Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1893 — Educational Thirst Was Limited. [ARTICLE]

Educational Thirst Was Limited.

A school master was one day instructing his class in a scientific subject, when, wishing to simplify the explanation of a certain point by an every-day illustration, be asked: “Have any of you boys ever stirred up a wasp’s nest?” “Yes, sir, I have," promptly answered one of the smaller boys. “Well,” said the master, encouragingly, thinking tq draw out the boy’s intelligence, “what was the result?" “Please, sir, I didn’t wait to see," answered the boy.