THE HUMOUR OF SCHOOL CANDIDATES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 4243, 18 January 1883, Page 2

THE HUMOUR OF SCHOOL CANDIDATES.

At the London School Board, on Thursday, the Kov. Canon Daniel reporting on the candidates for scholarships presented by city companies, said that some of the papers would afford amusing problems to those persons who believe that there is always a good reason for a wrong answer. Some of tho most extraordinary auswors were as follows :' — ■' The climate of England determines to be rather uuhealthy on acoount of its having so many smells aud slinks, such as tauner3 and irauy others." " The old world naturally wa* Europe, aud, now the new world is Europe, Asia, etc." " Bueuos is in Germany, Ay res in Frauce." The history paper coutaius statements of a still more Btartliug character:— "Milton wrote a sensible poem, oalled 'Canterbury Tales.' " «• Henry 11. got driukiug intoxicating liquors until he was conimouly calledd ruuk." " Magna' Charta was passed so that the people should not worship the place where Moses died." " Magna Charta was ordered by the King to be beheaded. He fled to Italy, but was captured and executed." " Free trade means not connected with any other establishment,, aud charging no discount." One boy described Henry 11. as doing penance for his share in Becket's death by walking barefoot, and Veoeiviag "shacks w\h a tola"