Austin Trevor credited as playing...
Ralston
- Ralston: [to Mr. Chips] And when you write that books of yours, remember that in addition to all those boys you taught, you managed to teach something to at least one headmaster.
- Ralston: A year ago, I told you I wanted the new style of Latin pronunciation taught. And you totally ignored it.
- Mr. Chipping 'Mr. Chips': Oh, that. Nonsense, in my opinion. Nonsense. What's the good of teaching boys to say 'Kikero', when, for the rest of their lives, they'll say 'Sissero'
- [Cicero]
- Mr. Chipping 'Mr. Chips': ? If they say it a'tall. Instead of 'vy-sissum', you'd make them say 'we-kiss-'em
- [vicissim, adverb; in turn, again]
- Mr. Chipping 'Mr. Chips': .
- Ralston: There you are. I'm trying to make Brookfield an up-to-date school and you insist on clinging to the past. The world's changing, Mr. Chipping.
- Mr. Chipping 'Mr. Chips': [Chips then states his theory on the loss of grace and manners, quoted above, herein]