, 1894-01-24

DarD1F SuOp. 4H' CUi q as "D'uL ole mile
from where the train stups.
Having heard he above. you will no doubt
beinterested in heatiug howtl eStudents spend
their School Year OF line mosths.
Well, every morning at $50, a bell rings.
which means 'to get dr,ssed'. At 6 a. m.
another bell rings this one brings better
news than the first, for it says "come to
breakfast. The y,ulg men, and young
ladies' meet il the Young lad s' dining room.
This dining room is supposed to hold 25O
persons. There are at present II tables W tn
Il to a table. after the hlrSsing Is asked lie
food is served, and when finished, d song ii
sung. a passage Of Scripture read AID prayer
offered. At past Z each ole returns 10
his OF her room, which is to be cleaned up by
s a:m., when the matron comes around, and
grades each room according to the work dons.
.Ats8:l5 q bell is rang which tells be pupils
to glther in the Chapel 8 minutes after this.
another bell is rung, then the roll is called.
and any student coming in after thai, is late.
Regular work i tEen introduced by singing
Of a song, reading a passage of Scripture, and
prayer by one Of the teqchers.
The classes then march to the different
rooms for the lSt hours recitation. AT the
end Of the lst hour they return to chapel
march to End hours exercise & so on for 5
hours, there being all iutelmission of 10 min.
between ora ana 9Lu uOuIS. Eacn UOUT Ia
supposed to be DO min. The students march
to the different rooms to the sound of music
played by Miss Roslin Grove. The 5 hours
recitations are over at IL 10 pm. and at 1915
dinner bell says 'all is ready. Dinner occu-
pies : Of all hour, and ut o'clock the stu-
dents go to work.
They are paid for this work by the hour, or
according to the wo'k rendered, and some by
their general grade. The chief trades are
the printer 1.-TWO papers are printed entirely
by the students "a monthly aud a semi-month-
ly.) carpenter, joiner, and farmers. Faith
full and careful workers are paid l0c. per
hour.
At 3 o'clock pm. the stndy bell rings, and
students retire TO their rooms to study until
5 O'Clock. They are free from 5 to $50 pm.
At o 80 Il bell says. "come to supper and it
does not call in vain. Supper is over at 6.15.
and students are free until Z p. m, when the
study bel again says study until 9.l6', and
at 9.l5 another bell says, get ready for bed
Al $50 comes the last bell for the night, and
this one brings good news, which is "out
your lamps and go to bed" On Mondays ons
hour of the regular Rotations is set apart
and Bib.e recitation taken in its place.
On Wednesdays, z to s y. M; a prayer
meeting is held
On Friday moruinga, half an hour is spent
IN telling news read during the week.
There are also no "study hours on Friday
evenings. and Saturday mornings. Students
are therefore, free fram Friday | O'Clock .. M.
to Saturday 3 o'clock p. m.
On Friday evenings-from 7 to 9-studeats
attend their Literalv Societies. here are
3 Literary Societies. First. The Witherspoon.
ITO which all the students from''3rd Normal"
to Senior classics ~ belong; 2nd. The Philo-
mtthe ., comprising oh the girls from .'2nd
Normal down to "Intarmediate;'' Bird the
"Glma", com prlsiig the boys from end
Normal" down to 'Intermediate."
On Sundays there. IS regular service in the
CHAPEL at 1880 q, m, Sund4ysschool at 23O
PM; Prayer IN ecfing by the '|Young Peoples
Christian Union" at $50; and a Bible Glass
ct $50 pm. under the President of Normal
School"
And. so fc;g.9 months, say from October to
July, the above goes on. there being an in
terval of 9 weeks between every 8 months.
Hoping that this has been interesting to
the reader, and thanking you~s Dsat Mr.,
Editor, for space.
/ remain,
Your obedient servant