In the Future
Scene : A school m the year 1950. Teacher: (to new boy): "John, have you got your certificate of vaccination against small pox ? J: ' Yes, sir." " Have you been inoculated for croup ? ' ."Yes, sir," " Have you had an injection of cholera bacillus ? " . "Yes, sir." " Have you a written guarantee that you are proof against whooping-cough, measles, and scarlet fever ? ' ■ "Yes, .sir." " Are you provided with your own drinking cup ? " "Yes, sir."
' Will you make a solemn promise never to exchange sponges "with the other boys, and never to use any other pencil butt your own ? " "Yes, sir." "Bo you agree to have your books fumigated "With sulphur, and your clothes sprinkled with chloride of lime once a week.?" "Yes, sir." "I see that you fulfil all the requirements of modern hygienics. Now you can climb over that wire, place yourself on an isolated aluminium seat, and commence your arithmetic." G.F. J. (With apologies to the " Optimist," 16/10/15.)
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Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 4, 1 October 1915, Page 192
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159In the Future Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 4, 1 October 1915, Page 192
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