St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-04-04
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At . recent meeting of . n Aber Of
college men in Hartford, Conversation
happened to drift to the trials and
struggles Of examination days It was
led that way BY the story-teller, who
said that, having been 1t one examina-
ton where each student drew sepa-
rate slip Of questions, he met . class
mate who had to 60 in with the next
division. THE thing Is not likely 70 be
. chance, /" he said to his friend. 'but in
case you should draw the paper I had
I'll tell You what each question was"
So he did. The fellow looked them mp,
went in, and drew that very. paper, and
came out triumphant.
but that proved q very milA case when
the others came mp. II seems that In
one examination at Yale some years
ago In. Latin one fellow. who was very
shaky, put his own interlined text-book
into his overcoat pocket and entered
the room. He was called to the desk
and the tutor gave him textbook. OF
course not interlined. He, showed Il
into his other pocket, walked slowly
back 10 his seat, drew out his own book
from his pocket and was all prepared.
After reciting, before the tutoR could
call for the book. he absent-mindedly
thrust Il back into his pocket and turned
away. Being asked for the book ho
apologized. hauled out the other one.
and retired.
Once in alumni hail at Yale . shalky
student who couldn't bear TO part with
his class discovered in advance knot
hole in the Aoor. He secured the desk
BY that hole. Pretty ..soon he had the
misfortune to drop his pencil. Bending
over he showed his examination paper
down through this knothole. Fellows
in waiting in the cellar ran on with II,
filed out papers for him, not too well.
but well enough to save him, for per
fectly-correct examination was not con-
sistent with his record, and on return
ing signaled to him.. This time he had
the misfortune to knock lot of paper
OF his table and litter the hoor. He
got down and concientiously picked
every thing up. including the relief pa.
pers that came up through the knot
hole. f1 f..
At another time, where papers were
drawn, one fellow drew two BY sleight-
of-hand process, passed on one, surren-
dered II, snd went out Then he gave
tie extra one 70 lame friend, who 1t
once .'crammed'' that paper. Then he
went in, drew his paper, and calmly
substituted the one h1eknew, passing
well o. IL, and carrying away, for
what might be termed outdoor relief,
the paper that he drew. This was kept
going al day.
Another fellow, illustrsting alike the
sharpness Of the boy and the laziness Of
the professor, having practically NO
knowledge Of one heavy subject that
had been . study for the term, went
TO the records and learned By hesrt the
answers to each Of the twelve Questions
asked in each of The previous years,
discovering the. while that instead Of
being thirty-six questions. there was .
good deal of repetition. knowing these
questions thoroughly, and not word
outside Of them, he went In, and sure
enough, the professor had drawn snf.
fciently On his earlier papers to enable
this fellow to answer mofe than
enough topass him. As for the rest,
his paper was . blanl.-Haxt3ord Cour.
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