noon
It took a stove and kitchen , but they used the one in the Social-house , going to and fro in procession , with a teacher in charge . It was indeed a novel school , and one just out from a stiff , starched , eastern graded Grammar school might have raised his hands in holy horror . Still there was no lack of method , nor of discipline , and each class , be it held out-doors or in , was made to understand that good work was required . All was orderly enough , even when the noon class went through the ceremony of serving a neat meal , and eating it in quiet decency . The older pupils were intensely interested in the banking class , the teacher acting as president , and two or three being chosen as cashier , teller , and clerk . They were furnished with neatly stamped coins and bills , such as are sold for toy money , and the rest of the class became depositors and learned how to draw and deposit , to count readily , to make change , to make out checks , to compute interest , discount bills , buy drafts , etc. , etc. . Once Mr. Dalton asked Joyce , with that cynicism which belonged to him , `` Why do you have the poor little beggars taught this sort of business ?