Old Schoolmaster

This statue, on the frontage of Doctor Bell's school in Leith, isn't just part of an an old school. It also commemorates an old school of thought: The Madras System of education.

As the inscription makes clear, "The System has now been superseded by the education given under the Education (Scotland) Acts 1872 to 1883". I've no idea if this old school was "Old School" in the sense of the assignment, but I did feel (pardon the pun) that I'd learned something.

Do you ever feel there's an awful lot of stuff you've never heard of?