Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-16
GOING AWAY TO SCHOOL.

The second week in September is no.
table as the season which the boys and
girls, who think they have reached
the mature state of manhood and wo-
manhood, bid goodbye to the old
home and go off to some school or
college to get an "education." At
least that is what they call it, for no
one ever speaks of the training re-
schools as part of their education.
Notice how joyously they step on the
train and wave arewell to loved
ones watching to get a last glimpse
of them. By and by the train stops
and you step out upon strange ground
and among strange faces. You must
not cry for are you not fully grown
and grown people do not CRY over
such little things. You go to your
boarding house, kind faced lady
meets you and her manner is SO.
pleasant you feel ali notion of cry
ing gone. You 60 up and look at
your room. 1t may be too dark, or
it may be so the sun will beam in
on you too strongly. You look over
it picking out flaws here and there,
but after all you decide to make the
most of it, for have you not left home
with a stout heart and determined
to be brave no matter what the
cost You unlock your trunk and
begin to put away your garments and
arrange things SO as to make your
surroundings as attractive as possible.
All this has taken up the most of the
afternoon, and you go out and pass
the time until supper in meeting
those who are to be with you under
the same roof. You eat the evening
meal rejoicing in the making Of
friends whom you just know you will
like.
By and by the crowd breaks up,
each one going to his room. After
the last one has disappeared you
summon up courage to go to that
place which you are to call your own
for the next ten months. You put the
lamp on the table, close the door, sit
down and wonder what you will do
next. Perhaps there are sonfe things
in the trunk which you did not see in
the afternoon, Anyway you will
look to make sure.
Raising the lid the first thing your
eyes fall on is little book, it may be
new, or it may be worn from much
usage. Opening it you found it was
Bible. All yes, of course, mother
placed this here, the last thing to go
in. "How [ remember when she
handed it to me and with her kiss on
my cheek urged me to read from it's
sacred pages every night. All, how
she loves this old book. and how she
wants me to follow in it's teachings
as she and father have done for so
many years"
You draw your chair up to the little
table and try to read chapter, but
your eyes are too wet, for the
Thoughts of the loved ones at home
crowd upon you so fast that you can
not keep the tears back. Back in
the old home you see them now,
perhaps kneeling around the family
altar, the burden of their prayer being
your own self. You begin to realize
n. for fhnn
10 give you up and how they are
anxious that you shall do nothing
wrong. Then that feeling OF home
sickness comes over you and you
wish thousand times that you had
never left the parental roof.
Almost sobbing aloud you throw
yourself across the bed and literally
sob yourself to sleep. The first night
is passed most miserably, and you
almost resolve to go back next morning
No, you will not be so sentimental ;.
The daylight brings back some of
that spirit of determination to make
a man of yourself with which you
left home.
You get up, dress yourself and go
down to breakfast trying to keep Sc
cret the conflict of the night before.
Presently the big bell on the college
sounds the call and you join the
march up to the great buildings. All,
how different that bell sounds from
the tinkle of the little school bell
back at home. How imposing are
those buildings in which you are to
seek your education.
The second day is passed more
quickly than the first, and you begin