April 19, 2023 a thought for today, From those I trust God guard me, from those I mistrust I will guard myself. Italian Proverb

The fist upload for yesterday was “Holy Smoke!”. This was a holy smoke day. They cut my tree down and the equipment they had to do it was amazing. All kinds of fancy cutters and movers. Not to mention the expertise of the men who were doing it. They seemed to know all the tips and tricks to get the job done without any problems.

I was late getting to food pantry yesterday because they were here to cut down the Japanese Pagoda tree in the back yard. I will miss the best parts of the tree. It has been a beautiful shade tree covering most of the back yard. And, since it was right by my bedroom window, I liked laying in bed in the morning before I got up to watch the squirrels and birds playing in the tree. The problem was it had a very messy autumn cycle. It dropped seed pods that produced a fluid much like glue. Once the droppings were stepped on, by boots, shoes or paws, it came into the house leaving a path of sticky black goo that had to be scraped up. I can always visit the Ohio State Fair ground to stand and stare at the only other Japanese Pagoda that I know of in the area. 

The meeting last night was short. Everything was tended to “straight up” and there was little extra chatter. One thing that was a bit unusual is most of the lighting in the parlor was not working. Instead of working at the conference table we sat on the easy chairs in an area of the room where there was more and better lighting.

The second upload for yesterday was called “mix”. I picked this one because of the dandelions and violets as well ad the green grass.

I have everything ready for the printing and the birthday cards ready to mail. Except for one little hitch. One of the pages won’t be finished so I have to find a replacement for one section. 

I had most of that done before I had to get ready for the food pantry today. Yesterday we had twenty-five clients today we had twenty-three. It has really picked up since the money situation changed at the first of the year. 

I have several things to get done before and after dinner to get ready for another meeting tonight. 

My first upload for today was titled “a card”. I don’t keep card much any more but I did keep this one from Christmas time. 

The word today is honor.  Act well your part; there all honor lies, Alexander Pope.  Honor is the reward of virtue, Marcus Tullius Cicero.  Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; take honor from me and my life is done, William Shakespeare. Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows, Proverbs.  Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others, Pliny The Elder  The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens.  If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable. Thomas More.  The honor of a nation is its life. Alexander Hamilton. Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining. Philo.  Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences, Sophocles. Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal, Periander.  If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare, William Arnot.  I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honor worth no more to you than the price of my lantern! Epictetus.  

The second upload was titled “knife, fork or spoon”. I miss read it and believed it said knife, fork and spoon. So I included all three.

It’s interesting to read how formal education began here in Columbus beginning in 1806. This is the opening of the article: “The Land Ordinance of 1785 stipulated: “there shall be reserved the Lot No. 16, of every township, for the maintenance of public schools within said township,” and “schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” The funding and construction were not included in this statement. The article went on....ten years before Columbus was a city, Congress “agreed” that the US would “give one thirty-sixth of a land area and three percent of the .....sale of public lands in Ohio to school support”. However the plan didn’t happen, any money gained for public schools was lost. Future and further attempts were “ignored”. Parents and civic leaders kept trying new ideas. Things seemed to begin to happen in 1806 when Lucas Sullivant built a school north of Broad Street at “Washington Street (later became Sandusky Street)”. The building was a log “structure 15 feet square with a large chimney”. Part of the story about the log “cabin” was that hogs lived under the flooring and brought fleas with them; one of the first teachers “ruled with an iron hand”. Teachers were paid $1.62 ½ per student and were provided room and board. One of the students in the first school was Joseph Sullivant, son of Lucas. In 1814 a log cabin school opened on the east “side of the Scioto River in a Presbyterian church. It was run on “voluntary donation”.  It closed. Between 1814 and 1816 more schools opened but also failed. In 1820 Lucas Sullivant and twenty others started a “school company”. Another school was built at Third and State Streets, called the Columbus Academy. Most kids did not attend. Schools were not looked upon favorably. Parents were illiterate and didn’t consider education important, schools were a “luxury”. In 1829 a school opened under the instruction of a minister. There were three classes. The Seminary agreed to “appropriate studies suitable to the female character”. The minister was named Hoge, and his wife Jane. They were criticized by some for neglecting Sunday School for the public education. Problems with public education continued for several years. In 1871 when Franklinton became part of Columbus there were rented rooms, log structures and parts of other buildings used as “temporary schools”.  In 1905 the oldest remaining school house was located at Rich and Third Streets, built in 1845. This is a very short story about how education continued upwardly after its rocky beginnings. 

I think we are having chicken fries and French fries for dinner. ....not the best nutrition but tastes good. 

Joy