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I don't remember one room schools--I started school at P.S. 203 (I think) in Brooklyn. I do remember outhouses, though. I was in grade school before they got indoor plumbing at the farm in Maxton. If you had to go in the middle of the night, you either had to go outside or use the jar that was kept under the bed. There was a little depression that ran through the yard and I remember going out in the dark and stepping in cold water, barefoot--yuuch! I used to love to work the pump on the back porch to get water, probably because I only got to do it once or twice a year and didn't have to do it every day. They eventually got a new kitchen and a bathroom, which was off the back porch, so you still had to go outside to get to it. Eleanor