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A GAME will be played on Jarvis Field to-morrow, at 3 P. M., between the University Nine and the Chelseas.
The exterior of a lyceum nearly resembles a convent. The weather-beaten walls, the barred and sombre windows, give to these structures a prison-like aspect. From four to five hundred scholars is the average contingent of a lyceum. TWO or three courts, or gravelled yards, planted with a few...
Now for the regime to which the scholars are subjected. In the morning - at five o'clock in summer, at five and a half in winter - the drum beats the signal for rising. Twenty minutes are allowed for dressing; then everybody descends to study. The scholars take their places at...
Eight o'clock is the hour of retiring. There are thus about twelve hours of work, - four of recitation, and eight of study. Twice a week the scholars take a walk under the charge of a master. They are seen passing two abreast, in uniform and military caps, marching in...
Now, what are the causes? They lie deep. In the first place these children are brought up in a manner contrary to nature. Up to the age of fourteen or fifteen, a child cannot do without the care and affection of home. Here, on the contrary, he is deprived of...