Black Gold, Volume 3, Number 2, 1977 Page: 32
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seems to be the equivalent of the " Merry-so-
round at the back of the school. When I
started goine school in 1962, it was an old
wooden structure with steal rods that Joined
it in the middle. About ten kids would ride
while ten others pushed. If a boy stood be-
side the place you were sitting for two days
in a rows it was understood that ho wanted
you to be his sweetheart. This was the only
modern object we had. We spent our days
mostly playing ball, soft ball or bounce a
basketball. We played the same types of
games: "Needle in the Haystack," and "Frog in
the Mailbox. " Most of our time was spent be-
hind the building on the merry-so-round or
Jumping boards which we constructed from old
wood and plank or plying see-saw on the same
structure we jumped board on. We always had
15-minutes recesses, and at the end of recess
the teacher would come outside and ring a
handbell. Everyone would line up and we'd
march into class.
Popular also was "picking up paper" days.
Everyday near the end of schools one class
would be assigned the duty of picking up
paper on campus. We made paper-picker uppers
from old mops. We'd take the center of it.
It was fun running around the campus on this
"extra recess. " Some lagged while others
made earnest effort to get the campus clean.
The teacher was also there with you to make
sure you picked up at least one piece of
paper. Some teachers helped their students
while others simply took command and gave
orders. Mr. Guice was one of those order
givers. He never picked up a single piece of
paper and never allowed the students to stop
for rest. He said stopping would make us
lazy.
Mrs. Parker: Teachers shipped in my day.
The primary teachers always kept switches for
the little ones. In latter years not so much32
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