School Day Memories

From the catalog for "Rhoda B. Stokes - A Retrospective." "The artist really enjoyed her school days, especially recess and athletic events. She attended the two-story Zion Hill School near Liberty from the first through the eighth grade. The artist has made one significant change in the costumes of the girls' basketball team, which practices under the watchful eye of Miss Evie Tynes. The girls' bloomers and kerchiefs were really black, but Mrs. Stokes decided to introduce color by painting the bloomers blue and the kerchiefs red..."