Chips: Yes.Student Dorset: Was he a stinker too, sir?Mr.Chips: To be sure he was.But he grew out of it.And so will you.He is asked about his school position by Dorset, prompting him to reflect back to his first year:Mr.Chips: I was a master once.I""ve taught thousands of boys, right back to 1870.But I gave it up, gave it up fifteen years ago.Student: I say, you must be terribly old, sir.Mr.Chips: Well, I""m certainly no chicken, no chicken.When he hears the singing of the school song, he mouths he words to himself: "A beautiful song." The elderly Chips is thoroughly revered by the young boys and greeted warmly at the conclusion of the assembly.That I can have it if I need it.I can""t be cut off completely.That""s the devil.That""s what drives you crazy.Gloria returns and again flirtatiously runs her finger along the back of his neck.The siren temptress gets reacquainted with the confident, booze-soaked Birnam whom she suspects is a high-rolling, articulate, wealthy gentleman:Don: Shall we dance?Gloria: You""re awfully pretty, Mr."Visual gags in the comic scenes included a prolonged cross-country car chase, a pratfall into a mansion""s swimming pool, changing facial expressions in a portrait, and tramps scampering onto boxcars, among others.Flashback:October 24, 1955 (Monday)Kyle Hadley""s Romantic Advances on Executive Secretary Lucy Moore:Single, hard-working Lucy Moore had recently been hired as executive secretary in the New York offices of an ad agency that was working on a publicity campaign for one of its clients - the Hadley Oil Company, ruled by patriarch Jasper Hadley (Robert Keith), Kyle""s father.