Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-06
"LEARNINo AS SHE Is LEARNED"

Some Blue Ribbon Specimens Of British
Scholarship.
From the London Globe
Miss A. @. Graham Of Aneriey has received
prize from the University Correspondent"
for the best collection Of schoolboy '.howlers, +"
and they are printed in the current number Of
that periodical In An accompanying letter
Miss Graham says: "when learned one day
the remarkable fact that 'Ilaied and Odessae
translated Euripides,' felt that the time had
come for action; was seized with a burning
desire to share with others nv Joy IN these
facts, and as u means Of spreading the New
Learning began to collect from examination
papers and answers in class whatever would
throw new light on old subjects. have been
some years at 1t now. and have pleasure in
sending you the subjoined twelve extracts from
my gems They are all bona fde answers. the
spelling and punctuation being unchanged; in
most cases have still the original documents
from which they are taken" Among ''selected
specimens" from Miss Graham and others,
given by our contemporary, are the following:
Divinity.-Esau was a man who wrote fables
and who sold the copyright to a publisher for
bottle Of potash.-Explain the difference be-
tween the religious beliefs Of the Jews and
Samaritans. The Jews believed in the svua-
gogue and had their Sunday on SATURDAY., but
the Samaritans believed in the Church of Eng
land and worshiped in groves o! oak, therefore
the Jews had no dealings with the Samaiitans-
Titus was Roman emperor-supposed to have
written the epistle to the Hebrews-hts other
name was Oates.
English history.-Oliver Cromwell was a man
who was put into prison for his interference in
Ireland. When he was in prison he wrote the
Pilgrims Progress and married lady called
Mrs. 'Shea.--Wolsey was a famous genera,
rbo IN ho Cviv,
being decapitated several times, said to Crom-
well, "Ah, If had only served you as you have
served me, would not have been deserted in
my old age" Wesley was tho founder of the
Wesleyan Chapel, who was afterward called
Lord Wellington; monument was erected to
him in HYDE Park, but it has been taken down
lately.-Who was Henry III? jealous sup
porter Of the church and died a dissentry.-
What is Divine right? The liberty to do
what you like in church.-What is a papal bull?
A sort Of cow, only larger and does not give
mik.-Perkin Warbeck raised rebellion in the
Of prince. but he was really the son Of re-
spectacle people.
Definitions. Phoenicians-The inventors of
Phoencian blinds. Bacchanai-A native of
Bechuana in South Africa. Chimaera-A thing
used to take likenesses with. Watershed-k
place in which boats are stored in winter.
Gender-1s the way whereby we tell what sex a
man is. Cynical-A cynical lump of sugar is
one pointed at tho top. Jmmaculate-State OF
those who have passed the entrance examina-
ton at London University Hydrostatics-Is
when a mad dog bites you. 1t is called hydro
phobia when a dog is mad and hydrostat,cs
when man catches 1t.
English language and literature wrote
savage criticism on Endymion. which brought
on consumption.-The sonnet is O thing that
has in its first four lines two metcors (auartan)
and in last six two meteors (turzette) Latin
of the fourth period was introduced into the
language at tho invention Of Christianity, 597
A. d.. when the nobility and gentry spoke
Latin-French and the Danes settled the throne
for nearly thirty years.-Hamlet was very weak
minded. Fond Of study. But was too weak to
fulfill his duty which the Ghost had told him.
He was very good to his mother He profains
madness. he really only put it on but some
fighting the king asked him if he would have
something to drink & he had put poison in it K
Hamlet said he would wait the Queen took it &
then she falls down dead Hamlet Immediately
stabs his father drinks the poison and dies
What do you understand by the Augustsn age
in English Literature? We mean the time of
Caedmon, who iourished and wrote 'Comus''
about the time that st. Augustine converted the
people of Kent.
Miscellaneous -Rriefly describe the heart and
its function or work-The heart is a comical
shaped bag. The heart is divided into several
parts by q fieshy petition. These parts are
called right artillery, lief: artillery and 30 forth
The function of the heart is between the lungs.
The work of the heart is to repair the different
organs in about half minute.-What ia q vol
cano? A volcano is very powerful rock
What is the meaning OF mer de glace? Mother
Of glass.-What are fossils? Fossils are those
remains Of plants and animals which keep best
when left to themselves.-What fossil remains
do We find of fishes? In some rocks we find
the fossil footprints of fshes.-What arc the
metamorphic rocks? Rocks that contain met
aphors.-"What il the matter?" queried a
teacher. "You seem to be rather uncomfort-
able there" I've got the intersection, SIR"
was the unexpected reply.-Explain the words
fort and fortress.-A fort is a place to put men
in, and fortress place to put women in
What is a republican? A republican is a sinner
mentioned in the Bible.-The two chief vol
canoes in Europe. and Go morrah.