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  • Clarice McNaughton

    January 01 Recorded in 1993

    Clarice McNaughton Recalls School Discipline

    Interviewed by Roy Johnston

    Audio recording

    2012.X.045

    © Toronto District School Board Museum and Archives

    Clarice McNaughton, a student at Carlton School (now Carlton Village School) in the 1920s recalls what happened when students talked during class.

    Audio Transcript

    “All the teachers had pointers, and she caught me across the knuckles just enough to remind me that talking was not permitted.”