Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

W lOl AluloC1l a. IAC d6O VI IL
In little country store. By hard work
he had made himself the acting head
of large wholesale firm and held in
the vault big slice of the company's
stock, juicy in dividends.
When he had to quit school and go
to work he was just beginning the
third part of arithmetic and simple
volume of United States history. He
would have had a much larger slice
of the firms stock had he not been a
disbeliever in race suicide and had he
not felt that all of his seven sons
should have university education and
training for some profession.
AS the old man read his mail, his
youngest son, John, who only that
morning had returned from nine
months at the university, came into
the Office, The old man was fond of
his children and especially loved his
youngest son. Although man of bus
iness the veteran was genial in his
makeup; he was democratic; he felt
himself as good as a supreme court
judge and no better than the elevator
boy.
John was logged in the latest fash
ion-on each foot a shoe the shape of
half yacht, trousers freshly creased
and rolled up at the bottom, straw hat,
the band of which emblazoned his
Greek letter fraternity colors. In one
OF his gloved hands he carried a walk
ing stick-in the other his Phi. B. de-
gree he had just got at Harvard. The
old man was so glad to see John that
ne Rugged him when he came into the
office.
We'll; you've got your degree,
John?"
Yes. father. Here it is. I'll show it
to you"
John took an initial silver cigarette
case out of his pocket, lit coffin nail
with a wax match, and, slipping the
bow knot of the blue ribbon tied
around his degree. rolled his sheep
skin out upon the old mans desk
Him, hm-you finally got it, John.
Read it to me-"
Wanted Straight American.
John began mumbling over the Lat
i'll WOluo OA LID L LIZ -. dCSlCC, NOhi(oSo
soon to his own name, "Joannis Caro-
lianus Witherspoon."
"Oh-hold on there with that stuff
John, this Joannis Carolianus bust
ness; give me the John-Charley of it!
L want you to talk to your old dad in
the straight American language.
don't know anything about that stuff. "
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over his translation of his Latin sheep
skin. He made such a botched JOB Of
II that the old man soon blurted out:
well, never mind what it is just So
long as you've got it." Then, like a
business man, having brought one deal
To a head the old man started in on
another AID turned TO Joan lis with tie
remark:
We'll, now look here, John; you are
a man now. You are 81 years old and
have this here degree. what are you
going to do?"
well, after l have my vacation
father"
Vacation, hi! You haven't hac
anything but vacation since you were
born and you haven't given a vaca
ton to your mother and me since
used to walk you nights to keep you
from bowling. Now you've beer
through school and got what yor
'wanted-you know was kind of hal
q mind not to give you this last -four
years anyhow-now what are you go
ing to do?'
"Well, father, I don't know just ex
actly but l thought I'd like to take /;
post graduate course and get Phi. D
You see have only Phi. B."
'Ph. D. umph? Well, there's onl.
one letter between B and D-don't yo,
think you've gone about far enough
AS 1t is you can't read the one yo,
have. What's the use of getting an
other?"
"Well. you see, father, the Phi. e
nowadays is just sort of a starter
You must have the Phi. D.-that is,
doctor of philosophy degree-the Pr
b. Is only Bachelor Of Philosoph
degree-before a collegeman will
recognize you as having done any
thing"
college nothing, What do I car
about what college men think Of you
They aren't going to support yol
why, the poor beggars hardly &c
enough to eat I've been out to r,
ceptions with them myself-one nigh
q couple of young professors got thei
hands against some fresh paint befor
they came into the house where tn
reception was. When they took o
their spiked tail coats and rolled u
their sleeves, why. confound it, a
though it was % degrees below ger
those fellows were wearing minnov
seine underwear. don't care whs
a man who can't wear flannel next I
his hide when snow is on the groun
thinks of you. want you to hay
y stand-in with the substantial me
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