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[...] The 2nd Sister Liesels & Marys Children, on the 3rd Sister Sulamiths on the
4th those that live With Sist. Lepering [8] Langgaard & Throgitrup & on the 5th those that live with Sist. Langgard & on the 6th those that live with Sist Kliest & Kunz. no Child is to miss the Childrens meeting without giving notice of it to one or both of their Tutoresses, it would be a great shame if there were Children amongst you that would not willingly devote ½ an hour in a day to praise & worship our Redeemer. When you come out of neeling, no Child is allow’d to speak, untill you get into your rooms it is highly improper, when you come out of from a place of Worship, to run, & speak so loud that you cannot even hear when you are spoken to, by one of the Tutoresses, When you go down in the dining room to diner there must be no talk at all, nor should you ever go, but in Company of your Tutoresses, at Table every thing should be treated with the greatest decorum if there is any thing wanting, never more than one should call at a Time, otherwise the table waiters are made confus’d, & it is impossible for them to help so many at a time.
It is likewise [...]

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8. “Langgaard & Throgitrup &” is crossed out with “Lepering” written above

Joahann Andreas Hübner’s
rules for conduct at the 1789
Bethlehem Boarding School
for Girls

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