Show SCHOOL UNLIKE ANY OTHER papua come sad go as they rlee please mostly men of family there is a school in this city that is in session every day in the week except sunday and two nights besides the students have no recess there is no stated hour for instruction although it is understood that the day pupils are expected to be at their desks fro from nine a m until five p m and the night pupils from seven until nine if one is tardy no questions are asked if he wants rants to be late or dils dilatory tory he is the sufferer there is no roIl rol calL lealL there is is no romping no high jinks at any time during the day there is no sticking fc L of bent pins into the seats of the other pupils no r pitching of the ball no shout inthe afternoon no playing hookey it is a solemn and earnest class the pupils are aire for the most part men n of family and go to school during the day others work in the daytime and attend at night the teacher has never yet reprimanded one of his pupils no pupil has ever been known to make a face at his teacher when the teachers back was turned the average attendance is 70 these pupils are studying for the pur purpose posse of getting themselves into line for the ordeal which may make them members of the police force or park policemen or r firemen 11 or letter carriers or clerks in some department of the municipal government the school is private the pupil understands when he enters that the teacher has no certificate to give the fact that the pupil has been proficient in his bis school does not imply that the pupil will pass the examination required by the civil service rules of the municipality it does not presuppose a pull but it makes tin the pupil better qualified for service and less timid when he runs up against the civil service interrogatories he knows a little more than he might have otherwise wise known he gnos that the name of a man or a toria tori n must begin with a capital letter when he writes out that name he knows the location of the principal cities of the coun country try he knows whether chapultepec belongs belong to the war with mexico or the ci v filwar if he is an appU applicant cant for a place in the fire department or as a park policeman he must know how to read print and manuscript he must be able to writa and 1 n 1 I show a specimen of his whitin writing ba b co copying from manuscript he must be proficient in addition subtraction multiplication ti and division as applied to whole numbers he must be able to give the location of streets and ferries and if he wants to be a fireman he is told what the city laws require in the c construction rist ruction of a luil building ding and in order to test his memory he is told to visit a certain house and inspect it and then he is required to return and make a report p ort of it if he wants to be a policeman he must go over ner the same ground in addition to which he mus must know after he lias haz been ansta acted what a policeman must do under certain circumstances and if he be is looking for a place in the post office or a clerical place in the city hall he be must understand how to manipulate common frac fractions tiona as well as OTO FOTO F om other things IN Y sun |