The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-06-10

was but few miles from where we
lived. and Johnny could go there and
sleep and eat at home At least
that's what be did. though how no
body could find out Johnny didn't get
into any of the fraternities and. IN
fact. took a back seat all through MS
college course. How could he be promi-
nent when he never had any money
to subscribe for the different AFFAIRS
of his class or his college that must be
paid for by subscription2 Besides, he
was working at something all the
while During the winter months ne
worked at odd jobs, though he was |
Obliged to confine himself to such as
he could do at certain times, for not
being smart he was obliged to study
hard in order to get through college
And even then he took rather a low
stand in his class.
While John was In college ! was liv-
ing at home. and when he had time he
used to come to see me. for we mad
been brought up In the same town ana
had always known each other. | knew
| very well what his mother was doing
| for him. how she pinched and saved
J and worked to get money to help her
! boy to get an education.
| Somehow | took 1t into my head thai
/ | was an object of more than especial
interest to John. 1t did not trouble me
no woman Is troubled at superfu1ty
Of lovers-but felt sorry that | could
not reciprocate. John was not my
ideal at all. That ideal was Fred Sum-
ner. No two men could have been
more different. Summers clothes were
cut in the height of fashion, and bis
manners were delightful, especially
with women, toward whom he was
charmingly deferential. John Ryerson
not only wore his hat on all occasions.
but it was very shabby Moreover. he
had no fraternity badge to pin on bis
waistcoat. In other words. he was not
, considered of enough Importance to be
elected member of fraternity.
And yet there was something about
John that liked. | suppose 1t was bis
integrity The world. especially the so
} cial world, takes no account of integ
l rity. Those who are on top are Their
| because they are there, and so long q
, they have the wherewithal to sta.
there they can do so. II they disap
! point society by doing something =
! cause their fall society simply walk
! over their carcasses and goes on. bu
! does not profit by the matter. That
! something with which society has moth
a ing to do Society exists In college a
y everywhere else. There Is the sam
/, social climbing in university as ther
4 is on upper Fifth avenue, New Yorl
' Considering all this, | couldn't hes
% feeling sorry for John that be mus
+ continually take back seat
q Ny two admirers graduated within
is few days OF each other. | attended th
commencement exercises at both co
Ieges. The commencement at Sumner
10 university was held first. He invite
10 me especially. and | was under bis cal
lv while | was there. He had an appoin
at ment to speak at commencement bi
as did not avail himself Of it. | four
be ! that he had become one of those WI
h. affect to despise learning. This cla
st Of students has largely increased
ct late They go to college more as CIR
be go to a finishing school, assuming tn
d. a university is a small world with {
the struggles, triumphs. failures al
zh other features OF the world they a
20 about to enter. and 1t is well to ha
ed some training for the larger field B
as fore entering 1t.
to what dc men in a law case ca
ny about oratory? They want evidence
nj said Fred to me when 1 was argui1
to the case with him. Since could n
be refute him held my tongue.
Ct Having gone to see Fred SUNNI
sct graduate, | was obliged to be conte
all with seeing him elected member
the Creme de la Creme, the tptop
up all the fraternides. He said himst
a that be would rather have that eli
Ter ton than take the valedictory.
sge stood well In his class, he said, a