Show CH HOR HORS Selections S From the School Room A Selection of Teachers Tales The quality of humor seems sc ms in so co to much danger of being los lost t a proposition witS which students of recent humorous lit literature lt literature will wi doubtless agree that one on feels eels grateful crateful to Dr M 11 P for reproducing as a Christmas sup supplement supplement to The Schoolmaster a selection tion bt teachers teacher tales of the lighter Ido of or school s work says sa j the th London Chron cle ide HOne Here are arc a Jew few ew culled during the scripture lesson l At Ata a recent r Q nt examination the tc examiner ea lne asked the following question Queston In the In Infants Infants Infants class What was the first firt thing Noah did when he came out of or the lt ark A tiny tny girl giri put up her he hand ana on being asked asRe said Please sir he flu burled buried all al the people people The One Ono Thing Necessary Venerable diocesan Inspector Now ow my dear children I will wi ask you youa yOua a few questions In your catechism Which of you OU can toll tell tol me the two things feces necessary nece sary sr In baptism Quite right water Water Water is one thing ind what Is the thc other othor What can mont anne Jm ow you think hink what else Is necessary Well little girl Erl what do you say sa Little Litte Girl Please sir a baby bab babAt At tho the clone cloae of the tho lesson leson on ott Moses a teacher questioned Qu stoned his pupils to gauge gause their Interest and among other queries he ie submitted the thc following Why did Moses take off of his shoes shoe before ch chIng lag Ing Ins the bush Judge of his consternation const na tion when he be received rc the thc following re reply reply ply nb from a little follow fellow at nC 8 S years rears Please sir to warm ees cEs feet fet very viry 1 quaint definitions arc next selected few by Dr Macnamara Here are arc ar a afew afew afew fewA A new Axiom In our Euclid lesson 1 asked after alor explaining the thc meaning of an axiom a lom if a u boy could Rive give ive one ono of his o own ownA ownA n nA A lad replied When en you ou a are e In the he middle midd you are arc half way over Gross Darkness In reading from tho the Bible Sible that gross darkness covered the thc face of the earth e rl I asked what gross gOS meant meant Our top boy in mental arithmetic said sId one hundred and torY flur time darker than ordinary darkness With a Ring of or Triumph Tr A class of a in infants infants f was being taught a recitation in which the thc word wod occurred occure The Tho teacher asked if any child knew mcw the meaning Only one child raised his hand han and with a ring of or triumph in lila his hI voice gave the answer anwer uA A door what at a a soldier sOI comes comas g out of tf The howlers r of school children when in the te throes throe of composition are nr pro proverbial proverbial Dr Macnamara among others ther cites these thee In a composition on Man Ian a boy wrote wot among other things Man is the th only animal l that can c n strike a light anti and an aTe aTSo a u uhe he Is hs tho the only animal anima that blows blos his nose In a piece of or composition on uA A Railway Journey a girl pirl writes You have to get geta get geta a ticket which is a piece pico of paper papEr ana anc vou you give Sive It to a man who ho cuts a hole In Inh it h It to lot let you pass through Standard V Boy BA BoyA A pig when vine living has ha four lour legs but when you yu U kill ki it the te butcher says it only on has two because ht he ht calls the front legs leg shoulders and the back cals legs logs are called hams Ham Rant tastes nice and they boil boi ft t to eat et at a wedding The missus sprinkles little bits of toast on it to make it it look pretty |