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Americanswill Americans Americanswill ricans ricanswill will be streaming strearrUng streafding along OUr-l OUr l OUrlcountry ourcountry our.country ourcountry - . throughthe country roads or through throughthe throughthe the streets of our villages vUlages , y . a , towns and cities and all aU of ofthem ofthem ofthem them will have a common commonobjectivethe commonobjectivethe commonobjective objective-the objective the - - the ' "school school 'school " house houseFor houseFor houseFor For it is the "first first " day of ofschool ofschool ofschool school " and aerossthe across the broad broadexpanse broadexpanse broadexpanse expanse of these United UnitedSta UnitedStates UnitedStates Sta States tes t thousands ousands of schools schoolsWill schoolswill schoolswill Will be . .swinging swinging .swmging swmging . wide their theirdoors theirdoors theirdoors doors to receive the mem mem- members members - bers of this tlus youthful army armywho armywho armywho who are coming commg to take taketheir taketheir taketheir their places in renovatedand renovated renovatedand renovatedand and refurbished classrooms classroomsto to begin another year of oflearmng oflearning oflearning oflearningAs learmng learning learmngAs learningAs As Mother watches Bud and andSIB andSis andSis SIB Sis bustling bustlmg away between eight eightand eightand eightand and nine nme o 0 clockon clock on that Monday Mondaymornmg Mondaymorning Mondaymorning mornmg morning perhaps she will findherself find findherself findherself herself hummtoje humming , the the tune of that thatold thatold thatold old song quoted above Of course course courseshe . , , she realizes reahzes that it isn t a httle little httleold littleold littleold old redschool red school house on the hill hillany hillany hillany any longer It's Its ' been replaced replacedby replacedby by a more modern structure that thatIS thatis IS painted white and has , per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps over the door a little httle name- name nameplate nameplate name-plate name plate - - - plate which tells the passer bythat by bythat bythat that this is a ' Standard School School"Or SchoolOr . . " Or it may be a big brick brlck or stone stoneedificea stoneedificea stoneedifice edifice-a edifice a - - a modem 'consolidated consolidated 'consolidatedschool ' consolidatedschool consolidatedschool school ' for the children of anum anumber a number num ber of districts And there have been other otherchanges otherchanges otherchanges changes too-1O too 1O too-in in too - - in equipment , in inI inthe inthe inthe the books the children chlldren study , 10 in 10the inthe inthe the teaching teachmg methods . , For we wehave wehave wehave I have gone modern ' in our ourschools ourschools ourschools schools as in 10 every other phase phaseof phaseof of contemporary ] life ife And yet yetfor , , for all these transformations transformationsthere transformationsthere transformationsthere I Ifor there s something unchangmg unchanging unchangmgttmeless unchangingtimeless unchangingtimeless ttmeless timeless eternal , about schoo school schooldays schooldays schooldaysThat ] I IThat ddYs days daysThat That s why Mother smiles to tohelself toherself toheiself helself herself as she softly hums that thatol thatolf thatold olf ol tune In Bud and Sis 81S , as asthey asthey asthey they trudge away to school , she shesees shesees shesees sees herself as she was in those thosehdlcyon thosehalcyon thosehalcyon hdlcyon halcyon days which w1uch now seem so sovery sovery sovery very very "ery ery " . , , far away-the away the away - the days daysof daysof daysof of her own childhood And tor for a alittle alittle little moment she drinks deeP deePonce deeponce deeponce once more at the Fountain of ofYouth ofYoulhl ofYouthi Youth Youlhl I . . . But quite aside from our senti sentimental sentimental sentimental mental attachment to the Little LittleOld LittleOld LittleOld Old Red Schoolhouse on the HIll Hill'as Hillas ' as the symbolot symbolof symbol of ot an era in inAmerican inAmerican inAmerican American life lite that is gone for for- forever forever forever - ever , there is another reason .reason xeason . for forour forour