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Rural Texas schools praised for educated populace and library plans
The speaker laments declining average education yet notes many communities once housed educated residents and many immigrants and antebellum plantation owners valued schooling. He cites Lavaca County schools, lists library counts, and recalls the Faller school burned with its books, urging a county library system.
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Europe
Germany
Adelbert Regenbrecht
Hallettsville
Cat Spring
Austin County
E. G. Maetze
Breslau University
Hermann Nagel
Wuertzburg
Halle University
A. Maesterlein
Kiel University
Emil Kloss
Rosstock University
Ferdogelking
Bonn University
Regenbrecht
Klebergs
Hegemann
Langhammer
Trenckmann
Fayette County
Texas
Lavaca
Novohrad
Bohemian
Greive
Velebrad
Kamensky
Moravia
Vsetin
Sublime
Kopecky
Boundary Line
Wied
Vysehrad
Brown
Old Sweet Home
Monnerate
Williamsburg
Mossy Grove
Michna
Beasley
South Mustang
Sweet Home
Thompson
Hagan
Adams
Pilot Grove
Koerth
Lights Chapel
Vienna
Gephart
Speaksville
Granberry
Live Oak
Baursville
Hackberry
Shiloh
Bila Hora
O. K
Mount Olive
Pagel
Wenzel
Fitch
Salem
Ezzell
Klemitscheck
Hope
Friendship
Terry
Creole
Gandy
Faller