St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-08-02
A VACATION VIE w.
Written for the called OMAN

ing, ne SalQ quietly. L stared d mo-
ment IN dumb establishment, then
seized his hand and shook it vehe-
mently and delightedly. He laugh
ed in a gratifed way. I'm not so
remarkable as you seem to think
Jack" he said, you've just hap
pened-"
yes" l interrupted, 81 have just
happened on you. Everybody else
has been an expectation. And ex-
pectations are monotonous, but you,
why, Tom, you are real exper-
ience!"
Tom laughed again, his quiet, ap-
preciative laugh. Il always expect
tOl1ve among your experiences, Jack, 5"
he said, but to be one and of them is
as unexpected to me as it is to you"
This little dig at my idea of his
"everydayness," as he called it.,
excited me afresh. l took another
turn about the room, then planted
myself in front of him.
Realize yourself" said solemnly
You are not only an experience to
me, you are phenomenon in the
summer world. You are a man in
full possession of your senses. You
have brains, you use them and you
wish to improve them. You enjoy
society and you are open to ex-
change of ideas and methods. Such
YOU are, and yet when after you
have worked hard all the year, l ask
you what you are going to do this
vacation, you say Nothing, act
ually nOthingr -
THAT is, you know" began Tom.
frowued on the interruption, Il
fear you have not quite considered,
Tom, your all-round development.
In the first place there is your body.
l suppose by Nothing" you mean
that you are going to lay that in a
hammock, or seat it on the bank of
a trout stream. A hammock, when
the doors of gymnasiums and of
Summer schools for Physical Gull
ture" are opening to you all over
the land! Go to Ararat, Tom, swing
dumb bells, climb trapezes and then
take part in an exhibition before the
eyes of your admiring relatives.
There is a fine gymnasium there,
where you can spend eight hours
day while the tree branches are tap
ping the windows and the breeze is
just right for sail. Resisting
temptation is so good for one"
Tom yawned but ruthlessly went
on.
Next, consider your mind, and
the rare opportunities for training
it in summer schools, from Maine
to California. Take as your motto,
Never Say Empty the motto now
adopted by all college halls. The
quiet of halls and deserted campus
esq That empty phrase is lost to
the TRUST forever"
The grass must grow best asst can
under the feet. 1t will never have a
chance between them. Come, think
where your feet will tread. You can
begin tomorrow with the school Of
psychology and pedagogy at Way
land, or you can acquire morphology
and bacteriology at Baiaam. You
might get a side peep at the noun
tains at RAYMOND, while the profess
or is drawing the diagrams to illus
trate the only true method of teach
ing calculus.
"Perhaps you will have time to
take in philology and etymoIogy at
B. too. That is where they guar
antee an accurate knowledge of
German in FIVE weeks. They say
YOU can enjoy the smell of the sea
breeze in the schOOl-rOom, if the win
dows are open. Did you also know
that at Halem they have the very
best facilities for studying zoology
and embryology They have tables
at the boarding houses where all con- |
versation is forbidden except that |
about protoplasm and microbes. |
The surf bathing is good there, they
say, though you would not want to |
take time for that, two months is so
short for science. DOyou hear this,
Tom, and yet you say you are going |
to do nothing, which means you will |
read a novel or two, l suppose, pos
siblv take in the mornings news |
and really rest your BRAIN Have |
Won never looked in the dictionary |
of the summer school and seen that |
rest is a synonym for rust
Now, for general culture and So
ciety, Tom, do you mean to say you |
are going to do nothing, that IS, you
intend to sit on the piazza and Gull I
tivate your own family Why, you
do that Sunday afternoons all the
year round and sometimes Saturday |
eveuiuOS If Won do not forget some
thing at the office. Think OF the
travelling that you ought to do, and
the conferences and conventions you