Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-05
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) Mr.. DO0LEY ON THE
CELEBRATION AT YALE. !
COPYRIGHTED 1901 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL.

81 see," said Mr.. Dooley, chat good
OF Yale, because it makes us feel so
hale, dhrink her down, as Hogan says.
has been cillybratin her bicinitinry."
Whats that?" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
otis what" said Mr. Dooley, III it
happened to you or me or Saint lgna-
tyus Colledge'd be called our two hun
dherdth birthday. From tn Greek, bi,
two, cintinry, hundherd, two hundherd.
Do We follow? 'Tis tn way to make
colledge wurrud. Think iv it in Eng
lish, thin think it bac'- into Greek thin
translate it. Two hu..dherd years ago,
Yale Colledge was founded be Eli
Yale. an Englishman an dead at that.
He didn't know what he was dom an
no more did l till l r-read is these fes-
tivities. knew it nestled undher tn ell
lums is New Haven, Connecticut, but
thought no more iv it thin that twas
tn name iv a lock, a smokin' tobacco,
an large school nestlin' undher tn
ellums iv New Haven where ye stint
ye'er boy if We cud afford it an be
larned tn Greek Chorus an tn
American an chased tn fleet football
an more fleet aorist, a sport that
Hogan knows about, an come out
whin he had to an whit to worruk.
| But, We take me wurrud FIR it. Yale's
more thin that, Hinnissy. l get it
straight firm tn truthful sons iv Yale
thimsilves that if it hadn't been FIR
this dear bunch iv dormitories nestlin
undher tn ellums iv New Haven, our
beloved country an tn short end iv
tn wurruld too, nigh today be no
betther thin they should be. Ivry
great invintion firm tn typewriter to
tn Vshaped wedge can be thraced to
this prodigal instichoochion. But fl
Yale, we'd be goin' to Europe on TIL
decks iv sailin' vessels instead iv
comm away in tn steerage iv steam.
ships or stayin' at home; we'd be
dhrivin' horses, as many iv tn unlarn-
ed iv us do to this day instead iv
pushin' tn swift autymobill up hill;
we'd be writin' long an amusin' let.
tiers to our friends instead Nv tilly,
phonin' or tillypraftin' thin. Listen
to what me classical ASSOCIATE Mis-,
Their Justice Brewer, iv tn supreme
coort, '6S-that was tn year he got his
ticket out-says about our alma math.
| er:
Two hundherd years ago. he says,
Yale had swim professors an forty
books; today she has swim hundherd
professors an near three hundherd
lthousan' volumes iv lore. Annywan
that takes an Interest in these sub.
|jects can verify me remarks be apply.
in to tn janitor FIR tn keys. l am
more consumed with tn inflooence iv
Yale on tn mateeryal affairs iv TIL
wurruld. Whin this beautiful colledge
first begun to nestle undher thellums
iv New Haven, ships were PROPELLED be
tn wind; our vehicles We're dhrawn
be tn OK, tn horse, TIL wife, tn camel
tn goat, tn Newfoundland dog, tn re.
bra. TIL wind he says, blows nc
more lustier now thin it did whin Paul
was tossed about tn Mediterranean be
tn tumulchuse what's-its-name. TIL
OK an tn horse has grown no sthrong
er, l assure We. thin whin Abraham
whit forth firm his fathers house. But
if Paul was livin' today. he wud go tc
Rome be tn Rome an Tarsus trans
portation line, first-class. l don't
know where he'd get tn money but
he'd find it somewhere. HE'D
go to Rome first-cabin an whin he
was in Rome, he wud, as Prisidint
Hadley's frind Cicero wud say, do as
TIN Romans do. So be Abraham. Ye
can understand firm this brief sketcl
what Yale has done. She has contin
ved to nestle undher TIL ellums i,
New Haven an tn whole face iv til
wurrnld has been changed Ye will
sec ih' value iv nestlin' I wud appl,
; III method to thrusts. " all TIL gr-rea
: evils now threatenin' TIL body politi,