The Washington times., 1931-11-04

wish to stay here longer than
need be-"
The principal checks his dis
pleasure. He explains that as
yet he has had no instructions
in the matter from the authori'
ties. For the present we must
60 back to the several classes
from which we went out. Then
later, of course, We shall see
what arrangements can be
made.
This is answered with mutter'
ings and laughter.
Don't you run away with
the idea," says Willy indig-
nantly, that we're going to
perch on forms, along with
kids who never saw the war,
and put up our hands nicely
whenever we know anything.
We're staying together"
Very Funny
We are beginning to see how
funny it all is. For years we
have been allowed to shoot
and stab and kill, and now it
is matter of grave impor.
tance whether it was from the
second form or from the third
form that we went off to do
it. In this one they do equa-
tions with two unknowns, and
in the other with only one.
These are the differences that
matter here.
The principal promises to
ask that a special course be
granted for soldiers.
I'VE can't wait for that"
says Albert Trosske curtly.
I'VE had better see about it
ourselves"
The principal does not reply;
he walks to the door in silence.
The masters follow and we
traipse out after them. But
Willy, for whom it has all
gone much too smoothly, first
takes the two potted plants
from the lecture desk and
smashes them onto the floor.
Il never could stomach
vegetables, anyway" he says
viciouSly. The laurel wreath
he plants askew on Wester-
holt's head. Make yourself
soup out of it"
We are sitting in council
with the returned men from the
grammar school.
Westerholt has brought a
copy of the old school regula-
tions and is reading aloud from
it. Progress is slow, for almost
every paragraph is received
with roars of laughter. We can
hardly believe that such rules
once applied to us.
Westerholt is particularly
amused to discover that before
the war we we're not allowed 20
be on the streets after 9 o'clock
at night without permission of
a form master. But Willy deals
with him. Don't you be too
fresh, Alvin" he shouts across
at him. you've flouted vour
form master worse than any of
uS-what with saying you were
killed, and getting yourself a
funeral grafton off the prin-
cipal, and him saying you were
a hero and a model scholar!
And then after that you have
the cheek to come back alive!
Nice predicament you've landed
the Old man in! Now he'll
have to take back the credit ne
gave to your corpse-for if I
know anything. you're just as
rotten in algebra and compost
ton as ever you were"
Student Council
We elect a students council;
for, though our schoolmasters
may do, perhaps, to pump a
few facts into us for examina-
ton purposes, we are certainly
not going to let them govern us
any more. For ourselves we
appoint as representatives Lud-
wig Breyer, Helmuth Reiners-
mann and Albert TroSske; for
the grammar school, George
Rahe and Karl Broger.
Then we settle on three dele
gates to start next morning for
the provincial authorities and
the Ministry. to set out our
demands regarding the syllabus
and the examination. Tor this
purpose we choose Willy, Wes-
terholt and Albert. Ludwig can
not go, as he is still not well
enough. The three are then
duly equipped with passes and
free railway vouchers, of which
We have whole blocks in hand.
And we have, of course, plenty
of ieutencnts and Soldiers
Councillors to countersign them.
(TO Be Continued
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