Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-12-23
A TYPICAL SCHOOL DAY.

From the "Peppety-Ep," published
: by Tazewell High School,
| At nine Il. m. the bell rings and
we all go around to the back of the
school house and march thru the
back door-(the front isn't good
enough for high school pupils.) Just
before marching in, Mr. Brown will
, call out, Didn't you all hear that
second bell? Well, get quiet. Boys!
Boys! for goodness sakes, straighten
that line
Then wc march into the chapel
where Mr.. Brown reads the Bible and
then tells us that the Basket Ball boys
are very selfish or that SOMEBODY'S
doing something that doesn't suit
him and that it's got to stopl We
sing something, usually the Mar
Then classes begin!
Tho Sophs-at least most of them
have tho first period vacant and
sometimes without teacher. They
have very nice timo till someone
calls out, "There comes Mr. Brownl"
We quiet down and Mr.. Brown
peeps around tho corner or thru the
keyhole just to see that we are be-
having then goes about his
business.
Next comes history for some Of L.,
Miss Britain teaches this. She
comes blowing In and Bob Moss says
looking awful sweet this morning
Miss Britain" at this she just
melts, but alasl this doesn't last for
soon we hear her say, ooh, children!
it looks like your brains would blow |
away" Then she gives a lecture OIL
girls standing on street corners talk |
ing to boys. We all enjoy this in.-
mensely, especially when she says |
she'll never pass one who does such |
digraceful thing,
girls standing on street corners talk
ing to boys. We all enjoy It's imme,,-
sely, especially when she says she'll |
never pass any one who does such II
disgraceful thing,
And then comes Miss Rhudy. We
all enjoy her English class, because |
sho's not fierce, till we 20 to geon-
etry-you can toll sometimes how
disguised she gets-because wc're-I
l mean some of us are-so ignorant.
We can tell this by tho expression
on her face for she seldom saws any,
thing.
Next lunch.
Right after lunch we march i'm ma
we do in the morning, cxcept-Mr.
Brown lectures little more.
Tho first period after lunch 1 don't
have any class-just go into room,
where there are lot of Gratis" try
ing to be quiet because Mr.. Brown
keeps study hall and they know bet
ter than to squirm. don't expect
to happen here.
Next comes sewing-Miss Cottrcll
will say, Sammy Scott, if you don't
quiet down Pm going to give you
an hour after school," Next she nuts
Ida in one corner, Mary Christian in
another, and mo in the middle, just
so we won't gossip too much. Then
she'll go to Ida and look at whnt
she is sewing on and say. "You'r.
doing beautifully" She'll tell Mary
c. the same thing but when she
comes to me she shakes her head
and says, Elizabeth Bottimore, what
in the world is the matter with
yours. Oh! you'll just have to take
that out. Yes, every bit of it." So I
60 to work cheerfully ripping. Mr.
Brown comes to the door and says
that we'll just have to put up oni
sewing and come to Latin, because
he thinks we don't learn as much
in sewing, as we do in Latin. His
word is law, so we go.
Nothing else happens unless som.
body makes a brilliant remark we
all appreciate. Then tho bell rings.
This is tho end Of a typical school
day.
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