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Show 8 that represented resourcefulness on the part of a loving mother. The other item had to do with her love of books and of school, and her great awe for a fine male teacher, and his evident respect for her. A boy in the class caused the teacher to become extremely angry and to accompany that anger with violence manifested in harsh blows to the boy's body. The victim's screams were not stopping the punishment and Ellis, beside herself with indignation, stood between the teacher and the boy, shouting that the hitting must be stopped. The teacher ceased, saying that he was only doing it because of a request from a young lady he admired. Ellis said that, thereafter, she never felt shy about standing up to an injustice or over-harsh behavior. On another occasion (she does not say whether it was the same classroom or the same teacher) some rose petals which Ellis had placed between the leaves of a book fell to the floor and she was simply bending to retrieve them when the teacher, observing the action, required her to stand in the corner for the rest of the day, a matter of several hours. This was apparently in complete harmony with classroom climate of the time, for it brought no complaints v. from Ellis. This eldest child of the Reynolds family felt certain that her mother's early death was attributable to her not having enough rest after the births of her children. Her first ten years in Pleasant Grove were remembered as "one |
