Show THEN AS NOW students were not interested in attending Some of the faces in this photo taken of the Maeser school in reflect the unpleasantness of the The teacher was May who taught in the old church in Mill Ward Going to school in Maeser For new teachers fresh out of the colleges and academies of the early the first teaching assignments often came as a In rural areas this was even more The following is a story that happened to one student in the first Maeser The times past in Ashley Valley had their various hardships and some of which are rather when we think about Going to school then presented special for the one in particular was getting a In rural there wasn't a surplus of barbershops and unless one of the parents would take time out from their busy haircuts were few and far As a result of one of the had hair that had gotten quite And in those days long hair was not So Joe made arrangements with one of the older to cut it for him at the noon George was a fellow who liked a good joke so he arranged the cutting job so that when the one o'clock bell Joe's hair was cut close to his head on one while the other side was left When the bell Joe took his place at his desk in the school He evidently had some misgivings about what might for as a precautionary measure he borrowed a large bandanna and wrapped it around his head as a masking cap before entering the He resembled a pirate the soon became annoyed at the giggling taking place in the room and when he looked and saw what was causing the he was He rushed down to where Joe was sitting and grabbed the bandanna and yanked it taking some more of Joe's hair with This caused the hair that was left on the side of his head to stand straight making the whole thing even The only thing the teacher could do to restore order and maintain face was to expel Joe on the which he later due to extenuating Joe was allowed back in If all the jokes and general that have occurred over the years in Ashley Valley were our present-day teachers would probably be pretty thankful for the relatively tame students they have |