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Prairie School

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 20, 2010102 views10 comments

An old school building in NE Kansas.

FYI: The Northwest Ordinance created school lands for sections 16 and 36 in each township.
These lands were to be dedicated for common schools.
The income from the lands was to help offset the expenses.
The school buildings were believed to be within walking distance of every child.
In Kansas if these lands were sold they constitutionaly had to be replaced with land(s) of equal value as nearly contiguous as possible.
In Kansas this did not happen. The sale from the lands eventually ended up as the employer's [state of Kansas] contribution to the retirement for teachers. So much for the rule of law. Teachers are more important than children...

Nikon d700, manual Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8 @ f/4, ISO 450, 1/8000 sec.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on July 20, 2010 at 11:57 AM

They were just ahead of the times, Larry--in the future, there wont be any schools--kids wil learn everything from the internet!

Nice shot, you got some nice light here.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on July 21, 2010 at 6:20 PM

Nicely done! Great structure and nice colors.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on July 21, 2010 at 6:31 PM

Nice light and capture Larry. I like this alot.

Bob

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on July 21, 2010 at 7:39 PM

Good documentation, both in word and image.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on July 21, 2010 at 10:25 PM

Nice job, Larry. Great light and nice details. Old buildings like this really have loads of history associated with them.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 21, 2010 at 11:10 PM

Interesting photo, I wish the sky was just a bit darker, but that's just me. I would guess at the time these schools were in use it was hard to get and keep teachers. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on July 22, 2010 at 3:39 PM

I still remember the one room school just not one out in the middle of the prairie.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on July 23, 2010 at 5:16 AM

great portrait of this old building. sad tale, though.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 24, 2010 at 7:36 PM

Larry: Terrific find and image. If only your last comment weren't so. >=))>

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on July 25, 2010 at 1:56 PM

Bill,
My last comment was "tongue-in-cheek".
Children, in my book, are more important than teachers.
Antecendent and Consequent.

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