What teacher in the late 40's would come into his class at the door at the back, walk to the front looking straight ahead as chalk flew all around him. But when he turned to face the class it would become perfectly quiet?

What teacher in the late 40's would poke the big football stars (and everyone else) with her pencil in the ribs to get them to do what she wanted?

What teacher would turn the spike paper file on the teachers desk upside down and spin it as he taught the class? Mr. Allen could never figure out where all the holes were comming from!

What teacher would eat the blackboard chalk in the 40's while he taught the class? It was rumoured that he ate the frogs etc in the biology lab while he showed how to discect them. Was that just a rumour?

What teacher in the 40's had 15 to 20 students staying in his lab every night after school till 5 0'clock?

What teacher would take his arm around the back of his head to scratch his nose? As a hint: He only taught one class and he called every boy in the school "Sir"?

What teacher always complained about how poorly teachers were payed; then retired and became a member of the Schhol Board; then complained teachers were being paid too much?

What teacher in the 40's refused to go into the teacher's staff room, and even kept his coat in his lab?

What teacher in the 40's could never remember any students name, so when she wanted one to put the homework sentence translated from Latin on the blackboard would look around the room to see if anyone was looking at her and point to them?

I only ever did one sentence of translation from the homework, and would only look at her when she wanted that one on the board, the rest of the time I was 'busy' correcting the others without looking up.

What teacher had the nickname "scratch"?

What teacher had the nick name 'tank'?

What teacher described to her class what a cow looked like, and would cry if the class did not do what she said?

What teacher had to tell Maisie Hunter to stop chewing gum in his class - at least ten time times every period?

What teacher picked Bob McRitchie up off his feetand rubbed his face (nose) across the board while saying "I told you to put the fraction bar horizontal and not on a slant!"

What teacher told the girls comming late into class from Home Ec. that next time they had to bring him something they baked.? And from then on they did.

Oh yes the boys were late once and they brought him on a plate a block of wood covered with wood shavings and topped with sawdust as their peace offering.

What teacher pretended to turn on the fire alarm and accidently did. Then he ran and hid in his class room leaving the students in the hall to explain to Max Ballard that they did not do it but a teacher did.

What teacher had the first class room in CCI to have flourescent lights instead of a couple of hanging incadescent bulbs?

What teacher put on Irish Night every year in the early 40's?

What teacher sat on a students desk top while teaching and caused the desk to crash in pieces on the floor?

I believe that would be the legendary "Tank" Ballard, whom we heard about from "Island Hermit"'s father.

"Scratch" Morrow

That was Mr. Ballard!