Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-17
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER Il. 1859.
From the alag Of rs. :

From the Flag Of rs
A SCHOOL GIRLS SOLILOQUY.
Spoken at the Commencement Of the LOUISVILLE
SEMINARY.
I'm tired Of the school-roon and tired OF school
never could learn when subject to rule;
IT'S nothing but study from morning till night
IT'S states, hooks aud pens, till lm tired of the
sight,
All the long time it is nothing but drudge,
And the teacher looks grum il schoolmate you
nudge.
II is not, Gnd AS one might suppose,
That the older gets the wiser one grows.
never could learn, work AS hard as would,
All my efforts prove vain, ana do me no good.
When il comes to Arithmetic, I'm there such a
Ounce
That throw down my book and quit it at once
For, a, figures, let me try Us hard rs will,
j never can make anV great show OF skill
Then there's my Algebra, with its minus and plus,
About which 50 many making 'J"s.
How "X" can mean anything, / never could see,
Nor understand squaring IA minus b.
once bought an Astronomy, and with infinite zest
Determined in that to do quite my best
But the teacher looked troubled, and whispered
"Alas,"
AS meekly stepped into a seat in the class
The science, they told me, was learned with great
ease,
And endeavored to show that the moon r""
green cheese.
very soon learnt the shape Of the earth,
But the thought that twas round quite excited my
mrth,
For be il ball, and We placed outside,
What binders Us all from taking slide.
To this question, which very dcmurcly asked,
The teacher replied Us though she felt tasked,
And thought that her labor for me had proved
vain,
L., t.l.a, AIM
oh. Kitty Careless, said she, Ibid you never
Learn what keeps the planets from knocking to.
gether:
Ills gravity, dear, that great law OF nature,
That which causes all thugs to tend to- centre.
To think of my ignorance there, struck me dumb.
And for many days after was quite "m"@.
Philosophy, and Chemistry, I've been thro' and
thro,'
And pored over History till the letters looked blue;
But I'm not one bit the wiser since these have
learned,
Thou gh really about il don't feel much concerned:
For what possible use are those horrid old dates,
Which none can remember, and every one hates
Or to tell how water can be made up
OF oxygen and hydrogen, sh""k IN cup.
Then next, Ia Francois, turned my attention.
Ny proficiency there Ia rather not mention.
learnt however to say Monsieur and 'Oui,'
And would finish my letters with "Notre ami;
] also could salute with bon soir or bon jour,
But really think il terrible bore
OF Latin they wished me little to know,
but my classmates pronounced me in statu quo.
Why the dead languages were called from rep"se,
I'm sure is q fact that nobody knows.
In future IN say TO all Latin classes,
"Requiescant in pace" or peace to your ashes
] can sing n few songs know how to dance,
And to acquire an air am going To France;
/ am pretty and rich, and what more do need,
In the fashionable world Ill he sure 10 succeed
I'll not worry, though my efforts 10 learn are in
vain,
For I'm told in that sphere there's no need OF the
brain;
neer can learn more, and It's vain to deny it,
So goodbye to school. books, never will ny 1t!