True Stories from History and Biography Part 2 Chapter 3 - The Old-fashioned School

In which we are transported to a bygone Boston schoolroom, where the venerable Master Ezekiel Cheever presides over a legion of young scholars, wielding both learning and discipline with equal severity amid the backdrop of a great fire-place and the solemn presence of an old armchair. The scene unfolds through vivid description of the scholars' tasks and temperaments, blending the rigours of Latin and Arithmetic with the lively spirit of boyhood and the ever-looming birch-rod that governs their conduct.