The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

By HESTER HILL.
- T. GEORGE COLLEGE is not

~ l. COLLEGE Is not
~ very prominently known in the
educational world, but that is
not saying anything against it's useful
meas In that same world which to a Ger.
tain extent may ignore it. Preachers
and other benevolent people who are
in aposition to know about these things
tell us that it is not the wealthy and
high born people who contribute most
and readiest to the relief of the needy
and the general elevation of mankind,
but when they especially need q con-
tribution for any of these causes they
call upon humble people of small pos
sessions. So the big colleges whose rep
utations T made can afford to retire
with their laurels and insist that those
who are admitted to their portals pay
for the privilege; but ST. George was
goes out of it's way to make opportu
mites for the less fortunate mes to
''come without money and without
price" How she managed it nobody
aver knew, but manage it she did, and
kept al eff ,ient corps of teachers as
many schools Of wide repute. The
boy who took care Of the grounds had
free tuition; the boy who looked after
the officers Of the faculty had the
same privilege extended to him; the
boy who rang the bell drank freely of
the well Of knowledge; and stored
away in the pigeon holes Of good old
DR.. Jones' desk were various promis-
sorry notes, collecting nothing but a
fresh layer of dust year after year.
The entire attendance, however, wGs
not made up of these struggling
ones, who were to be the self made men
OF their generation, and the lesser mum
Der who were working their way along
the rocky path Of knowledge found
not a few stones thrown In the way by
their more fortunate fellows.
They were usually what the other
bops called "a tough-looking lot" End
commonly referred to as "Dr. Jones'
cubs"
OF all the cubs who over presented
themselves at st. George, perhaps Ches.
ter Churchill was the most unprom-
ising looking of them all. The boys
were collected in the Secretary's room
for registration on the opening day
when he first appeared among them
A tall, angular fellow, with g shock of
''carrotY" hair, which made ridiculous
looking the rather pale face, which
with hair of any other color would
have been face Of a student. His
clothes were homespun in the ~strictest
sense-that is, the wool had been spun
and woven and the clothes made upon
the area of his fathers farm. The
trousers were several inches too short,
displaying a generous space above the
tops of his heavy COW hide shoes. The
sleeVes Of the coat we're likewise abbre-
Waited, and the cuffs we're conspicuous
by their absence. Altogether he pre-
scented q very grotesque appearance.
When the boy next behind him stepped
up to the register and read aloud the
name he had written, there was a roar
from the assembled crowd, for never
mad there been a more Il-assorted com
p~arionship than this boy and his high.
sounding name. The echOolboys' keen
appreciation of the ludicrous quickly
stretched the Chester" to ''Ohester.
field" and Chesterfield" he became
from that day forward.
How Chesterfield" lived was never
clearly known to the great herd who
were not admitted into the mysteries
of the "cub's" private life. He had his
room at the dormitorS, which was
furnished with odd pieces of rickety
furniture which could be spared from
the small store at home. Among the
treasurs were a coffee pot and a skill
let, and with these two articles he nan
aged to supply his daily bread.
In due time he united himself with
one of the literary societies, and by
doing odd jobs here and there On Sat
urdays, when his services as bell ringer
were not required, he earned the
amount necessary to pay his dues.
His first appearance on the fl Dor in q
debate was greeted with cheers and
groans and Kisses, showing the varied
feeling with which the boys regarded
him. His speech was brief and so con-
fused that few had any idea of which
side of the question he intended to in
dorse. 1t was an ignominious failure,
and, being keenly sensitive, he knew it.
But he did not give up; every Friday
night found him in the hall, and in