[...] Sleep Hall in the morning, when they rise (out of bed,) & it is to be hop’d those that have hitherto taken the liberty to say things that might be said when they come down stairs, will never do it again, it only breeds disturbance, & will never do where there is so many together, you will understand hereby that except [4] if you have
any thing to say of consequence, the you have allways liberty to speak to your Tutoresses. When the bell rings the first time, the Children are all to rise & wait in silence, till one of the Tutoresses living in their different rooms with them goes down stairs, then after combing & washing themselves in due Order, and the bell rings the second time, go in company of one of their Tutoresses down in the Dining room to breakfast, where a verse is sung & the text for that day is read, the children it is [5] hop’d all join in singing praising the Lord before & after their meals [6]. As we have no servants to wait upon the Children, & we deem it much better for young People to wait upon themselves, one in every room is daily appointed to sweep out the room & dust the things, she is therefore allways to do it alone, & others must not go down [...]
4. “except” is written between lines above “that”
5. “will” is added between lines above “it is”
6. “their meals” is written between lines before next sentence beginning “As we have”
Joahann Andreas Hübner’s
rules for conduct at the 1789
Bethlehem Boarding School
for Girls
Hübner transcription is presented as
written, with underlined/crossed out text,
original spelling and capitalization.