"History of Freeborn County", 1882
Hayward Twp. School Histories
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The first school taught in this town was in the north part, in section three, in a timber building which was put up for that purpose. Miss Olive Callahan was the first to teach the young idea how to shoot under this roof, and B. Lamb taught here from 1864 until 1875. It was finally removed to the village, and is now District No. 34. The first school here was held at the Grange hall on the 2d of October, 1875 The officers elected were E. A. Campbell, Lars Lund, and Peter Lund. The present building cost about 8700, is 24x36 feet, and has seats for about forty scholars. The first school here was managed by W. Cooley in the late autumn of 1875 at $32 per month, with forty pupils.
District No. 35.—This was organized in 1866 at the house of Watson Brown. The first officers were O. Andrews, James Andrews, and Watson Brown. In the summer of that year they succeeded in getting up a log house, 16x20 feet. In 1880, the old house becoming inadequate to the wants of the district, a new one was built, a frame structure, 18x30 feet, with room for eighty scholars, at a cost of $700.
District No. 36.—In 1864 this district assumed form; the meeting for organization being in the house of Peter Lund, on the 12th of April, and a log house was soon rolled together on section eighteen, 16x18 feet. The first school had fourteen pupils. It was called to order and managed by Miss Esther Lowry, for 820 a month. The first school officers were Peter Lund. Andrew Sanderson, and L. B. Luce.
District No. 60.—In 1864 this was taken from No. 35, and created into a new district, the first meeting being held at the house of Daniel Chute. on the 2d of June, 1864. The first officers were Daniel Chute, Luther Phelps, and David Ausley. They proceeded to build a log house without a floor, and with a sod roof, and dignified it by calling it a schoolhouse. but it was the best they could do,
and here Miss Emma Fenholt got togethes thirteen pupils and taught them ten weeks for 82 per week and boarded herself. The house now there was constructed in 1875, at a cost of $400. It is 20x26 feet and can seat thirty-five. The last school was taught by Miss Hellen Hare, at §22 per month, and there were twenty-three scholars; considerable more difference in the wages than in the number of pupils.
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