The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-05
: THEY ALL GlGGLED
How Girl Students Received DR.
Crooks Remarks.


Chicago, May 4-The immaculate vir-
tue of DR.. Algie r. Cook, professor of
mineralogy ard petrology in the North
western University. has ben fully dis
cussed today. The professor is thirty
seven years of age and a handsome man.
He says about the matter.
Il do not think that there is anything
unusual in my case. The campus is full
of boys who do not drink, smoke or
chew
4 keep my mind off women by study.
read, read, read, not only in my own
speciality, but in world litera ture. An
appetite for good reading is the best
thing to keep man in the right path
II am not a crank. I can enjoy a
time with the boys-an intellectual time.
I drink soda and water, and wewill talk
the classics. the master poets, the dra-
maticss and 1 even like Byron and Burns.
who represent wha am not. I like them
for their human nature.
DR.. Crooks announcement to his class
while discussing the strenuous life was
7 have never said a profane word.
never hugged or kissed a woman or girl,
Then a degenerate undergraduate said !:
Professor. you are all right, but you
don't know what you have missed It
was a mixed class. and the girls hid their
bushes in their nOtepaper.
It's all right not to drink nor to use
tobacco in any form" seriously declared
one Of the senior "coeds." as with down
cast eyes she came out of chapel this
morning 'and we all love and reverence
Prof. Crook for never using bad words,
but
Never mind the butts. said another.
the professor is all right, and must go
into the Lives of the Saints.
There viii be no living in the same
town with EN- now" declared one OF the
Life-Saving crew this morning. Every
girl in the university will be trying to
see what she can do with him, and there
are couple I would like TO bet on.
IF they set their hearts on getting him
I guess he's lost. Stnl, don't believe a
word of it Why, the professor is a good
looking fellow"
This is admitted on all sides and has
been ever since Prof Crook came to
Evanston in 1893. He is a graduate of
Ohio Wesleyan University. and has stud
led in Munich.
Chicago women express two opposing
views with regard TO Prof Crooks ut
teranees. Some declared that it was
easily possible for a man to live the life
of Prof. Crook, and that such asceucism
should be emulated by all men.
Others doubted the professors deolara-
tons and believed that no man living in
this age could live so sanity a life The
two widely different opinions Of the Chi
cago women are well expressed in the
statements Of Attorney Mary Miller and
DR.. Julia Holmes Smith
"Dr. Crook is undoubtedly an excep-
tional man" said the latter. Il should
be afraid that he would
Compound for sins that he's inclined TO
BY damning those he has no mind 10.
DIR. Crook reminds me Of q story told
OF the extremely moral man in the pio-
neer days While taking passage from
one part of the country 10 the other the
man instead of getting inside the coach
took his seat outside beside the driver.
After they had Travelled short distance
along the route the driver reached in his
pocket and pulled out q plug OF tobacco
and said
Stranger. have chew
" No. thank you.' replied the moral
man. I never chew. They rode further
when the driver pulled from under the
seat a pipe and a sack Of tobacco and
said.
Stranger. have smoke
No. thank YOU the stranger replied.
I never smoke They rode further. and
the driver offered the moral man a bottle
containing whisky with the words,
Stranger. have drink 70 vhica be
saSwered. No. thank you. never drink
The diver drew n his reins. stopped tse
coach. and sala-
Wen. stranger. youil have 90 get t1-
side; you Il too good 20 sit out here
and So I thInz Il IS with Prof
Crook HcH-d better get insides he q tc1
good 70 Sc oct here with uE Do nat
think IL right u expec; - g naa1 - 40
man 70 y more thzu human. Hoawever.
I have known 6 great many nsen who
have never cfexea. smoked or draak.
rot thak they deemed Il immoral. 5ut
sinply because - coazzltatio1al aFerzi7zi-
But never have known z q rel raaa
who possessed - rany comhlat1 viat1es
as this Prof Crook
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