02469cam a2200325 4500 264285896 TxAuBib 20111108120000.0 961211s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96052977 9780890967492 alk. paper 0890967490 alk. paper (OCoLC)36103602 TxAuBib The Empty Schoolhouse : Memories of One-Room Texas Schools / collected and edited by Luther Bryan Clegg. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 1997. xxiii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, The ; 68 Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index. One- and two-room schools represent a time in Texas history when a child's school term was based on the coal crop season and family duties received priority. They were the enter of educational, social, political, and religious activity, where children were taught reading and math, couples were united in marriage, funerals were preached, and Friday night socials were held. Luther B. Clegg's The Empty Schoolhouse: Memories of One-Room Texas Schools provides a direct link to the past through interviews with students who attended these schools and teachers who taught there. From a region between Fort Worth and Odessa and the Hill Country and Amarillo, come stories describing Friday afternoon "literary societies, " dead snakes in desk drawers, pranks, fires, travel to and from school, and discipline. Drawing on historical and sociological data related to the locales and time period, Clegg presents lively firsthand accounts of rural life, preserving the uniqueness of the "olden days." Texas history enthusiasts and those interested in educational history will enjoy the tales and reminiscences of this slice of Americana. 20000801. Teachers Texas Interviews. Students Texas Interviews. Rural schools Texas History 20th century Case studies. Education, Rural Texas History 20th century Case studies. Clegg, Luther B. The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; 68. TXHAM