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Back to LobbyDuaneSchmidtGeorgia HaagWilliam RathkeName of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION7Room 1

Back to LobbyMarge HagemannMarilyn KuhlmannTeresa CobleName of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION4 Gary Murphy went to St. Joseph School for 8 years then he went to Olpe High School. In both schools the classes were half boys and half girls. From his childhood, Gary most remembers that at St. Joseph he had to sit at his desk all day unless he had to go to the bathroom or if it was time for recess. Garys fondest memory of attending school in Olpe was the sports like football, baseball, track, and also dancing. His favorite teacher was Anthony Gaydos. He was the History and Geography teacher and he was also the football coach. Anthony was his favorite teacher because he made classes fun and took them to sports games. Gary thinks the community has changed in many ways. One way Olpe has changed is that we got new roads. But the populations stayed about the same. And when Olpe started getting water from Emporia in the 90s, they used to have to get water from the lake. Gary was on the City Council and was the Mayor for four years. Gary perceives the school has changed over the year, but technology has changed Olpe the most. We got the park in the 80s from the Lions Club. Gary thinks the biggest problems facing Olpe are budget cuts. Gary wishes that in school he had studied harder.Mr. Gary MurphyInsert Artifact Picture HereBack to Room 2

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Back to LobbyLeonPimpleJeanetteSchmidtMaryDeeBrinkmanName of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION6 Marie Haag was taught by nuns and through her eyes they were very strict. Marie always had to wear a dress no matter what. Only when Olpe had the worst weather would they allow the students to wear slacks. She went to St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School. She thought that it was very neat that the school allowed non-Catholic children as well as Catholic children. There were no buses back then so your parents took you to school and they took you home.When asked what she thought about modern education Mrs. Haag said, It has changed a lot. She challenges kids of all ages to make their brains like sponges, because through her eyes the more you learn and the better education you get the smarter you will be. And the smarter you are the more scholarships you will get; and the more you get there are more opportunities for you in this world. Marie worked hard at school and had big dreams to go to college. But sadly her father had a massive heart attack and she had to stay home and help take care of him. So Marie got a job at Olpe Elementary School as a janitor.When Mrs. Haag was young she had trouble speaking, she stuttered so much that she stopped talking just because she was embarrassed. Later on in her life when she had a son with speech problems, she had a teacher who took him to a speech therapist and he learned to speak correctly; and from her son she learned to speak correctly, without stuttering.When asked who her favorite teacher was she said that her favorite was Doris Swindle. When asked why she said, Well she was very nice. She made the time to make every student feel special and important about themselves. She was a very small woman and always had her hair high in a bun. I remember in school that we had a big bulk of a guy and he was the size of a pro football player in high school, and when she told him to stop and he wouldnt she would march up to him, grab his ear and pull it. Then she would say I said stop! Do you hear me now or do I have to pull it again!?Marie said that Olpes community has changed a lot over the past few years. When it first started out Olpe was a small town that was set up with a few of the main familys that live here now. Over time Olpe got bigger and bigger. Now Olpe is populated of about five hundred people. Marie remembers that when she first came here everyone that was already here was very warm and welcoming to her and her family.Mrs. Haag says that when she was young living in Olpe was like being in a dream. When she had to go to school to pick up a book or needed to go to a friends house or go to a church meet at night, she felt safe. Now, she says that you no longer have the safety that you once felt because you know that there are robbers and other things out there that will do mean things to you.Interviewing Mrs. Haag was very enjoyable, we hope you find her stories enjoyable as well. Mrs. Marie Haag Back to Room 1

Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONMr. Schmidt went to 96 school house, and said he enjoyed every minute of it. He lived about a mile away from the school. He graduated 58 years ago from Olpe High School. They moved into what is now the high school building before it was finished. He said they were still putting down some of the tiles. He was the first class to graduate. Mr. Schmidt used a type righter instead of a computer. He had an ink well in his desk that he used to write. Instead of pencils and pens they used quills. He wished he would have studied a lot harder. He believes education is very important. When he was growing up he thought if he got an average grade that was ok. His biggest memory of elementary school was when he sang God Bless America in 1st grade. His teacher didnt think he could do it, but he did. When he was done one man threw me a dime and another guy threw him a nickel. He said discipline that is what has changed. Teachers are not allowed to slap the students with a ruler any more. Mr. Schmidt believes the town has grown with the support of the school and community. Last month Olpe had a homecoming parade. Just to see them do that, its changed .Not many people used to go to the ball games, now many people do. The community pulls together when someone is in need. Like when Donna had cancer people donated lots of money to help with treatment costs. Discipline has also changed in the community. Kids are not swatted in public because it is frowned upon. Some of those kids really need it.Mr. Schmidt also shared another story with us so we could learn from his mistakes. After the junior senior prom the juniors got to eat the leftovers. One of the boys decided that after the big dinner that they needed a cigar. He went and bought a pack of cigars and they smoked one. The principal saw and he made them smoke four cigars before they could go home. They thought the principal was like a cat that could smell trouble a mile away. Some of them bit the ends off so they would get done a lot quicker. He got real sick after that. His parents werent very happy when he got home. He never even thought of smoking again. Mr. Duane SchmidtInsert Artifact Picture HereBack to Room 4

Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATION Mrs. Schmidt started doing Christmas pageants in kindergarten until she was a senior in high school. She didnt go to Olpe she went Emporia. She went to a one room school house in Emporia. She went to Emporia High School. She moved to Olpe and lived here for 50 years .When she went to Emporia she liked history the best and her favorite was the history teacher, and she didnt like math. She said there were less people in Olpe then than now. There wasnt always pre- school in Olpe. When she was in school they had four or five electric typewriters. She is a volunteer art teacher at Olpe Elementary.Mrs. Jeanett SchmidtInsert Artifact Picture HereBack to Room 3

Name of MuseumVIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENDAILY LIFEFAMOUS WOMENMATRILINEAL TRIBESCREATION MYTHSCURATOR INFORMATIONWilliam Rathke didnt attend school in Olpe. He attended school in the country. 10- 11 miles southwest of Olpe. He went to Rockridge. He went to school from kindergarten to 8th grade. His favorite teacher was Laura Greenwood. She taught at Rockridge. She volunteered at the hospital. Recess was his fondest memory. He enjoyed school. He didnt go to High school. If he did go to High school he wouldve had to go to Emporia. It was the only High school in the county at that time. There was no Olpe High School.If Olpe doesnt get any more businesses it might collapse. Transportation has been a good thing, but theres too much of it any more. People used to travel with wagons or buggies. When he was a kid they used buggies a lot. He had to walk a lot too.He wished he would have known that he had to go to the army. He was in the army three and a half years at world war two. In the 1940s.By: Brianna, Chance, and SkylarMr. William RathkeInsert Artifact Picture HereBack to Room 4

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