Charles LeRoy Lewis - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

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they would send another group then. As a group went out,
why a group would come then. We had men principals, which
was unusual, although Woodberry had a man principal - but
most of the public schools had women teachers, principals at
that time. And I don't remember the principal down at the
boarding house, but 55 principal was a woman name of HoPmes.
h d then there was a local teacher from out here; a woman
by the name of Dewalt, She lived down there around 33rd
Street.
And in later years after my t ime Miss Bsoaks on Roland
Avenue was a teacher down there, but that was after my time,
Harvey: Did you say a minute aga that 56 school had been
white school?
Lewis: Yes.
Harvey: What, did they move it down there to Robert Poole?
Lewis: Well . . . white school was up there where Green-
spring Dairy is, that was old white school - it was there
for years. Now, I don't know + . . my wife went there, I
think they only went so far there and had to go to 55, but
1 wouldn't swear to that. But I think they only went so
far and then come down to 55.
Harvey: Did you like going to school?
Lewis: Well, it wasn't a case of liking it; you knew you
had to go. 15 you had schoolitis you couldn't go out, so
consequences we went to school. . . and it had its good
points and its bad points. We used to have to use Sisson
Street going down to 52 or Remington Road. R Tot of boys