SENSE OF HUMOUR
‘Something to be Treasured’ The advantages to be derived from the possession of a sense of humour were mentioned by the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, in an address at the prizegiving ceremony at Wellington College last evening. To those who possessed such an asset, his advice was, “Don’t let anyone drive it out, Keep it, for it is something to be treasured.” Sense of humour, said Mr. Hislop, was something that helped immeasurably in such a time of national anxiety as the Great War. The national characteristic of the British people was to meet difficulties with a smile, and with it to take their minds off stark reality. By that means they were able to go forward with more grit to ultimate victory, and just as a sense of humour helped in the days of 1914 to 191 S, so, in these troublesome times, would it help to carry the people through to better days.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 69, 14 December 1932, Page 10
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160SENSE OF HUMOUR Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 69, 14 December 1932, Page 10
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