History and stories of Nebraska . Sometimes the schoolboard and teacher got into an argument over what was theright answer to a question. The law provided for a countysuperintendent, but the salary allowed was so small thatfew cared for the office and in some counties there was these first Nebraska schools were run very much as eachneighborhood wished. There was so little money to paythe teacher, that she often boarded round the district, NEBRASKA AS A TERRITORY 245 a week at each house. The schoolhouses were rough, thebooks few and the term only a few weeks in the the child
History and stories of Nebraska . Sometimes the schoolboard and teacher got into an argument over what was theright answer to a question. The law provided for a countysuperintendent, but the salary allowed was so small thatfew cared for the office and in some counties there was these first Nebraska schools were run very much as eachneighborhood wished. There was so little money to paythe teacher, that she often boarded round the district, NEBRASKA AS A TERRITORY 245 a week at each house. The schoolhouses were rough, thebooks few and the term only a few weeks in the the children were eager to go. The grown-up boys andgirls recited and studied in the same room with the littleones and made one big family in their studies, in theiroutdoor play, and at noon when they ate their lunchestogether seated about their home-made desks. The First Churches.— In the social life and in the forma-tion of the pubUc sentiment of early Nebraska, religion hadits part. Missionaries taught the first schools and pioneer. First County Map of Nebraska, 1854. {Drawing by Miss Martha Turner.) preachers were among the earliest settlers in the all of the churches in Nebraska of to-day trace theirbeginnings here to little groups of settlers inspired by acommon faith who gathered in the cabins and sod-housesto hold their first meetings and sometimes in summer ingroves for the larger assemblies. There was great warmthof good feeling in the pioneer churches as in other pioneerassociations. The members were nearly equal in riches andin poverty and rarely did any misfortune come to one whichwas not shared by all. The pioneer preachers were apeculiar class, fervent and untiring in spirit, always poor 246 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA and always welcome in every settlement where they broughtmessages of good will and the friendly news from settlementsat a distance. To found schools, colleges, and librarieswas the dream of many of these early missionaries. Insome cases t
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