Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-13
Artist Paints Grease Spots
On Weak Soup for Living

temptations out OF the beaten track to
the man hard pressed for his daily
bread. / remember once when chance
took me to a university city near the
Baltic sea. being struck by a very ugly
red haired red-eyed student who,
though poorly dressed. always went
about with the richest boys who treat
ed him with Difference they did not
give TO one another His Jokes were
always. laughed at and his harangues
listened to. As this was one OF tho
German universities where students
spend all their time drinking beer and
fighting duels. his popularity was the
more remarkable because he drank
spdringly and bore no visible traces Of
sword slashiug. As the towns people
knew nothing about him and the stu
dents.when asked. laughed and changed
the subject. I left the place without
solving the mystery
Later on I heard him plead In a Ber-
i'm law-court-Just as ugly. shock
headed and bumptiOus as ever But
he pleaded well and Won his case. The
counsel for the other side was furious
The man always was "a fraud, he
exclaimed afterwards. He has been
my bad star all my life We were at
the same university. The first term I
did nothing but drink Just before I
had TO go Up for my exams he called
and said that II / paid him $500 he
would 60 mp and be- examined for me.
J kicked him out. ! found out later
that everybody who WAS, in. "A funk
about exams sent up 'Carroty-fIair.'
whose fee was from $500 10 $500 per
examination. Sometimes ne had three
mems exams ln a term. sometimes only
one The last year 1 was up he had 10
dye his hait' and beard lest the exanfin-
ers should recognize him
He kept himself and "a lot of uttle
brothers aud sisters ON the fraud. and
got his degree with honors. lie worked
al night FOR Ia sat drinking With MS
-tll day and he Is notaa brilliant man. We
all hated him. but dared not show Il be
cause he grew 20 powerful lie never
failed IN an exam, and there are
men here In Berlin who shake in their
shoes whenever he froWns because he
went up Tor them and may let IL out
pow. lie saved enough To buy prac-
uise, and is wor it up now
The ugly re1-haired student IL uoW
a lawyer with q European reputation.
Men like him manage % exc out a 1.-Two
uhoOd IN every continental university
managed ON the new system, by. which
students read through the course az
home and present themselves FOR cN-
animation when they think A. The
professors who. therefore, do not SOC
the men IN the lecture rooms. canpot
possibly tell the difference between
smith and Jones. The system has its
advantages. especially Tor beer house
keepers and men like "CaWoty- head "
FORGED DIPLOMAS.
Education affords another straugl
way Of making both ends meet ln
countries where the hnishing ccrth-
cate OF "a middle school or gymul-
stun, as IL b. called IN Europe b.
enough 90 admit a boy 90 a university,
II often happens that the "oaligraphy
master" probably obsolete Ia England
ana America, adds 90 his meager purs,
ln a criminal way HIS legitimate
trade Is thing OF the past even in
Europe. ana he must earn living q e
best way he can, a. he writes "a
beautiful hand he d. employed, for a
mere soug. to write out diplomas for
The middle schools This gives him
access to the dlDloma forms and De
can practise the professors signature
at his leisure
II. therefore, often happens that h"
calls on "a lazy pupils father and
school without diploma furnishes
| him Win one which. even 90 an ok
pert's eyes. cannot g. distinguished
| non. che genuine article A few hun
dred dollars have passed nom papa
pocket 60 that Of the handwriting eN
pert and the pupil goes a. some foreign
university Needless 10 say both par
! ties run great risks. The lazy pupil
may come across an old school mate
"a The university. who remembers that
he did not hnish al school and de-
nounees him 90 the university senate.
/ M some eases these certificates nave
been proved fraudulent Ions after The
| holder has taken HE degree ana la
practising az lawyer or doctor CON
sldeilng the large numbers OF Gale
eiaphy masters and lazy pupils there
] CcOn,inued on pase elshtesn)