Extra Credit Questions

[Eva Elisabeth]

This is the only thing I found online on slippers and 19th century schools:

"More informally, the 'slipper' -- something of a euphemism: in fact it was normally a big, heavy gym shoe or plimsoll -- was widely used for instant, unofficial discipline over the clothed seat of both sexes (though, again, many more boys than girls), typically in the presence of classmates. Most teachers would hold the implement by its heel and apply the sole to the offender, but some maintained that it was even more effective the other way round, with the heavier heel end being the part that made contact. In some schools, every teacher had his or her own 'slipper'. Its use was particularly prevalent in the gym in the hands of physical education or 'PE' teachers. Slippering was usually a brisk affair: the student was typically made to come to the front, bend over on the spot, be whacked two or three or four times, and return to his or her seat as the lesson continued without further ado."

Does it have to do with this use of the slippers?

Next try - Herndon?