St Agnes Academy has a new principal Father Benet and a classroom of tenyearolds that includes Sister Mary Gilbert straightAstudent Mary Brown and a precocious scholarship boy Henry Harvin Students report on their heroes Marys is Jesus Christ whose middle initial she says is H their former principal an aging nun whose picture is on the wall told her so Henrys hero is Karl Marx Sister Gilbert sends Harry to see the principal He walks past moms gathered for a PTA meeting chats with Ms White the schools secretary and enters Fr Benets office for punishment Father takes out a varnished paddle with holes in the blade Who will get his comeuppance