Old-time schools and school-books . most of thetime busy keeping backlessbenches theyoccupied werecommonly fartoo high forthem, leavingtheir feet dang-ling in mid course theywould get toknocking theshins of oneanother, a whif- -fet of laughterwould escape, and the noise An Illustration from Jenkinss Art of Writing, 1813. would increase until it attracted the attention of the master. Thendown would come the pedagogues ferule on his deskwith a clap that sent shivers through the little learn-ers hearts to think how it would have felt had itfallen somewhere else. Silence! commande
Old-time schools and school-books . most of thetime busy keeping backlessbenches theyoccupied werecommonly fartoo high forthem, leavingtheir feet dang-ling in mid course theywould get toknocking theshins of oneanother, a whif- -fet of laughterwould escape, and the noise An Illustration from Jenkinss Art of Writing, 1813. would increase until it attracted the attention of the master. Thendown would come the pedagogues ferule on his deskwith a clap that sent shivers through the little learn-ers hearts to think how it would have felt had itfallen somewhere else. Silence! commanded themaster, and he gave them a look that swept theminto utter stillness. The usual routine of a school day began withreading from the Testament by the first came writing and its accompanying prepa-ration of pens and copies, and possibly thawingand watering of ink. Huntingtons American. no Old-time Schools and School-books Penman, 1824, gives these directions for writingpupils : — The ink should be the best British ink-powder. Thepaper should be of the first quality, folded in a quarto form,
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