Mutual Improvement Society.
' [CJommunioated.3 - The! Hall .(Wwloyan schooUroom): • Was the arena, of literary combatantH lasterening. After the work of the evenings-readings tod criticisms— I " sharp practice " was introduced. The initiative or way is simple enough, but it i» a -testing gaugo > to one's erndition or literary reputation. Each member proposes a written question on a slip of paper, these slips are thrown into a hat, »nd then drawn ind^iftiriately by the mombei*. yrouvt^e propounded question on the .•lip an answer and an impromptu deliverance is expected.^ Last evening's ordeal was creditable to the society. The good lire improves the comfort of the room very sensibly. Why .don't the young men attend in , greater numbers J
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 195, 15 July 1884, Page 3
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115Mutual Improvement Society. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 195, 15 July 1884, Page 3
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