Old-time schools and school-books . uctors ofthe buildings seems to have been to see into how 104 Old-time Schools and School-books small a space the children could be crowded, andsome schoolrooms not over thirty feet square accom-modated a hundred pupils. The structure was gen-erally roughly clapboarded, and it might possiblyreceive a coat of red or yellow paint, but more likelypaint was lacking both outside and in. The school- STOVE tn a! UJ in U u < o u H J Plan of a Characteristic Schoolroom of 1840. room was lathed and plastered, and was lighted byfive or six small windows of twelve pa
Old-time schools and school-books . uctors ofthe buildings seems to have been to see into how 104 Old-time Schools and School-books small a space the children could be crowded, andsome schoolrooms not over thirty feet square accom-modated a hundred pupils. The structure was gen-erally roughly clapboarded, and it might possiblyreceive a coat of red or yellow paint, but more likelypaint was lacking both outside and in. The school- STOVE tn a! UJ in U u < o u H J Plan of a Characteristic Schoolroom of 1840. room was lathed and plastered, and was lighted byfive or six small windows of twelve panes glass in the windows was often broken, andduring school hours, in cool weather, the place ofthe missing panes was apt to be supplied with inside, next to the entrance, was a fireplace,and at this same end of the room was the mastersdesk or table—usually a table in the early days; The District Schools 105 but later a desk specially contrived by the carpenter,on a slight platform, was customary. Besides serv-. A Teachers Desk. ing the ordinary purposes of a desk, it was a reposi-tory for confiscated tops, balls, penknives, marbles,jewsharps, etc., and was frequently a perfect curiosity-shop. 106 Old-time Schools and School-books Against the walls on the remaining three sides ofthe room was built a continuous sloping shelf, aboutthree feet from the floor. Long, backless benches
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