The morning call., 1892-08-14
sh. Advanced to the Speakers Desk.

She Advanced to the Speakers Desk.
wait and see," l said. "My experience with
redheads is that they're not usually fools.
The entrance of the lecturer and his as
sistant cut off any further comments, and
everything else was forgotten in the scram-
bic TO keep up with the rapid-speaking pro-
fessOr as he discussed and demonstrated re-
gaTding carbon derivatives. After the chem
iStry lecture we used TO remain in tie amphi-
during the next hour. The Princess and l
had just decided TO utilize the 1ye-mlnute
Interim in making the Acquaintance OF the
new student, when we saw her threading
her way down the amphitheater TO The pro-
fessor's room AZ the side OF the rOStrum.
Probably has TO arrange for laboratory
instruction" we commented, and busted
ourselves otherwise. After an interval the
big gong sounded, warning us to take seats
and make ready for the next lecture. The
young men threw away their cigarettes and
came hopping down from aloft, jumping
over chairs and each others backs, in total
disregard of the stairwRyS, and with great
SiammiDg and laughter gradually subsided
TO their seats. Quiet had scarcely obtained
when the door of the professors room
opened. and there entered upon the scene
not the dgnihed and somewhat porily PreX,
whose specialized eyes and black leather
lecture-rOll were familiar 10 US all. but the
meager little nguTe of the new student
Evidently wholly ignorant of the different
apparltlon We were expecting she quietly
closed the door and started 10 cross the ros-
trum TO her seat, when from the throats Of
the students arose yell that made the win
dows rattle. Il was the college CUSTOM ad-
hered to with a rgidity OILY equal to its
absurdity, TO greet each Lecturer as he en-
tered OF left the class with a round of ap-
plause. The BOYS, when they saw the door
open, were all ready fer the usual hand
capping. and some thoughtess spirit. for
joke, had started it upon seeing the girl
enter. Ihe others, seeing the situation,
added voice to tile clappiug. and the deafen-
ing din was merely the college yell.
The new student was evidently startled,
and / was in a glow of Indignation. 1t
would have been hard enough ordeal for
one Of US, toughened as we were to the
ways of the young men. to endure, but IL
was the Quintess9nce OF heartless cruelty so
to assail the stranger Evidently the boys
did not SO regard Il, for they clapped and
stamped, and shouted and cRt-caled until
the dust arose from tie floor in clouds, and
the chandeliers shook threateuingly.
With coOlness and quickness / never
saw equaied the little girl took in the situa-
tion and advanced across the rostrum to the
reading desk. where she paused, as though
She were indeed the professor whom we had
expected. There was cessation OF pam
demonGm as she glanced about her, taking
in every student, from the half-embarrasse
senior on the front row 10 the grinnng
freshman on the uppermost one. You
could cS ,, haye heard a pin drop as
students for their cordial greeting, and ex-
pressed her pleasure at having been able to
win their approval so early in her college
career The whole thing was done with an
air Of jolly good bumor that quite took the
sting out OF her manifestly intended sar-
casm. Then she mounted the stairs to her
seat Suddenly. from afhr-off corner, arose
the cry:
whats the matter with the little grip"
and every man in the room took up the
"0h, she's all right"
"Who's all rightf" the voice In the cor
ner shouted again, and again rang out the
reply:
Then the Prex appeared and we all en-
tered upon consideration of typhoid symp-
toms. but there was not one OF US who did
not feel a sense Of thorough good fellowship
toward the plucky little new student.
She had very dignified and high-sound-
ing name, but it was not forth ight before
she was "Dick" to the whole college and
the przed friend of every one in the build
ing. from the demonstrator Of anatomy to
the janitor. who confided to me as he stood
oblgingly smoking while | worked over the
aXillaTy plexus in a somewhat advanced
subject, that that there little gal they call
Dick is perfect streak O. sunshine"
The boys cOnfded all their love affairs to
her, and she In turn mended the fingers of
their gloves for them. When a telegram
came announcing the sudden death of
Brighton Lees mother the Prex himself
asked Dick to break the sad news. When
little Bennie Gray, the Molly Coddle Of the
whole year, suddenly astonished us all by
going on desperate spree, during which he
spent his whole terms allowance aud got
himself suspended and in disgrace, it was
Dick who comfoTted the poor little chap
and tn " a home Tn lie
horrifed mother, making clean breast of
the whole matter and promising an endless
reformation. Even the Princess herself,
one OF the most brilliant students In the
college, when she found Dicks general
scholarship surprising her own, had TO
conclude that the new student might
amount to something after ali, aud even
came in time as near to loving Dick for her
own dear sake rs the Princess could come
to any sort OF disnterested feeling
For genuine worth and genuine oddity I
think / never saw the little girls equal.
She had that rare quality In woman, real
wit, accompanied with what seemed like an
entire lack of sense Of humor. A classical
| scholar, and exceedingly fond OF the sonor-
| Gus roll of Latin verse, which she read
| admirably, she was wholly lacking in appre-
| citation of beauty of form or color She
wore perched upon her red hair hat
| trimmed with bue-the combination being
| enough to set ones teeth on edge, and am
F.! form would not have enabled her to distin-
guish between Hogarth's line and right
| angle triangle. / did think. once, that /
| had found indications. in Dick. OF the
| possession OF at least rudimentary per-
| ception OF this sort. She remarked to
me one day upon the beautiful figure OF a
very handsome young widow. who was TAX
| ing the course as means of supporting
| herself and children. Quite struck at this
manifestation of faculty 1 repeated the re-
| vk fn Ral nf "a
'Some one told Dick that" she instantly
said. Il am positive she never noticed il,
by herself"
Come. now" | urged. you do Dick an
| injustice. i think the remark was result
| Of her own observation"
''Impossiblew was the reply. "If you in-
| QuIe you Will surely learn that some one
| told her So"
| Accordingly. by way OF experiment,
asked carelessly, the next time / saw my
irieId, 'By the way, Dick. who told you
| Mrs. Belmont has fine fisnre?"
j ~ lad afto En- 4