I attended the Memphis City Schools for 12 years in the 50's and 60's. We had a "devotional" every morning in homeroom at Central High School with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, a prayer, and a bible reading of the student's choice. A large number of our student body was Jewish. At Christmas we had a "Christmas" concert which included mostly traditional Christmas songs as well as some Hannakah songs. As a member of the All State Chorus, I recall singing "Anthem for Spring" in the Choir competition in Nashville. The first line was, "Praise the Lord who has brought us a new life, who has ruled that the world be reborn..."
School life was much different then. Central had the most merit scholars my senior year of any school in the city and, as I recall, we were ranked nationally in the top 20 high schools academically! Among the violations that could get you sent to the principal's office were chewing gum in class, running in the halls, or being caught without a hall pass. Girls were sent home to change if their skirts were not the requisite number of inches from the floor, and you would be measured if suspect!! Shorts and pants or jeans were forbidden. Boys on the ROTC rife team were allowed to bring their own rifles to school!
But now that the schools are so "secular progressive" things are soooo much better!!!
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