The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-15
STRANGE SCHOOL FELLOWS ARE TO
Be FOUND in NIGHT CLASSES HERE
The Old and the Young
Business Man and Clerk
Searchers After Knowl-
edge.
~ T. ]. DILLON

Might CLASSES make strange
school fellows This paraphFaaing
Of a trite proyerb can be demon
sttated any night AZ the Broadway
high school. where men, women
and children come seeking the
knowledge after dark that IL with.
held from them during tho daylight
hours They range Ia s8oH from
the lad just Ia his teens 10 the
gray haired grandfather. all drawn
10 this center BY the magnet Of
knowledge They number all told
nearly 500 parsons
There are ambitious boys and
Girls. barred from the regular
hours ~ school. who are making
their First flght overcoming ign0r.
anrr They are sefiona and sober.
but their eyes CLEAN with the ilght
81 hope and the knowledge ~ years
70 come They gladly take from
recreation the hours they devote 10
studlous toll, paying ia advance
for the pleasures and enl0ymenta
that are 70 come IN after years.
They are handicapped "a The race
~ life. they carry = heavy impoas
from fate. but they arr made Of the
stern welEht carrying stuff, and
have stout hearts
Have Ambitions ard Hopes.
Then there are the men and
women who have lost The first
bloom ~ youth. They know same.
thing q the world aud It's exae
tons They. toa. have their am.
hiiiona aud hopes They have tired
81 working with the hand. they
want to use their bfainn ~ they
come. books tn arm. and take their
places In the cihasrooma beside
boys and girls 10 or rs years
younger than they.
Age 10 No Tar.
fiui. atfanKest Sigh, Of ALL IL that
81 the men and women well along
In the afternoon ~ llfe. they whose
dim eyes cannot look forward 10
any Indefinite vista ~ brighter
daYa. but can only peer outward to
the smooth slope which leads d0wa
10 the darkness What ambitions
animate these world worn souls :
What lure does knowledge hold out
for them. now that their day FOR
fanle, riches ard gar romance Il
dones They. too take their places
beside thn eHuitant. high stepping
youth. and listen ~ teachers who
could well be their snuR or danRh.
tors. travelling along the road 10
Wisdom with the easy. steady gait
u ase Around them TIE quick IN.
suissve minds % youths solve prob
leans Ia . flash which they must
slowly work out In travail. buf theY
plod steadily ON toward some mys.
terious end
inesnargisiss unnotlesd
In the clnnarnomm incnngrmltioa
pass unuoticed. No one thinks u
odd 10 see a man ~ 80 struggle
With the iutricactea uf enc unknown
auantsty. or mofherly woman
flushed with her firsf comprchcn-
sion - the functions nf the all.
mentary canal. The night school
u = democracy. where youth and
age meet on a common basis Of
intellectual need and mental com.
paninnnhlp Zach has his peculiar
individual want. from penmanship
20 Greek. for not n few among the
students are school teachers lifting
themselves for higher and more re
mumerRllve work. some take draw
ing lessons. others hammer brass
aud all are intensely Interested.
Here's q Contrast.
within a hundred feet Of the
broadway school there are dancing
academies Thoy. too. Rre sKlow
n night. and thronsed. bus eiih
a different class Laughter and
Jest take the place Of Euclidian
propoaltiouH, and the Hcraping or.
chestra grinda cut popular airs
which contrast sharply with the
Low hum OF stnay a few feet away.
There are no old men OF matrnnly
women here. just pulaatlng. care
free youth. for whom tomorrow Is
a. today. and all the tomorrowa
thereafter How many Of those
who are dancing tonight win be-
forced to the night school Ia days
tO Gomez How many Of these but
terfIcs that flli gaily about during
the Ions sunshiny hours Of youth
will bitterly repent In the winter
Of age their neglect Of the oppor.
tupniiy that was bat hundred
feet away