The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-14

without avail. He alone OF all the
600 had impositions to do during the
long vacation. He could not endure
the thought of remaining there all
summer. and so he wrote a letter to
the head master, all tear stained, mis-
spelled and full of errors. it is now
framed and hung in the hall, beg-t
ging to be released from the imposi-
tions, he was the only boy who had to
remain, they would remember that,
and if excused he would try 50 harl,
he would make up his impositions at
home. On the following morning the
boys were all assembled and the head
master in stern, indignant tones de-
clared that for the first time in 600
years the school could have been free
from the disgrace of keeping boys
during the summer vacation except
for the miserable offending of Arthur
cambridge, and that TO make the Of
Tense more grievOus he had written
an imPertinent, Whispering letter to
him asking to he let off, Let off? No,
a thousand times, no! if it were pos
sible the punishment should he
doubled Half an hour later,
through his binding tears,
Arthur saw all the bows pass
over the hill on their way home and
heard them singing as in dream:
Domum, Sdomum, dulee dm@m,
"Home home sweet home" During
his hours of recreation in the long
summer vacation he walked along
the brow of this hill and back
wards and forwards traced in an
irregular path the letters Of the song.
The path is preserved to this day as he
left it. '.Dulce domum." When the
boys came back at the close Of the va
cation the little body of the boy was |
lying on his iron cot in his room was
ting away from a fearful fever. His
weeping mother was with him, pros
trate on his bed. In his delirium ever
more he was singing, "Domun,, DOM
am, dulee domum," Arthur Bainbridge
was going home without "doing his
These rules are as strict to-day, and
not even a queens son is exempt from
their operation. Boys and girls in
American schools are fortunate, and
vet impositions have their value. He
gave amusing accounts of his own
Arnold came to Rugby when he was ,
but 80 years of age. On the first
after he assumed charge in
the presence Of the boys and the mas
ter, he announced that the rule of the
school printed on boards hanging
against the wall, and which had been
in force for centuries, were abolished
that the janitOr would cut them in
pieces and burn them, and that there
after there would be but one rule,
BE earnest" He joined the boys
in their sport and trusted them in all
things. His work attracted the atten-
ton, not only of English people, but
the people throughout all Europe.
1t soon became necessary to limit the
Of pupils, and it was not un-
for the most distinguished Of
the nobility to beg most humbly for
the ADMISSION Of their sons to the
school. He resigned at the age OF
fifty, utterly broken down. People
from every country in Europe and
from every part of England came to
his leave-taking Of the school
No hall was big enough to hold
the crowd and carpets
were spread on the green sward-
When all were present and all was
ready. Arnold came out supported by
two friends. His hair was long and
white, his cheeks sunken, his body
The silent throng saw
him arise and turn to the great crowd
who were profoundly moved, as if he
would address them, but he could ut
ter no word.- He turned from them
to the boys massed upon the other
side. No relief there; every boys
rheeks were raining tears. At last
bv supreme effort he said: Boys,
ne earnest, be sensible, be honorable"
He could say no more but sank upon
the table in a paroxysm OF sObs.
Three days after, Thomas Arnold died.
People said it was heart disease and so
it was. HIS great heart broke because
he could 10 no more for the boys of
Rugby.
4 short time ago they dedicated a
church built to his memory by the
boys of England. No others were al
Lowell to contribute. Over the door
way is this inscription ITO him who
loved the boys" An elegant monu-
ment has been placed over his grave
and inscribed thereon are the words of
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