A North of England schoolmaster has made an interesting discovery. After several months of very mediocre work, two or three of his pupils. suddenly developed a remarkable skill in literary composition on self-chosen subjects. Naturally he encouraged them. But their partiality to certain pet subjects soon proved their undoing. One day two boys sitting on opposite sides of the class composed essays that were almost identical. Then it was that the schoolmaster discovered bundles of cigarette cards in each scholar’s pockets, the engaging letterpress on those cards having thus done duty as original effort!
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18614, 16 November 1928, Page 9
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