Show repartee in the clo noona the little instances of pedagogical wit cited recently by the herald remind a member of 0 the harvard clue class of 60 of one equally good which he ha had heard beard the elucidator of the mysteries of 0 chemistry was thou then prof john cook a very man and never intentionally tio nally guilty of a joke ono one day in a recitation he said to a student mr al slack how do you slack lime the student supposing the pun upon his name to bo be intentional answered quick as a flash cook lt it air 11 of course the class roared but instead of enjoying tho the apt repartee the professor took it as a personal affront and reported mr slack fora for a lepri mand boston herald |