My elementary school in central Wisconsin was built in the 1940s, though I
attended it in the 1950s.  We had a cloakroom set to the side of the
classroom, with a separating wall and a door at each end.  I remember
getting in a fight in 3rd grade with another girl; we both wanted to use the
same hook for our coats.  There was a shelf overhead for books, etc.  Boots
went on the floor underneath.  No lunchroom; we walked home for lunch.

We had no gymnasium (the class walked over to the junior high school twice a
week), and no library (walked over to the public library once a week).  I
believe we may have stopped those trips when the shoveled snow piled on
either side of the sidewalk was taller than the students.  Our town [Neenah]
enforced the ordinance about shoveling the sidewalks within 12 hours of the
end of each snowfall; wish Pittsburgh did the same.

Deborah Harding
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA
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Mark Speltz wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a fun question.  I am wondering if anyone out there in museum-l
land
> can tell me about going to school in the 1940s?
>
> I am wondering if LOWER and MIDDLE schools in the mid 1940s in general did
or
> didn't have lockers in the hallways?
>
> Thanks for your replies, I appreciate it greatly.
>
> Mark Speltz
>
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