A Capitalistic Charlie

We hear from a usually reliable source that stage III of a certain department have suddenly stopped coming to lectures. Evidently one capitalistic charlie is taking the lectures down on tape; getting his wife to type and stencil it out at home; and selling the result to the rest of the class at 3d each. The stage has almost been reached where the lecturer delivers his lecture into a microphone in his study! Presumably in those lectures demanding visual attention, the same charlie will rig up a closed-circuit television system, so that the class can enjoy the whole thing In the snug comfort of Mrs Hargreaves's coffee salon. Incidentally, it puts the lie to the whole lecturing system (as compared to the tutorial system) doesn't it?