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The ’Fessor—that was hi* name as well as title—believed in strict adherence to a rigid set of rules. (He had never heard of “let the little darlings express their own personalities” and “they must not be told ‘no’ and ‘don’t’.”) •
’Fessor Mitchell had a Friday afternoon spelling class. Words to learn were assigned on Monday morniqg and nothing more' was heard of them until Friday afternoon; but, no pupil left school on Friday afternoon until every word was mastered: spelling, definition, pronunciation, and use. Some of the boys decided one Friday they .would “sit the professor out,” in other words, they attempted to patch their adolescent wits with a gentleman who fcfcd been dealing with children for many a day. To state it mildly, the youngsters tackled a task far out of their class.
Friday afternoon hours began; the boys repeatedly missed words in their spelling. It began to grow
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