The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-04
HOUGH'TS OF THE
. SCHOOL PEOPLE
NOW TRAVEL
LING CITYWARD

sAh," said the Superintendent Of Schools
70 himself, as he seated himself comfortably
down In the soft, luxurious cushions OF
The late express "Ah!" Then he sighed
Then he groaned. "Oh Orrah! Ouch!
OH" a,
He was thinking OF the many school
buildings all over the oity he felt their
warm brick walls sending out long, tentacle-
IKE thought rays which reached for his era
mum and held it hard. The rays branched
out all over the city, north. east, south
and west and If the rays lost him, ka-
funk would 90 the schools and the system.
aOh Orrah! Ouchl Obi" The Superin-
tendent leaned back in his seat. The deep
frown that had left his Mount Tabor like
brow last June had returned. Its vacation
was over.
Vacation il oyer!" echoed the Snperin-
tendent's mind IN respopse to the irown
The Superintendent sighed sigh that
was all a groan. L. =
1T was too short he said. Then bring
ing his fist down hard: 1T was entirely
too short IL am a Superintendent,
Only two months and a quarter to Super
intendent Bah! Superintendent who
manages the whole system! 1t was too
short
TOO short! Too short" sang the whir-
ring wheels Of the train"
TOO short sighed the Superintendent
And then he fell asleep.
For he was so tired.
His vacation had been too short.
He was principal He was the principal
of a school,, You could tell it by his intel
lectual hat his bordering the educational
problem walk, and by the psychology cal
. way he wore his spectacles-just on the
high ridge Of his pedagogical nose on
yes, he was principal !, ~ !
With one hand he hung determinedly to
a strap Of the elevated car. With the
other he gripped his sociological looking
dress suit case. He stared absentiy at an
advertisement opposite.
The advertisements said: Mothers!
Mothers! Don't forget to have your chill
dren properly equipped for Monday. Come
to Aladdin Brothers We sell the Trousers
Eternal-Triple Seated-No Wear out
Triple Seated
The principal grpped the strap harder.
The square set jaw that had gone on on us
vacation last June returned.
Triple seated trousers Humph! The
last under his administration.
The square set jaw was very square and
very set. 1t said as plainly as a square
set Jaw could say: Vacation is over!"
Vacation is over" grunted the prin-
cipal at the advertisement. Then he
sighed dolefully. 1T was too short. he
said too short, too short. ...- -.
The car halted and the principal got
out. He stood before a restaurant. CO.,
Il feel faint he said. Il fear am not
rested" ..
Then he went In and ordered beef tea,
made strong. to-.
He was 80 fatigued.
His vacation had been too short.
She sat away up in the on the bow Of
the boat She was neat and she was pretty,
with dimple in each cheek and just wee
rosebud of sunbuFh on the tip OF her nose.
She held. Book in her lap. Its title was
Education and It's Harassing Problems
You never would have guessed it, would
you? She is a schoolteacher and Ia
homeward bound from her season on the
beach. She has not been reading books
like this all summer. oh, no! She has
been we'll
She looked up from her book, and her
eyes were dark with thought. She was
thinking what she should have for her
first nature study lesson. This. perhaps,
was one Of the hsrassing problems, but
next to basket weaving, the modelling
OF wondrous fruits, vegetables, nuts, cram
berries and coffee beans out Of clay. to
cay nothing OF the making OF a jumble-