St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-27

nothing but paper with answers written
on it that will help them through the
examination" That young man was
not far off the track when he made the
assertion. A girl who wants to cheat
in her examination will cheat. The
teacher may forbid communication, and
she may watch with front and back
eyes, but her vigilance is useless. The
schoolgirl of this enlightened age is not
like the girl of twenty years ago. In
the old days the girl who didn't study
her lessons failed to pass the examina-
ton at the end of the term; but now
Woman's inve ntive genius makes use OF
all modern improvements.
But the practice Of cheating in ex-
animation is not confined to girls. The
dicted to the practice, but they do not
cheat scientifically as the girls do. With
them, ssthe spirit is willing, but the
flesh is weak" for they have not all the
conveniences that their sisters have. A
boy usually gets caught in the very act.
His idea of cheating is to look over an
other boys shoulder and see how he an-
swers. Even then, there is no safety.
His neighbor may be no brighter than
himself, and then if the boy has an old
score to pay off, he may tell him the
wrong answer, and there is nothing
gained in the end. Of course. it is not
limited that any of these crimes are
committed in the schools Of the Sanity
City.
When GLOBE reporter visited the
Cleveland school last week it needed
but glance to see that it was examln-
alton day. The examination look is
different from the ordinary everyday
appearance. On the faces OF the
studious scholars there was look OF
wicked satisfaction when they handed
in their papers, and other boys
and girls were pictures of de-
spair. The bad boy who had
neglected his past opportunities, gazed
at those fatal examination questions as
though he would look a hole through
the blackboard and thus destroy the
evil things. 'Teacher, does that
question mean that, or does it mean the
other?" was asked again and again of
the Schoolma'am at the desk.
20 dear! that is the only question in
the arithmetic that could not do, and
of course she had to ask it," sighed one
forlorn-looking damsel.
The two studies that seemed to cause
the most trouble with the Cleveland
hopefuls were history and geography.
One question in history was: Can you
give an account of the French and In
dian war?' The following interesting
information was given by one of the
boys: ''The English owned some land
west of the AlleghanieS, and they sent
some men to survey the land and the
French began to fire at them. and they
went back and told the governor and he
sent Gov. DinWiddie with message
and he come back with no answer, and
that made the war;"
'.Tell something of William Penn"
was another sentence written on the
board, and young bi0grapher wrote:
civilian Penn settled in Pennsylvania,
and was Quaker. He gave them all
the rights they wished for, and is said
to have done his best to make them
hs afBe inhabitants Of Virginia were
lazy gentlemen, and they didn't know
much" was what another paper limited
at, and in the geography examination
there was diversity of opinion in re-
gard to the
LOCATION OF BERLIN.
One girl wrote Berlin is in Ireland
on the Irish sea-" and the next paper
the statement was made that Berlin is
the capital of France, and situated in
the north central part" A third paper
fatty contradicted both statements with
the assertion that Berlin is the capital
of Rome" A boy, evidently from the
city Of baked beans, wrote, "Massachu-
sets has disagreeable klimate, but the
people there are youse' to it, and they
are very smart"
In answer to the question. "What is
the chief export Of the United States?"
a small specimen of feminine intelli-
gence said, ''The chief export of this
country is Lake Superior" Another
pupil of the opposite sex declared that
'The state reform school is situated in
st. Paul on st. Anthony HILL" and the
boy then proceeded to give discourse