The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-14
A Han Of High Degree.


| 0OSv So8U = UcoOOt cuuCatlOu were uo'
eacoaraSing when an aunt died and
lset him 40 annuity Of 5000 30 Ions
20 b remained Q student In a univcr
city which she designated.
Arthur was eighteen aud hall
when hs entered college. lie passed q
splendid examination and was picked
out for bead OF bis class. His friend
Ddwiu Tyler. entered tho same year
managed to scrapc through the en-
trance examination aud was picked
out for the foot Of the class. Al the
high school from which the two youns
men went ~ college was ReatrlC,
fori. . young lady VI sixteen. to whom
both were devoted The brilliant Leigh,
ton. however. was Tar la the head. Uhi
there was an understanding between
aim aud iseatrice that when he was
graduated they should lie engaged.
During the hrst year Arthur i.clgli.
tou took Wost Of the prizes "IIcl,i,
while Ned Tyler barely maintained a
email fraction over q rating which
would throw him out of college Tyler
vas solne " hat prominent IN athletics.
but be WAS especially Interested In
class politics. Not being sutiicicutiy
scholarly to warrant Ills appropriatins
any OS the appointments" TO himself.
he distributed thefn anon. those sup
possI to be lifted for them. ln,lccL
b was what might lie called the class
"boas." But In the middle of the second
year even this ignoble distinction was
denied him. for lie was caught one
uight hoisting calf Into the belfry
aud expelled.
Leighton was graduated at the head
oe his class. He had spent every va
cation with Beatrice Ford. had cor
rssponded with her aud ON his grndua'
ton they became formally engaged
Arthur vas very much puzzled In the
choice Of . career. lie was ~ YER
satiie. be seemed fitted for 81 many
di6erent nelds. that he was drawn In
- many different directions. When
the summer had passed he had not
decided. II BY the nrst of October
following be did not return TO college
be would 0nd himself without an In.
come. He concluded 10 enter for
postgraduate course. during which he
would make up bis mind ~ 90 his fu'
ture courSe. Had there l<en law
school at bis alma mater be would
have become . lawyer. for be could
have studied the profession there. re-
cslvinS Tie annuity. but there was
no law school at the university. and
By the terms OF the will he must study
tAsre. and there only.
Meanwhile Ned Tyler continuel his
downward course - 20 some Of his
friends exprsssed it-by hunting up
scraps oe nsws and selling them to
Tbers seemed only one
lower than this. and he fell
Into that too. He became q political
ward manager. He had the while
bsen steadfast In his love for Beatrice
Ford. though she was preoccupied with
Als rival One day after an election
shs saw biz name In the list Of sue.
cessfuI candidates for the legislature.
How fortunate" she said. that ]
those Arthur! ] always feared that
Ned would go down HILL"
Al the end Of another year Leighton
found himself In q position to lose the
bsnsdt Of his course Of study unless
10 finished II. which would take an'
'thsr year. Besides. the moment he
,eased to b student se the univcr-
'ity his Income would cease. lie con.
'ulted with Beatrice. who declined to
ldvfss him. He continued the course.
md wbsn the second year was nutsh-
ID. being stu In the same position.
o0k . third year.
0eao.ce an not Isck decision. and
vhsn Arthur catered Tor the third
.sas nis postsfsduate course she broke
b snsassmept. This nearly broke bis
,sart ~ wei. but he was getting too
W to study Q profession. had no taste
or business. and bis only way OF max
as living seemed to be by remaining
saodenf. Tue consequence was that
when the seventh year OF his Studies
xpIre0 " entered Tor the degree Of |