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DER NEUENHEIMER.
9
Bang-Crash ! !-a shriek as of souls in torture rent the air-■
Where was I ?
I opened my eyes again. The scene was changed. The " Dorf,"
with its fearful contents, had vanished. I was back in my old room.
There stood Tooley calm and imperturbable as ever. Even as my eyes
rested upon him he spoke. His voice jarred upon my unstrung nerves.
" You are an uncommon species of rotter, you are. When a fellow
pays you the honour of letting you be the first to hear his masterpiece,
the least you might do is listen, instead of going off to sleep and snoring
like a hog. However, you've missed it. By Gad! That top note was a
treat. I had just reached it when you woke up. Good-night ! "
And Tooley disappeared through the door just in time to escape the
forcible expression of my righteous indignation—my footer boot, which
struck harmlessly and yet defiantly against the panels of my closed door.
No Reference to Neuenheim!
I "*HE news from the public schools is in these days almost entirely
news of athletics. From what is published in the newspapers
about them and from what they say about themselves, one might suppose
it to bo the main object of their existence to promote out-door games.
Master after master, says the " Westminster Gazette," comes forward
to testify that intellectual pursuits are held in no respect by boys and
that the whole atmosphere and tradition of the schools are against
them. The parents for the most part not only make no complaint but
cheerfully connive at this state of things. ''Be sure and get your
colours this term" is as often as not the parting word of father or
mother when the boy goes off to school, and how he got them or didn't
get them is the chief subject of conversation when he returns from
school. The immense publicity given to all forms of athletics and the
great advertisement which a boy in his teens may get from excelling
in them encourage it in boys, in masters, and in parents. There is no
such immediate reward for any intellectual pursuit, nor any such honour
and glory to the school as comes from these far-advertised manly accom-
plishments. A school without athletics would undoubtedly be a very bad
9
Bang-Crash ! !-a shriek as of souls in torture rent the air-■
Where was I ?
I opened my eyes again. The scene was changed. The " Dorf,"
with its fearful contents, had vanished. I was back in my old room.
There stood Tooley calm and imperturbable as ever. Even as my eyes
rested upon him he spoke. His voice jarred upon my unstrung nerves.
" You are an uncommon species of rotter, you are. When a fellow
pays you the honour of letting you be the first to hear his masterpiece,
the least you might do is listen, instead of going off to sleep and snoring
like a hog. However, you've missed it. By Gad! That top note was a
treat. I had just reached it when you woke up. Good-night ! "
And Tooley disappeared through the door just in time to escape the
forcible expression of my righteous indignation—my footer boot, which
struck harmlessly and yet defiantly against the panels of my closed door.
No Reference to Neuenheim!
I "*HE news from the public schools is in these days almost entirely
news of athletics. From what is published in the newspapers
about them and from what they say about themselves, one might suppose
it to bo the main object of their existence to promote out-door games.
Master after master, says the " Westminster Gazette," comes forward
to testify that intellectual pursuits are held in no respect by boys and
that the whole atmosphere and tradition of the schools are against
them. The parents for the most part not only make no complaint but
cheerfully connive at this state of things. ''Be sure and get your
colours this term" is as often as not the parting word of father or
mother when the boy goes off to school, and how he got them or didn't
get them is the chief subject of conversation when he returns from
school. The immense publicity given to all forms of athletics and the
great advertisement which a boy in his teens may get from excelling
in them encourage it in boys, in masters, and in parents. There is no
such immediate reward for any intellectual pursuit, nor any such honour
and glory to the school as comes from these far-advertised manly accom-
plishments. A school without athletics would undoubtedly be a very bad