The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-07-04


husbands and fathers; and lust 80 his.
Tory repeats itself all.a!ong the genera.
tions.
Itgricved me that could not attend
the centennial and commune with the
alumni and rejoice with the Young ard
iccl lonely with the old. Then there
IS ola college and new college, and the
chapel and the campus and the two
halls that are still unchanged. |
wonder how many boys have occupied
the Old room that Briscoc and lived
III lor TWO long years? saw il in the
picture and felt like it was still my
room. The ailanthus trees (by a ms
nomcr called the tree Of heuvcm crew
close to our windows and extended
their nanscating odors to the dormI-
Tory where we slept, and the boys all
along the line complained, but the
faculty said it would soon pass away.
and the trees were imported from
emma, the Celestial Empire, and they
were called the trees of heaven. SO
one dark night the boys (not y got axes
and girdlcd them and they died and
went TO heaven in China, where they
came from.
For some months | roomcd i'm new
college, and so did our tutor, who was
cross and never smiled, for he was an
old bachelor--pcaCe to his ashes. He
wouldent let me nor Chess Howard
play on the flute alter study hours at
night, nor let Ben Moscly and Dlcil
Farmer play on the fiddle. Said it an
noyed him, and so some of the bows
(not y got some old cannon balls from
the armory anil away in the dead hour
OF night, when deep sleep fallcth upon
a man or tutor, they rolled Il Six
FOUNDER along the long hail 200 feet
right by his door, which was about
midway. When it got. to The either
end another boy slipped out and rolled
IT back again, and this rolling and rum
bllng was kept up for Il time until there
happened just what they thought would
happen. The tutor had opened crack
IN his door, and when he heard the
ball coming for the fifth time he s!ippcd
out suddenly and stopped it with his
loot and picked it up and took it in his
rO )m.
That was just what the boys quot y
wanted, for they had another one in
the fire getting hot. IN due time they
took 1t in the shovel and sent 1t slowly
down the hallway, and il stopped not
lar from his door. Quickly he stepped
out and the light from his room showed
him the ball. lie seized it with his
right hand and straightway dropped it
and used some language that was IN
becoming, and rctrcatcd to his room.
The next day his hand was tied up in
Il white handkerchief, which was a
klnd OF flag Of truce, for he was much
more considcratc to us and seemed to
like music. | never pcrpctratcd much
mischief while in college, hut Has an
apt scholar to look on and cnioy all
the fun.
Chess Howard was an expert, and
could play better than anybody, cspc-
cially a hot cannon ball. Chess came t.
see us some time ago and after while
asked me and my wife to give them
some music. And so she seated her
self at the piano and took my flute
and asked what he would like. And
he said play that good old piece that we
used TO call Salle BaXtcrn when we
played it, and before we were aware Of
1t Chess had slipped his own flute out
of his pocket and was footing along
behind me. Sallic was our college
sweetheart, but we Irlcnt get her, for
Il Bird flew there and she followed him
Off to Baltimore, and is LIVING there
yet. But we never thought OF suicide.
But | fOrDcar. 1t is sweet and it's
sad to recall the memories Of 10, 'lG
and ~, and would have felt lost and
lonely in Athens. Ii was college then.
1t is great university now, and many
changes have come over ii, and we old
veterans have to keep up with the
procession whether We like The modern
mcthads or not. They have got inter
collegiate baseball in the curriculum
now and | reckon ii is to keep the BOYS
from committing suicide. 1t divcrls
their minds from the strain OF trigono-
mctry and calculus and comic sections.
Progress is the order Of the day in col
legcs as in everything else. One
hundred and fifty years ago old DR..
johnson said to oswcll, "ln our great
schools there is less llogglng than for
mcrly. Consequently, less is learned
there. SO what the boys get at one
end they lose at the othcr.' Now
there is no iiogging anywhere, and the
teachers and professors are thankful if
they escape it from the boys.
BILL ARP.
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