The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
STEDMlN,s COLLEGE LIFE.
The Poets ONn Account % u IN q hitherto
Innnhllsheal LITTER.

Unpublished Letter.
Less than year bofOre his sath Nlr Sted-
man wrote, with his characteristic oandOr,
tho following account of an episode in hts
early life never before pat On paper.
There aro evidences that he had In mind
al lelst the possibility IT it, ultimately
finding IT, Way into print
MAva. 1907,
NJ pFAH M Forgive me Tor die
tating Ibis better. which I an compelled 10
do. o. Else postpone sin longer my reply
tu vorr very welcome greeting " tho ii
inst IN truth, thr curious pressure ~ my
correspondence and pI "a" current town
season have prevented M" from paying any
attention 10 my own work ms spring
some time 10 will give me pleasure 10 meet
You. II YOU rin venture ~ lar a. iooth STREET
by the subway 10 see a most digrauRht old
man whom several wears Of alternate sick
ness and troubirt have prevented from con-
tinuing his proper work and getting into col
l"yr.d form what hr has done m the pass.
and who meantime D, called upon by the
country al large for every kind Of protea-
.ional service
Now A. 10 your INJURY concerning my
boyisl hascos o. really would BE- Iona
story, and Il I could ever nerve myself and
get the chance To write my own Reminis-
crnocs might not he lacking In both humor
and pathos rs not little palhos an eie-
m"ni in M true humorH
The fact Is that studied very hard 10
enter college, a. IS 81 that could be near
NV mother. from whom / had been eHiled
aud half orphaned a. the age Of 9 was
The youngest hut two In hat large and
famous class Of Vale 81. and had never
been lc' loose IN a city till went 10 New
Haven For limo ! got aloaR we'll. al
though surrounded ny older and very dash.
ing fellows. many n them Southerners
A. the end II freshman year vas simply
heartbroken by the departure Of my mother
10 Europe Tier husband the Hon william
o. Kinney. had been appointed Minister 10
The cour' Of Victor Emmanuel I did not
zee her again for twelve year,
I was an imaginative and eNcifable hoy.
and became rather reckle fell OF In all my
studies cut prayers. sc and eXcelled only
In English composition aud in reading all
the poetry. drama &c In the library My
nights we're spent with beer. whiskey skin,
sk,ttlcs and bowling around town How
10, ed through h don't know
A. the end Of sophomore wear 7 vas
arrested on" night with some Older men
and taken before the lo'al Doghnrry The
others gave false NAMES. paid their fines
and got away. but I vas recognized bv my
lone hair and other ccCcutricities and re-
ported 10 The faculty was rustiCated 10
Northampton. where ! passed summer
under th" charge Of Professor Dudley. a
famous Greek scholar. who had q private
seminary there. The institution vas iul
Of stall wilder crowd than ! had met al
Vale. and ! joined With them In painting
the town rcd. getting In love with the North
ampton girls and into trouble generally
From that time on no man Of my own
rllss has ever ,ompr"h-nd"d hos ! could
have changed on coming OF age into a per-
sonage consulted al my Ire By others and
doubtless often considered a phuis'ine by
those who hav" never met mo
Later IN that wear a few Of ~ conceived
the absurd id"a of getting up a small drs-
matt" company sud under assumed names
going ON the road hi. We did and gave
Dramatic Reh.arsals w soon got on
our upporS ~ course sud had 10 fee from
debts contracted and scatter a. We might.
! vent south With two comrades ana had
psrlous adventure. hut the next spring
returned North aud secluded myself NJ
my GUARDIAN house in Norwich. Conn
uth much RvronIc gloom he had been
member Of tho Vale faculty. IN his youth
and cndravored 10 81 me hack 10 college
but my cas-" VS. fragrant. IT, nos" had gone
abroad
Grand old President Wool.ay anady 10
formed no" can remember his very words
and still have the letter that the faculty
has voted that while you NAV not return
TO Vale % will not be- considered contrary
to m" county II colleges that anv other In
stituiion should receive YOU n was The
1rs' time I had ever seen the word comfy
and 10 impressed itsrlf upon ms memory
M 10 Glanced hat al the date when nv class
graduated was editing. though under
tW"n'v. INV nrst country newspaper 10
the AFORESAID Norwich. tn" Rose Of New
England a, that beautiful town Il called.
The paper Itself Nas the NorVich TribWps.
by the way
You will mot consider me vain glorious.
trust. Nhen I add that ole restored me
to my class iu sitter wears. and gave me the
degree 81 " 4 ard st.ll later af'er / had
written tho Vale COMMENCEMENT ode and
done other thing mad" me en- &c. n q
electorate Vhi,' : had -tr1dfa-flv declined
from other irstruf ons Vale had also
offered mo In tN- pU- fhe Billing chair
81 literature. and sep; % op"u for 'n- for
-au5. yeats hui ;hDUSht Tp,-.ii tro oid
20 accept 10 both Tor h"r .lkr and ms oun
since then hay" delivered rho ale 49,
Centennial Poem hs," held of,.. iu the
al. Alumu. As1oCiat ton. a.. and suppose
! an Ioos.d upon 1s something ~ Yale
mar and poo. iblv university man
This is the fr-t time 7 have ever puf n
much about my youth on paper aud
.osrcslv know why should ~ dong u nov
excerpt that such q request ~ YOURS coming
rom fAr Younger freud has led me- IN
thi- way 10 enter 90 upon The records OF a
NOT wholly satisfactory lifetime
VITA ala good Nishe- sincerely yours.
EpvrNp e. SrFDMAN
PS OWING % the deaths Of nv vie
aud son and other trouble nv beautiful
homo ~ Lawrence Park, PrcnvyLle. which
wish Won wight have VISITED Aas h~en
broken 49,. and : am ln single quarters
- .G1 Broadway
Quotation Completed.
- rUr IpIruU oF Tar Sry 81 We
sra indebted 20 representative Mccall for
lis sue.rh 20 M" II0u,s on March q Vhsn
be- and others fought losing hght on Tho
Sp.aEsrstin There vas something nor.