”LINCOLN COUNTY.

The first school in the city of Lincoln Centre was taught by Mrs. Anna C. Wait, in 1872, in a room 14 x 20. As there were 30 pupils, and this room was kitchen, parlor, dining room and bedroom for the Wait family, we can easily credit the statement that ‘they were a little crowded.’ The school now enrolls 500 pupils, and employs seven teachers. A substantial building, heated by steam, has taken the place of the 14 x 20 room. The building, though comparatively a small one, is one of the best in the State. It is capable of seating 600, and cost, including the steamheating apparatus, about $18,000.

…J. H. Ware have had charge of the school, …  The latter has been in charge for eight years.”

Reference Data:

Columbian History of Education in in Kansas, by Board of Directors of Kansas Educational Exhibit and Kansas State Historical Society, 1893, pages 149-50