OUR GIRLS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 16 December 1880, Page 3

OUR GIRLS.

The following letter under the above heading appeared in the Herald : Sir, —I beg to call yonr attention to the following anatomical questions, and to ask if yo u can gues3 whether they were meant for candidates for honors in one of our great jut'dical schools ? I. What i 3 the retina of the eye ? How ja it connected with the brain ? •2. Name the different parts of the ear 1 3. Where i 3 the nerve of smell ?

4. How is the voice produced? Where £oe3 it come from t 5. Describe the circulation of the blood ? (5. Say what you know about lung 3, serve?, bones, iri3, tears. y 0 ti cannot guess t Well, I will tell you. This searching examination has not been meant either for students of medicine or for students of science, but for poor little High School girls, Class C 2 ! What do you say to this ? For my part (these being gambling Jays, from Church to 'Change), I am willing to lay L 5 to as that there i 3 not one individual on the teaching staff of the High School who could pass an examination in the above subjects to the satisfaction of Professor Scott or bis predecessor Dr. Coughtrey. I will now ttill you how a little friend of mine meant to iqjly to these profound questions : 1." The retina is something in the eye far back- It is connected with the brain by a white string. 2. The hole through which one hears, if one's finger i 3 not in it, and the part that is meant to be palled when the iuistrea3 is 3. What a stupid question—in the head of course. You could not expect it to be in one's fr.ot. 4. By speaking of coarse. " Where does it come from V yoa ask. From the mouth, of course! 5. The heart beats and squirts the blood all through the body; the blood get 3 back ,[run to tlie heart, but I forget how. "li. The lungs are the lights. Nerves : people suffer from the nerves when they w n't stand any noise—my mamma suffers from the nerves. Bones are hard ; they are white when quite dry. Iris is a flower with n very nasty smell. Tears are big drops that come from the eye 3 when one ia crying alter being whipped. There, sir, is higher education with a vengeance ; and mark, this i 3 but one " Science Subject.'' I believe that a smattering of astronomy, botany, &c. r are also taught in this school, to the probable detriment of the pupils mind and the neglect of more useful italics. —I am, &c., Tyro.