Présentation de l'éditeur
Having thus delivered the prologue, let us come to close quarters with the first phase of our subject: 1. Exam.-R oom Equipment. The thing. It is a generally accepted fact that the best equipment for the exam, room is, of course, a thorough knowledge of the subject matter of the examination, and it will be agreed, too, that this equipment is not such as is within ones power or province wholly to give. To dislocate the standard text-books by a series of short articles is a task requiring more wit than can be credited to a Prizeman. There are, however, many little details besides this great essential, knowledge, which may be borne in mind when taking an examination. It is one thing to have the knowledge ;it is quite another to be able to transmit it to paper rapidly and coolly. Thus no apology is offered for the trivial nature of these details following, for an enviable possession genius has been defined as the capacity for taking infinite pains ;one would therefore suggest, from experience :{a) The use of a good fountain pen, to which the examinee has accustomed himself during his studies. If this be not possible, then let him take with him a few of his favourite nibs. Exam.-room pens are proverbially shaky, to use no rougher term, and there is nothing worse than a bad-pen, unless it is bad writing. {b) It is wise to familiarise oneself with the exam, room, and ones place in it, before starting to work. We all know how it was that first days nervousness that ploughed us, and how we greeted the examiners, and theL ord High seniors in charge, on the morning of the second day with an air of gaiety which would ill have befitted our frame of mind on the morning of the first day. To use an I rishism, therefore, make your first day your second, by arriving at the room early or the night before, and wearing off that feeling of unfamiliarity with the situation and sur
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