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| | Wichita Falls Texas - First School (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Facing the platform the seats for pupils were arranged in rows, these seats being long benches made of split logs, hewn down, with holes in the bottom for pegs, or legs, to hold the seat the proper distance from the floor, so that it would accommodate either a long-legged young man or a tiny 6-year-old. |
 | | Even the sight of a stout cottonwood switch on the teacher’s desk and the prospect of standing in a corner on one foot, adorned with a dunce cap, as a means of punishment, failed to dull the enthusiasm of these first Wichita Falls school children. |
 | | The author of this article, who was a member of the 13th family to settle in Wichita county, acknowledges his indebtedness to all the old timers for their assistance in recalling events connected with this first school. |
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