Ramsey County History – Fall 1971: “Woodstoves, Hectographs—50 Years a Teacher, She Looks Back at Her First School”

Woodstoves, Hectographs—50 Years a Teacher, She Looks Back at Her First School
Author: Alice Olson

Beginning in 1914 the author taught at a tiny country school in what is now Maplewood. Years later she wrote her memoirs, from which this article was taken. She describes the school and conditions, her supplies, her first day, her life rooming with the Gausman family on their farm, highlights of her first year, breaking a leg during recess, her feelings toward her pupils, and her thoughts on fifty years as a teacher.
PDF of Olson article