At the business quarter hour I issued the following order:
"Before the close of school, I wish the distributors to leave upon each of the desks a piece of paper" (the size I described). "It is for a purpose which I shall then explain."
Accordingly, at some leisure moment before the close of school, each one of the regulators went with her box to the stationery shelves, which you will see in the corners of the room, where a supply of paper of all the various sizes used in school is kept, and, taking out a sufficient number, they supplied all the desks in their respective divisions.
When the time for closing school arrived, I requested each young lady to write the name of her parent or guardian upon the paper, and opposite to it his place of business. This was done in a minute or two.
"All those whose parent's or guardian's name begins with a letter above m may rise."
They rose.
"The distributors may collect the papers."
The officers then passed round in regular order, each through her own division, and collected the papers.
"Deliver them at the accountants' desk."
They were accordingly carried there, and received by the accountants.