. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. 150 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD he collects the insurance from some company that he has paidto guarantee him against loss. The fine building of the Spring-field Fire and Marine Insurance Company probably had initself a cost of construction equal to the value of all the build-ings in the town when the Indians gave it to the torch. We have already seen how simple the schools were in oldentimes and what sort of things the boys and girls used to dowhen ou
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. 150 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD he collects the insurance from some company that he has paidto guarantee him against loss. The fine building of the Spring-field Fire and Marine Insurance Company probably had initself a cost of construction equal to the value of all the build-ings in the town when the Indians gave it to the torch. We have already seen how simple the schools were in oldentimes and what sort of things the boys and girls used to dowhen out of school. The schools did not change much until the. Ancient Schoolhouse of West Springfield. nineteenth century. There were but few things taught andthose not particularly well. Nevertheless hard work counted,as it always does when applied to something useful. As in thesecond chapter we made an imaginary visit to the meeting-house, so we will now look into one of the schools of a hundredyears ago, say, the school on Armory Hill, or in the Water-shops district or at Putts Bridge or some other school of theouter districts. In the summer the school has been taught bya woman, but now the farm work is over and the big boys,no longer needed for work, are coming in for their winterschooling. OLD TIME SCHOOLS 151 A man is needed for the winter term and a strong one,for the big boys Hke to show their strength and will measureit with the teacher the very first day. Some years they suc-ceeded in putting a school-master out of doors; they haveeven been known to rub himin the snow. If he could nothandle them his usefulness wasover. The teacher of t
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