My 5th grade classroom in Worthington, Ohio
I took the photo in late 1937, when I was 13 and in 7th grade ,shortly
before the building was demolished for a new school. Apparently, a
spelling bee was underway and 5 pupils remained. Do schools still
have these?
The door at the right led to a cloakroom. All our grade school rooms
in Worthington had these. I believe they're been replaced by lockers
in newer schools.. The painting (left) is Whistler's Mother.
I have good mrmories of 5th grade and teacher, Miss Norma Grener. She
was new that year and an inspirational teacher.
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John Stenberg (44 months ago | reply)
Looks like some of my classrooms.
TheeErin (44 months ago | reply)
What are those white scroll things in some of the ink wells? Maybe a returned test?
MemaNH ... retired and loving it!!! (44 months ago | reply)
This looks a lot like my fifth grade room in the early 50's. Our school was so small grades 3-5 were in that room.
jimgspokane (44 months ago | reply)
I remember those old desks! Good one dok!!
Tennessee Wanderer (44 months ago | reply)
Awesome...just a very rare photo being that you took it so long ago and have such crisp clear memories that you are able to share.
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a_kindredspirit (44 months ago | reply)
I attended grades 1-4 in the same school building where my father and his mother attended. Other than the desks, I see many similarities in this room and our classrooms during the early '50's.
BTW, our school still has spelling bees.
mathteacher... (44 months ago | reply)
How wonderful that you remember fondly your teacher.....that is the highest compliment one can get as a teacher! As for spelling bees, they are still around somewhat but most kids depend on the spell check on their pc's. The national spelling bee is usually won by foreign kids who have been speaking English for a few months.....
TedSher (44 months ago | reply)
You were way ahead of most 10 year old photographers...flash, sharp detail.
glenda.suebee (44 months ago | reply)
another great vintage shot. yes, we still have the spelling bees, and it's still a pretty big deal.
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marlcal (44 months ago | reply)
Even at such a young age you had great composition skills for your photos. This is marvelous, and amazing that you even thought to take it as a kid, since at this age we thought this sort of photo would be mundane. Now it is a treasure.
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buckeye616 (44 months ago | reply)
I like the picture of Lincoln and Whistler's Mother on the wall. Don't see that anymore.
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midmophil (44 months ago | reply)
They still have Spelling Bees here in Missouri. In fact, they also have a Statewide Spelling Bee with the winner going to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Like some others, I too attended a school that had that style of desks. The building is still there, but I'm sure they have long since replaced the desks. Very nice photo!
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Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com (38 months ago | reply)
Great !
one of best school scenes I have seen.
Just some dust (37 months ago | reply)
What a cool photo! I love this.
And thank you so much for the Creative Commons license. I used this in a blog post I wrote about an adult spelling bee in Austin, Texas.
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partlowparthowe (11 months ago | reply)
Miss Norma Grener is my great Aunt who is now 99! Thanks so much for sharing that wonderful memory.
dok1 (11 months ago | reply)
Thank you all for the comments. partlowparthowe, I appreciate knowing Miss Grenner's still alive, Here's a photo of her in 1935
www.flickr.com/photos/dok1/6433153625/
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