Old School

old school English Adjective - old school en idiomatic US Christianity politics en old school having conservative or traditional views on Christianity or politics. en 1816 “an Old Scene Painter” [pseudonym] The Emigrant’s Guide; or, A Picture of America:Exhibiting a View of the United States, Divested of Democratic Colouring, Taken from the Original Now in the Possession of James Madison, and His Twenty-one Governments. Also, a Sketch of the British Provinces; Delineating Their Native Beauties and Superior Attractions. By an Old Scene Painter. London Printed by W[illiam] Clowes,Northumberland-court, Strand. for W[illiam] Simpkin and R[ichard] Marshall,Stationers’-Court, Ludgate-Street; and may be had of all booksellers. footnote * 17 https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=Hbf-DW2M_GMC&pg=PA17 10853549 Local politicians assume various appellations, such as New School and Old School Democrats, Snyderites, Clintonians, and many others, mostly derived from the name or principles of some popular demagogue.