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“...96 THE MASS MEETING. During the term strange notices appeared on the noticeboards of the Girls' and Boys’ Schools, culminating in the announcement of a mass meeting to be held in the girls’ playroom. So much curiosity Was aroused that almost every boy and girl attended the meeting, where they dis- covered that it lad been oiganised by the Clefusian Com- mittee to stir up interest in the publication of the magazine. The majority present promised a yearly susbcripiion before they left the room. 31 MONG the strange sights which I have had the good fortune to see was a large Pagan Mass, as I often heard it called, iwhich took place on the twenty-ninth day or Miarch in the year of grace, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two according to our reckoning. For many days 1 had heard the younger slaves shout and say, “Wherefore do our gods thus tease, putting up wise statements, the meanings of which we cannot un- derstand?” Then took they me to a small board suspended on one of the walls cl' their...”
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“...in its pages during the year 2000. Hoping you and your staff will derive con- siderable cheer from these, J am, Yours, “Well-Wisher”. 1. Sir, T am a centenarian and a constant reader of The Chefusian. A copy of your first issue, a legacy, is one of my most treasured possessions. Youthful Reader. 2. Dear Editor, Yon will kindly inform your readers that the Home Council, acting on Board of Education Instructions, has de- cided that as from February 1 next, Arithmetic shall not be taught in the Schools. This decision is to avoid a waste of time. It is made possible by the wonderful accuracy and the elaborate na- ture of the automatic calculating machines, which have been perfected in recent years. Council Secretary. 3. Dear Editor, The delays of Transatlantic air-mail service are be- coming unendurable. A letter posted from my home in America yesterday morning was not delivered to me here until after 1 p.m. today. Chefoo. School Captain. 4. Dear Editor, I use the ordinary forcing chemicals...”
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“...buildings to the Home Block when the aero vacuum cleaner accidently descended too low, so that the powerful suction drew him into the dust receptacle. The dustman-pilot, however, noticed the mishap, and. alighting at the spot, at once extricated the unconscious boy. S. A. D. (>. Dear Sir, We have heard that three thousand small silver coins, know as “threepenny bits” which were withdrawn from circulation three generations ago, have just been un- earthed at Aberdeen, during excavations. Could not the schools procure a real live one for the TTb classroom? Anxious. ,7" HIS term we have been favoured with a surprisingly interesting series of lectures. The first was given during the first week of the term, as the lecturer was on his way to Shanghai. Mr. Edgar of Tibet entertained us for an hour with information about the country from which he had first come and with stories of travel and missionary endeavour, adding that spice of hu- mour which establishes immediate contact between the lec- turer and...”
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“...slides. After the audience had been suitably entertained by “Oh Jemima” and other ditties from the Girls’ School, Mr. Duncan proceeded hopefully. The lecture was very comprehensive, starting from Andre’s balloon expedition in the last century and closing with Sir Hubert Wilkins’ at- tempt to go by submarine to the North Pole last year. - rl he End of Term Concert was held on the last Mon- dav of term. The programme consisted chiefly of piano- forte pieces and songs by various members of both Schools. The last item was a humorous lecture on “Birds”, illustrat- ed copiously with lantern slides. Mr. Duncan accomplish- ed the difficult feat of entertaining an audience for half an hour with spicy humour. His remarks were frequently interrupted by the deliberate attempts o;f the lantern op- erators to create a disturbance and still more frequently by the peals of laughter indulged in by the audience as they saw familiar faces on the screen. It was an excellent wind-up to a good concert. A. D....”