Been there Himself

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 4, Issue 8, 1 February 1926, Page 59

Been there Himself

AREMUERA man had a son at college in Edinburgh, and last week the young man wrote home a long letter, which his mother proceeded to read to his father when he arrived home that evening. “Of course,” the letter ran, “the main thing about a place like this is

the atmosphere. It is not the actual learning that counts, but the spirit that pervades the college, the splendid effect of contact with great minds, the noble thoughts—” “That’ll do,” interrupted dad, “what’s the young beggar failed in this time?”