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Hall, Dick

Trexler, Edna

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Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University FHSU Scholars Repository College of Education One-Room Schoolhouse Oral Histories Archives Online July 2021 Interview with Edna Trexler Dick Hall Fort Hays State University Edna Trexler Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ors Content Disclaimer The primary source materials contained in the Fort Hays State University Special Collections and Archives have been placed there for research purposes, preservation of the historical record, and as reflections of a past belonging to all members of society. Because this material reflects the expressions of an ongoing culture, some items in the collections may be sensitive in nature and may not represent the attitudes, beliefs, or ideas of their creators, persons named in the collections, or the position of Fort Hays State University. Recommended Citation Hall, Dick and Trexler, Edna, "Interview with Edna Trexler" (2021). College of Education One-Room Schoolhouse Oral Histories. 6. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ors/6 This Audio Recording is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives Online at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in College of Education One-Room Schoolhouse Oral Histories by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. Dick Hall Educational History Oral History Introduction The Sunnyslope school district was established 1n 1901 as the eighty-fourth of ninety school districts in Graham;County,. Kansas. A school was built for approximately $900 and che first school tern of three months was held in that year. It should be noted that the tax levy rate for this school district was 20 mils in that year. Sunnyslope school which was located approximately six miles south and 1½ miles west of Bogue, Kansas, The school continued in operation until after World ~ar II. In about 1949 a reorganization act inGraham County reduced the number of districts from ninety to eleven. Today, there are only two school districts left 1n the county. Incidentally, Nicodemus. had the first school 1n Graham Oounty established about 1878, The person interviewed 1B Mrs. Edna Trexler who taught 1n Sunnyslope school from 1927 until 1929. It 1s interesting to note how she recieved her teacher training, how they raised money for the library, and the emphasis she put on the county examinations that were given st that time. Mrs, Trexler did not stay in teaching as a profession. In fact she noted that the salaries really went down shortly after she left the profession in 1929 due to the Depression, 

Interview with Edna Trexler

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