RAM IT IN.

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1911, Page 8

RAM IT IN.

The following satirical verses, written of the old ideal of education, widen has been found out, are taken from an article on ‘The Royal Road to Success in Life,’ written by Professor H. D. Brascfield in ‘The Success Ladder’ : Rani it in, cram it in, Children’s heads are hollow; Slam 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 urehaelogy, Aryan philology, Prosody, zoology, Physics, clincology, C-’kulns arid mathematics, Rhetoric and. hydrostatics—. Hoax it in, coax it in, Children’s heads are hollow. Rub 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 brookDrive 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, Toll the same undying tale— Tell of moments robbed from sleep, Meals untasted, 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, ■'Libbed it, in, clubbed it in, Pressed it in, caressed it in, Painted it.' in and slapped it in. When their heads were hollow.