University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-04-24
CHARLES b. TITUS.


down in Oklahoma Nearly all th
hight schools of the state were repr,
sented. The contest as it neared tn
end grew very close. The last rae,
the relay, found three teams tied fo
first place. The relay would decid
the meet The Cherokee High SchOC
coach raved and ranted. The fourt
man of his relay-the fastest-ha
pulled muscle and had been carrie
to the dressing room The boys from
Cherokee were steeped in despair.
There was little dark-haired
bashful freshman who had accom-
panied the team to the meet. He hat
grown excited as the meet narrowe,
down to the final race. Now that tn,
star runner was hurt he was greatly
depressed. He listened to the cOacf
bewailing the fortunes of war anc
track meets for some time. Then h,
moved
Coach. I'm not much of a runner
but let me run in the race. I'll run
as fast as | can. And l believe l can
win"
That night the Cherokee High School
carried home the pennant. The fresh
man had kept his word and run as fast
as he could, which happened to be a
second or two faster than the record.
The newspaper accounts gave the
name of the regular runner, but the
back of the medal bore the name of
the freshman. Charles Brown Titus.
When Titus came to the University
of Missouri in 1910 he still had the
spirit that had won that track meet
He said that he was going to do
the best he could in everything h.
went into and he believed he would
win. He knew that his best could
only be obtained through thorough
ness. And so he began to work with
before him.
His contests here were not track
meets but he was looking out past the
school days to what was to make
he man. He saw the advantages of
military training and went into it.
lie put his best into it. His medals
nd shoulder straps show that he has
ron.
Into his school work he put this
pirit. Entering the College of Arts
nd Science, he spent two years in
repairing for his study of law. His
rades and the kind of class work he
as done in the University show that
e is a man with a serious purpose
life. This year he has begun the
NV course. and he says he will win.
Last fall upon the organization of
lie Delta Omicron fraternity, he af-
lated with them and became one of
leir active members. He is also a
ember of the Scabbard and Blade,
le military fraternity.
On three afternoons of the week a
tort time before the call for drill.
rather tall, straight, dark-haired man
blue uniform comes down the ;
cps of Academic Hall. He stops to
'eak with friends here and there I
'wn the line of companies. 4
Upon reaching Company E he stops
I'd begins to chat with the other Off
RS OF the company. He speaks to {
e privates. tells them the nature I
the drill for the afternoon and gets j,
EN- in sympathy with the work be-
re them.
But when the companies are called e
attention he drops his good-fellow \
:, becomes Captain Titus, and as d
mes the dignity his Office requires. +
After drill this soldierly air is drop
d and the dignity forgotten. In his
ON with his tight-fitting coat and b
IN collar off, his feet upon the table b
d the room full of smoke, he is the q
st of good fellows. In the serious a
cussions he expresses himselfl
'arly and forcibly; while in the
morous his dark eyes light up and G.
title red spot glows on either cheek
len it comes his turn he tells twol
ries instead of one. unless they are
,ut himself.
lie is modest. He is careful and q.
with precision, though often in %
eemingly offhand manner. But the
in thing about him which impresses
is his earnestness and sincerity. -,
ie does not have much to say about G.
coming election. 1t is the same in
story. though. just what he told 8,
high school coach. I'm not much
a runner, but let me run in the
e. III run as fast as I can and O