If you ever visit Sacramento California, go visit “Old Town” when you are there. The unique 28-acre National Historic Landmark District and State Historic Park is located along the beautiful Sacramento River. Located with the Park are historical attractions and world-renowned museums set within the time of the California Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad. One such museum is the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum — a living replica of traditional one-room schoolhouses found throughout America in the late 1800s.
We found this poster of behavior rules circa 1848 when we visited the schoolhouse.
10 November 1848
| # | Infraction | Penalty in Lashes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boys and girls playing together | 4 | |
| 2 | Fighting at school | 5 | |
| 3 | Quarreling at school | 5 | |
| 4 | Gambling or betting at school | 4 | |
| 5 | Playing at cards at school | 10 | |
| 6 | Climbing for every foot over three feet up a tree | 1 | |
| 7 | Telling lies | 7 | |
| 8 | Telling tales out of school | 8 | |
| 9 | Giving each other ill names | 3 | |
| 10 | Swearing at school | 8 | |
| 11 | For misbehaving to girls | 10 | |
| 12 | For drinking spiritous liquors at school | 8 | |
| 13 | Making swings and swinging on them | 7 | |
| 14 | For wearing long finger nails | 2 | |
| 15 | Misbehaving to persons on the road | 4 | |
| 16 | For going to girls’ play places | 3 | |
| 17 | For going to boys’ play places | 3 | |
| 18 | Coming to school with dirty faces and hands | 2 | |
| 19 | For calling each other liars | 4 | |
| 20 | For wrestling at school | 4 | |
| 21 | For wetting each other washing at playtime | 2 | |
| 22 | Scuffling at school | 4 | |
| 23 | For going and playing about the mill or creek | 6 | |
| 24 | For going about the barn or doing any mischief about the place | 7 |
