The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22
FATHERS LETTER
Homeiy Advice for q College
Youth.


My Dear son-ln this letter am in.
closing the S4 you want find II is
getting habit with me to send money
every time / write to you ! won't be
mean enough to say that Il makes me
know my letters are always welcome,
and, besides, | don't mind It anyway If
all the money goes for as good a pUr-
pose as you want tha For $4 you
ought to be able to get a pretty good
students lamp Remember how a.
Lincoln laid in front Of the fireplace
and studied, and then think how lucky
you are.
hope you will really make this a
students lamp, because your mother Is
doing without the footwear she wanted
for the buggy this winter that you may
have It, have noticed that a students
lamp will give just as much light for
an amateur poker game as It will for
the working out of algebra problems
Remember you're out there to figure
the algebra, and not the ante-thuugh
both abound in unknown quantities.
Speaking of unknown quantities, 1
was a little in doubt for a while about
something in your last letter. There
where you speak of several Jungle
birds being among the members Of
the legislative committee which Wis.
tied the university You know ! never
got a diploma, even from what now
passes for a grammar school But I've
kept my eyes open out here on the
farm most of the time It was daylight,
and | fancy I know little about
ornithology firsthand. Guess you didn't
know your father had that word in his
stock. Well listen to this think q
Jungle bird must be "rara avis
Speaking seriously, / know you don't
mean any harm, and / understand &c.
but others may not. So maybe It
would be best If you don't try to apply
grotesque names to farmers, at least
until you've cut your eye teeth.
know were called 'clod.hoppers' ana
apple knockers" and hill billies.
and none of us amt been hurt yet
But II don't sound just right from a
young man Of your years.
Just remember that If these Jungle
birds" weren't pretty smooth fellows
they wouldn't be on legislative commit.
tees. And recollect that all the time
you're practicing with the crew, if
you're ever that lucky, that you're just
strengthening your back to thin corn
in vacation, If the boys OF that tenant
on the back part Of the place, who gen.
orally do IT, should get sick.
Your early triumph as a freshman
has pleased me. You needn't be disap-
pointed that you weren't made class
president None of you boys knows
anything about each other yet. In two
or three years, after they find out what
you're made of, then If you don't get
elective honors you may begin to ask
yourself questions. In the meantime
Of course, you will do your best as yell
leader Of the irstyear men-as you
heart into it--holer louder, twice as
loud If you can, than any of those
other fellows. Your early training
calling the hogs from the creek pas
ture will come in handy You are al
ready beginning to appreciate what
kind father has done for you.
Your mother and | have talked two
or three times after supper about the
evening clothes you want. or course
we want you to have plenty Of clothes
In the evening, in the morning and
afternoon, and at night, too, for that
matter At first your mother was
kinder in favor of gratifying your high
ambition, but she agrees with me that
that would be going Il little too fast
even for young man who Is going to
have an education with all the frili-.
My acquaintance with evening clothes
dress suits Is the same thing, ain't
TITS rather limited I've seen three
or four lecturers who have come to the
hall wear them, and when I've been of
to sell carload of steers | notice the
walters around the hotels. | know
you're not going to lecture, or carry
around food and | know that, perhaps
there will come times when YOU will
need a swallow.tall, but for awhile sup
pose we let her 60
You might forget yourself and acCi.
dentally appear In It before the clock
struck six, and then the family's name
would be disgraced. You'd better wait
until you're more acclimated.
Remembering the 81 | spoke of at
first, guess III sign myself, Without a
Struggle, Your Father.-St Louis Re,
public.