Frantz One-Room Schoolhouse Quiz #1
We cannot change the past. So why bother studying it? One reason is, we can learn from it and thereby make our future a better place. Another reason is "respect". By learning from what happened before us, we gain an appreciation for the folks who "lived" it. It instills in us and our children an appreciation for the lives & work of others.
We offer this little quiz, not to show who is the smartest. We offer it so that we can all learn a little about the past, hopefully in an enjoyable way.
FRANTZ SCHOOL - 485 CHURCH ROAD - HALLOWEEN 2014
Question #1
In what year did the first European settlers come to Eldred?
A. 1776 B. 1742 C. 1492 D. 1812
Question #2
The early settlers educated their children in their homes. But it is believed that the first "public" school was established in 1782 in St. Matthews Church?
True False
Question #3
In 1847 the first "one-room school house" was built to serve the children of Eldred. By 1855, Eldred had 7. Each school was named for the farm family that "loaned" the land to the school. Which school was the first in Eldred?
A. Frantz B. Gower C. Harvard D. Christman
Question #4
The 7 one-room schoolhouses in Eldred were Barlieb, Christman, Correll, Frantz, Gower, Kleintop and Smith Gap. All schools taught grades 1 to 8 in a single room. The buildings had no electric, no plumbing and heat was provided by a pot-bellied stove. Children would bring their lunch in a lunch pail and sometimes heat it on the stove. The stove was also used to dry out the children's snow-covered mittens.
True False
THE GOWER SCHOOL WAS SADLY LOST IN 2014
Question #5
In 1885 the total enrollment of all 7 Eldred schools was 112 males & 98 females. A teacher's monthly salary was...
A. $99 B. $23 C. paid in crops D. paid with room & board
Question #6
At the end of World War II, 1945, due to declining attendance, the students from Frantz were transferred to the Gower school. The last teacher at Frantz was Irene Meckes Hawk (sister of Earl Meckes). Children were bused.
True False
FRANTZ SCHOOL - 485 CHURCH ROAD - 1945 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Question #7
As attendance continued to decrease, Eldred's one-room schools closed and remaining students were consolidated at the remaining schools. But finally, the last one closed. What year was that?
A. 1969 B. 1953 C. 1976 D. 1984
Question #8
During the early days, lessons in the one-room schools were conducted in which language?
A. English B. German C. Dutch D. French
FRANTZ SCHOOL - 485 CHURCH ROAD - 2016
Question #9
Since the schools didn't have a well, each morning students would have to walk to a nearby farm to fill buckets and carry it to the school. The water would be put in a larger vat to be used during the day.
True False
Question #10
Whose job is it, whose responsibility is it, to preserve our past, our precious history?
A. his B. all of us C. her's D. some one else's
Saving our history is our job. Talk to your older relatives and neighbors. Write down or record what they tell you. Save their memories for future generations. Take photos of your town or of the road you live on and label it and save it for future generations. Some day, the things we take for granted will be gone - it is OUR job to preserve it.
(oh by the way, the answers to the ten questions above? All the correct answers are "B" or "True".)