The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-03
LOvEMAkING LESSONS.
Novel Course In the University
of Michigan. z,
SLY oUPIDs TRICKS TAUGHT.

Professor T~ruebloOd, to Stimulate
Interest Among Students with
Spring Fever, Gives Instructions
on How to Propose-Knee1s before
Goods and Pleads In Impassioned
Tones For Their Hands.
The University of Michigan has add
ed a new course to it's curriculum, one
that may best be styled Il course in
love making, says a special dispatch
from Ann Arbor, Mich, to the Chicago
Tribune. Professor Trueblood is the
inventor of the novel scheme, and his
course, which has been hitherto shun-
ned as one of the toughest at the uni
versity, now seems likely to become
the most popular study on the cam
pus.
Ever since the spring vacation ex-
pired Professor Trueblood has been
trying different methods of exciting in
terest in his class in order to reduce
the ranks of the absentees from classes
who had spring fever. A few days ago
he hit upon The successful plan. and
now the many visitors who attend his
classes are the spectators of thrilling
love scenes. Fifty times a day Profess
or Trueblood is forced to kneel before
some maiden and show his pupils the
right way to declare their devotion tc
their sweethearts.
says. why, you don't show a trace Of
passion"
Then the awe inspired student
watches his professor show how he
used to do it, and then gets down again
to rave and entreat the subject to be
his alone. Each budding orator takes
his place before a blushing maid. and
no matter how smoothly the pair may
have.progressed in private the profess
or finds some fault with the public
demonstration.
mo, kneel on both knees-now hold
her hand, it impresses her more-so,"
and the old professor again kneels and
goes through it all ovef again.
First steps up the bashful student
who shippers, bushes and stammers
| while he talks.
''Please, miss" he will say, Il love
you dearly. Will you marry me?" For
it is ten to one that he has enjoyed
himself so much laughing at his pred
ecessors that he has failed to observe
even what Professor Trueblood con-
siders the proper form.
"Oh, N.Y." the professor breaks out.
1.-THE little you know about this bust
ness is astonishing!
"Now, you wouldn't accept him If he
couldn't do better than that, would
you, Miss --? 4
Look, now. I'm tired of your not
paying closer attention. Get on your
knees gracefully; like this, you see.
"Reach over and grasp her hand
with both of ~yours-both. mind-then
make your proposal, but make it as a
man, not as if you didn't half mean It.
"Raise your voice.
Speak with passion.
"If your subject doesn't suit, I will
give you another.
II did think men ought to be taught
to propose. but l ( didn't know they We're
all as ignorant as you seem to be-"
1ASdlu luc pOOI pIO1cSSOI - ODllSGu
to get down on his sore knees and pour
out another plea for the maiden's hand.
Then. at the end of the hour, the class
passes out. only to make room for more
of the orators. who must be shown.
Professor Trueblood thinks he has to
do more than his share of the VOL, :.
but in spite of that he thinks he will
be well repaid if he is able to smooth
the road to success for many of his
pupils.
81 don't think it is fair for him to
make the boys in the class do all the
work. said one student. II wish he
would make the girls try 1t once in
awhile"
Professor Trueblood addresses few
remarks Of correction to the girls in
their parts. He says he really doesn't
know the best way for them to do.
They must learn by the experience he
10 giving them.
REV. DR., BUCKEYES BELIEF