CO129-498-21 Government Educational department- salaries- prospects and vacancies 15-7-1926 - 25-1-1927 — Page 29

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It was a bleak December, and the examination was held on the 6th. On the previous night, I went to bed early in order that I might be well prepared for the morrow, but the night was cold, my mind was given up to imagination, so that I could hardly fall into a sound sleep. In the morning,

when the air was fresh and dewy, I got up and had a little exercise.

After breakfast, I started for the University with my friends. On the way, we met many boys and girls who were also going for that examination. In about ten minutes' time, the University building came in sight, and we went in through the main entrance where our mistress was already waiting. She first led us in and then went to find the room where the seats were prepared for our examination. While we were waiting outside the room, we felt rather nervous. "Wake up, girls, don't be so nervous and be steady," said our mistress to us.

Then the bell rang, and we went into the room for the first paper.

Through my nervousness I took a wrong seat, No. 755 instead of 754. What a strange, big room it seemed with three long lines of desks and the countenances of the girls which were not familiar to us! Then entered two lady examiners who provided each of us with a question paper on which several questions were set. I, having an unsettled mind like Ulysses, took a long time to think whether I should take this one or the other, but at last I chose one. The time passed swiftly; just when I had finished my essay and had written half of my letter, I heard the lady speaking suddenly, "Fifteen minutes more. I just finished in time. Now the

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first paper was over, and what a relief!

The bell rang again, and we dispersed for a moment and went back to the cloak room where there were conversations exchanged amongst us as if we were birds twittering on the tree in the morning. We had to be back again for another paper after an interval. By the end of the morning we went home for tiffin. How do you like the papers?" asked my cousin. Well, the first one was not bad, but the second one was rather distasteful, for those sums were hard and tricky; I think I could hardly have got half of them right," said I.

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After having my Free Hand Drawing in the afternoon, a day's work was over. I was glad to get home, which seemed to be the haven from the storms and perils of the world. Mathematics, a dreaded subject of mine, would start our second day's work next morning, so I looked them over and prepared for the morrow.

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Next morning, I went to the University again, and it seemed that everything was quite familiar to me.

In The longest examination was on Thursday afternoon. the evening we returned home, the sun was already going down among purple islands of clouds.

Seven days quickly passed, then all our work was over. I was so happy that my burden was released, yet I was full of eagerness about the coming out of the result.