A PUBLIC SCHOOL IDYL.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 363, 27 April 1889, Page 8

A PUBLIC SCHOOL IDYL.

Ram H in, cram it in — Children's hea.h are hollow I SI. (in it in. j.iiM il in — Still thfioV more to follow : Hjgiene and hi^-iory, Asimno'nic mv-tery, Algebra, histology, Latin, etymolojrv, Botany, geomutiy, Greek and trigonometry — Ram it in, ram it in, Children's heads are hollow ! Eap it in, tap it in — What arc toucher* p-iid for ? Bans? it in, sl-ip it in — What aio ehihhen made for ? Ancient archeology, Aryan philology, Prosody, zoology, Phj'sics, climatology, Calculus and mathematics, Rhetoric and hydrostatics — Hoax it in, coax it in, Children'sheads are. hollow ! "Rub it in, club it in — All there is in learning ; Punch it in, crunch it in, Quench their childish yearning Forth?, field and grassy nook, Meadow gr^en and rippling brook ; Drive such wicked thoughts afar ! Teach the children that the}' are But machines to cr.m it in, Bang it in. slam it in — That their heads are hollow ! Scold it in, mould it in, All they can swallow ; Fold it in, hold it in, Still there's more to follow ! Faces pinched and sad and pale Tell the same undying tile — Tell of moments robbed from sleep, Meals unfasted, studies deep, Those who've passed the furnace through, With aching brow will tell to you How the teacher crammed it in, Rammed it in. jammed it in, Crunched it in, punched it in, Rubbed it in, clubbed it in, Pressed it and caressed it in, Rapped it in and slapped it in AVhen their heads were hollow !