Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-15


Cadets Kicked Out Of West Point.
A True Story.
The students at the University Of
--- car be divided into three
general classes. namely. the Sports, the
Boys and the Grinds.
Numerically, the Sports are the small
est division; but what they lack in num-
bers, they often make up in noise. They
wear raiment of the loudest pattern and
As-0ckties Of many colors, and their am
biti0n Ii to do just as little work as pos
sible and still get through. Two weeks
before examination the Sport begins
10 grow anxious. But, by the help OF,
cay, strong coffee, a tutor and. much
examining. he generally passes the or
deal. Then he sheds his knowledge. as
the snake does its skin.
There are fables about Sports who
attend dances given by the Festive Six
and similar organizations, and who do
honor to Bacchus all night, then go
home, take a bath. a little settler, and
walk into classroom and surprise every
body by the extent of their insight and
the depth Of their erudition.
But this kind Of Sport, like the satyr,
now lives only in song and legend.
The Boys form the bulk Of the stu
dents. II you are a student under nine
teen you always refer to this class as
'The Men," but, being over nineteen,
the recorder Of truth who pens these
lines uses the term Boys"
The Boys are human. They wear a
motley garb which affects the fashiona-
bile. Russell shoes, white soft hats
with staring black bands, trousers turn
ed up at the bottom, side pockets, with
hands In them clear down out of sight,
|are now the vogue. They often smoke
'brierwood pipes on the street. They
study at times, read each others notes,
."crib and cram for EXAM" and per-
'spire freely when under fire in class
r0om Yet they usually have a modi-
cum of ambition: they wish to get On.
They have few enmities and many limo
cent pleasures, and some pleasures that
are not so innocent. Their intent IS
honorable, their purpose, graduation.
The Boys shade off on one side into
the Sports, in the other, into the Grinds.
In numbers the Grinds and the Sports
are about the same. but you would
,never think SO, for Br'er Grind, he lay
low.
The Grind Is the antithesis Of the
Sport, yet both go to college for the
same reason; because they cannot help
It. The Sports parents are rich, and
they send him; the Grind's parents are
poor, but an overweening thirst for
knowledge brings him.
The Grind often works his way by
taking are Of horses, sitting ashes,
~,shoveling snow, and what not. He
lives in a garnet, drinks vast quantities
of tea, eats oatmeal. and "grinds" away
the long hours Of the night when he
should be In bed. Sometimes he turns
out to be a Great Man, and sometimes
he doesn't.
The pure type Of Grind is most inter
esting. He is poor in purse, but great
in frontal development. He has a sal
low skin, a watery blue eye, a sham
bling gait, STOPPING shoulders, but he
has facts. His trousers are too short.
his coat shiny, his collar soiled, his
hands clammy. He reads a book as he
walks the highway, and when he bumps
into you he always e%xculpates himself
in Attic Greek. This absent-minded-
ness and habit of reading on the street
affords the Sport great opportunity for
the playing of pranks. 1t is very funny
to walk along in front of a Grind as he
Is reading, and suddenly stoop and let
him fall over you, for the innocent
Grind, thinking he is the offender, ever
offers profuse apologies.
Many years ago there was a Grind. A
party Of Sports saw him approaching.
deeply immersed in his book. 'Look
you,' quoth the chief Of the Sports.
look you, and observe him fall over
ME-"
And they looked.
Onward, blindly trudged the Grind,
reading as he came. The Mort step
ped ahead Of him, suddenly stopped.
and-one big foot Of the Grind shot out
and kicked him into the gutter. Then
the Grind continued his walk and his
reading without saying a word. This
particular Grind wore cowhide boots,
wal tall, also angular and raw-bonel;
he had been brought up on a farm, and
the Sports thought best to get revenge
by simply drawing a carlcature Of him
HA1 classroom blackboard.
This simple story Is printed here Tor
The ~ediication Of the young, to teach
them that things are not always what
they seem.-Journal of Education.
Discipline.
A writer In the Popular Educator has
the following to say in regard to disc!-
d pline in the school: There are Compare
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