Show Classroom Antics Divulged Mystery Mastery of Solved Since Time began began or or maybe before before before be be- fore that even eyen prophets and wise guys guys have been devising means of telling you how to ascertain ascertain ascer- ascer tain ain the character of your neigh- neigh neighbors neighbors bors frien friends s enemies and casual acquaintances At the present time there are listed in English alone upwards of twenty five thousand such devices all claiming i that such things as what a man eats for lunch with whom he associates associates as as- what side of the streetcar street street- car he sits on and the way he parts his haid paid are dead give give- Though I Ih never never- with met much success trying any of these methods I have by close classroom classroom classroom class class- room observation devised a plan of my own by which I believe itis it itis is s possible to tell not only what manner of man or woman the individual individual individual in in- in question is but also with a degree of accuracy where he ic was the night before If he sits habitually on the edge of his spinal column feet either over the arm of his chair or on the he seat ahead elbow propped on onlie the lie arm rest and hand shading the eyes he probably works nights I please dont don't chorus Who Vho comes home ome and studies until his 8 20 One who sits up straight I land and busily takes notes throughout the hour will probably get an A HA HAo out o t of the course that course that is the subtlest method of polishing ap ap- ples She who curls cuds her feet up and sits on them after the manner manner manner man man- ner of a cat on her tail has had a ahard ahard ahard hard night of it she too usually falls faUs aspeel resting the chin in her hand He who sits on the edge of his seat is either of a nervous disposition disposition disposition dis dis- dis- dis position the lecture has him all excited he has a boil or an appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap which he will make by bythe bythe bythe the simple expedient of walking out of class at the appointed min min- ute A seat at the front of the room indicates either a name beginning with A a strong tendency to I polish apples or near One at the rear is an indication of ofa a name at the zero end of the alphabet sightedness far-sightedness indifference indifference indifference ference or a skimping on sleep And now if you will vill pardon the foregoing bit of pre-examination pre mental gymnastics Ill I'll exit exit exit- gracefully and with many thanks I for your kind attention and prolonged prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed applause |