Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-26
18th St. and L. & N. r. R.


to speak. He never exaggerated
his own Importance. He deprecated
the personal equasion. He was al
ways for helping a cause or some
other person, and he had truly that
charity and love of bis fellow men,
which as the poem has it, is really
the love of God and made the name
of Abou Ben Ahem lead all the rest.
How strikingly different were his
methods from those of the present
days. He never opened school with
out reading lesson from the Bible
and offering a prayer for himself
and all of US boys. Today in many
communities the right to read our
mothers Bible in the Public schools
is being questioned. When we went
to the Major he commenced at s and
quit at a, and many a country stu
dent fed his horse by the light of a
lantern, and many a town boy had
to go after coal oil before his supper
could be served. NV in this pres.
ent day they commence at 9 and quit
at 1:30 with two recesses. To the
boy who goes to our High school,
every day in the scholastic year is a
half holiday. When we went to the
Major, we never got any except for
Thanksgiving, Christmas and funer-
ais in the immediate family. When
we had an examination we knew that
when he handed us list of questions
that we were up against the real
thing. How different were the Ma
jor's methods from what we see
nowadays.
Speaking of our modern education
compared with that the Major gave
US, | was much struck with the test
of old memories conducted among
the assistants of the Chicago Public
Library. OF the $50 boys Major
Terrell taught, many of you were
considered bright and p ssessed of
remarkable memories. Let's see if
you could pass this up.to-date exam
ination, or would you be put back in
the awkward squad of the hopelessly
grown-ups:
l. For what person or persons
was the wool of the black sheep
destined?
2. Describe maneuvers of the
French Army as recorded by M
Goose and give number of men in
French Army.
3. Give short biographical sketch
of Soloman Grundy. and mention Z
important events in his life.
A. Who killed Cock Robin?
5. Discuss the social significance
of the botanical arrangement in
Quite Contrary Mary's garden.
6. Describe the cooperative sys
TEN of domestic economy in Jack
Spratts household.
7. Describe briefly the astral
phenomena which led TO the elope
ment of two useful kitchen uten lis.
8. How many court musicians
were maintained at the court of Old
King C lie?
8. Name and describe articles on
which Miss Muffett sat.
10. Who stole the Queen of Heart
pastry?
"The Lib arian" of the Boston
Transcript. thinking maybe that on
account of our children we had late
ly crammed on these subjects, rec
ommends the following more COM
prehensive examination:
/. What was the net result of the
efforts of the royal force (both in.
fantry and calvary to restore
HumptS -Dumpty to his former es-
tate? Do you see in this any lesson
as to the failure of a militaristic
system?
2. Describe the cooperative ex-
petition of Jack and Jill and the en-
suing catastrophe. From Tire point
of view OF emancipated womanhood.
ought Jill to have preceded Jack
down the hilIi
3. Explain by diagram the en-
counter Of the Lion and the Unicorn.
Do you see in this any prophecy as
to the outcome in the war in Europe?
Does the Unicorn typify Germany.
a. In view of the reflection upon