I found this old building which looks like an old school house east of Ithaca traveling the back roads. If it was a school I am not sure which school. Maybe Lafayette school since the historic Lafayette Church is down the road. I guess whatever it uses to be, it isn’t that anymore.
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I have been busy lately and not posting as much as I want too. My son and daughter are both running track for school this spring, and I had 4 track meets last week, and another 4 this week. I wanted to let you know so if I miss a post for a few days or I am late in responding to your email, that is why. I have taken a few pics on my way to some of the meets, but I am looking forward to getting out on a road trip and getting some more pics. I do enjoy going to the away meets and seeing other schools, the people at school sports are always friendly and welcoming, and I don’t mind supporting the schools, even if its a different school than my own kids school.
P.S. if you’re wondering, this pic of of the track at Bay City Western in Auburn a few years ago. we got delayed for a thunderstorm and then after it had passed we had this beautiful sunset. I just wish I had a pic like this of my kids home track.
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I went to what I consider to be a “small school” with only about 80 students in my graduating class, I guess by today’s standards that seem kinda small. I can’t imagine what it would be like going to a one room schoolhouse. While in school in the 70’s we got something called a personal computer and I learned basic on an Apple IIe. I thought that was really hi-tech, now my kids have tablets in their schools. I can only imagine what the kids at the North Grove school would think of all the technology we have today. The old North Grove School still stands along M24 a few miles south of Caro watching cars go by longing for the days it had children learning inside and playing outside in the grass next to it.
Oh, by the way, I liked going to a small school, yes we had limited sports and extracurricular activities, but I knew everyone’s name in every grade and it was kinda like a big family. My kids go to a large school, which offers lots of opportunities, but it’s kinda strange to me that my kids probably know only about half of the students in their grade.
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Henry R. Pattengill began his career as the superintendent of St. Louis schools, and later of Ithaca schools. His experiences in rural Michigan education led him to advocate for its improvement during his tenure as Michigan Superintendent of public instruction. In 1924 his formal pupils and admirers donated 510 stones from around the world to construct this monument next to the Ithaca fire station as a memorial to their beloved teacher, colleague, and friend.
Henry R. Pattengill (1852 – 1918) was Michigan’s Superintendent of public instruction from 1893 to 1897. As a textbook author, an orator and editor of Moderator-Topics, a journal for educators, he shaped Michigan’s education system. He championed the creation of rural district libraries, free textbooks, compuls oary attendance, and teacher certification. Running as a Progressive, he lost his bid for governor in 1914.
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the cupola from the Bath School that was bombed rests in a park in Bath Michigan
On May 18, 1927, a dynamite blast rocked the Bath Consolidated School, shattering one wing of the building and resulting in the death of thirty-nine children and teachers; dozens more were injured. An inquest concluded that dynamite had been planted in the basement of the school by Andrew Kehoe, an embittered school board member. Resentful of higher taxes imposed for the school construction and the impending foreclosure on his farm, he took revenge on Bath’s citizens by targeting their children. Soon after the explosion, as parents and rescue workers searched through the rubble for children, Kehoe took his life and the lives of four bystanders including the superintendent, one student and two townspeople, by detonating dynamite in his pick-up truck as he sat parked in front of the school.
The destruction of the Bath Consolidated School shared the front page of national newspapers with Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight. “Maniac Blows Up School …Had Protested High Taxes” screamed the headlines of the May 19, 1927, New York Times. Michigan Governor Fred Green created the Bath Relief Fund, and people from across the country expressed their sympathies and offered financial support. Michigan U.S. Senator James Couzens gave generously to the fund and donated money to rebuild the school. On August 18, 1928, Bath looked to the future and dedicated the James Couzens Agricultural School to its “living youth.” A statue entitled, Girl with a Cat, sculpted by University of Michigan artist Carleton W. Angell and purchased with pennies donated by the children of Michigan was also dedicated that day.
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I enjoyed walking around the U of M campus, although I will say it’s a large campus in the city of Ann Arbor and it must be a lot of walking for the students. There are some magnificent buildings on the campus and since it was summer time and few students around I got a “good” pic of the Burton Tower designed by Alber Kahn, I seem to take a lot of photos of his buildings without even being aware that he designed them.
Thanks to Wikipidia I found out some info on the tower and posted it here. I left the part out about the suicide of Sarah Goddard Power and her battle with depression since I thought that seemed to sad to post.
Housing a grand carillon, the tower was built in 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920–1925). The grand carillon, one of only 23 in the world,is the world’s fourth heaviest, containing 55 bells and weighing a total of 43 tons (a grand carillon has a bourdon bell — the name given to the heaviest bell in a carillon and the one that sounds the hour — that weighs at least six tons, and can sound a low ‘G’).
The monument was constructed in 1935 and finished in 1936. It stands at 120 feet, and was designed by Albert Kahn, who also designed the William L. Clements Library, Angell Hall, and Hill Auditorium for the University of Michigan. Its carillon was donated by Michigan alumnus Charles A. Baird, a lawyer and the first U-M athletic director, and has been christened the “Charles Baird Carillon”. Baird had the bells cast in England and gave them to the university. He also commissioned “Sunday Morning in Deep Waters”, the fountain on Ingalls Mall between Burton Tower and the Michigan League.
Now for something a little different. I posted on Facebook yesterday I have been too busy too post much lately so I guess I should post why, with one of my favorite photos that I have ever taken. My son runs track for his middle school, and since the season started recently I have been busy with Track and Field meets, I am telling you that so I can tell you this. Since my son started running for the school last year, I have traveled to many towns in Michigan I would have never been visited. I found that many town in Michigan, no matter how large or small, they face the same challenges, but still have nice people and they all have something to be proud of the makes there community unique. That is one of the inspirations for doing this website. I would take photos of the places I would visit to watch my sons team compete. my sons middle school track team does not travel that far so I don’t get out to far away from home to get pics. I never played sports and don’t follow professional sports but I do enjoy going to the school events, even the away ones. my friends dad was the principal at our school and he always said, “A school is a reflection of the community” if that’s tru there are a lot of nice communities in Michigan.
The photo above I took at a middle school invitational at Bay City Western, we had a really bad storm come thru, but then the weather cleared, and we had this beautiful sunset and I took this pic. I wish it was my sons schools track, but I still like it.
Continuing with Library week, this is the Clifford Branch of the Lapeer District Library in Clifford Michigan. It used to be the local school but was converted into a Library in the 70’s
“I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.” Groucho Marx
North Grove School looks so lonely watching cars pass by on M24 south of Caro. I am sure at one time kids were learning the alphabet and math, then during recess, playing in the field next to the school, now overgrown with weeds. Times were different back then, and a long ways away from the internet and Ipads.