The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-23

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TAFT Am rAJrpI OF KAeosHIMA.
BY ARTHUR II. GLEASON.

= III s* r Z AFT TAJlHI rs ANOSHImA' -L
MEMBER of the class of rs was Inajiro Taneka Tatri Of kas"hms
"a Japanl II vas a tnid, understood little allen in the midst O a big
= hearted but careless n highly vitalzed class. Now Tafts religion
was tx be a friend to mai. He never allowed anything disparaglng to be said
of the little Jap Some years later Tajri returned to his atheriand an prac-
tied high hnsnc There was at thai time a dearthio OF men in Japan who
understood the way of finance SO Tajnfs career opened u p strong n he
was happy Then can a swift political change and h G ws deposed through
no fault Of his " Il, but this broke the hear of the high-sprited nnancers
For the rest Of his days h went softly giving lectures in Law at the I'm.
perials University Toxic He had lsta IL trace of his class n a hope OF
evr seeing again the members. Then came Taftsf amous trip around part
Of In world. along with Alice Roosevelt and all those wer-known persons
Therew was a mighty reception held for Taft in Toxic. When asked II d ma
any friends whom he would like to see present at that high AFFAIR." he splice
and the little Yale aiunnns vas made very. happy by being the guest of honor
of the guest of honor. fa -
8s TAFT WAS AN ALL-RoUND STUDENT.
kTv HERE were a good many nokhr men in the class He omitted hi
unnecessary inses of student hnarity. hiseeye from the start as
fixed on the purposes for which he had come to the. college Early IN
the course he began to take prizes. especially in composition oeclana-
ton. but his characteristic was a balance If qualities he Vas not Inc " y.
erafy man, nor the classical scholar. o. the athcnati sharp but the I'LL
round student, Te was not particularly briliants there vas nothing ESQ
ter, nothing subtle about him; he a hearty and always with Just a
touch of the Scotch eannness. Sohdty and concentration were the words
you would Use Of him. E.H -
Ills instructors liked him as heartily Is his classmates liked him. Pro-
Andrew. Phillips began. his college teaching career by lnstucuhg rs Is
nsJevonss Logic. Ee says IF Taft: He had the kpack OF getting the mills
from the cccoanut. 1t vas a pleasure to teach him because of his ability
to get at the. bottom of things. He had q strong wen-rounded mind, n II
certainly was hesrtening to see him walk across the campus SO large
TAFT AND HIS ROPE FIREEsCArE.
KYyE get the note of seriousness in this little episode Of Tafts senior
w year when he moved owe into South College" N the top hor
4 He found it a fr-trap-od and tindery, with n easy escape. 8 % he
purchased a long and thick ope and kept it cohed in the corner OF ms
room Te wasn't going to hay his young and promising career ended by
any accident due to lack of foresight If the midnight alarm had come
hand Owe hand tossafety. The rop was stout enough to- bear him., II te
fire had come. Nothing happened ut his class thought hhssp rtcauhon a
pretty on He ws 50 bulky that the mental picture of him linn
the rope OF a chilly night ws easily Observation-Disclosures inu guration
NUMBER, March g.