1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading

by B. A. Hathaway

SELECT READING—THE BLACKBOARD AND CHALK.

1. Learned sages may reason, the fluent may talk,

But they ne'er can compute what we owe to the chalk.

From the embryo mind of the infant of four,

To the graduate, wise in collegiate lore;

From the old district school-house to Harvard's proud hall,

The chalk rules with absolute sway over all.

2. Go, enter the school-room of primary grade,

And see how conspicuous the blackboard is made.