I Found a 1930s Grammar Textbook in My Closet
If you think this cover is drab, wait until you see the pages.
Old books are awesome! When I was going through a bunch of stuff in my closets a few months ago, I found this old grammar book from the 1930s. I actually got excited about it.
If I had found a grammar book from 1983, I wouldn’t have cared because it probably would have brought back accurate memories of school. Unlike some people my age, I’m not nostalgic about my childhood. It was good (especially when I hear about other people’s tales about growing up), but adulthood is way better.
Finding a 1930s textbook is great because I’m not the one who had to suffer through it. Some other poor fool (I mean that in a nice way) had to endure this book decades ago. If I choose to skim this book, I won’t get penalized in any way.
So let’s take a few minutes and peruse this ye olde book of Depression era English. There’s a lot to learn from this book, and most of it has nothing to do with grammar.
Dysfunctional Literacy 
Do you know what grade level the book is?
Either ninth or tenth grade. It was issued by a high school, and the cover says First Year (but my hand is covering it in the video thumbnail).