The evening times., 1900-05-28

BALTIMORE. Mey 28.-When Governor
Smith and the other members or the SJats
Beard Of Education go to the State Nor
NAL School for their meeting on Wednes-
day they viii have TO use seareklights II
they want 90 find a speck Of dust From
the large assembly hall down 10 the teach
ers' reception room everything is as neat
as a new pin The building hasn't been so
spOtless since its thorough cleaning by the
members Of the class Of 80. during the
week before they were graduated
The present exqufsitely clean ccndits>n
OF the building is not due 10 an excess Of
zeal on the part of the jsnitor and his as
sistanfS, who are paid for the work II is
due u a practical course in domestic
economy that has been gfren 20 the mem
bers OF the graduating class. The course
Is rapid one. II takes less than a week
TO give H. II means hard work-lOt men
tai but physical The seniors are not re-
Quired while taking il TO puzzle their
brains over food values over the chem
istrt of cooking. over the management 5f
incomes or household sanitation Note
books are not IL II. Serubbi-g bushes.
dust rags. Blooms. and muscle are.
When the members Of the graduating
class finished their examinations about a
hEth GED LAEg were Aoll L4l1L one AAA4l4
Was lacking 10 complete their course
course" in domestic economy" TEey
were told that the course" meant c eaa-
( ing the building from top TO bottom They
We're promised that each student who con-
pleted the required work would be marked
a nice. round leo for doing So
Each one was given the privilege OF ap-
plying for the job of cleaning up the class
-CoIn. Iecture-rOcIn, CorIi or or ether part
oF no hfrff = inc to nh ON he eha FaHr
NEST strongly drawn Fhe applications
were sent TO Miss Richmond, the zssistaz
principal OF the school and as far as pos
sible the tasks were assigned as the STU
dents had requested
/ Last Wednesday morning this general
! school cleaning began With the exception
! of yvSterAsv- IL s2s been going on ever
I since. with Ouc>siO1ai Interruptions for re-
l heSrsaIs FOR the commencement which
/ viii be held OF Thursday. Some Of the
students have finished their work All OF
I the rest viii probably finish today.
/ Before they began their work on We'd
nesday the students elected one Of their
number as superintendent. The supply OF
strong brown soap. furnished By the school
( for the spring school cleaning. the scrub
I bing brushes. and the galvanized buckets
that never 20 into the hands Of the jani-
Z tor. bat are kept sacred for the senior
; sc-ub-were placed IN the hands OF the
| superintendent and were distributed by
her 20 the 1e7 members o. the senior class.
I The girls furnished their own dustrags
I their scrubbing rags. their aprons. and
/ busting caps
/ One hundred OF the members OF the class
I are girls The daughter Of d State Sen
/ atOr is among the number. and many other
we'll known and prominent families in the
/ city and State are represented Seven
members OF the class are men-but that
did not save them from being put through
| that course in domestic economy. -
| That science does not usually form a part
/ OF the curriculum in a school FOR Young
I men-but IL has been required OF the
young men AZ the State Normal School
/ The young men have made themselves
| generally useful. moving stepIadders. tax
! ing down pictures. brushing the walls. and
/ ceilings
Half a dozen girls were assigned to clean
the superintendent Office. Three more
were assigned 70 the teachers reception
room To others the task OF seeing that
the corridors were clean was entrusted
Others were assigned 10 ClassrOOms. OF 10
cloak rooms
The students wore their old clothes. The
girls added aprons md dustiug caps to
their costumes TRe school cleaning force
went 10 work or wednesday morning They
did only hals days work on Thursday and
Friday. On these two days the most Of
them started II al about haIf-past g. and
they worked until or .. They lost an hour
or two each day rebearsing for the com
mencement. When each group OF workers
finished the task assigned il was dis
charged.
4 number Of the workmen and w0rkwO-
men were obliged 10 work on Saturday
They were hard Al il when reporter drop
ped in. Some Of the girls were perched up
in the windows. washing the window panes.
or cleaning the paint Of the framework
Others were scTubbing the desks. others
were clearing out the cupboards; others
were polishing up the brass OF the instru-
ments in the laboratory.
Chaos reigned supreme in some places.
Old composition books and the dirt and ac-
cumulatiou OF the year were heaped up on
the floor. Books were laid in Files while
the bookcases were being cleaned and
busted by the busy workers
The girls we're asked how they liked 1t.
| They were making the best Of their work
and were trying 10 get some fun out Of it.
/ but Il was sorry fun They refused 20 say
anything. except that the work had been
| assigned TO them and they had taken It, as
they would any other hard lesson in his
tory or mathematics or any other study.