Show P tri le professors ADVICE lya lt V followed bat jt spoiled the sast 1 they tell this story of a college prank the boya at princeton played on profess or winky young professor saor of nsf i tr onomy ilia recitations were recently held the first tiling in the morning and he had to admonish the students in his division to correct the fault of bess which lie claimed was increasing E in a lamentable manner and when one v of the students explained that they all t studied eo late at night they were apt to oversleep in the morning ho kindly t advised them to secure alarm clocks which he said one of the most val liable and useful inventions the next day nearly every student in the class came into recitation with an alarm clock in his pocket which by patient abid united effort set so that one would go off promptly at every sue of the hour the effect can be imagined shortly after the first student was called to recite one of the clocks in the pocket of a boy at the other end of tho room went off with a ter clamor and before it had finished a second in another part of the room made even a louder racket there was a brief interval which the professor utilized to call up another san d ent but the latter was scarcely on his feet before the third clock went off the performance was continued for half an hour or more when the professor who had u keen sense of humor recognized the situation and cut short the fun by terminating the recitation the boys explained that aliey bad followed his advice and secured r m clocks which they were carrying around with them because they were likely to fall asleep at most any time st louis globo |