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         The present graded school building was erected in 1868, at a cost of $9,000, including grounds. It is a wooden building of two stories; four large school rooms, two recitation rooms and one music room, a small library and some modern apparatus. The building was built after a plan proposed by W. B. Hanna, and, in many respects, is a model of convenience, although Mr. Hanna is not a practical architect. The building was erected by A. D. Young, contractor and builder, now of Vail, in Crawford County. The only objection to the building is that it was built from lumber not properly seasoned, and the failure of Mr. Hanna to make provisions to deaden the floor. An admirable feature is a large hall, intended for a play hall. In time of rain or bad weather, when scholars cannot go out on the open ground, this is a great advantage. “It is true,” says Mr. Stubbs, the Principal, “that it is sometimes like Bedlam turned loose, but as the scholars of the different rooms have recess at one time, the noise is not so objectionable.

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         W. T. Stubbs is the Principal in charge of the school, a position he has held for eight years and one term. Mr. Stubbs was educated at Hallowell, Maine, and is an educator of industry and experience. He is a close student, and uses every accessible means to keep pace with the demands of the educational interests of the county. Unfortunately for him, and perhaps for the educational demand of the county, his eyesight failed when pursuing an academic course, and he was obliged to abandon the course upon which he had entered. His aids are: Miss Bessie Smith, of Tipton, grammar department; Miss Maggie Walker, of DeWitt, second primary; Miss Lizzie Murphy, of London, first primary. Miss Smith will be succeeded next term, commencing in September, by Mrs. Sarah Miller, of Tipton, an old teacher at Clarence.

         The average daily attendance of scholars during the last Winter was 165.