The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04

| ing that he had largely worked his &wa y
! Through college although his ia ther
might possibly have bcsn able 10 have
furnished sall the money. Said the sem
q tor: @ Nj Il:
was brought up to think that work
was n part OF the t.du ~ OF man.. # Every
lone In our commute ~ work ed. I and every
boy expected to do his share. learned
all kinds of farm ~ ork and also how o
handle tools Indeed was so sskllIful
with tools that | got good wa gess as a
narpsnter Saturdays s apins
day, which was about equal 10 50 now.
I felt that i ought to pay as much g
4 could toward N VI college expenses, a 4
though supp ose8 my fat Their could have
paid al. ''si S So ;s3
II ell me something about your college.
days. senator, asked. Isl
si II went to school mt the Ohio yYcs-:
leyan LIniyersty8at Della ware, Itch was
situated about twenty miles from my
went with me and rode there In two
horse wa gon carrying some furnit ure.s
some books and N EoOdly suppl y o. ca 4 4
sables. When I'VE $arri we'd we Ooked n bout
h for u room, and soon found one In Y q
second story Of on q OF the houses u Of
the town. and I'ted VII go cost s., Us
eael, a. i We au o app 1M
coming from our homes being ,senlt In
by wa CONS. w had plenty 81 bread
which our mothers ba ked, aud we learned
how to mako tlllsll.s One Of OUT sta Pies
during tho winter was buckwhe \ ga kes-3
We usual had som O. one sta rtat he sba ter
and tlien BY adding to 8 from 8day to
day we could keep "a live, VI so that We
had fresh buckwleat cakes every IN ,rl rs
Ing. N This made s. t Il cost us y cry "a tile
,and5still5 we lived IA rlyS vel pl.3sl 4
l@ Senator Fairbanks remained & at Della ~
ware nntil8he graduated n ~ The expenses
for thes first college term We're "a or
less than "a per we X. One ~ his oW'r n,
md another at I'rincet on and q third /
mt Yale. venture he last two have I.
ga oh spent more in one year than he
did In his whole col lege course. &:
Small College vs.. Large College.
In ii ia king nj III Senator Fa rbanlssN i
asked him II lie did not regret tha { he I.
had mot been able n go q tn Yale Or
Harvard or some othergof NJ he more IA M
nous col eges. e 81 lied ~ u
s3,.'I doubt etler iIoll.d lla ye beef
sbettered thereby. The small college has 4
students come more Il loosely In contact
With their professors. ~ ~ 4 get to know
each otflerand they form stronge friend
ships. wi icll are Of advantage In after
life. There Isl more ca rnest work done
lii the small colleges. ednca tionfis q more
serious business theirs, n aud llpol, III the 4
whole 4 doubt whether y " should have
gained by going TOT one Of ~ he large
% % syou. thIna college edusation
pays r? 81 III Vi NJ
d sss,'Y es, every hoy who can should 60
To, college, b 4 The training there will de y
velop him and max him better BILE to
gra ppla will, / the trenllous life and the
great problems Of the day. II
Fairb anks' s Ancestry.
u senat tor IA FRANKS al Il d IN curious ex-
pedience In I4ancas ter, 4 Mass, a year or.
so ago. HI had to make a. speech here
in connection With George Frlsbo HdaT.S
Henry Ca bot ,odges and OF her descendants
OF old New England fam lies, IL " hen Ills
time came to add ess q lie aud lence he
was surprised that the ella lrman lid |
not Introduce 4 him. a nd x he was al ter
ward told thai there were Fl 80 mi ny OF !
his ancestors buried In the cemetery 9ll
side that he needed no s lntroauct lon ITO
that community. ;s5 44 IL 5S 4.
4 Senator Fairbanks come origlna lly from
jonathan Fayerba nks, Al q M Puritan who
came to Bost On bout sixteen rs gaf ter
The advent of the Mayflower4 AZ r ymo,lt h
R6ck. From Boston DID Iona han Went Il
;o pedha4a and bull q hopss there. ~ liclte 4