page_title: Vocal school
hierarchical_section_title: Vocal school
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of John McMillan's Log College, the forerunner to Washington &amp; Jefferson College.
context_page_description: A vocal school, blab school or ABC school or old-time school was a type of children's primary school at some remote rural places in North America, outdated and obsolete as the 19th century progressed. The school children recited their lessons out loud separately or in chorus with others as a method of learning.
context_section_description: A vocal school, blab school or ABC school or old-time school was a type of children's primary school at some remote rural places in North America, outdated and obsolete as the 19th century progressed. The school children recited (blabbed) their lessons out loud separately or in chorus with others as a method of learning.
caption: Typical U.S. 19th-century vocal school
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