Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1915 — COULDN’T STAND THE TEST [ARTICLE]

COULDN’T STAND THE TEST

Applicant for College Chair Had to Confess His Ignorance of One Modern Language. "You aspire to become our professor of modem language?” asked the president of the board of trustees of the Milledgeville college. "Yes, sir,” was the respectful answer of the applicant. “Koennen Sie Deutsch sprachen?" asked the trustee sharply. “Jawohl!” came the answer of the applicant, not to be taken off his guard thus easily. “Parlez-vous francais?" demanded the interrogator, giving the applicant no tiiqe to recover. “Oul," said the applicant. The president beamed with pleasure upon his fellow members of the board. “It seems,” he said, addressing no one in particular, “that the gentleman is eminently qualified for the post. “But,” turning again to the applicant, there is one more question that. I must ask you. What is the simian equivalent of fear afe expressed in the monkey language as translated by Professor Gamer?” Realizing that he had failed in the supreme test, the applicant turned sadly away.