The principal of a high school tells the following anecdote:— One day at school I gave a bright boy a eum in algebra, and although it was comparatively easy, he conldn't do its I remarked? " You ought to be ashamed of youi>elf. At your age George Washington was a surveyor." The boy looked me straight in the face and replied : " Yes and.** your acre he was Preiideot of the United Stale*."
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 236, 31 July 1902, Page 1
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71Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 236, 31 July 1902, Page 1
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