The Washington times., 1902-03-23

ing the teacher. In despair the boys la
bored with the dreaded test endeavoring
10 hit upon some plan 10 get them out of
the scrape.
Presently a boy in the rear of the room
made some frantic gestures to another
youth sitting across the aisle. The lat
ter appeared to quickly comprehend the
meaning of the signs and winked wisely.
moment later he drew something small
out of his desk and laid it on the floor IN
der his chair. No one noticed the act, and
he proceeded with the laborious attempts
to revive long-forgotten passages OF
French as though nothing had TRANSFERRED
In few minutes the pupils in the rear OF
the class began to notice a horrible odor
spreading about the room. Soon the ped
agogue became aware of the peculiar odor
and went on a tour of investigation. A
window was open and thinking that the
obnoxious fumes came from outside the
teacher closed it with a bang. But to
the great discomfort of everyone the
odor only became stronger and more IN
bearable. Finally the atmosphere of the
place was almost uncomfortable
A Postponed Examination.
The teacher stood it as long as she
could and then in gasps informed her
scholars that the examination would be
indefinitely postponed and that they could
go outside for the remainder Of the hour
to get some fresh air.
The janitor was then summoned and the
premises thoroughly inspected. For {
long time that gentleman was greatly puz-
zied to account for the horrible odor. At
ter search OF over an hour he discov-
cred a small vial half filled with some
clear liquid lying on the floor under one
of the chairs in the rear of the room. He
was aware in an instant that it was the
cause of the trouble. Subsequent inyesti-
cation proved it to be bisulphide of car
bon, liquid used in the chemistry
classes.
An investigation as to the identity of
the boy who had Ierpetrated the joke
was established, but it is sufficient to state
that the culprit was never found. The
class, however. had is holiday and os-
capped the dreaded examination.
Drill Plans Unsettled.
rumor has been set on foot in some
of the schools to the effect that arrange
ments for the competitive drill have re
ceived a serious setback, owing to the
fact that II is very doubtful whether the
American League Baseball Park can be
secured for two consecutive days for use
as 4 drill ground. Nothing official has yet
been said regarding the after, either
or denying the report, and the
cadets and pupils generally are greatly
disturbed over the matter. At present the
American League Park is the only place
in the city which is suitable for the driIl,
the old National Park, where the drills
were held for many years, being imprac-
ticable on account of the alleged unsafe
of the grandstands. 1t is true
that the field at Georgetown University is
large enough for all the companies in
the cadet regiment to 60 through THEN
maneuvres at the same time but even
were the cadets offered the use Of the |
ieId the "bleachers" and other seating ar
would not accommodate per |
cent OF the immense throngs which an |
lually flock TO the drills.
Again, If the ball park actually proves
the drills will either have TO
&c held in some place where the specta-
ors will be required to stand the whole
ime or in some smaller park where barely
lalf OF the usual number Of people can
,e accommodated. In event OF the lat
er occurrence, the number of tickets Civ
N each cadet will be considerably less
nan usual. Untold difficulty has been ex-
,erenced in previous years in providing
ven the pupils with tickets. Some of the
lasses were composed largely OF girls
nd did not contain single cadet. This,
4 course, placed a strain upon cadets in
ther classes to furnish tickets for them.
md by the time they had provided their
wn families and relatives with cards of
omission to the drills there were not
nough left for the girls.