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Smith Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
May\u2019s object of the month is a Thurber High School diploma from the graduating class of 1929. Dated 91 years ago, its delicate, faded brown cover stands as a token of academic achievement. This 1929 Thurber High School Diploma, along with other academic material in the Smith collection, belonged to Mrs. Geraldine Asmus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs. Asmus was born as Geraldine Clare Forrest in Texas on October 10, 1912. She was the daughter of Thurber School Superintendent Mr. Lyman E. Forrest. In fact, her father signed Geraldine’s diploma in his role as superintendent. She attended public schools in both Ranger and Thurber during her childhood. Other items in this collection include Mrs. Asumus\u2019 elementary report cards, commencement programs, and multiple yearbooks.
The Texas & Pacific Coal Company provided residents with schools and teachers just as they provided every other service in the company-owned town. The first school, a small wooden building, was established in 1889. As years went on, the Company more buildings erected in response to exponential population growth. Eventually, the town population decreased so significantly with the closing of the mines and brick plant that the schools were permanently closed in 1935 and demolished in 1937.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Gibson Collection\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
The Company wanted to provide the best education possible for the children of the town, so it looked to employ and retain the most qualified educators in the area. The Company supplemented the per capita appropriation to provide sizable teacher salaries in lieu of having school taxes. Schools in Thurber had just about every activity imaginable as well. For example, students participated in basketball, hiking, and even had a Gypsy Club! Our artifacts help us better understand the importance of education to Thurber residents. by Cameron Mitchell The end of school is here and graduation ceremonies are just around the corner. As we reflect on having another successful school year, we are thankful for the opportunity to continually grow our knowledge of the world around us. May\u2019s object of the month is a Thurber High School diploma from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"brian","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/author\/brian-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2022\/11\/May-Blog-Diploma-001-300x190.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 25, 2018","modified":"Updated on May 10, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 25, 2018 9:23 pm","modified":"Updated on May 10, 2023 7:55 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Thurber High School diploma for Geraldine Claire Forrest, dated May 27, 1939.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/the-industrious-historian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Just because summer is here doesn\u2019t mean learning has to stop! Kids entering Kindergarten through 5th grade are invited to join us for fun hands-on experiments about history, science, and art. The W. K. Gordon Center will host Discovery Days \u200bon June 27th and July 25 <\/a>with free admission, RSVP preferred. Contact us for more information at GordonCenter@tarleton.edu\u200b<\/a>or 254-968-1886.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"