Intercoms at the school

[cornutt]

Yeah, I was in elementary school back in the 1960s, when no self-respecting American primary school was without an intercom. The building was new and lacked either a bell system or clocks, so the intercom did everything. The principal read announcements in the morning. Every hour on the hour, someone announced the time. And the "fire alarm" consisted of someone blowing a police whistle through the intercom.

 

[mudduck]

My elementary school had an intercom but the other two upper schools did not. They were wooden boxes that the fAce was slanted and there were 3 cut outs with a tan mesh. They would say the pledge of alligence over them in the morning and any thing we needed to know about the days activities. Once a week names were read for students recieving a weekly award for above and beyond good behavior.

 

[norgeway]

A funny story

Lower Creek Elementary school was built in 1951, and when I was there in the early to mid 70s, the original system was in use, One day one of my classmates and friends Charlie Hinson got in trouble for something or another and was taken to the principals office, Mr Keener , who did NOT believe in sparing the rod, was going to paddle Charlie, somehow the microphone got turned on so everyone in the school heard what happened, " Now Charlie, Bend over....a pause and KERBLAM!!! And then, Damn it all to hell Charlie, Don't move...When he swung the paddle Charlie jumped and he hit the desk..Of course by this time we all were laughing and all the teachers were having fits trying to make us be quiet!!