The supply of examination "howlers" is wfill kept up. A correspondent of the London "Spoctotor" gives these examples:—l once (lslcod tho boys to define the word "prism." One' boy answered: "A prism is a kind of sphinx," and illustrated his answer by a picture of a pyramid. Other samples nro: "A decease is an incurabln disease." "The Sublime Porte is a very fine old wine." "Rubens is, a town in Belgium famous for, paint.?-
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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74Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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