Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-03-13

been a student for rwenty-seven years
he appears ever aud anon in khaki
knickerbockers aud with a chrysauthe-
mum IN the lapel Of his well fitted
jacket. In Livingston hall, where his
snug rooms are, be shares in the
bright, cheerful dormitory life of the
scores Of youngsters when he is not
boning away for exams.
The mystery of Kemps student dec
AIDES is no longer a mystery. There is
hardly boy who has been at the uni
versity for two "ears who has not
heard 1t told and told 1t In turn 1t ia
To the effect that Kemp when youth
displayed an antipathy to the regular
course of study and that he would not
be ready on any examination day or
gather enough Of book learning To
make even fair show along with the
most diffident OF students.
To remedy this Kemp, the boy, was
provided for in the will of wealthy
relative who was wise In his day and
generation and given to the under
standing of human nature. This rcla-
tive provided an income for Kemp of
$500 year, the same to he paid him
as long as he remained at Columbia
university and to cease when he left.
Kemp was in no danger of brain
fever from overwork at the time this
arrangement was first made, but it Is
said that he managed thereafter TO re
main on the college register as Il stu
dent and draw the first years money
coming to him. He could have been
graduated many, many years ago, OF
course; but, the students say, the real
ization of the practical uses to which
$500 year could be put brought
him to sense of veneration for the
pursuit of knowledge, and he began to
nurse the curriculum for all it was
worth.
From 1896, when he got his LII. B.,
to 1900 We're years OF leanneSs In the
gathering of degrees for Kemp. but he
accumulated the easy A. 4. in 1900 and
during the following year made squirt
and picked up the A. NJ. and the LII.
NJ. But this was exhauSting too rapid
ly the degrees that might he attained
during goodly space Of years on
comfortable Inheritance paid yearly.
The seven years until now have been
leaner than any of the other stretches.
and Kemp is boning away on the long
est Of all the stretches. the FIVE years
allowed for tho i'm, Of t},n II
Learning has become Il profession with
Student Kemp now. just how old he
is his fellow students profess not to
know. Some say that he has finished
with the forties and is trudging along
toward sixty in his khaki knickerbock-
ers. with his books under his arm and
his chrysanthemum in his jacket lapel.
With the PHI. ID. the endowed student
will have used up the last of the
scholarly degrees offered by Columbia,
but may go back for postgraduate
courses and get bachelor of science
degree in two classes. Moreover. when
these resources in the battle against
the tread of time have been used up
Kemp may cast about and select de-
grees In the more practical and mate
rial lines of mental accomplishment.
There will be mining. electrical engi-
neering, civil engineering. architecture,
pharmaceutical chemistry. mechanical
engineering. and that will be the end
He will either leave college without an
income or be removed at the head of a
procession Of carriages.
Should the faculty body take no ac-
tion for the relief of Student Kemp
about twenty years from now. when
the last degree is tackled to his name.
they will behold him cast adrift with
out cent-William Cullen Bryant
Kemp, NJ. d., a. B.. A. NJ. IL. NJ,
LII. B., Phi. D., c. Ia, E. E.. Mech. E.,
E. NJ, Phar. Chem, B. S.. B. S.. b. S.