HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-08-18, Page 9School Took Name From
Among lne-room ruralscho
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- usual 1 recordrd
of Mr.
George
hotnses, the function of whit&
will end with the ,opening txf the
consolidated school at Bruee-
ffield next year, is that of Section
Number One,' Stanley, better
lcanwn as Baird's School..
'This 'title it owes to the un -
Baird, commonly spoken of in
the neighborhoodes "The Mast,•
er", who was its teadher ,for
half a century, from January,
1861, to December; .1910. During
this time, of course, he taught
many of the .:children, and even
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sozne,ef the grandchildren of his
early pupils.
er ecords that _have been
preserved •of the °early years
of this school section are stat
tired and incomplete; but they
indicate that a .school existed
here. at least as early as 1855.
TWo teachers preceded Mr,
Baird. Their names were Alex-
ander McKenzie and John Me-
Faul. British currency was still
M mse, the change to the deci-
mal system apparently being
made in 1859 or 1860, The
scholars at this , time were re-
quired to pay one shilling and
three pence per month "accord-
ing to the days they attended,"
In 1859 a motion was made at
the annual meeting that the
school should become a free
school, but this radical „ idea
was voted down. Two years
later, however, a similar motion
'was passed; so that free school-
ing began in 1861 with "The
Master." •
An interesting note from- the
financial report in 1862 is that
Mr. Nea!'aul, who '04 left two
years .before, returned the sum
of $5.87 to the trustes for five
school days lost. 'he: -pioneer
expected value. for their money,
and had long (memories end per-
sistence. The amount indicates,
as did ."The Master's" fiat
year's salary of $290.00, that
a rural teacher atthat time re-
ceived about.,one dollar a day.
Fifty years after "The Mast-
er's" salary had a little more
than doubled.
The first school building was I of woodshed and rainy -day -
Baird
area, by planting 'trees along
ails" four sides. The,
'present
t
school building was erected on
this site la 145, the coptradt
being let to Mr. Peter Camp-
bell for $870, the contractor un-
dertaking to ,provide all meter -
leis.
To anyone ' familiar with
this school,, the specifications
prepared by the board make in-
teresting and almost nostalgic
reading. The original building
was then relegated to the role
a square frame structure with
a cottage roof. It stood on the
south-west corner of the cross-
roads (a mile and a quarter
west of the present +4B cor-
ner); and, as far as can be
made out from the records, had
no ` ehee yard. 'In 1872, three-
quarters of an acre on the
north-east corner was bought
and fenced off with a board
fence. Thanks are due to Mr.
Baird for subsequently making
this into one of the most at-
tractive school -yards in the
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merit of ' 184 pupils, 17 of whom
lived outside the iboundari'esof
the section. The latter were
probably elder ::students who
were conning to .this school
to take advanced work. Many
a pupil went directly from "Tate
Master's" instruction to Norm-
al School or some other more
advanced 'institution. It is not
likely that such a large num-
ber of pupils were ever all pre-
sent on any- one flay; but, even'
so, the walls oct the old school
must have been bulging, and
there is little wonder that it
lasted only 20 years or so. Be-
fore 1875 (although enrolment
was now only about 80). the
Department of Education was
putting pressure on the reluct-
ant trustees to provide a new
building. This pressure finally
took the form of withholding
play -room, a role it played until
the "new school was raised,
and a furnace installed in the
new basement in 1916. This pro-
ject cost just about the same
amount as. had the original
building. Over these years a
daily duty of the pupils in win-
ter was for each, to carry an
arinfful of firewood across the
corner from the old school to
the new, to feed the big box
stove, on the top of whioh they
frequently toasted their sand-
wiphes.
There is much talk nowa-
days about the population ex-
plosion; but ,as the Preacher
said in Ecclesiastes, "there is
no new thing under the sun."
The school register of Baird's
school for 1865 shows an enrol -
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many families moved elsewhere,
after the building of the rail-
ways. Dy the turn of the century.
the .enrolment at Number 00
was below 40 and in 100, t1
last year of 'The Master's"
tutelage, it was only 28.. Over
the years since then it has fluc-
tuated, a low -of only nine being
reached in 1930-31, but, on the
'average, it has been in' the
twenties.'
In the last half of its history,
Baird's School has had 19- tea-
chers, all except one, laf whom
werewomen. The excerption
was Mr. Peter B. Moffat, a
great-nephew of Mr. Baird, and
grandson of Mr. Campbell, wire
was the teacher from 1920 to
1922. He was preceded by Miss-
es Elizabeth MeEwan, Gertrude
Sturdy, Jean Wylie, Jessie Aik-
enhead, Pearl Potter, and Ida
Taylor. Miss Taylor returned
for the year 1922-3, and was fol-
lowed by Misses Edna Reid,
Winnie Gamble, Margaret Pent-
land, Isabel: McDougal, Margar-
et Patrick, Kathleen Cameron,
Margaret Henry, Mary Tor-
rance and June Miller. The last
three teachers have. been mar-
ried woman—Mrs. Marion Pow-
ell, Mrs.. Jean Taylor and Mrs.
Shirley Carter. Of all these
teachers, Mrs. Powell remaiiied
for the longest time, a period
of eight years.
take the foram of a ptenie in the
school -yam mate afternoon'of
Saturday,..Auubtnst 27. It is bop -
ed
a
edtthat .alt rwlzo have ever been •
sg0elated wall the school -and:...__
also their families and friends,
Will plan to be present, '
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of a grant, and action soon fol-
lowed. Opponents of the con-
solidated school movement to-
day may take what .comfort
they can by noting that even
90 years ago there was no use
fighting the department.
The enrolment at the new
school was never so large again
as it had been in the old, school
in ' the . sixties: Secondary educa-
tion lbecame available at the
Clinton Collegiate Institute; and
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Two other functions have
been served• by this school
building: For many years a
Sunday School was held in it,
except in winter months. Mi.
Baird was its superintendent
from its • inception .until his
death in 1918, when Mr. Alex-
ander McEwen succeeded him,
Faithful teachers over the years
were Mr. Malcolm McEwan,
Mr. William Taylor, Miss Eliza
Ann McFarlane, Mrs. Edward
Glen -arid Mrs: John McFarlane.
The second 'special function,
belonging -to the last two or
three decades, was that of com-
munity centres: Under the aus-
pices of the Stanley Ladies Club,
socialgatherings have been held
in the schoolhouse, always dur-
ing Christmas week, and oc-
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door of Baird's School will close
after its last classes. In recog-
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camping, in most areas farm lands could do with a few good
rains for the thirsty ground and crops..However•, for thousands
of holidayers the weather has made trips much more pleas,ant.
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