Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — LESSON ENDED RIGHT THERE [ARTICLE]

LESSON ENDED RIGHT THERE

Third Answer to His Question Must Have Ueft School Superintendent Gasping "for Breath. Superintendent of Schools Shieis of Los Angeles, while endeavoring to teach a class of boys the compositionof sentences, said to them: “If I ask you ‘What have I in my hand?’ you must not answer ‘chalk,’ but compose a complete sentence such as, ‘You have a piece of chalk in your hand.’ Now We will continue. “What have I on my feet?” “Boots,” was the immediate answer. “Wrong, you haven’t listened to my directions.” “Socks,” answered another heedless one. “Wrong again; worse than ever,” protested Shieis in exasperation., “Well?” as another pupil raised his band. “Please, sir,” then he paused. Perhaps he thought his answer might seem funny, but convinced that it was right, he gasped out recklessly, “corns I”