History of Mineola, Texas; "Gateway to the Pines" Page: 45
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1914, OLD BUILDING--Erected 1914; destroyed by fire March 27, 1924.
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1924, NEW BUILDING--Erected 1924. Occupied January 19, 1925. For-
mally dedicated February 6, 1925.
The first schools were taught in the churches; the pastors were teachers.
Powell's Chapel was one such school. W.D. Powell was the teacher from
1877 to 1879. This building was on the lot where the educational building of
the First Baptist Church stands today.
The first school buildings erected for that purpose were with one teacher
teaching all pupils. Notice I didn't say all grades for they were not graded
then. Children sat two to a seat, and sometimes that seat was split logs. Often-
times two children studied the same book. In 1888 some pupils were furnished
free books, but that didn't include all schools. As early as 1871 there were
talks of free books as many parents could not furnish their child the books he
needed. But it wasn't until Governor W.P. Hobby's tenure (1917-1921) that
the state had free books for all children.
The fifty-first legislature set a landmark in Texas educational history by
enacting the "Gilmer-Aikin Law" reorganizing the public school system.e j -~U
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Jones, Lucille. History of Mineola, Texas; "Gateway to the Pines", book, 1973; Quanah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130180/m1/55/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .