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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, IV: the young pedagogue (search)
s to whom it should be dedicated to, but finally decided on three girl friends and added, Now to business. Homesickness assailed him at first, but after a few days he got rather more comfortable, reading The Flirt and those beautiful poetical passages in the Devil's Progress. Apparently the young pedagogue, as he calls himself, had no trouble in teaching the boys or making friends with them. He took them with him on his long rambles in search of flowers, and describes a tramp around Jamaica Pond in cloth boots in a pouring rain and furious cold gale, adding, these walks are nothing. But he was criticized by Mr. Weld for being on too informal terms with his pupils, and the necessary school discipline proved a hard problem. School began at half-past 6, with an interval for breakfast, and then continued until eleven. There was also an evening session from seven to eight, described in the journal as the cursed evening school, which prevented other more attractive plans. His favo