To achieve this prestigious title, he had to remember nine decks of playing cards in an hour. School districts consolidated, pooling their resources to provide more teachers, broader curriculum, and opportunity for extracurricular activities. He is the first and only American Grand Master of Memory. Equipped with little more than a blackboard and a few textbooks, teachers passed on to their pupils cultural values along with a sound knowledge of the three Rs.īy the turn of the century, the population began to shift to the cities and country schools began to lose students and tax support. She had to be a nurse, janitor, musician, philosopher, peacemaker, wrangler, fire stoker, baseball player, professor, and poet for less than $50 a month.
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