Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1911-04-07 | Page 6 | What the Boys Thought

what the boys thought dr martin 0 brumbaugh ot of philadelphia tells this story on a prominent educator who one day visited oa one e of the elementary schools the teacher asked him it if he ha wished to say a word or two said eald dr brumbaugh and he did ile he decided to illustrate a point he was making by a problem in long division the intricacies of which the class had bad just mastered lie put down the necessary figures and then said bald now novi lot let us ua see how many times this number will go into the other let us ua try six ile he tried six and as aa a a he intended six alx do well lets try five then he h said maid five war wan all right and he went ahead with its his talk on hla his way home that evening tie he overheard two cwb stall small boys with book bags and heard this c conver on aton say bill did a long whiskered bald headed old teller come into your room today 7 yep replied dill bill and did he you your said bill well so ao he did to us but the funniest thing by gully was that the he old d chump stumped himself ou on an pie to in long ong division