, 1876-05-20
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EA-Hc', .le srGoo.Eas.cr in euoai,s1
town, real in the E!oco'irla1 .V,qIhl that
boys could br taught history hotter than in
Any other way Iy letting each boy IN the
class represent some historical character a.
# hc had dono them himself IN, 'r@yh
Bonr, as q mighty good idea, and Doc
solved TO try 1t oO. Tnc school Ind then
progressed SO far in its study OF the history
uI Rome as the punit wars, and Mr.. Barnes
Immediately divided the boys into two
parties, one Romans and the other Carha.
gcniarl, and certain Of the boys were named
after the leaders upon both sides. Al the
boys thought it was big thing, and Barnes
noticed that they were so anxious to get to
thc history lessor that they could hardly say
their other lessons properly.
When the time came, Bamcc ranged the
Romans upon one side of the room and the
Carthagcnians on the other The recitation
was very spirited, each party telling about
its deeds with extraordinary mction. After
u while Barnes asked Roman to describe
the battle Of Canine. Whcreupon the Ro.
mans heaved their copies Of "Wayland's
Moral Science at the enemy, Then the
Carthagenians made Il battering ram out of
bench and jammed it among the Romans,
who retaliated with yollcy OF books, states
and chewed paper balls. Barnes concluded
that the battle of Canine had been sufficient.
ly illustrated, and he tried to stop it; but
the warriors considered it too good thing
TO let drop, and accordingly the Cartha.
genians sailed over to the Romans with an
other battering- ram and thumpcd couple
of them in the the stomach.
Then the Romans turned in and the fight
became general. A Carthagcnian would
grasp Roman by the hair and hustle him
around over the desks IN manner that was
simply frightful to behold, and Roman
would give fiendish whoop and knock a
Carthagcnian over the head with GreenIcaFs
arithmetic. Hannibal got the head Of Scip-
10 Afrcarus under his arm, and Scipio in
his efforts to break away, stumbled, and
knocked down about thirty feet of stove
pipe Thereupon the Romans made n grand
rally, and in five minutes they ran the entire
Carhagenian army out of the schoolrOom,
and Barnes along with it, and then they
locked the door and began to hunt up the
apples and lunch in the desks of the enemy.
After consuming the supplies they went to
the windows and made disagreeablc remarks
to the Carthagenians who were standing in
the yard, and dared old Barnes to bring the
foe once more into battle array Then Barnes
|, went for a policeman and when he knocked
at the door it was opened and all the Rom.
aus were found busy studying their lessons
When BSnes came in with the fsIiGa s.IiiGatcd
troops he went for Scipio AGicanus, and
pulling him out of his seat by the ear, he
s '.i Military genius with
rattan until Scipio began to cry, whereupon
Barnes dropped him and began TO paddle
Caius Gracious. Then things settled down
in the old way, and next morning Barnes an
nounCed that history in the future would he
studied as it always had been; and he wrote
note to the Educational Monthly to say
that, in his opinion, the man who suggested
the new system ought tn he led out and
shot. The boys do no. now take as much
interest in Roman history as they did on
that day. -Philddelphia Bulletin.