4. Write a biographical note about the school janitor, the school engineer, a member of your own family, your hired man, your maid, or any other interesting person from whom you can extract the desired information. VI. Suggested Reading Carl Schurz's _Life of Abraham Lincoln_. VII. Memorize THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woful ballad Made to his mistress's eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard; Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. SHAKESPEARE, _As You Like It_, Act II, Scene 7. CHAPTER IV REPORTING ACCIDENTS "The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." I. Assignment Report an accident which you have seen. The object of this exercise and those which are to follow is threefold: 1. Vocational--to begin to teach the art of reporting, and hence perhaps lay a foundation for students' earning a living. 2. Ethical--to show all the pupils how a report should be made and thus give them a standard by which to measure newspapers. 3. Artistic--to teach all how to write modern English clearly, simply, and correctly. II. Model This is a report of an accident on a city street, witnessed by a reporter, and telephoned to a colleague at the newspaper office. With a crash that could be heard for blocks, a high-powered touring car, owned and driven by Mrs. William J. Sheldon, wife of the millionaire gum manufacturer, who lives at East Boulevard and Clifton Drive, collided late last night with a heavy milk wagon at Payne Avenue and East 30th St. Both Mrs. Sheldon and John Goldrick, 656 East 105th St., driver of the milk wagon, escaped injury, except for a few minor cuts and bruises.