Today's lesson focused on former president Calvin Coolidge. Mercer read material that detailed facts about how Coolidge came onto office and how he restored trust in America. He learned that Coolidge took the oath of office from his father, a notary public, by the light of a kerosene lamp at 2:47 AM on August 3 at the family home in Plymouth, Vermont. He inherited an administration mired in scandal. Cautiously, quietly, and skillfully, Coolidge rooted out the perpetrators and restored integrity to the executive branch. Mercer was on task.