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Boston childhood memories of discipline and courage in school
In a June scene in a rural town, a harsh schoolmaster dominates sixty pupils in a crowded room with broken windows and bare floors. Jiminy and Annette defend a sleeping classmate from a rattan lash, sparking a quiet pledge from a powerful girl and a later public call for humane schooling.
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Tsay
Jiminy
Knowlton
Johnson Brook
Petond Hough
Puniebeg Bedduse
Solomon
Iones Getene
Bually
Jimmy
Wheeschnitt
Wil
Susan
Unis
Katy
Jimary
Annette
I¢Lage
San Carolina
Mir
Bethune
Megualis