HUMOUR.
Theory and Practice A lady of intellectual tastes found it difficult to collect all the facts sho wished to remember. She therefore sccurd the srvices of a professor of 000 of the best memory systems. Scarcely had the professor taken hi* . departure, after a successful first leason. when a loud double-knock wa* - heard at the front door. “Who was that, Maryt” she inquired of the servant, when the latter returned from answering the knock. “Oh, if you please, ma’am,” said Maty, “it was the memory man; ha forgot his umbrella. ’ ’ His Profession “Well, my good fellow, this is * great University. Its name is know* m every corner of the world. When you leave here you can be proud of your background. Think of it. Yo* have had evciy advantage a young man could desire. Your four years have been spent in profitable pursuit of the greatest thoughts of the greatest minds the world has known. Now your time has come to choose a profession. The world is entitled to expect a lot from you. What are you going to turn , your hand to? ” • “I’ve got a job at a pickle factory.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 317, 5 December 1929, Page 7
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