Daily Log

Wednesday, February 25

We began our reading of Huckleberry Finn. (See Documents page for schedule of readings and quizzes.)

First we looked briefly at the famous and beloved book to which Huck Finn is a sequel: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, at the famous scene in which Tom whitewashes a fence and at the description of Huck upon his first appearance.

We then read the prefatory notes and the first page or two of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. When we got to the allusion to "Moses and the Bulrushers" Mr. Potratz thrilled one and all with his rendition of the negro spiritual "Go Down, Moses."