forour our regarding it with somethingakin somethingakin something akin to reverence In his ' Back BackHome BackHome BackHome Home ' ' sketches ( first published publishedin In the old McClure s a Magazine Magazineand Magazineand Magazineand and later collected in book form formEugene ) Eugene Wood wrote this interpre interpre- interpreta interpretation - . ta tation tlOn of the socjal social slgruflcance significance significanceof slgruflcanceof of the Little Lltlle . . Old Red School Schoolhouse Schoolhouse Schoolhouse k ' kPerhaps house Perhaps it wasn t little httle , or orold orold orold old or red , or on a hill It Itmight Itmight Itmight might have been big and new , and bu It of yellow brick , right rightnext rightnext rightnext next to the Second Presbyterian Presbyterianand , , and hence henl.e henle . close to the 'branch branch 'branch"so branchso ' , " , " so lhat that the spring sprmg freshets dood flood dooded flooded flooded ed the playground , and the water waterlapped waterlapped waterlapped lapped the base of the big rockon rock on onwhich onwhich onwhich which we played "King King 'King " ' on the theCastle theCastle theCastle Castle Castlethe -the the - the hI big ' : rock so sa pltlluIly pitifully pltlluIlyshrunken pitifullyshrunken pitifullyshrunken shrunken of late years But no nomatler nomatter nomatter matler matter what the facts are , sing singof singof of the Old Oid Red Schoolhouse &hoolhouse hoolhouse & on onthe onthe the Hill and in everybody's everybodys ' heart hearta a chord trembles in unison-we unison we unisonweI unisonweare unison - - weare are brethren knitted kwtted together Into Intoone intoone intoone one living l1vmg solidarity And this thisif , t1 if we but sensed it , is 18 the Union Unionof Unionof of which the federal rederal compact is isbut isbut isbut but the outward seeming seem10g It is isa isa isa a union in which they have ne nei- nei neither nei neither - ther lher art nor part whose parentssent parents parentssent parentssent sent them to private schools 80 so 80as soas soas as not to have them associate associatewIth associatewith associatewith wIth that clas class : ! of people ' ' It is isthe isthe isthe the really truly Union ' ' If It you would learn In fact the > r rr rS rcf ; r cfP ! P Y ' S Se . cf Sf e S f : . ' " # , , < " " ' < . . , . . , . - . . : ' . " ' " ' .I I . ' IJ _ i ' . t f4 F . : j 3 3k k 9 9a 9n a n Y l .t t . .tY .tk Y k M5 b bfK fK ' vt ' " . . USEIN THE TOE MOST FAMOUS FA1\IOVS FA1 IOVS FAMOUS'LITTLE \ -'LITTLE 'LITTLE LITTLE "LtWLE LtWLE "L1f'LB L1fLB " - " ' ' OLD OLI ) RED COOOWC cnOOW , USE USG , IN tminorftallzed Al\ICRIOA-lt Al ICRIOA lt AMERICA-U AMERICA U \ AMERICA - - It Is the he R Redstone 4stQne school achool at Sudbury SudbutJ Sudbpfy ' , , . Mass lJ1ss l\ l \ I ' J1ss pssI , . , . * JtQ . IZnIBUt i . r ' ; , tal1zed.1n tal1zed1n tallzedin . . ic the poem oem ' "Mary Mary "Mat Mat " " ) " " Had "ad ad a Little Ittle Lamb Lamb,0 Lamb0 , . " The bultduff bulhUnar building Is b now nowowned nowowned nowowned owned b by ) ' Uenry Henry Ford . - " ' , 01 : ra , . * " ' " " fi ' secret of our nation natlon " ' ' a , s greatness greatnesstake , take your stand f1tand ptand some sorne wintet'a winteta Winter's Winters wintet'amorning Winter'smorning Winter'smorning Wintersmorning ' morning just b before fore nine o'clock oclock o'clockwhen o'clockwhen o'clockwhen oclockwhen ' when you can overlook a circle circleof circleof circleot of some two or three miles ' ra- ra radim ra radius - . dius dim , the center being the Old OldRed OldRed OldRed Red Schoolhouse Schoo1house You will wlll see seelittle seelittle seelittle little figures picking their Way Wayalong Wayalong Wayalong along the miry roads , plowing plowingthrough plowingthrough plowingthrough through the deep drifts , . cutting cuttingacross cuttingacross cuttingacross across the fields , all aU drawing to tothe tothe tothe the schoolhouse , Bub flub in his warn warn- warnmus warn"mus warnmus . " . - mus and his cowhide boots , hut his hutcap hiscap hiftcap cap with earlaps , . a knitted com com- comforter comforter . - forter about his neck ; : and little littleSis littleSki littleSis Sis Ski , in e q . a thick shawl , trudging trudgingalong