Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976 Page: 5
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Johnson
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a first grade certificate but could get a permanent
certificate by taking one year of college work, which
would permit me to teach in any high school in the
State of Texas. So I decided to come to school. I
had a horse and saddle, and I sold my horse and saddle
and . . .
Milner: (Chuckle) That paid for your college education.
Johnson: It started, yes--a horse and saddle. I graduated
the next year in 1914 after one year's work. I
could come back in the next year if I wanted to and
work for a two-year college work, but they gave me
just one year of college work, which was transferred
later down to the University of Texas, and they gave
me credit for one year of college work down at the
University of Texas. I went back home and taught school
at Concord. It was a two-teacher school. I believe I
got $75 per month.
Milner: Big raise.
Johnson: I stayed at home and rode my horse about five miles
each time to school and so forth. I taught at Concord
one year, and the next year, why, I applied for Ireland
school in Coryell County. Ireland at that time was a
three-teacher school, and I taught the higher subjects.
If I remember right, it was seventh, eighth, and nineth
grades, I believe, was the subjects I taught.
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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/m1/7/?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.