LITERARY JOKE.
PROFESSORS HOODWINKED
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
Received March 30, 10 a.ni. CAPETOWN, March 29
The whole country is laughing at a joke perpetrated on the literary authorities at the Rand University. Jn a magazine competition Shelley’s lyric, “Like the ghost of a dear friend dead,” was submitted under a, nom-de-pluhe, and was awarded third prize, the judges stating that the writer showed promise and deserved encouragement, but his diction was not clear. —Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 March 1925, Page 5
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