learning" for the children of the vicinity. Before that time schools were conducted in private homes, which were often located at great distances from the abodes of the pupils. The facilities and arrangements left much to be de- sired. Before the enactment of the state public school law, Peter Becker and

minutes and records were destroyed by fire on a Monday night, the latter part of April, 1922. They were in pos- session of Samuel E. Forry, a director of the Clay Township School District, and son of Zacharias Forry, whose house became ablaze, and without having any consideration for us, the fire consumed

state, apart from Philadelphia, was more noted for its educational opportunities than Strasburg Township and its village, which in 1816 became the borough of Strasburg. It was not only noted for the excellency of its small private schools, scattered in parts of the township, but especially for its

Millersville State Normal School; Chiron T. Whipple and Emanuel H. Gingrich, were the masters at the Hollow. �