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Riverside,
Calif., November, 2001--Spanning
three centuries and two millennia (barely!), the 1898 one-room schoolhouse
was situated in the green and gold hills of northern San Diego County.
At the moment, it’s sitting on a flatbed truck halfway up Two Bit
Mountain, on the campus of La Sierra University.
The schoolhouse,
once part of San Pasqual Academy and owned by the Southeastern California
Conference (SECC) of Seventh-day Adventists, will become a living museum
for elementary school children. Its chalkboards and desks, its rustic
paneled walls, and small front porch, will live again as part of the University’s
School of Education, and become a children’s field trip destination.
There is mention of a costumed schoolmaster or schoolmarm to teach visitors
about the role of Seventh-day Adventist education in California’s
history.
San Pasqual
Academy was sold to a San Diego County youth rehabilitation program several
years ago, with the income from the sale being distributed in the SECC
churches. The old schoolhouse will be preserved at La Sierra University
for many years to come.
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