HOWLERS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 64, 15 March 1919, Page 15

HOWLERS.

ANZACS " A EACE OF SAVAGES." (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, January 6. Some laughable examples of the results of undigested school lessons discovered in a recent school examination papers have been compiled by the " University Correspondent." Some of these " howlers " betray mental inuddlement of a really high order, as for example, the youth whose studies in geography and history appear to have become mixed up so thoroughly with war news of the day that he wrote d<nvn the Anzacs as "a race of South American savages." The boy who could mix up the " Anzacs " of Gallipoli with the Aztecs of Mexico wants some beating as a sample of the produce of modern educational methods in the primary schools of the Old Country. But the mathematical student who declared that "The side in front of the biggest angle is called the hypophosphate" runs him close. Other quotations are as follows: — Martin Luther was nailed to the church door of Wittenberg for selling papal indulgences. Chicago is a large town at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The Menai Straits are crossed by a tubercular bridge. Shakespeare ran away to London and worked outside a picture palace. The masculine of heroine is kipper. To find the number of square feet in n room you multiply the room by the number of feet. The product is the result. Simon de Montfort formed what was known as the Mad Parliament —it was something the same as it is at the present day. The X-rays are produced when the sun's rays cross each other. Avogadro's Law is as to whether a. molecule consists of 1, 2 or 4 atoms. If 1 it is called a nomad, if 2 a dryad, and so on. Vivax anium—the vivacity of the apes. Vis umbilica —A naval force. Elle le baisa sur le front—She lowered him on to his head. The hairloom is something like a carpet loom, but is used to make fringenets. The German plenipotentiaries were blind folded and then directed to Foch's house. After sitting up all night the German delegates decided to sing at 5 a.m.