The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11

Used TO Teach Everything.
Discussing this honor that is hers
Mrs Dodd pointed out the fact that
sMes steele, now at Riverview, be-
San teaching the same year that she,
Mrs. Dodd, did but that Miss steele S
record IS broken by an absence OF
two or three years, Mrs. DOod be-
gan teaching second grade children
in 1903, and she Is still teaching Sec
grade children. But the difference
Is eomewhat the same as that that
distinguishes the flat little pioneer
town from the mushroom city that
Is the wonder of the world. Nineteen
years ago Mrs. Dodd had the entire
responsibility OF impartlng knowl-
edge to half a hundred youngsters.
They were crowded into one room
in glunt old wooden building. She
taught them everything that they
learned, from spelling 10 music. To-
day she has 2S children at Washing
ton school. They have the ad-
yantages Of a school system that Is
known from coast to coast for It's
progressiveness and are housed in
one of the completely equipped. mod
ern schoolrooms that are a part of
the unit system OF which Tulsa
boasts. She has the assistance Of
trained supervisors in teaching.
Then and Now.
At Fourth and Boston where the
Cosden building now cuts the sky
line with its proud height stood a
weather-beaten old wooden building,
back in 1908. Tho only building in
the block. II wac known as the old
Mission building and served as
Tulsa's first schoolhouse. There
we're three rooms downstairs and
two upstairs. The high school had
one Of the downstairs rooms and the
grades occupied the others. In the
front Of the building was a rickety
stairs leading from the upstairs door
and in tho back there was a double
stairway. just as infirm.
Those stairways used to shake
when the children would come down
az recess and after school," Mrs
Dodd said, "and I used TO tremble
for fear It would come down with
them some day"
That is the building seen in the
picture. The photograph was taker
the second year that Mrs. Dodd was
here, in 1904, and at that time there
was another school building on the
north side OF town, near the present
Sequoyah school site. a little shack
with two rooms. There were about
25O pupils in the entire school sys
TEN then-not so bad for a village
and there were 10 teachers.
The old Mission was almost on til,
edge OF town then. 1t was we'll ou
Of the business block and there were
but few houses on beyond II 10 th'
south. The youngsters had tht
whole block 10 play in. They cam'
scampering from all corners OF thu
playground when the sound OF thu
oell rung vigorously in the hand q
one OF the teachers standing in th'
doorway, told them that recess wa
over,
Across the street was the oil,
Presbyterian church, a little one
Soiy wooden building that stooC
wVhere the Pioneer building is now
mrs Dodd INDUCED in the luxur,
OF remin!scence.
Reverend Kerr an Old Timer.
Reverend Kerr was pastor o
nat church when 7 came here" sh
sala' He was tho first person Il
,u!sa who came to call on me an,
never Will forget how much I ap
Ieclated that call, nor what III
nehdlness, in the little town tha
war so strange and so different fror
snything that I had ever known be
nIe' meant 10 me. No, / am not
p,eaoyierian, I'm a Baptist. Bu
HsVerend Kerr seemed TO have
ll ~, tor sensing strangers in tn
ggWn and showing them courtes
,n t know many others, as we'll n
,tset have appreciated as onl
Va strangers can appreciate"
Mrs Dodd tried to recall who tn
y kA
Tlat ilrst year she taught In Tulss
sste Brady, naturally. she remem
ssred hest since It was 70 him tha
9 ,t.S went relative to securing a DC
p"on the first day she spent her,
a. Trees, who now lives at II
- h!ghtoenth, and who then ha
mercantile business on Sout
SoaIn, Sa,n, was another member Of IN
X, p. Cnlley. who lives no.
~. iso7 South baltimore and Le
.s.ion' Vice president OF the Fir,
,Sa.,onal bank, were other member
srng BOARD. L, ]. Barton was III
wperlntendent OF the school an
Si.,s, Georgia Reneau was the prir
'F'' OF the hlsh school
Just Handful OF Graduates.
raj, was trying 10 think this week
~ ~ Mrs. Dodd. chow many gradl
tbe, mere were in the high scho,
bn, ilrst year, l can't remembe
kno-t mere were just a handful,
ns. ma" lhat. 1 noticed that con
rscaUeihent night Mr.. Oberholt1t
a,ss a,su .S that there were 2S gradl
vas we tIrst wear he was here. Tht
much me years ago and there was
d ysarn shaIIer number graduated /
81 a, ,afs ago, Of course. The prlncip
4 tsru.e nigh school, Miss Rena
b,n.h all OF the classes except pc
haG one or two that Mr.. Bartc
scboo,M room was next to the his
rsr. room on the first floor ar