The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
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ffsanvrirht. IgO6, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
 ssiTho fs that fad?' l asked the question of my friend, Hugh, as l walked with him on the long gavenue nndertthe leafless elms one aIterhoon
 Hurh is a great chum of mine. He is tall broad-shouldered and afnietlc' a fellow who is foremost in footpah, hockey and whatever game is Tn sea son. He maintains a pretty fair aver age in his class and is a vigorous spe- eItnen of the all-rouud boy, liked pE the masters and popular with the stu- dents. If Hugh would only study little harder and put into Latin anu mathematics what he puts into sport nothing could stand before him AS vet, however, he has never thought lt worth while to take his work very sarlouslx, and I, for one. accept him as he IS, and do not waste my time in preaching for his benefit.
 The lad who excited my interest was tall and finely formed and carried him. self with remarkable dignity. He may have been I6, but he looked older, He had a pale, ciear-cut face. and wore Npectacles over near-sighted eyes. noticed that he seemed rather out Of 1t, so far as the groups of fellows Tn the street and on the campus were concerned, for they did not bother themselves to call or shout to him.
  the air as If unaware of their exist ence There was, however, something about him that challenged attention, and I waited with curiosity for Hugh's reply to my question.
 ssrhat fellow" said Hugh, "is the grind of our Prep. He knows as much Creek as the head master, and can do stunts. in geometry, and fairly walk all ovsr tEs rest of the class in his- tory and physics. He never does a thing except grind; day in and day out. he delvss into books like a day laborer with pick and shovel. l sup- pose he'll be something great by and by. but wouldn't change places with him. I'd rather be the school dunee than the school grind if had to choose. Of course, Stevens people at home are awfully proud of him, and, or course. he's the star scholar and is safe to carry of the lions share of the prizes. Bat there isn't another thing he can do.o He doesn't so much as un- derstand any game, and he can't tell whether we play well or III, and he's on the outside of the school more com pleteIy than if he were perfect stran. ger"
 After Hugh had gone away, taking leave of me at my own door, I began to think over his estimate Of the grind It is no doubt the estimate of three 1ourthS or the boys ana men Wno are in school and college today.
 The grind, pure and simple, is sell dom popular. Even the professors and tutors speak of him with a little re- serve, for they like to see young heads on young shoulders. Besides, there is an impression of which we do not cas- fly rid ourselves, that when a boy spends his entire time in study, to the exclusion of recreation, he is in dam ger of exhausting his vitality, or else of developing his brain too rapidly for his body. In either case he will, we fear, pay the price later on, and be either an invalid. or a mediocre and un- successful man. The rule has excep- lions. There have been students who saw nothing before them but iiie i'm tellectual gleam and who ignored every other possible lure, and they have made magnificent leaders and statesmen in their maturity. They are so few, however, that their success Is not suficient to induce us to set them