Larcom as Teacher...

8 August 2019: Got a lot done today in the Wheaton College Archives and got an even better sense of Lucy Larcom as a teacher. Some images that made me laugh and think what has changed in higher education over 150 years and what is not all that different:

 Some favorites from a “list of errors” compiled from compositions: 

“youster” for “used to” 

“oughter” for “ought to” 

“Minerver” for “Minerva” [hello, New England accents!]

“to” for “too” (very often) [some things never change…]

A report card of sorts for a Botany student. Miss Smith seems to be doing well!

Uh-oh! These girls are on the "Running Up Stairs" list! 

A (very partial) list of the (presumably) decent compositions Larcom read one term. Highlights include:

“Talking and Conversing”

“The Delights of Disorder”

“Were You Ever in a Kitchen?”

“Something About Trees”