Canadian Capers from a First-Year Teacher's Eye
Dateline from The City recounts humorous and sharp anecdotes from a rookie teacher's year in Wallas Texas. The narrator, a cuptier by trade, shares misadventures with students, manuals, and classroom pranks, culminating in a chaotic moment as a student cheats on an exam.
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Wallas
Texas
Southern Methodist Law School
Moore
Morttree
Baer
Harras
Tony
New York City
Request for 1893 graduate photo for artist biography
Windfall area residents with access to a 1893 graduating class picture are asked to contact Mrs. Glen Barker for a biography of local artist Glen Cooper Hen shaw. The photo will be returned promptly. The note also urges patrons to return library books to avoid overdue fees and keep shelves available for others.
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Glen Barker
Glen Cooper Henshaw
Tipton County Library
The School for the Lost Arts Reflections on Attitudes and Education
In a compact meditation the author argues that lifelong vigor relies on attitude shaped by home and school. He critiques free public education, advocates an alternative school model inspired by Summerhill and Taliesin, and urges education that trains others and resists retirement.
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Hubbard
School For the Lost Arts
Gandchildren
A.S. Neill
Summerhill
Wright
Taliesin Fellowship
Borsodi
School For Living
Alice Lloyd College
Vacation letter from Alexandria traveler to Jenny
A sender describes a week in Upper Egypt visiting Cairo Luxor and Aswan. Highlights include Karnak Temple Thebes Valley of the Kings Queens and City of the Dead plus Aswan Dam High Dam and Aga Khan grave. Notes how climates vary and signs off with regards and a postcard.
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Upper Egypt
Cairo
Luxor
Aswan
Karmak Temple
Thebes
Valley of Kings
Valley of the Queens
City of the Dead
Pharoahs
Aga Khan
Alexandria
Sven
Poems from Annette Briscoe Students Honor John Glenn
Original student poems celebrate space exploration and heroes like John Glenn Columbus Lindbergh and Glenn. The verse traces dreams of Spain ships and skies then spaceflight arc, urging readers to strive, serve country, and be inspired by brave deeds and eloquence.
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Annette Briscoe
Spain
John Glenn
Columbus
Lindbergh
P. St
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Jenny
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