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There were nightly sessions of homework with Père in charge. The boys' schoolwork got more attention than the girls'; father explained that girls got married and became wives & mothers, while boys could become priests or lawyers. He was a stern taskmaster. When his two sons entered his office as clerks, St. Laurent paid them $2.25 a week with the explanation : "When you have no money to spend, you have more time for your books." Père St. Laurent also laid down the rules for his daughters' courtships. Said daughter Madeleine: "Father's word on any subject...
...among Alma's childish effects pictures copied from the school's blackboard. Said indignant Mrs. Tallantire: "[They] would label me as a dirty woman if they were found in my handbag." She compared notes with other mothers, heard that their daughters had lost interest in games and schoolwork, were talking "nothing ... but sex, sex, sex." Last week Mrs. Tallantire said she had 1,000 signatures on a petition protesting the sex talks...
...Tajo had sung Don Basilio only two days after arriving in the U.S., and after only one rehearsal. But he has been working up to it since he was 13. It was then that he heard Pagliacci in Milan. Before long, he was reading librettos behind his schoolbooks. His schoolwork suffered ("I was stupido"), but Tajo didn't care...
After school, Miss Mowrey must grade papers, prepare for the next day's schoolwork, help her sister with the housework, find time to visit the parents of problem students. She rarely sees a movie, does practically no reading beyond what is required for her class work, and is annoyed to find herself slipping out of touch with the news. She climbs into bed each night exhausted...
...protégés get good marks in conduct and in book-learning both; they may some day be on display at Forest Hills or Wimbledon. Four years ago, the school's problem child was a talented Mexican-American lad of 15 who found both discipline and schoolwork distasteful. He cut classes at high school, finally dropped out altogether. So Richard ("Pancho") Gonzales ceased to be one of the Jones boys...