The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-09-20
SENATOR BEVERIDGE.
The New Senator From Indiana-How He Has Steadily
Risen Through Fixed Purpose Formed in
His Early Youth.


that the boy had saved went to the
support of his father and mother.
1t was then that the promised edu-
cation seemed absolutely hopeless, but
It happened that there was vacancy
at West Point and the place was thrown
open to competitive examination.
Young Beveridge took the examina-
ton and did we'll in every study except
one. While he was reading, wag
among the contestants made him
laugh, and this incident lost him the
scholarship By one-fifth of one per
cent. The man who beat him was
Lieutenant Brown, who has been sta
toned at Fort Sheridan.
When Young Beyerldge learned that
he had lost he was wretchedly misera-
BILE. He was standing upon corner,
not knowing what to do or where to
turn, when Edward Anderson, who
now lives at Lamoure, North Dakota,
came along.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"More than enough" was the reply.
81 failed to get the West Point scholar
ship, and 1 don't see how l can ever
get college education"
"You go ahead and get ready" said
Mr.. Anderson. It'll see you through" +"
The offer was accepted. He went
, ahead and got ready and gave Mr.. Al
derson his note for the fifty dollars
which he loaned him. Mr.. Anderson
saws that this was the best investment
he eyer made.
Young Beyeridee's struggle through
college was one of pluck and hard
work. He won a prize, and his father
Was able to send him little money ;
and these combined to put him through h
the first term. During the summer
vacation he cut more than 2lO acres OF
| wheat and drove the first sell: blnde:
ever seen in that region. With the
money earned he was able to return tn
his studies.
OF him, while he was at Asbury Uni
versity, now De Pauw, at Greencastle,
his old roommate, Graham Phillips,
says: "Albert Beveridge was THE man
in college. We all recognized that. l
was his roommate for a year and prob
ably had better chances of knowing
him than most men had. In the first
place, his determination to succeed was
inf1exible. ALI his wonderful energies
were bent to that end. When I say
wonderful mean it. have known
men to grind for a short time, but
! Beverldge's grind extended over the
whole period of his college life and has
lasted ever since. He divided the day
into parts for the accomplishment o.
certain tasks. For instance, he arose
at four in the morning, took cold
bath and went out, no matter what the
weather might be. He walked ovel
the country roads into the woods and
exercised his muscles and his voice
Even then he had decided to entel
public lie and be an orator. He go1
back at six and read an hour before
breakfast. Sometimes he read essay
or oratione, but often it was Shakes
peare. I know very few more thor
ough Shakespearean scholars than Mr.
Beveridge. I don't know what th'
lSenator can do now, but there was I
time when he could repeat whole
scenes from the plays and carry part
through whole dramas without mis-
iquoting word.
NATURALLY he took the leading plac'
lin the Platonian Literary Society, ant
there won immediate success as de
batter and organizer. He was also I
member OF the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity and was the chief spirit il
that organization. do not think
ever saw Beveridge loso his temper
His command over himself was littl
less than marvellous. Again, there wa
nothing that he was afraid OF. ID
didn't know what fear meant, cline
physically or mentally. He vas on
of the m 1st muscular men l ever saw
He was not tall, but he was as stron:
as a giant HIS work in the lumbe
! camp did that.
, "Oue summer VACATION toward tn
end OF his course he became subs crll
, tion book canyasser. He did co vel
that the publisher offered him til
agency of the State oi Iowa for tn
next summer. Bcyeridge began III
work characterlstically. Weeks beto'
vacation he selected corps OF brlgt
young college men who, like himse
!, needed money, and drilled them fe
itnis WORK. First, he went through tt
role of an agent-went through 1t Wit
Iexhaustiye detail. Then he made b
lpupils act the same part while he toe
:, the dual role Of critic and possible boz
buyer. He drilled them IN classes al
q privately. used to think it was Il