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     places on the nwps during geoyruphy classes. "But," she added, "Lt has 
     
     other uses too." As I found out in due time, Lt played a major role in 
     
     maintaining discipline when verbal persuasion failed of result. 
     
    

    
     On a bench in the entry stood a ten-quart zine pail; from a hook on the 
     
     wall above it hung a tin dipper. Together, they comprised the drinking- 
     
     water facilities of the school. The water supply was carried from 
     
     neighboring wells by a pair of boys from the upper grades. There was sharp 
     
     competition for the privilege of serving as water-bearers -~- a post that 
     
     was awarded on the basis of good Scholastic standing and a favorable 
     
     deportment record. Its desirability stemmed, of course, from the fact that 
     
     a trip for water could, if prudently managed, mean upwards of thirty, 
     
     minutes liberty from the classroom -- a boon worth striving for on - 
     
     pleasant summer day. In winter, nee was much less spirited. | 
     
    

    
     Occasionally, a well-owner corbade/ fucther water from his well. Someone 
     
     had carelessly left a barnyard gate open, or had allowed a well-bucket to 
     
     plummet out of control. At such times it became necessary to find a new 
     
     source of supply, which was always located as far from the school as 
     
     would be comsidered permissible. When one or the other of the water team 
     
     happened to have a penny in his pocket, it was customary to speed up the 
     
     procedure sufficiently to permit a dash to MacMillan's store for a stick of 
     
     butter scotch candy or a handful of peppermints. After one pair had been 
     
     betrayed by a strong odor of peppermint when they returned to school, 
     
     purchases were restricted to butter scotch. The culprits. were denied water- 
     
     carrying privileges for a period of three months, in addition to being kept 
     
     in at recess time for a week. 
     
    

    
     In summer, school "went in" at nine in the morning and let out at four 
     
     in the afternoon, with an hour off at noon for lunch and a fifteen-minute 
     
     Fecess period in the forenoon and afternoon. In winter, the hours were 
     
    
   
   
    
     from ten to three, with no recess periods. The novice scholar quickly