Ralph Butler (1915 - 2003)
I've always heard it said that if we're tryin' to get ahead, the best thing for us to do is to look back. In other words, a person once told me, "We can best project where we're going if we reflect on where we've been," and I think all of you can attest to this. We're well on the way. Well on the way. . . .
The one-room schools: Yes, at those times I spent, I think it was five and a half years in a one-room school, the other in the two-room school, and my last–-Banneker--let's see? I was there for sixteen years as a 6th Grade teachers, but eight of those sixeen years I spent in a building apart from the main building which was in itself was a one-room school; but, I only had two grades: 5th and 6th. It's all been a pleasure as I look back on it.
