Oh how times have changed

Today we visited the Beckley mine exhibit.  Our tour guide in the mine, Marvin, was great its always refreshing when you see a person who loves their job.  It interesting to see the equipment and hear stories of how dangerous the job was especially before modern machines.  What hit home with me were the coal camp houses that were still set in the early 1900'S and it resembled my families farm house which our family has kept in the times.
The other part that hit home were the rules of the teachers of the times (see pic below).