Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-03-16

A COLLEGE SKETCH.

"Elnathan," said Obadiah Stackpole,
addressing bis son, a. the latter, valise in
hand, was starting for the stage coach
which was drawn up before the country
door, ''now mind-I want you to study
and iarn jes' the same as they did in Gin
eral Washington's day. Don't you have
noth'n to dew with their boats, nor their
base.balls, nor none SIGH. Now 60 an be
. good boy"
He was . fair-facsd, brown-skinned
hard handed lad, not yet seventeen, and
not very large of his age. His blood
was of the very best and purest of the
Puritan stock-pure as to honor, truth
and sterling worth, I mean. An uncle
on bis mothers side was q clergyman,
who, of his own good will, had fitted Ell.
nathan for college, having found mental
soil Of the richest quality. There was an
other relative of the family-an elder
cousin on his fathers side, who had re.
tired from the sea with Incompetence, and
to whose bounty Elnathan was indebted
for the privileges opening before him
This cousin, always. called "Uncle Will,
was firm believer in the doctrine of self
defence, and an adept in every art toward
that end. He had, for fun, he said
trained the boy until he had become an
expert in all muscular exercises and
sports
Elnathan entered college quiet, modest,
and unobtrusive, determined to gain all
the information possible. He owed it to
his friends 90 to do; and, moreover, such
was his personal wish. Very shortly he
wss approached by parties whose bust
ness it was to gather money for the pur-
chase of a boat. He shook his head and
mildly said, No. He had promised his
father that he would not do 1t.
~ have come here to study" he said,
mot to play. I shall be ready at all
proper times to join in your innocen,
sports, but care not to organize sport.
ing in connection with my studies"
"A preacherl A preacher" was 'the
CRY. And the story Of the "Moral Young
Man" from Vermont went through the
college.
One day, shortly after this, as Elnathar
vas walking over the college grounds
with q light cane in his hand, three Of
four students came up behind him. HI
had just time to turn and see that they
belonged to a class above him, whsr
his cane was caught from his hsni
and broken over the knee of the you'll
Who had taken it, and at the same tim,
his new, tall, silk hat was beat down Owe
his eyes.
~Oho! Freshmen don't carry cane
hese, Morality; and they don't wear plug
hsts. Be sase you don't let NJ see 20,
hgeaking the rules again" And the!
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