave up the school and devoted all of her time to the postofhce of vshlch she became postmnstress An mslght into Mrs Watts admirable character may be gamed from the following episode that she related to me s QM X. i v . - 1. A , fy-1+ A ,t Y ' A '. , Y 1 - f , , V . I Q ,. ,. 9 T' ' ' ' I I I 71 . .7 n S' ' T 5 . . 1 . . - . 9 Y . s , . 1 7 Q Y ' . , - . . , . . . , s . . . - . - , . , . , .... . . , . a ' 7 I - , . ' : , . , . . . . . , . . .