"The Passing of the West School Building": GreenvilleStrong.com

West School, from GreenvilleStrong.com

The folks at GreenvilleStrong.com were pointed to a letter that originally appeared in The Chief in 1923 that remarked on the imminent destruction of the old West School, which was Greenville's first high school, to make way for a new building that is now the Junior High.

Be sure to read the whole piece, but the overall message certainly seems just as relevant now, 90 years later. Specifically these closing lines:

"So the old building will go and with it the squawking heaters, the cracked ceilings, the gum plastered desks and the leaky pipes; and we can look forward to a new building erected with that spirit which has made this Country—'For the people and by the people.'"

Click here to read the full article at GreenvilleStrong.com