New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-24
WHAT PUPILS KNEW NOT,
Shozcn by Some Specimen EramiHa-
ton Papers.

Examinations are a bugbear to the brightest
schoolboy or schoolgirl. and the answers which
are given to simple questions show how COM
pleteIy the children lose their wits when they
are submitted to these written tests. The his
tory and the literature papers generally con-
tain the most startling statements. but the
physiology paper also often offers strange tnfor-
nation about the human body.
Give the cause Of the Sepoy rebellion was
a question in an examination TO which one pupil
gave an answer: There were new rifles invent
ed and had to use greeced bullets and some Of
them had to be bitten of 1t was against the
natives as they were forbidden to eat flesh"
The following bit OF information was given
about Julius Cesar: las he Julius Caesar) grew
older he delivered more oratOries"
Henry VIII then founded church OF his
own and he was to be the head. but at his death
he printed a book called the defender Of the
church." wrote one boy. while another wrote Of
the same King: 1T is reported that he CHenry
Wild married six times. executing wife after
wife if she happened 10 offend him
so far the duke OF Somerset had ruled all the
kings Of England" said one paper. and an
other: oliver Cromwell was King of England
He destroyed parliament and ruled himself"
question as to the Angles and the Sazons
was answered by the following paragraph;
me AuBlOES ana tue SdANOAAS LelA . S-~NN-~f
and after the Angler had cOncoured the Sax
tons there were two languages spoken in the
same land"
He see a Negro messenger with Just the
crown Of a hat on his head; he was riding on
one half COLT wrote a girl II was learned
later that half broken colt was meant
Alas for fame. on a literature paper was
the information. Shakespeare was born IN
Italy"
other well known literary men were written
OF as follows: "Coleridge was born in 1IS2 He
went to college when he was young, in ITO
"Addison's father was a clergyman. but quite
educated" Lowell descended from long line
OF professional ancestors Of English descent
He was we'll posted in all kinds Of liter
ature" Theodore Parker was very poor. he
struggled continually between poverty"
on a literature paper was found: The An
cient Mariner was a PHILOSOPHER. Later he be-
gan writing poems but by the use Of opium ne
had 10 give up writing" In Sleepy Hollow
there was a man by the name Of Bare Bones"
wrote a small girl Of the Legend Of Sleepy
Hollow"
Asked to write a bit Of description, one pupil
wrote the following: The sun had thrown its
dish down in the nest The bosom Of the Tap
pun see lay still except OF a little undilation-
Amber clouds were in the sky which was bare
ly moving"
He blesses the snakes unaware OF himself
wrote little Irish boy of the patron saint Of
his fatherland.
On a physiology paper was found the para
graph: The object Of respiration IS to free the
blood from unnecessary waste 1t takes place
through all the pores Of the skin. by the kidneys
and by the liver" Another physiology paper
said: The pelvis is q hollow basin containing
the contestants"
A question to the meaning OF the word
can6nize and the word hypothesis brought forth
the definitions; "CanOnize means to stupefy:
hypothesis Is something that is consumed"
THE CRUEL SON.