Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

report OF the experiment station. This
report Is volume of $50 pages printed
by the state. Fifteen thousand comics
VIII be printed. About two-thirds az
the copies are distributed by the exper-
iments station and one-third BY the
members of the legislature, state off,
GERS, ete. Just now the experiment sta
ton Is revising its mailing list. which
had grown to 5000 names. ANY resi-
dent OF the state wishing to receive the
publications of the station free az
charge may have them sent to his adj
dress upon apple alton, giving name
postoffice and county.
Indians Gathering Wild Rice,
Professor Henry's vacation met with
sudden ending. He went off with his
l6-year-old son to Forest county. plan-
ning TO see the Indians gather rice. IT
rs a harvest home ceremony, with
dancing, etc. every day. There were 100
Indians and the CROP is 1000 bushels.
They push boats in the creeks as thew
ala two centuries ago. gathering in the
rice stalks over the boat and rubbing
the rice off into the bow. But while
tenting in an inaccessible place the lad
was taken with acute bowel trouble
ard the professor had to go miles for
Indian helpers and carry the patient
to doctor at Pelican. 1t was an excit-
ing experience, but fortunately with
no more tragic ending than a shattered
vacation.
Professor Henry has been a loyal
friend of the beet sugar interest. bur
he tells me the acquisition of new ter
ritory, notably Hawaii and close trade
relations with, If not annexation. of
Cuba. change the aspect of things
greatly. and he evidently believes
farmers and investors should go slow
in mapping out great things along the
line of sugar beet culture.
Sad End of Young Graduate.
The death by suicide of young AL
len, son of the late Professor Allen
of the state university, who was per-
haps the brightest mind in the annals
OF the faculty, is grim reminder of
the Importance of cultivating the con-
ditions that underlie a sound as well
as brilliant mind. The young man
came from a line of intellectual giants
on both sides. the Aliens having a
Harvard connection for centuries. The
young man shone in debate and cut a
W." locked horns with. Northwestern
university. One of the debates was on
the money question and. although he
started in with gold money predilec-
tions, he became a v hitc metal man.
and wrote book on the subject. From
a little boy the brightness of his mind
was noted and in college and in law
he entered the competitive lists with
tremendous diligence. He worked by
day and by night He was in the law
office of John M. DIN. who made the
big run for governor as a Prohibition
list some years ago, $4,000 votes),
where all the incentives are to hard,
brilliant work. But his mind broke I'M
der the years of strain. For the past
six months the young man has been
travelling for the double purpose of
seeking rest and fixing upon a location
Not long before the deed Allen wrote
to Cochems, the athlete his friend, re-
lating that his mind was failing and
that he should shoot himself and jump
in Minnetonka. 1t is a very sad case.
Critical Period for Scholars.
The period of youth just after COL
lege days is critical at best The
young man is Sc eking to adjust himself
to new conditions. The campus ideals
are suddenly shattered and the grim
world of realities loom up ominously
The novitiate finds what his professors
termed success is an unknown quantity
in the vocabulary of the hurrying,
grasping, selfish world, The top-lofty
things of Greece and the refinements of
the classroom cut no figure now; and
men who left school at the age of
correctly, skoop off the honors, while
the timid scholar gathers back into his
SHE'LL surprised. dazed, discouraged,
and too often gives up the race before
it is begun. There is a we'll defined
period of postgraduate depression;
and the more sensitive, keen. able the
mentality of the victim, the greater the
suffering. 1t deserves the study of the
specialists. Often excess of mind eff
fort in earlier years contributes to the
crash, but the cause is primarily the
shock of attempting 10 correlate col
lege dreams with things as they are in
the world outside In educating our
children let us sandwich in as many
glimpses of real life as possible. The
notion that college senior is con-
ceited is fallacy AS a rule he is
the most shy, uncertain, self-deprecat-
ing object in the world; and his lack
of confidence and fear Of taking the
plunge is pathetic.
ORLANDO BURNETT