NORTH CAROLINA MINUTE

J. C. Knowles, Editor

(If I told you of a magical place where dreams come true, would you come?)

(Well, there is such a place - Apex, North Carolina)

ONE-ROOM, ONE TEACHER SCHOOLHOUSE

As a followup of my "minute" for Monday, June 30 th., I told the rules for the students in our little one-room schoolhouse. My good friend Kent Misegades,

sent me a list of rules for the teacher. Kent says, "My great aunt from the small town of Peru, Kansas, just a few miles south of the Little House, was herself a one-room schoolteacher in the 1920's. These rules are posted in the one-room schoolhouse at the Little House on The Prairie, near Independence, Kansas

For the school year 1915."

RULES FOR 1915 SCHOOLTEACHERS

* You will not marry during the term of your contract

* You are not to keep company with men.

* You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless attending a

school function.

* You may not loiter downtown in any of the ice cream shops.

* You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have permission of the

Chairman of the Board.

* You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your

father or brother.

* You may not smoke cigarettes.

* You may not dress in bright colors.

* You may under no circumstances dye your hair.

* You must wear at least two petticoats.

* Your dress must not be any shorter than two-inches above your ankle.

* To keep the classroom clean, you must sweep the floor at least once a day;

scrub the floor at least one a week with hot, soapy water; clean the

blackboards at least once a day; and start the fire at 7 a.m. so the room will

be warm by 8 a.m.

Thought for the day: He will marry when the wrong girl comes along. OR He and the devil drinks through the same straw.