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School Days
1920
Caroline Alberta Canada
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A common song that school children sang was
School Days, School Days

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School bell
1920
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Calling the children to class.

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National Anthem
1940
Canada
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Oh Canada

Oh Canada, our home, our native land,
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The true North strong and free
And stand on guard, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee
O Canada, glorious and free,
We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee,
Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

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British Union Jack.
1940
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Salute the Flag

I salute the flag
The emblem of my country
To which I pledge my love and loyalty

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Bible
1902
Caroline Alberta Canada
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The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil,
for Thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
Forever and ever, Amen.

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Daily attendance book
1929
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Daily Attendance

The teacher kept a daily attendance record. When your name was called, you answered "present" or "here".
I remember starting to school in the wintertime. There was a smalll hole in the window and the snow was coming in. I thought the teacher should take note of this fact, so I piped up and said, "Hey, teacher, the snow is coming in". I promptly got a reprimand for talking out of turn. I was to learn that there are many ways to attract the teacher's attention. One of the best ways was to snap your fingers, but I never could snap my fingers, so the next best attention getter was snapping my garter. Ours were made out of strips of inner tube cut in a circle.
I remember one teacher who would pitch a mean blackboard eraser or a hard piece of chalk, and many a student got it in the back of the head if they were caught talking in class or turning around. The fact that he could have put someone's eye out didn't bother him in the least.

Submitted by Marjorie Orcutt Briones

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Reader
1947
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Reading

Grades usually went from Grade 1 to Grade 9. The older students helped the younger ones learn to read. Readers were supplied free. Dick and Jane and Spot provided interesting stories for the young folk.