at five minutes before the half hour expires, the
bell will ring; soon after which the classes in recitation will take
their seats. Precisely at the end of the half hour, it will ring again,
when new classes will take their places. In the same manner notice is
given five minutes before the second half of the hour expires, and so in
all the other three hours.

At the end of the first hour, the Study Card will be let half down, five
minutes, and you will perceive that the sound of its bell will
immediately produce a decided change in the whole aspect of the room. It
is the signal, as has been before explained, for universal permission to
whisper, and to leave seats, though not for loud talking or play, so
that those who wish to continue their studies may do so without
interruption. When the five minutes has expired, the Card goes up again,
and its sound immediately restores silence and order.

_Second Hour.--Languages._

(See plan.)

We then commence the second hour of the school. This is devoted to the
study of the Languages. The Latin, French, and English classes recite at
this time. By English classes I mean those studying the English _as a
language_, i. e. classes in Grammar, Rhetoric, and Composition. The hour
is divided as the first hour is, and the bell is rung in the same way,
i. e. at the close of each half hour, and also five minutes before the
close, to give the classes notice that the time for recitation is about
to expire.

_First General Exercise._

(See Plan.)

You will observe then, that there follows upon the schedule, a quarter
of an hour marked G. That initial stands for General Exercise, and when
it arrives each pupil is to lay aside her work, and attend to any
exercise which may be proposed. This quarter of an hour is appropriated
to a great variety of purposes. Sometimes I give a short and familiar
lecture on some useful subject connected with science or art, or the
principles of duty. Sometimes we have a general reading lesson.
Sometimes we turn the school into a Bible class. Again the time is
occupied in attending to some general _business_ of the school. The bell
is rung one minute before the close of the time, and when the period
appropriated to this purpose has actually expired, the Study Card, for
the first time in the morning, is let entirely down, and the room is at
once suddenly transformed into a scene of life and motion and gaiety.

_First Recess._

(See plan.)

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