trudgingalong trudgingalong along behind him , stepping in his histracks histracks histracks tracks They chirrup 'Good Good 'GoodI 'Goodmorning 'Goodmorning 'Goodmorning Goodmorning ' I . morning , girl sir I ' As far as you can cansee cansee see th them m you have to watch them themand themand themand and something rises in your yourthroat yourthroat yourthroat throat Lord love 'emi emi 'eml eml 'em em ' ! Lord love lovethe lovethe lovethe the childrenl"And childreni chiJdrenJ childrenl childreni"And "And And " then it comes to you , and andit andit andit it makes you catch your breath breathto breathto breathto to think of it , that every two or orthree orthree orthree three miles all over this land landwherever , wherever there ate are children at atall atail atall all ail there is the Old Red School- School Schoolhouse Schoolhouse School-house School house - - house At this very hour a liv- liv living living liv living - ing tide , upbearing upbearmg the hopes and andprayers andprayers prayers of Qod God alone knows how howmany howmany howmany many loving lovmg hearts , the tide on onwhich onwhich which all ail of our longed for tor ships are to come in m , is setting to the theschoolhouse theschoolhouse theschoolhouse schoolhouse Oh , what is mar martial martlal martial tial tlal glory , what is conquest of an anempire anempire anempire empire , what is statecraft along alongside alongside alongside side of this ? Happy Is the people peoplethat peoplethat peoplethat that is in such a easel ' a . a . e . eIf If It indeed withm within the walls of ofthe ofthe ofthe the "Little Little " Old Red Schoolhouse Schoolhousesymbol " ( symbol of all our free schools schoolsthere ) there lies , as Wood says , ' , the thesecret thesecret thesecret secret of our nation's nations ' greatness greatness"then greatnessthen , " then one of our greatest national nationalheroes nationalheroes nationalheroes heroes should be the man who a ahundred ahundred ahundred hundred years ago , had just juststarted juststarted Juststarted started to carry the gospel of offree offree offree free schools throughout one state stateFor stateFor stateFor For after atter winning his campaign campaignin in that state , his ideal spread spreadeventually spreadeventually spreadeventually eventually to all the othersHorace othersHorace others othersHorace Horace Mann was his name nameBorn nameBorn nameBom Born near Franklin , Mass , on onMay onMay onMay May 4 .c c . . , 1790 1796 1798 , . Mann's Manns Maun's Mauns ' youth was a abitter abitter abitter bitter struggle to get the rudl rudi rudlments rudiments rudiments ments of an education He never never nev never er attended school for more than than10 10 weeks in any single rear year year up upto upto upto to the age of ot fifteen and he had to tobraid tobraid tobraid braid straw in his father s 8 farm- farm farmhouse farmhouse farm-house farm house - - house to get enough money to tobuy tobuy tobuy buy his booksMann booksMann books booksMann Mann worked his way through throughBrown throughBrown throughBrown Brown university , also through a alaw alaw alaw law school at Litchfleld LItchfield Conn Col1J1 , . graduated , hung out his shingleand shingle shingleand shingleand and soon built up a prosperous prosperouslaw law politics practice He went Into poli poli- - tics , , . was elected to the state sen- sen senate senate sen senate - - ate and chosen president of that thatbody thatbody thatbody body And then on June 1 , 1837 , 'tf tf ' 4 he did dld an amazing aznollns azuating thin thing , * . , r He rHe gave up h4 bin h law lam la Ptp.cUce PtpcUce practice Ptp.cUceand practiceand practiceand . and his position in .In itt . th the @ llta state atate e sen sett settate senate . ate to become bftcolnCh b@comer @ ; a secretary cretary Qf of f the thenewly thenewly thenewly newly created crettecS Mossachu Messaehuaettti Messaehuaetttiboard Massachusettsboard etts ettsbQard bQard board of education educaUon . "Foolish Foolish uFootbh " > oollah h and andvislonar andvisionary andvisionary vislonar visionary vislonareven ) " , " " - even -even his . best .best trlendl tgiends tgiendscalled friends'called friendscalled ( ' caned called him , * . + ' 'to to ' barter bartet his hl bib . pros prom VfQ |