Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-25
Educational.
MANAGEMENT Of Bows.

the honored president of Dartmouth
college. and ii is generally conceded by
the students who graduated under his
administration that he had no superior
and few equals, rs an executive officer.
He knew how to deal with the disloyal
rogue and and the loyal wag. For the
II he had d. mercy while he continued
to indulge in his reckless habits; with
the other he had 40 serious trouble. To
illustrate: AT one time the
Bible from which the president read
his morning lesson, had been removed
from his desk in the chapel and hid
away. On coming to prayers next
morning he at once took in the stu
alton, and proceeded to repeat the
psalm, before prayer, as though moth
ing had happened, and continued to do
so until the Bible was voluntarily re-
turned by the party who removed it.
He never alluded to the subject ia
public.
At another time a sreep had been
carried, during the night, to the belfry
OF the chapel and tied to the bell
tongue. This was a more seri-
Gus trick, and the president
commenced an investigation TO
find the offender. He called to
his office Sophomore J., and began
to question him as to what he knew of
the affair. MIR. j, can you tell
ME how that animal got up into the
belfry last night?" asked the president.
yes, SIR" answered j; she
climbed up the lightning-rod; | saw his
tracks, VERY WE'LL answered the
president, that is sufficient; you may
De excused"
Still smother case. An old horse had
been led from the road or pasture and
confined over night in the recitation
room, and in the morning was taken
out and hurried down across the com
mon in a predicament that caused great
amusement to all beholders. OF course
Investigation and discipline must fol-
low such an o~iiense, and DR.. Lord
called up witnesses to enable him to
discover the guilty party. Among them
was Senior NJ, whom he examined
with the following results:
''Mr. NJ said the president,
''you understand the circumstances
of the disgraceful affair of sta
bling a horse in our college
building last night, and what hap
pened this morning. Win you tell
me all you know about it, frankly and
fully" Yes, SIR replied the wit
ness. LAS / issued forth from my dor
mitory this morning, | spied a quad
rupcd in the college yard, with IA beam
attached to his posterior, and he went
down over the campus ~ though his
Satanic majesty impelled him" Eyes,
Mr.. NJ" responded the president,
'but your language is altogether be-
yond my comprehension. Please trans
late and give a more simple and intel
ligible statement of the facts that came
snder your observation
II Will try, sir" answered Mr..
NJ. ''As | came out of my room,
this morning, | saw sn old horse near
the chapel, with a rail tied TO his tail.
and he went down over the common as
though the ID kicked him in end"
Il understand you now" said DR.,
Lord, that will Go. You NAV retire"
Neither ! nor NJ ever heard
anything more from the president, but
the boys who handled the sheep and
horse did hear from him, to their re-
gret and sorrow.
0vERwORKED SCHOLARS.
The Hour: 1t seems, according to a
writer in the Chicago Times, that some
recent statistics have been taken on
this subject, and this time by a presl-
dent of one Of our colleges. His evil
dence was collected by sending
circulars to $50 teachers and physicians
of observation and experience, asking
for their opinion on the matter in ques-
ton. The almost unanimous answer
was hat the school-room work or
d~inarily allotted was not detrimental to
the health of the pupils. The unani-
HilLA WNS blOhtus hOWtNcI, Nv I'VE.
The alarm, therefore, concerning over
study as an imminent danger may be
set aside, and yet there is some caution
worthy of being instituted. For this
evidence brings out the fact that very
many of the pupils in our public schools
were injured by the branches pursued
cut of school, by injudicious home
training. With the girls, who are pu-
pills, and who are also in the social
current, or touched by it, the pressure
is somewhat greater, Whether, other
things being equal, they are able
TO bear the same tug and strain
that boys can undergo, was not in
CURED in o; but the fact was elected
that they really dc undergo more.
The study Of music alone, which is al
most exclusively "A girls extra, entails
additional mental activity, together
with two hours time beside, given up
TO dreary and monotonous practice.
School girls, also, are often out at eve
ming parties, and when at home they
are often shut mp in the parlor TO re-
ceive calls. While they are whitening
themselves with a scdentary pallor by
attending to these exactions, their mas