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HISTORY OF SCHOOLS JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL, Sylva, Nov. 14, 1919 Dan Tompkins, Editor "JACKSON COUNTY" by Hazel Battle The article printed below is a composition on Jackson County, which took first premium at one of the Community Fairs held this fall. "When the county was organized (Jan. 29, 1851) there was only one school of two months duration in what is now Jackson County. This school was at Qualla, not far from the present school building. It was built of logs, had a dirt floor, a large fireplace at one end, and the seats were made of split logs. A Mr. Thompson was employed as teacher." From "Cullowhee, Its Beginning" By Eddie Marie Wike Sutton—1949 Now, as to the first school held in Cullowhee, nothing is known of the first building, except that it was located down near our present bridge, about the site of the saw mill. The first teacher was Nweton Bryson. Several others taught short terms here. I have a school contract that was drawn up in 1854 (lacking five years being a hun- derd years old). It is interesting from the standpoint of its wording, penmanship, and good preservation, in spite of antiquity, and it is particularly interesting to us (Sutton Family) since the teacher was W. Hamilton Bryson, my husband's grandfather, he being the son of Major Billy. The school committee was: Major Billy Bryson, his brother, Milton Bryson (who later died in a prisoner-of-war camp during the War Between the States) and a Mr. Hill (of whom we know nothing). This school was in the Macon part of Jackson County, since all of the county on the western banks of the Tuckaseigee River was once Macon County and the east side Haywood. The contract reads: "We the undersigned public school committee for District No. 39 in the Macon part of Jackson County agree to employ and do employ William Hamilton Bryson to teach our public or common school for the term of months and weeks at the sum of twenty dollars per month and agree to furnish him a good comfortable school house with all necessary fuel, et. at the place. August 16th 1854 Signed by committee; Milton M. Bryson, W. W. Hill, W. H. Bryson (Major Billy and father of William Hamilton Bryson, teacher). And I, W. Hamilton Bryson, agree to teach the said school in District No. 39, to teach a good common English school and such branches as are set forth in my certificate from the Board of Examiners to the best of my skill and ability, to teach the usual numbers of hours per day and weeks per month, and keep good order in said school, the school to commence this Monday the 16th day of August 1854. W. Hamilton Bryson, Teacher." The second school, known as the "Liberty" school- house was up the branch or hollow just beyond Bob Cotter's present home on the Sylva road. This must not have been a good location for it was abandoned and school was held in the Cullowhee Baptist old church. A Mr. Buchanan held school in the church. When the first schoolhouse was built on the present campus the Liberty School was knocked apart and brought by log wagons to add an extra room onto the T-shaped building, making a room back of the cross of the T. This schoolhouse was built between 1888 and 1890, where the Madison Memorial is today. My father, W. Dallas Wike, taught the Normal Department in this room from 1896 to 1901. Copied from Education of Jackson County, Vol. HI "THE COMING OF SCHOOLS" The first venture of establishment of schools in the neighborhood of Cullowhee came long before the state system of free public schools was begun. The project had to be privately furnished. This was done by the citizens to guarantee the salary of the teachers, tuition being paid by each pupil. In keeping with this plan the families of John Bryson, Andy Cathey, Oliver Painter, Peter Long, Thomas Henson, Manson Shuler, Hugh Bryson, Silas Watson, Wm. Watson and Enoch Underwood and others provided for the opening of Cullowhee's first school. The school was taught in a small log house owned by Major Hamilton Bryson. The school was conducted by Zeke Shuler and to him came about 16 of the sons and daughters of the families named. The date of the first school was about 1820. After Shuler's term other teachers followed until about 1840 when the state began to inaugurate a system of free public schools. The terms of schools lasted from one to three months. There was, of course, one teacher no matter how large the crowd was. The proverbial Blue Back Speller was used and large charts with the alphabet on them were used for the beginners. In 1825—from sale of swamp lands and other sources, so-called Literary funds were created. Some were received from Federal Government in 1937 by placing the money with certain large banking concerns and using the interest for schools. Calvin H. Wiley elected State Superintendent in 1852. From 1860 to 1865 the literary funds were kept by Superintendent Wiley. One of the greatest problems was to secure necessary books. No books could be purchased from the Northern Publishing Company, and there were no books in the South. The teachers sometimes wrote books themselves. The women and crippled were the teachers, since the men were all in the war. Subscription schools were taught very often. Even today some of the oldest citizens can remember 10
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This 44-page booklet discusses many aspects of Jackson County Public Schools over a hundred year period from 1853-1954. Photographs of schools are included.
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