SCHOOL “HOWLERS”
Quoted By Mr. Appleton
Several schoolboy “howlers” were quoted by the chairman of the Wellington Technical College board of governors, Mr. AV. Appleton, when speaking at the annual breaking-up ceremony of the college last night. They included : A boy, asked his opinion of Nero, replied that the less said about Nero the bettor. A boy defined a cone as a unit of icecream measurement.
A Conservative is a house for green things full of hot air. Referring to the widow’s cruze, a boy said Elijah was a prophet who Avent for a cruise with a widow.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 72, 17 December 1938, Page 12
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