John Surratt Jr. as a teacher

[Laurie Verge]

Great article, Dave. I thought I had read most of The Rambler articles over the years. My grandmother read and saved each one for years - wonderful histories of D.C. and its environs!

Joseph,

Bouncing erasers off of students' heads was viewed as a means of survival in my classroom of the 70s! It shut up the talkative Mr. Fones in a hurry and earned me admiration from the rest of the students. The thought that a 21-year-old teacher could throw with accuracy from the front of the class to the last row of seats in the back brought shock and awe.

Believe it or not, twenty-plus years ago (when I began working at Surratt House and the government agency which owns it), one of the public affairs officers was a student of mine from that same classroom. Naturally, he related the story of my throwing skills to anyone who would listen... I still get teased.