The Country
School
by Clifton
Johnson
With
Illustrations by the Author
New York
THOMAS Y.
CROWELL & CO.
Publishers
Copyright
1907,
By THOMAS Y.
CROWELL & CO.
Published, September, 1907
The end of the day.
INTRODUCTORY
NOTE
THIS
book is in no sense a history of education, but is an attempt to
present
intimately and clearly the salient features of the schools of the last
century
in their more picturesque and poetic aspects. I do not deal with
theories or
ideals or technical details, but portray those things which linger in
the
memory of whoever has attended such schools. The charm of the old
school days
never wears off — and it is the charm that dwells in one’s remembrance,
even if
there was some bitter mixed with the sweet. My endeavor has simply been
to make
this mystic and delectable past alive once more.
The
material is not a compilation from other books, but is based entirely
on
personal experiences, in part my own, but more largely those of friends
and
acquaintances. Some of these friends and acquaintances are no longer
living,
and the reminiscences of the earlier schools with which they supplied
me it
would be difficult again to duplicate.
In
addition to the descriptions of characteristic schools, I devote a
chapter to
verbatim compositions and definitions which seem to me to have an
unconscious
humor that is exceedingly attractive. Lastly, there is a chapter
containing two
schoolhouse dialogues. These were written for the occasions when they
were
produced, and they have a kind of rude and rustic individuality which
made them
quite successful, and I think they will prove entertaining to a much
larger
public.
CLIFTON JOHNSON.
HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
THE END OF THE
DAY
SCHOOLGIRLS
A LITTLE RED
SCHOOLHOUSE
GETTING THE
TEACHER’S HELP IN A HARD PROBLEM
A VISIT FROM THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-MAN
TELLING GRANDMA
ABOUT THE DAY AT SCHOOL
GETTING HIS
ARITHMETIC LESSON
STARTING FOR SCHOOL
SNOWBALLING
A DRAWING BY ONE OF
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN
LEARNING HER LESSON
AT HOME
THE ROAD TO
LEARNING
A PLAY-SCHOOL IN
THE HAYFIELD
A. RECITATION IN
ARITHMETIC
“WRASTLING”
PLANTING FLOWER-SEEDS
THE END OF RECESS
AN EXCUSE FOR BEING
LATE
A HOLIDAY-PLAYING
AT GYPSIES
THE TEACHER GOING
HOME
ON THE WAY TO
SCHOOL
AN OLD-TIME
SCHOOLGIRL COSTUME
ENJOYING A SATURDAY
HOLIDAY
THE SCHOOL AT WORK
PASSING THE WATER
GYMNASTICS
A PRESENT
AFTER SCHOOL
READY FOR SCHOOL
OUT AT LITTLE
RECESS
LOITERING ON THE
WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL
A PUNISHMENT
THE BOYS OF THE
SCHOOL GO FOR A BOAT-RIDE
PLAYING DROP THE
HANDKERCHIEF
IN THE MEADOW AT
RECESS
A SCHOOLBOY
THE RIVERBEND
SCHOOLHOUSE
THE COMMONEST TYPE
OF THE COUNTRY SCHOOLHOUSE
SHARPENING HIS
SLATE PENCIL
A CLASS IN
GEOGRAPHY
GOING TO SCHOOL
WITH THE TEACHER
A SCHOOLYARD GAME
OF TAG
STARTING THE FIRE
FIRST DAY WAITING
FOR THE TEACHER
CUBBYHOUSE DOLLS
A HARD SUM
A DRINK FROM A
STREAM ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL
THE YOUNGEST
SCHOLAR
DOING ARITHMETIC
EXAMPLES
A NEW ENGLAND
ACADEMY
SHARPENING ONE OF
THE CHILDREN’S PENCILS
A RAINY-DAY SCHOOL
AT HOME
THE CLASS IN THE
FIFTH READER
THE GOOD BOY WHO IS
ALLOWED TO STUDY OUT OF DOORS
WRITING
THE LOOKING-GLASS
IN THE ENTRY
THE SECOND CLASS IN
READING
TOMMY’S SHIP
AN ILLUSTRATION BY
ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS
A HILLSIDE
SCHOOLHOUSE
THE PRIMER CLASS
WHEN THE DOOR IS
LOCKED
HELPING A LITTLE
ONE ON WITH HER THINGS
THE TEACHER GIVES
ONE OF THE BOYS A SHAKING (DRAWN BY THE BOY)
OUT CAMPING. A
STORY
A SCHOOLBOY
THE SCHOOL ON
SKATES
FACSIMILE OF ONE OF
THE YOUNGEST SCHOLARS’ MANUSCRIPT
THE PERILS OF THE
EARLY SETTLERS
THE SCHOOLHOUSE IN
FLOOD-TIME
A HAY FIELD
BLACKBOARD
DRAWINGS: “A FARMER, HIS LITTLE GIRL AND HIS WIFE”
TRIMMING THE
CHRISTMAS TREE
SPEAKING HIS PIECE
SCHOOLROOM
DECORATION
A HUNT FOR
STOCKINGS
MAKING READY FOR
SANTA CLAUS
THE BOYS GO TO BED
CAUGHT
SANTA FACES THE
AUDIENCE
GOING TO THE WOODS
FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE
COMFORT BY THE OPEN
FIRE
THE CHILDREN
SURPRISE THEIR GRANDPAS
COMPANIONS
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