The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
by working Saturdays during my college

by working Saturdays during my college
nv pay xasN..s day, which vas sbou,
equal TO g now. I felt tina; ought TO pay
as much as could toward my college sx-
pen.ss; although ! suppose my father
Tell me Something about your college
| days. Senator I asked.
i went 20 school at tie Ohio v'esieJ an
ua,ed about twenty miles from my homo.
| \ boz from an adjoining farm went with
| me and We rode there In q two-horse vsg
on Carrying some furniture; some books
| and a soodly supply OF ezfables
when We arrived looked about for
a room. and soon found one I'm n second
| sGory Of orc OF the houses 81 the town.
! and rented g. " cosi US u r each q week.
| We I'D ou. own cooking. a large part Of
| our supplies coming from gu. homes. De-
! ing semi in by Wagons.
We mad plenty 81 bread which oar
mothers baked. ard We learned hoS "a
! make rnush one n our staples during tie
winter was bucksnest rskss. We u-uz Us
had some one star; the batter and then 10.
adding to IL from dsy 10 osy we could
keep IL alive ihs, We had fresh bucN-
wheat csksE .vc-y morning. TIL. mad u
cn~- - very It:le. and stiil .e lived t4ir-
lv well
senator Fairbanks remained a. Deia-
ware until he graduated. TIE expenses
for the frst college term we're ~. % les
tran 81 per week. ore 81 ~ own Sons ne
since graduated at Delaware. and smother
A. Princeton. and thirr al ia!r-
venture ,hs Iast two have zach spent
more IN one yesr that he did "a rs whole
college course
SMALL. COLLEGE vs. LARGE COL
I.EGE.
II talking with senator Fairbarks
asked him ~ he did no; reg-s; that he had
not been able to x, to Yale or Harvard 81
son- other Of the more famous colleges
He replied:
- doubt vh.tae- | should have been
bei;ered Thereby. The small college has
many advantages over the large one X
with Their pTofessofs: they got TO know
each oNler and they form stronger ,Tt-n;.-
ship-. Which are Of advantage IN after
Their. 4. more earnest rorx done I'm ih~
FrnaU colleges education Il a more sell
Gus business there. and upon tbe whole
doubt whether should hsve gsi.ed ~
gong to ore Of she large Eastern EcnOo =
DO YOU ;h.-S a college educai4on
yves; every boy who can should go 10
college. The training ther. will develop
him and max. him better able 10 srspp .
With the strenuous life snd tie great
prob,..n. ~ the iay.'
Senator Fairbanks lad curious expert
enc. in Lancaster. Mass. a year or 50
ago He had TO make . speech there 'n
connection with George F'risbie H"ar.
Hcafy cabot Lodge and other descend
ants ~ old New Esl=nd families
u u d
.i!encr lie vas surprised that the chair
nan did no. in;rodi.cr him. and he was
afte-x. rds told that there were so many
% hir ancestors buried in the ceremony
outside that he needed no introduction 10
That community.
Senate FAIRBANKS comes originally
from Jonathan Fsyerbauks. Puritan
vino came 20 Boston about sixteen years
after the advent OF she MaynoScT az
PlymoutS Rock From Boston old iona
than went TO D"'.hsm and bcili homo
there. which I am told. has since been
acquired by the Massachusetts Historical
Society.
From pediar1 some q. his DESCENDANTS
went to- Lancaster and others moved oil
10 Vermont Senator Fairbanks tatheT
was born 81 Vermont and began his NE
WORK as a head In . WOODEN mill ~ Low
ell When he was Is h moved vest 10
Oh!o ard worked there foF s''s cents 4
day.
Ills vas .hea Ohio was Just settling.
and there WAS a great demand for vaS-
ons. The Senator's grsi!d-'ucle was a
wssonTnsker I'm Massachusetts and his
father. ob-c-yirE this demand. ven. hack
home and learned the wasonrnsk.ng !
trade and then came TO Ohio TO pTdc- I
;!ce e.
He there made partnership with a vag-
in Union County and married his
daughter. who thereby became Senator !
r airbaEks'S mother.
The wagon business proved good and I
the family soon got far enough ahead 10 /
buy land and 20 anlass a competency
FRANK q. CARPENTER.