TO SUIT HIS INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY

New Zealand Tablet, 12 October 1911, Page 2053

TO SUIT HIS INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY

. £ good story is going the rounds at a certain university regarding one of the sarcastic professors, who was recently conducting an oral examination in a very scientific study. - - J There was one student, handsome, easy, and selfpossessed, who appeared to be utterly ignorant of the simplest phases of the subject. . Professor W. put question after question to him, without receiving one intelligent reply. Finally the student said, naively: ‘ I’m very unfortunate, Professor; you never ask me anything I know.’ The professor said nothing, but gravely tore off a tiny piece of paper from a convenient pad. j , Here, Mr. 8., he said, handing it to the student ihurfy ’ ali y ° U kn ° W ‘ Take plenty of time—there’s no