The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-21
Good Morning, Professor.

In this, favored land the Professor is
running the Co lionel q pretty close race,
ana the Colonel may just as well under
stand that he has to hump himself or
nc IL get shut out at the distance pole.
Just after the close of the war the Col.
onel took such start that The most
sangune friends Of the Professor admit.
tea that he never could catch up. But
the Professor is one of the immortal few
that were not born 10 die, and while tho
Republic lasts he will be on deck. Seed
time and harvest may fail, summer may
cease and the winter may not endure
MOI ning and even time may pass away,
but the Pro 'essor will be here. This is
The country for him, and while it is def
nltely settled by the last census that the
Colonel is dying out, and that there is
now but one Colonel to every thirty
seven OF population, the Professor is
on the increase and holds all that he
gains.
The title IS most honorable and at
one time ii represented only the broad
est scholarship, the proroundoSt learn
ing. 1t represented long years of lard,
patient study of mcn and books and
things. 1T meant thought. 1t meant
brains. 1t meant wis lon. 1t meant
standing in the world OF intellect. 1t
was title hard to win and sparingly
bestowed. Now
A new barber comes to town and
opens tonsorial par.orsn-onc room
and two chairs-he is Prof. Scrapcr. \
man goes around the country trad,nu
horses and selling cure for r;nr-bone
Prof. Snalilc, the eminent veterinary
surgeon; because where Il physician who
ministers to human suffer no, with all
the learning and skill the colleges can
give him, is content and proud to be
called doctor, the tray cling ''hoss doc
tor is always and evervwherr PRO
lessor a man hires IL hall end teach
eS people to dan"p-Prof. LimhtrO It
re may not be able to make o,rr his own
bills, and spells scholtiShp with seven
cmployc goes mp III Il balloon Prof.
Hasoag, the daring aerunaul. Nrnlircd
prize lighter 0pchS II gymnasium and
boxing school ro!. Rrrli<cr. in :tructor
OF physical science and EluSru'ar devcl-
opmcnt. a man takes his ri,'c and
makes thirty n,nc buli'S eve, i'm the tar
get out Of = 30 ;sib!c forty at cinh. hum
drcd yards ~.ito:. GluhrSitc. nj uvcrtho
can con or his dcrrcn A Tc\n; cow
boy comes north and breaks hor cs for a
living Prof. Tocca'k. \ man swims
further than any other man -- Professor.
A man cuts cornS an cures bun.ons for
living Professor; he walt2cs three
hours without resting Pro ossor; plavS
the fiddle and imparts to others the Sc.
crots of the diabolical art-Professor
Wlil-S n G. cnl
street goes without catino
twenty davs--Protcseor; rides -four
horses bareba ck--Profcssor; sings in the
cholr-Professor; teaches Il brass band
Professor; cures warts-Professor:
plays billiards for living Professor;
trains dogs Professors; performs some
clever tricks of sleight of hand-profes-
sor; does anything in the world except
teach, and knows less of books and
schools than he does Of Hcaycn-Pro-
feSsor.
The Colonel differs widely from the
Professor in that no reason is ever u.s.
signed for his being. A man is simply
called "Culoncl,' either hcrase he was
a lieutenant in the army or never was
in the army. it is immaterial. He is
just Colonel, that's all. But the Pro
fcssor claims his title by reason of his
profession" whether it be the cob.
bling OF shoes OF training of dogs. And
as occupations increase in variety so the
Professor increases in number.
There IS nonor in the honorable old
title still, TO the scholars who have
earned it well and wear it with dionity.
And it is q shame that the title which
belongs exclusively to their world should
have its livery worn in the circus, the
rat'pit and the stables. Let us bovcott
the bogus Professor US an act of simple
justice to the Professor whom we all cs-
em.--BHui'YtOn Uaw&cgc.