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Tilt In 1916 Lillian of Acton earned a year as a school teacher and thought It was good money As far as the education system is concerned we come a long way baby Back In 1MB when the first classes in two rented rooms of a frame house in Georgetown the government t support education were no taxes Town just chipped in enough money to hire school mar m and rent a building Only after Confederation when Egerton gem or legislation was passed ensuring that schools would be government subsidised did Institutions of learning change from private to public operations One room schools were literally that No home Schools have come a long way room or gyms or science labs or cafeterias No PA systems or swimming pools or audio visual equipment No plum There t even any textbooks at the first formal school in Georgetown in the of the old Town Hall below the councillor meeting place Old Maids School of the 1850 on Main Street the Church consisted of long desks and But not enough of them Some students had to stand and four or slate and chalk A far cry from today double classrooms and well stocked libraries So were the rules Children used to do what they were told without remembered Mrs Minn No wonder teachers dare not hit child Pioneer children dare not anger a teach for fear of being hit Miss Master of the Old Maids schools was a whiz with the hickory stick During time a three storey brick academy was on Academy Road at the northeast end of town In 1911 it v is demolished but the I ricks were saved to use in the oust rut lion of the Martin and Wilson homes Nothing was wasted back then not even lime There were no extra Walking miles to school in the morning is field trip in itself There wis no time for clubs after children had to hurry home to with the chores flic only recreational part of curriculum was singing as j music buff James taught choral singing to Town Hall School kids in the notable teacher was Charles Dade A native of Yarmouth England he served as rector of St George Anglican Church and opened a private school near the site of the North Golf and Country Club To prepare students for University he held classes to weekdays and from to 11 a m Saturdays Though few con past grade school elementary classes continued to outgrow their classrooms During the 1860 Miss Fanny Wright led the Junior classes in the council hers of the Town Hall School while instructed the seniors downstairs Ac cumulated were two shelves of dog cored yet precious library books Expansion was again necessary in 1869 when a four room building on Chapel Street became Georgetown Public School Alex Campbell one of the original teachers to bring firewood from home to heat Ihe school And todays kids complain that classrooms arc not air conditioned When Campbell was Joined by teachers John E Tom and George in the late 1870 there were That s close to today student teacher ratio In 1B82 Chapel Street Public School saw a Mr Harrison as its first princlpal- ihe birth of bureaucracy in the education system Another highlight in Georgetown history was the esinhliimment of the drat county high school High School As the first teachers hired in 1887 Clark and Longman are notorious Two years after the establishment of the original high school it was replaced by new Insitutulon on Maple Street where GDHS exists now II was modem A lab and indoor washrooms were added by 19H Two new wings were built before when the entire was demolished to make way for the oldest section of the kids attend today Since then portables and parking lots and new wings have been necessary to accommodate population Not only have facilities been improved but philosophies of education have continually needed revision to update the system in step with the changing times Yes with baseball and home we come a long way baby I Other Specials Throughout The Storo Come In And Browse Around BARBERS JEWELLERS 77 Main St S The cost 12 Auffust 1925 A question In a local news item column Who was It who recently said that the cost of living was like an evening gown it looks as If it was going to down but It doesn See it during PIONEER DAYS Compliments of THE GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH Wotdi for our booth durhg Pioneer Day WELCOMES YOU TO PIONEER DAYS SPECIALS PIONEER DAYS ONLY Polyester Crepe Reg 298 Now 198 Voiles 149 ALSO 100 TABLE with extra specials etc etc etc 10 OFF ALL OTHER FABRICS 39 MAIN ST Towne downtown Sewing Centre Georgetown