Just One God and Other Schoolroom Verse Fragments
A mixed page of poems and brief prose from Sherrouse and Rayville schools features student authors like MARIE MAYS and BEATRICE WENNER with pieces on faith, Lincoln, and daily life. It includes short science passages on sugar and fish, plus classroom honor rolls and student notes from Archibald, Sherrouse, and Rayville schools.
Train and tales from a childhood page
A mixed set of schoolroom memories and local lore features Donald Henry Drew School pupil notes a train journey and stations while a girl watches a squirrel and a maple sugar lesson explains tapping trees for sap. Names include Arie Mayo Senoul Reveille La and Richard Golter Saint Valentine text.
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Richard Golter
Sherrouse School
Archibald School Pupils Send Hearts in Letters
Fragmentary note describes pupils at Archibald School including Mary Lou McDonald sending heart shapes in letters to someone. No clear date or full context provided.
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Mary Lou M'Donald
Archibald School
California Dreamers and Farm Notes From Grade School
A collage of short student writings from Wisner and Sherrouse and Rhymes schools. Entries describe California’s orange orchards oceans and parks alongside farm practices for sugar beet and crop care including soil preparation planting and harvest.
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Germany
United States
Repstace Watson
Sherrouse School
California
Dorothy Lee Roach
Wisner School
Pacific
Loraine Batey
Father and Son In Field Of Nature And Study
A school reader page presents verses about father and son exploring hills and forests, finding nature’s lore and birds. Columns include student letters praising Miss Theus, birthday notes for Jack Clyde Inabnett with his dog Skippy, a riddle about a small stream, and a Lincoln acrostic by Lena Coleman.
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Jack Clyde Inabnett
Barlow Inabnet
Fairview Ave
Skippy
Jack
Lincoln Life and Death Through a Child’s Memoir
A school text fragment recounts Abraham Lincoln born February 2 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky. It notes his early poverty his education his mother’s death and his rise to the presidency during the Civil War. It also mentions his assassination on April 14 1865 and burial in Springfield Illinois with a Valentine’s Day aside from Margie Holt Archibald School.
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Abraham Lincoln
Sarah
Kentucky
Abe
Hazel Watson
Sherrouse School
Lincoln
Dorothy Horton
Lida Benton School
Hardin County
Washington
Indiana
Ohio River
John Wilkes Booth
Springfield
Illinois
Nelwyn Burke
Margie Holt
Archibald School
Lincoln Tale Of A Farm Boy Loosely Told
A short prose piece describes a young boy living on a farm who cannot attend school every day and must work hard while Abraham Lincoln is implied through a simple historical framing. Henry Holley Jr. is identified as Archibald School second grade.
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Lincoln
United States
W. T. Swayzee
Archibald
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Holley, JR
Valentine Day at Archibald School
A student, Bena Barmore from Archibald School, recalls a Valentine box at Friday school activities and expresses a wish to pick a Valentine from the store window to give to Nell.
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Nell
Bena Barmore
Archibald School
Ode to a childhood longing from Robert Louis Stevenson
A poet expresses a child’s yearning to sleep and play while noting the busy world outside. The speaker contrasts a clear blue sky with the wish to rest and enjoy simpler moments away from grown up footsteps on the street.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Valentine
Marie Mays
Rayville
la. Rt. 1
Rhymes
Sandy
Beatrice Wenner
Louisiana
Margaret Lauranoff
Vernell King
James Milwain
Sherrouse
Lela Germany
Louis Robbin
Mary Tripp
Billy Todd
Sara Hazel
Douglas Culver
Eloise Cann
Harrell Bennett
Bert Henderson
David Rust
Stewart Todd
E. R. McBride
Irvie Lee Humble
Margaret Laurenoff
C. A. Roberts
Jacqueline Warlick
W. S. Vincent
James McKwain
Truman Fiddler
Esther Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Auburn Avenue
Monroe
Esther
Jimmie Banfield
George
Joe
Tom
Billie Canterbury
Jeannette Olivia Chapman
E. Hooper
Sam Duncan
Egypt
Donald Henry
Drew School
Arie Mayo
Senoul Reveille
St. Valentine
Eve C. Bradford
Pat
Elton Wood
TNO
Bank Books
Busi
Ness
Jack Boyer, Mer
L. W. Rowley
Miss Theus
Victoria M'Neese
Columbia River
Millard Bird
Wisner
Arthur Roy
Noble
Lena Coleman
Robert Louis Stevenson