..Debris . iig (a—x) {a-\-x)—x (a — x) Cancelling, a-\-x=x Substituting, .r+.r=.v Or .1— Substituting its value 47-5 = 2 x ;, That is an A, Professor. Were vou ever hypnotized, Professor. Let ine trymy hand on you. A strong, lovely, wonderful genius like yourself would makean excellent subject. But, by the way, am I not entitled to an A; I demonstratedit mathematically to you? No? Are you a member of the Grand Order ofHoo-Hoos? No? I know thirty-six different grips. Professor. Dont youbelong to anything? (despairingly.) No, Mr. Smith, I dont believe I can give you an A. You must b


..Debris . iig (a—x) {a-\-x)—x (a — x) Cancelling, a-\-x=x Substituting, .r+.r=.v Or .1— Substituting its value 47-5 = 2 x ;, That is an A, Professor. Were vou ever hypnotized, Professor. Let ine trymy hand on you. A strong, lovely, wonderful genius like yourself would makean excellent subject. But, by the way, am I not entitled to an A; I demonstratedit mathematically to you? No? Are you a member of the Grand Order ofHoo-Hoos? No? I know thirty-six different grips. Professor. Dont youbelong to anything? (despairingly.) No, Mr. Smith, I dont believe I can give you an A. You must be a K. of Professor (showing his pin), or a member of the Purdue Athletic Association (disijlaying his button). No? Arent you a ModernWoodman, a Red Man, an Odd Fellow, a— (aside, ecstatically, I have it!iOh! Professor (emotionally), arent you a fellow-member of the Order ofAsses— Percy (at last falling upon Opies manly bosom), Yes, brother, you guessedright the very last time. Heres your Whats the Ansv/er? Skillet is a Genius. He has a first mortgage on the 04 class and a lieu on everything elsearound the University. We who are jealous of his successes in a political way try to make capitalout of his mistakes and find ourselves put immediately on the defensive. He was a bum footballplayer and a worse trainer, yet he was elected captain of the team. We thought, fondly, that thatwould cook his goose, but it didnt. In the face of that and class prejudice he was elected captainof the baseball team on which he had not been the best player by a long shot, nor the oldest. Didthat fix his clock? Yes—for about fifteen minutes and then he was bigger than ever. He was elected president of his class in his freshman year and 03 licked the tar out of 04that year. Did it queer Skillet? Well, no, not exactly; he was elected president the next yearunanimously. In that year 04 had diplomatic business to perform which required great skill and was the head goat.


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