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Here's a poem I've enjoyed for years. I kept a copy posted on my locker at law school.
HELP WANTED
A law firm commanding
Position of standing
Requires a general clerk --
One who's admitted
To practice, and fitted
To handle diversified work;
Must know the proceedings
Related to pleadings,
The ways of preparing a brief;
Must argue with unction
For writs of injunction
As well as for legal relief.
Must form corporations
And hold consultations
Assuming a dignified mien;
Should read each decision
And legal provision
Wherever the same may be seen.
Must analyze cases
And get at their basis,
Should never be idle or slow;
Must manifest learning
In all things concerning
The matters referred to below:
Attachments and trials,
Specific denials,
Demurrers, replies and complaints,
Disbursements, expenses
And partial defenses,
Ejectments, replevins, distraints;
Estoppels, restrictions,
Constructive evictions,
Agreements implied and express,
Accountings, partitions,
Estates and commissions,
Incumbrances, fraud and duress.
Above are essentials,
The best of credentials
Required -- and handsome physique;
Make prompt application,
Will pay compensation
Of seventeen dollars a week.
.......-- Frank Waldheim
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Love it! 
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Shouldn't there have been requirement of writing with a fine round hand, or something like that from Gilbert and Sullivan?
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I had the same thought...
...I served the writs with a smile so bland
and I copied all the letters in a big round hand
I copied all the letters in a hand so free
that now I am the ruler of the Queen's Navee... is from HMS Pinafore
but until I got to the author's name at the bottom I wondered whether there was another G&S play I wasn't familiar enough with - not Trial by Jury, maybe Utopia Limited or Cox and Box? Alas, no...
What are the dates of Mr Frank Waldheim? Was he perhaps a contemporary of Sullivan?
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Dammital... G&S is my turf, and you beat me to it. [mutter-mutter] 
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...and another thought, too, along those lines. Does anyone recall a published list of qualifications for the position of Teacher? She must provide own pencils (sharp); go to Church faithfully; dress modestly; wash her hair every week; clean the floors; carry coal to the grate daily; things like that...again, all from the turn of the (last) century? I forget whether the remuneration was a princely five cents - a day? or was it a week?
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What are the dates of Mr Frank Waldheim? Was he perhaps a contemporary of Sullivan?
Help Wanted was first published in 1921.
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Oh, Wofi, Just a day or so ago I sent that list (or a similar one) about teachers to several folks via Email ... perhaps if anyone still has it they might cut, paste and post?
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Thanks, wow.
From wow via whh:
Rules for Teachers in 1915 in the U.S.
1. You will not marry during the term of your contract.
2. You are not to keep company with men.
3. You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
unless attending a school function.
4. You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores.
5. You may not travel beyond city limits unless you have the
permission of the chairman of the board.
6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man
unless he is your father or brother.
7. You may not smoke cigarettes.
8. You may not dress in bright colors.
9. You may under no circumstances dye your hair.
10. You must wear at least two petticoats.
11. Your dresses must not be any shorter than two inches
above the ankle.
12. To keep the school room neat and clean, you must:
* sweep the floor at least once daily
* scrub the floor at least once a week with hot, soapy water
* clean the blackboards at least once a day
* start the fire at 7 a.m. so the room will be warm by 8 a.m.
and there may be other similar ones out there too; I don't see anything here about supplying your own pencils (sharpened) or being paid a whole nickel for your labors...
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And what, precisely, if anything, has actually changed, hmmm?
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