Two Wise Maids (1937)

The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha a pair of oldfashioned schoolteachers in an oldfashioned small town Disdaining the wimpy theories of progressive education Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable Three Rs often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick Though ridiculed for their socalled outmoded methods the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry