The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-08
sCHooLBOYs' MISTAKES.


 Burdens That Appear in English Ex-
 animation Papers.
 "The University Correspondent has
 just published some choice specimens of answers which, considered by them
 selves. can hardly be taken as indica- tive of the vast strides which the public Is being constantly reminded are, through school boards, being made in
 education. A boy, for instance who was invited to name five Shakespearian
 plays mentioned Macbeth, The Mi-
 kade." Quo Vadis." San Toy and
 "The Sign of the Cross Another,
 possessed evidently Of reminiscence or
 Chaucer, was asked to state what was
 Milton's chies work, and replied, Mill
 ton wrote a sensible poem called the
 Canterbury Tails A third, interro-
 gated as to what he knew of Dryden
 and Buckingham, inscribed as ms an
 swer, Dryden and Buckingham were
 at first friends, but soon became con
 telnporares." Students of Irish history
 are furnished with the views Of q youth
 with reference to Dermot. 'Dermot
 daughter" he remarks, married Mag
 ma Charta Dermot himself married
 Stronsbow" No history paper, of
 course. could be complete without some thing about Magma Charta, the 'chfel
 cause' of which is, according to one pu-
 pill. that no free man should be put to death or imprisoned without his own
 consent" Another youthful authority, questioned as to where the kings or
 England were crowned, gave the ! straight-forward reply 'On their
 heads" The most important feudal dues are declared to be friendship,
 courtship and marriage" while the principal products of Kent are Arch
 bishope at Canterbury There is one statement which cannot fail to appeal to members of the Navy League. as well as to all who take an interest in | the maritime and military history of this country. "The Battle of Water l loo'' 1t is stated. "was fought off Cape | Trafalgar. Nelson led up one squadron and Colingwood the other When it l was over Wellington rode over the field | by moonlight and met Butcher, the French general, and they shook hands and were friends ever after. In con
 nection with examinations there arc | some authorities who regard connec- 1 ted piece of English composition as the real test exercoses. To those who | think that way the following extract 1 from an essay on spring will be special | Iy interesting: In this season there
 are a great many onions grown, which
 are called spring onions. People clean
 out their houses, too because the bright
 sun shows up the dirt
 On the subject of geography there is an answer almost as good as that by l the boy who declared that the Nile was discovered by Dr. Livingstone, and had | it's source in Mungo Park. It is stated
 in the papers before us that the feu- I dal system lies between the Humber
 and the Thames" while the word is | land is derived from Highland, i. e., i land above water" and the Chiltern | Hundreds are spirits put in cheese to
 make it mouldy." 'Ostriches,' we are | told. "abound in the Sahara Dessert | and their feathers are manufactured in 1 the neighborng towns, while the sev- ! en hills of Rome are given as follows: "Catalne, Valentine, Quarantine, Car oline, Epistollne, Appeltine and Eata | line An oasis is described as prick 1 ly plant that grows in the dessert, " while watershed is stated to be "a l shed for keeping water in, and 1t is | set forth in another answer that ''scu- | tage was the way the Anglo Saxons had | of ploughing the ground Doomsday | Book. on the other hand, is "a book signifymg that each man should have seven feet of land for grave Hen 1 ry VIII is generally well represented in ] questions My favorite character in | English history is, says one boy Hen ry VIII. because he had eight wives l and killed them all" Henry VII re- marks another, was very good king. 1 He liked plenty of money, he had plen-
 ty of wives, and died of ulcers in the