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Show COULDN'T STAND THE TEST Applicant for College Chair Had to Confess His Ignorance of One Modern Language. "You aspire to become our professor profes-sor of modern language?" asked the president of the board of trustees of the Milledgeville college. "Yes, sir," was the respectful answer an-swer of the the applicant. "Koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?" asked the trustee sharply. "Jowohl!" came the answer of the applicant, not to be taken off his guard thus easily. "Parlez-vous francals?" demanded the lnterogator, giving the applicant no time for recovery. "Oui." said the applicant. The president pres-ident beamed with pleasure upon his fellow members of the board. "It seems," he said addressing no one in particular, "that the gentleman Is eminently qualified for the post. But," turning again to the applicant, "there Is one more question that I must ask you. What is the simian equivalent of fear as expressed in the monkey language as transcribed by Professor Garner?" Realizing that he had failed in the supreme test, the applicant turned sadly away. His Turn Coming. "Why do you go out rowing -with that man? He thinks it's funny to rock the boat." "I've heard so," replied the athletic girl. "I took a dislike to him the first time I saw him, and I'm just dying for an excuse to hit him over the head with an oar." Washington Star. |