# Discipline in the Olden Time

- By: Roland Folger Coffin (American, 1826–1888)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Printed in black ink on paper
- Classification: Ephemera
- Dimensions: 30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/57326)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/6a86370525a48187c43658a89ae3dcd5.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Short story from “Archibald the Cat, and Other Sea Yarns,” about a sailor retelling memories of him and old friend.