Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 07

<h2>AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT</h2> <h3>BY ROY FARRELL GREENE</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Since schools to teach one this or that<br/></span> <span class="i2">Are being started every day,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I have the plan, a notion pat,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of one which I am sure would pay.<br/></span> <span class="i0">'Twould be a venture strictly new,<br/></span> <span class="i2">No shaking up of dusty bones;<br/></span> <span class="i0">How does the scheme appeal to you?<br/></span> <span class="i2">A regular school for chaperones!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">One course would be to dull the ear,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And one would be to dim the eye,<br/></span> <span class="i0">So whispered love they'd never hear,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And glance coquettish never spy;<br/></span> <span class="i0">They'd be taught somnolence, and how<br/></span> <span class="i2">Ofttimes closed eye for sleep atones;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Had I a million, I'd endow<br/></span> <span class="i2">A regular school for chaperones!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">There's crying need in West and East<br/></span> <span class="i2">For graduates, and not a source<br/></span> <span class="i0">Supplying it. Some one at least<br/></span> <span class="i2">Should start a correspondence course;<br/></span> <span class="i0">But joy will scarce o'errun the cup<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of maidenhood, my candor owns,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Till some skilled Mentor opens up<br/></span> <span class="i2">A regular school for chaperones!<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1265" id="Page_1265"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />