THE CRAZE FOR CRAM

Evening Star, Issue 17329, 17 April 1920, Page 10

THE CRAZE FOR CRAM

Ram it in, cram it in. Children’s heads are hollow; Fk.ni it in, jam it in, Still there’s more to follow Hygiene and history, Astronomic mystery, Algebra, histology, Latin, etymology, Botany, geometry, Greek and trigonometry— Ram it in, cram it in, Children’s heads are hollow. Rap it in, tap it in— What are teachers paid for? Bang it in, slam it in. What are children made for? Ancient archaeology, Aryan philology, Prosody, zoology, Physics, clinicology. Calculus and mathematics, Rhetoric and hydrostatics, Hoax it in, coax it in. Children's heads are hollow. Hub it in, club it in, All'there is of learning; Punch it in, crunch it in, Quench their childish yearning; For the field and grassy nook"’ meadow green and rippling brook. Drive such wicked thoughts afar. Teach the children that they are But machines to cram it in, Bang it in, slam it in— That their heads are hollow. Scold it in, mould it in, All that they can swallow; Fold it in, hold it in. Still there's more to follow. Faces pinched, sad and pale, Tell the same undying tale— Tell of moments robbed from sleep, Meals untasted, stud As deep. Those who’ve passed the furnace through With aching brow will tell to vou How the teacher crunmed it in, Rammed it in, jammed it in. Crunched it in, punched if in, Rubbed it in, clubbed it in, > Pressed it in, caressed it in, Happed it in, slapped it in, When their heads were hollow. —H. D. (Prof.) Braccficld.