Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
ourwIrrINo THE FACULTY.
Various Devices OF students to Pass Exam
nations without Study.


At recent meeting Of a number
of college men in this city, says the
Hartford Courant, conversation hap
pened to drift to the trials and strug-
giles OF examination days. 1t was led
that way by the first story-teller, who
said chat, having been at one exam
nation where each student drew
separate slip of question, he met a
classmate who had to go in with the
next division. "The thing Is not
likely to be a chance" he said to his
friend, "but in case you should draw
the paper l had Ill tell you what
each question was" So he did. The
fellow looked them up, went in and
drew that very paper and came out
triumphant.
But that proved very mild case
when the Others came up, 1t seems
that In one examination at Yale some
years ago in Latin one fellow, who
was very shaky, put his own inter-
lined textbook into his overcoat pock-
ct and entered the room, He was
called to the desk and the tutor gave
him a textbook, of course, not inter-
lined. He showed 1t into his other,
pocket, walked slowly back to his
seat, drew out his own book from his
pocket, and was all prepared, After
reading, before the tutor could call
for the book, he absent-mindedly
thrust 1t back into his pocket and
turned away. Being asked for the
book, he apologized, hauled out the
other one and retired.
Once in alumni hall at Yale q
shaky student who couldn't bear to
part with his class discovered In ad-
vance a knot-hole In the floor. He
secured the desk by that hole. Pretty
soon he had the misfortune to drop
his pencil. Bending over it he showed
his examination paper down through
the knot-hole Fellows In waiting
in the cellar ran off with 1t, filed out
papers for him, not too we'll, but we'll
enough to save him, for a perfectly
correct examination was not consist
ent with his record, and on return
ing signaled to him. This time he
had the misfortune to knock lot Of
paper off his table and litter the
floor. He got down and conscien-
tlously picked everything up, includ-
ing the relief papers that came
through the knot-hole,
At another time, where papers were
drawn, one fellow drew two by
sleight-of-hand process, passed on
one, surrendered 1t and went out.
Then he gave the extra one to a lame
friend, who at once "crammed" that
paper. Then he went In, drew his
paper and calmly substituted the one
he knew, passing well on 1t, carrying
away, for what might be termed out
door relief, the paper that he drew.
This was kept going all day and
worked as we'll as a surreptitlous en-
velope under the Connecticut secret
ballot law.
Another fellow, illustrating alike
the sharpness of the boy and the lazl-
ness of the professor, having practic-
ally no knowledge Of one heavy sub
Iect that had been study for the
term, went to the records and learned
| by heart the answers to each Of the
twelve questions asked in each Of the
previous years, discovering the while
that instead of being thirty-slx ques-
lions, there was a good deal of repeti-
zion. Knowing these questions thor
Dughly,' and not a word outside OF
them, he went in, and, sure enough,
the professor had drawn sufficiently
On his earlier papers to enable this
fellow to answer more than enough
to pass him. AS for the rest, his pa
per was blank.
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