Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-06
By FRED L. YOUNG
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ltssed him:
II Mr. Ward, last night you were
II c$ght in one of those depredt,tions
Il Wich of late have been throwing dis
y ctdit on the university. Peter Bar
4 IFS grocery store was entered and
lRlors and cigars taken. Barber,
Yo lives over his store, hearing a
MISE below. put his head out of the
widow and saw several young men
rtning away. He recognized you as
St Of them. If you will give me the
flames of the others your punishment
will be far lighter
Last night" replied the accused
man. Il was in my room from o'clock
/ Itill 7 in the morning. never once leav-
ing it,"
THAT you would undoubtedly be
able to prove by your fellow students,
but not to the satisfaction Of the fac
ulty. You may consider your connec-
ton with the college severed"
Elmer, after an interview with Bar
ber, during which the latter maintain
ed stoutly that he had seen the stu
dent running away from his store. saw
mp way to prove his innocence and,
mixing a virtue of necessity, left the
diversity. There was no legal pros
altion for burglary since the matter
Us considered one Of those indiscre-
9ns common among college students.
(he hardest part of the young mans
cfge leaving was saying goodby to
pA Trevor, the daughter Of Profes-
N soErevor. The two had been play
mai and Elmer had chosen Vernon
cak because she was there They
~ wersither of them quite of an age,
cerB' not in a position to pretend
10 to, athing more than friendship.
but se was an undercurrent OF
feenhat was liable to burst forth
at ahsoment. This trouble which
had Oxen the young man brought
II ali Together they talked over
tlo the shhl as n matter of supreme
interesstoth, and the plan that De-
\ liz propwas carried out to the let
4 ter. lin substance that Elmer
Shoulu deprived Of n college
CAlll euucatiolhen he left this was not
J, oni! nspd between them. but
ItiS .nal tnelt of their lives should
be one.
J ! Though. bod hoo, in oo,,eoe
] vi b11f n farys
ou' hs, his expulsion was
ieoei'eu psstudents with marked
- ui"app'oou. The spirit of rebel
non ran soslhat the president was
out no " pm the campus. The
a "n only the most popu-
i"i iian III rs, but was looked up
"a ~ as Tue sMoses who bid fair
Va " ie'u LIS students out Of the
E wilderness off n which +bav had
" oeen several years. He
stood six feet IN b;s stock;nos
and was Herceo, r+ro,,,tb And
:, III" 'ho' NC neen expelled thf
:" expectation ofSE th;,os bo won,d
or do for the colleg, or,,shod IN +ba
~ "A bud. Interest in oi,puo1 football,
os match for the "a ,,o,r diod ont
and it was supposo Randall nn,-
5 versity, which hal, varnon so
k often, would doSNin And so #
I turned out. not S0ho+ ,.oor hut
IL the next and the ne
~ When the autumn ho third rear
~ caine aiouiiu Tue undergradu-
II ates felt that someI ,s+ he dons
. " Dreah tnls Guam otats. A good
T man, Tom Muir, was ,+od for can-
HI tain, and he worked, - oot TO-
q gether an efficient team aooodod
" far better than was horo bean
A hoped; but, after alt toor, nc q
IA whole was too light.
n Muir during the earl - ~ Oc-
III tober succeeded in replate eo,u n,or-
TIL ers with better men an 90 tho
ri freshmen in the scientif, o, ,.,o .
II discovered to be not only a.ro,o
" and very heavy, but renal n,,,o,S
n In this way Muir brougE toom
I'd up to a state of efficiency ,,oo,o,
E to awaken an interest in 80,
III game. "IeN D come
off so great had been the cl, thot
"a 'ne peltinS' GO 20 one
IA on hen'iaii' oeN"'Ae !" ~ - Ver-
"a non.
sN But alas for human hopes. =.
"a Muii oe' & rae
fI tlce 81 i"i "' ~ w ~ hat
kS3 year at-Ieast from the team.
ia crack player was taken i'll. "a ~
"a was called home on account OF
II ilv affliction. 1t was too late tori
"a these men with equally efficient :
;sN even if it could have been done3a
iaA The Vernon money was all up on
- came and could not be withdrs
IA All hope of breaking in upon the
vs tories or Kendall was abandoned. y
E The day before the match Muir
|Sa serted that two Of his substitutes
IA turned out to be summers and he
M encouraged. Vernon plucked up C
aee. A more hopeful feeling was '
EI ing when the very afternoon be
E tbe match. while practicing. the ]
"a from the scientific school, who
Ea ,,een relied upon for the principal
d kler and runner as well. emel
"a from a scrimmage with a broken
81 That finished the rising anticipat
ISL of Vernon, and the game was givel
3s& for lost.
sM Nevertheless the next aftern
aM there was big crowd on the ova