PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.
At ft rnrt.uln iirmninent medical school in connect,inn wlUi one of o'.ir great hotipUuln Uu-rc ii: n Ht.uff lecturer wliniiP fad if< enforcing the neceHHit.y of <t .iorfot pofiiteHHlng the ability to pii(\tcii nlrcp fit odd minut.cn. The itrofcMm.i-, wb<>, for hiw absorbing hobby i»i t.Mc pmuctilar direction hnii by the students, fond t.r bit" ,>? Uicy are in other respecti-i, "OM Knvly Winks," was the other day "nln'K l '"' "n his pet topic toward!! the clone of a ninety minutes' long .lecture, something after this fashion : "And let me again impress upon you, young gentlemen, the extreme desirability of training yourselves t n that invaluable habit of sleeping here, there, and everywhere, whenever { n unexpected quarter of rii hour offers itself to recuperate what may be your otherwise exhausted energies. It may come anywhere, any time,; but seize the opportunity whenever you feel you are bored, pei haps, with what is going on a-ro--nd you—when you feel your time is bein» unprotitably employed." nd tlnn, from the back bench o! the schojl lecture theatre came two 'oud, unmistakable anores !
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 568, 17 May 1913, Page 6
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