Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976 Page: 4
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Johnson
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feed. I had a horse and rode home on Friday evening
after school was out and rode back on Sunday after
school was to begin and take up school again. I only
had about twenty students. Their desks were long
plank desks made of . . . hand-made, made by carpenters.
The desks were usually about, oh, eight feet long.
They were just made of plank and so forth.
Milner: By local . . .
Johnson: . . . by local carpenters, yes. They were just hand-
made desks. They used sit on benches and so forth.
Milner: When you came to Denton, I believe you said you were
here one year before you took your test. Was that
pretty common . . . that you didn't have to take so
many hours, but you had to pass the test?
Johnson; Well, when I came to Denton in 19 . . . in the summer,
I believe, of 1913, and I came with the purpose of
working for a first grade certificate. I had a second
grade certificate that I had received by taking an
examination in Gatesville. In those days they gave
examinations, and anyone who wanted to teach, why,
they would have to pass the examination. So I had a
second grade certificate by examination. And my purpose
coming to Denton was to get a first grade certificate.
In the summer and after I got to Denton, I learned
that if I had come the next year, I could not only get
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Milner, E. R. & Johnson, Lee E., 1893-. Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976, book, April 21, 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955188/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.