Produced by Punch, or the London Charivari, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 104. JANUARY 14th, 1893. * * * * * THE SCHOOL FOR PATRIOTISM. [A Fund has been raised to supply the School Board with Union-Jacks, with a view to increasing the loyalty of the pupils.--_Daily Paper._] SCENE--_A Room of the School Board, decorated with flags and trophies of arms._ Teacher _discovered instructing his pupils in English History._ _Teacher._ And now we come to the Battle of Trafalgar, which was won by NELSON in the early part of the present century. As it is my object to increase your patriotism, I may tell you that "BRITANNIA rules the waves, and Britons never, never, never will be slaves!" Repeat that in chorus. _Pupils._ "Rule, BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA rules the waves; Britons never, never, never will be slaves!" _Teacher._ Thank you very much; and to show how the _esprit de corps_ in Her Majesty's Ships-of-War is preserved, I will now dance the Sailor's Hornpipe. [_Does so._ _First Pupil._ Please, Sir, do Englishmen always win? _Teacher._ Invariably. If they retire, they do not retreat. Can you tell me what a retirement of troops in the face of the enemy is called? _Second Pupil._ Bolting, Sir. _Teacher._ Nothing of the sort. Go to the bottom of the class, Sirrah! Bolting, indeed! Next boy! _Third Pupil._ It is called "a strategic movement to the rear," Sir. _Teacher._ Quite right; and now we come to the Battle of Waterloo, which you will remember was won on the 18th of June, 1815. But perhaps this may be a convenient time for the introduction of the Union-Jack War Dance, which, as you all know, has been recently ordered to be part of our studies by the Committee of the School Board. Now then, please, take your places. [The Pupils _seize the flags hanging to the walls, and dance merrily. At the conclusion of the exercise they replace the flags, and resume their customary places._ _First Pupil._ If you please, can you tell us anything about the Union-Jack?