Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917 by Various
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page 34 of 52 (65%)
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However this roughness is to be corrected, as we see by the following:-- "ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-DAY. "Class in Elementary Polish begins, King's College, 6."--_The Times._ Splendid! These colleges think of everything. * * * * * OUR CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE. So much good has notoriously been done during the great conflict by letters to the Press that Mr. Punch, recognising the importance of having this branch of War-work taught to the young, has engaged a gentleman of ample leisure and few responsibilities, who hides behind the _nom de guerre_ "Paterfamilias," to deliver a series of instructive lectures on the subject. By the time the student has absorbed a complete course he will he qualified to write to the papers on any topic, and, to adopt every tone from the pleading and querulous to the indignant and hectoring. From this can follow nothing less than the complete rout of the Germans. SYLLABUS OF LECTURES. _I.--A World in Darkness._ The world before newspapers--Unbearable thought--No Street and no Man in it--Unfortunate position of great Generals of history, ALEXANDER, HANNIBAL, CÆSAR, etc., in lacking support or criticism by military experts--Their |
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