Morris tribune., 1895-08-21

As he said nothing but yes and no, the
| representative of the press was able to
talk all he pleased without interrupt
ton. He was an expert in baseball,
and his views, credited to Paddy,
seemed wonderfully sound.
Lawrence was greatly disappointed
with his own first interview. On
| that occasion he had skillfully led
the conversation away from sport,
and had spent an hour or more dis
cussing educational topics in man
ner which he believed would win
him recognition from the authorities
of the college. He had an idea that
the publication of these views would
excite considerable comment through
out the country, and he told the re-
porter that such would be the result.
The reporter replied eyes, in tone
SO oracular that it might have come
from Paddy himself. AS matter of
fact the able journalist knew that
there was gentleman with blue
pencil in the editorial room of his news
paper, and that it would be easier for a
rich man to enter the kingdom than
for column of stuff about the best
method of Installing the classics into a
freshman to get into print. He took
down what Lawrence said because
Lawrence was looking, but he did not
make the mistake of turning it in as
copy.
When the article appeared the alb
sence of all reference to educational
cr,h hi 70 hn
thing about ito Lawrence. But it is.
safe to say that nobody else noticed it.
The reporter was a very polite young
man, and did not wish to offend any,
body who would be good for so much
space in the future as Larry Bangs
would. So he wrote nice note to the
subject of the interview, explaining
that he had faithfully recorded all that
Lawrence had said, but, unhappily,
"space" was short in that particular
Sundays paper, and SO the educational
matters, as being of less interest to the
public, were crowded out. 49,
Lawrence had a considerable respect
for the profession of journalism, which
he had some thought of entering after
his college course was over. He did
not intend to reform it. On the con-
trary he thought it quite good enough
as it was to engage his most serious eff
forts. He was not nearly so much in
clined to question the judgment of the
editor who had omitted the educational
part of his interview, as one acquainted
with his studious disposition might
have expected that he would be. On
the contrary he was led to wonder
whether education had not ceased to be
of any Importance in theeworld. Evil
IDENTIFY that was the view of the editor,
and such man should be in touch with
public sentiment. The experiences of
his first year at college had naturally
prepared him to take such view.
Therefore on the occasion of the Sec
ond reporters visit he devoted all his
time to a serious discussion of baseball
and it's probable effect on the destiny
of mankind, interspersed the re-
porter's request-with stories illustrat-
doing an umpire as that science was
taught at Yale.
The whole of this interview was
printed. Most OF it was unintelligible |
to Paddy, but such parts as he under
stood-to use his own expression
''gave him pain"
cts no use, Larry" he said, ''you
haven't got the head for it,
And Lawrence was inclined to agree
with him in secret, though openly he
affected to despise advice from such |
quarter. asas.,s
is it possible" he said to himself |
afterwards, "that in regard to certain
branches of human knowl- |
edge am what Patrick would call |
thick"