—­Marcus Aurelius.

1) If you are well brought up, girls, you will not loiter on the street to talk to one another; much less to boys.  Street visiting is taboo.

2) Boys, a gentleman does not detain on street corners a girl or woman friend.  If he meets one with whom he wishes to speak more than a moment, he asks permission to walk a little way with her.  During the moment that he does detain her, a gentleman talks with his hat in his hand.

3) You know that a boy should lift his hat or cap in recognition of a girl or woman acquaintance whom he meets on the street.  But perhaps you don’t know that the same courtesy may well be offered to a man, and must be, if the man is walking with a girl or a woman.

4) To spit on the street or sidewalk is likely to endanger the health of others, and to make you seem vulgar and “horrid.”  Use your handkerchief.

THE STREET-CAR

    Immodest words admit of no defence,
    For want of decency is want of sense.

    —­Earl of Roscommon.

1) Avoid rushing ahead of others to secure a seat in a street-car, or to secure any other special advantage.  Some one must be last; why not you?  If advancing out of turn is necessary, a little deliberation accompanied with, “I beg your pardon,” or “Excuse me, please” will most quickly and pleasantly open the way; otherwise, respect “the line.”

2) In a street-car, boys, you should touch your hat politely and offer your seat to a woman, a girl, or an elderly man who is standing.  Your courtesy should be accepted with a bow and, “Thank you.”

3) Girls, if a seat is offered you, accept it at once with “Thank you.”  Don’t explain that you don’t mind standing.

4) On the street, in street-cars, and in all public places, if your voice or conduct attracts attention you will be considered “loud,” “common,” vulgar.

5) The chewing of gum in a street-car, in church, or in any other place outside of your own private room stamps you at once as “common.”

CORRIDORS

    Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

    —­Webster.

1) Avoid all running in the corridors; start in time, and walk.

2) Avoid crowding on stairways.  Avoid crowding through Assembly Hall doors.  When in a mass of people, move slowly and try to keep breathing space about yourself.

3) Avoid tossing paper on to the lockers.  Avoid dropping it on the floor; but if paper is there, train yourself to see it and to pick up at least one piece every time you enter the corridor.  This is what Dr. Crane calls a “civic habit.”

4) Boys, hats off on entering the building; don’t put them on again before you are at the outer door ready to leave, even though you should see grown men violating this rule.