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Directions 9b was filled when Vag got there. He crowded in near the door with the Gray-Flannels and Tweed-Skirt, and heard--but couldn't see--the professor...
Presently the classroom began to fill. Eight legs of dark gray-flannel, one tweed-skirt, and five moving tongues completed Vag's row. He leaned back and looked around the room, his eyes following waving hands, his ears following friendly greetings, and his nose following the feminine scents wafting up and down the aisle...
Afterwards, Vag heard the Gray-Flannels and Tweed-Skirt. "Tremendous lecturer," one pair was saying. "He really gets down to the meaning of essence." another agreed. "For me," the Tweed-skirt said solemnly, "it holds the essential truths on which we might base all thought...
Most foolproof method, but unfortunately limited to women, Editor Bryson wrote, is "the silk stocking system." It involves hiding prepared notes "in the tops of stockings directly beneath the skirt, which is shyly and slyly raised when help is needed" and then modestly pulled down whenever a proctor passes. "The professor is obviously stymied in the matter of proof or investigation...
...afternoon session, Christmas Day, brought a simple, stirring final ceremony. Two men, representing the Assembly and the Government, came on the stage under Sun Yat-sen's huge portrait. One was old Wu Chih-hui, dean of the delegates, in satin jacket, skirt and slippers. The other was Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, in white gloves and military khaki. An Army band played the national anthem. The crowded Assembly bowed three times before Sun's likeness; Wu mumbled Sun's will. Then from the chairman's aged hand the Gimo received the Constitution, bound in red and gold...