day-scholar's

Updated: July 17, 2026

The breaking of windows by baseballs, and the beating of small scholars with bats, was declared against. At last, bloated and arrogant with success, the under-teachers threw aside all disguise, and revealed themselves in their true colors. A cigar was actually taken out of a day-scholar's mouth during prayers! A flask of whiskey was dragged from another's desk, and then thrown out of the window.

Bret Harte - The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales : With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers