The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24

the central building, and scattarea
over the big campus / observed .
humner OF other handsome red hrick
oulidlngs. the splendor Of which cave
~ ~ d seemingly new nature, for the
.o"nS WIN which l had been ac-
qualnted at such an early 400 -
sessed no such grand arrav of arcb;-
lecture. LII
When arrived OF the campus nv |
siSioh proved to be a reality and |
l assured myself that | was in an
orphans nome. which for several
years was to be my home. The mirth- |
~ cnatter OF children assembled in !
groups about the campus evidenced
the reality of my new home. Avoid
lng as much as possible the thought
OF nomesickness l made myself agree
aole TO circumstances inc in due time
PECAN 10 think myself at home in the
fullest sense Of the word. | missed a
mother and the home on a grand
la'her farm w hundred miles to
me he eas,. but the new home was all
that nature could have made it. It
was IN the west and the mountains
could be seen in the distance. The
atmosphere was great, and in it there
was food for my childish mind.
me ride on the train-the first in
my hfe-had taken me across counties
and big rivers n through big towns,
0 AHN put Tx dIlluSC new ana I'M
dreamed or surroundings. In the
home there We're many other children
my size n age as we'll as those older
ana larger, and they were like so MANY
prothers and sisters. They were. I
tnougnt. more congenial than my
ymat at home. We were SYM
pathizerS Of each other. Well do I
remember the childish hospitality &C
corded me, h man, favors the lads
were willing to do for me, the little
gifts they were eager to give that new
bOy'-for that is the title in~volun-
tarily received-and the manner in
which they seemed to want to "chum"
With me. ! was soon initiated to the
customs prevalent in an orphans
nome and was very much lat home"
OF all the experiences that come
into ones life and which produce SEN
s%ations, possibly there are none SO
great as that Of aCcuStOming ones life
to a new home amid new surround
lngs and among strangers. 1t is in
deed "breaking the monotony' to re
sort from the Quiescence of a private
home to a home where dwell upwards
of two hundred personS-Some grown
ups, some reclining in the adolescence
and some mere tots. But that is the
experience one a upon entering ar
orphans home. A tinge of sadneS
may at times accompany the expert
ence. yet there are the joys and x
hilarating pleaSureS-enOugh of all tC
give variety to the life.
The first night | spent in the home
was experienced what l then consid
!, cred a peculiar custom in the role O
preparing to go to bed. / had never
been accustomed, of course, to assem-
bling in the sitting room with such {
2 big family Of boys for prayers jus
: preceding the retiring hour. The ac
of marching up three flights Of stair
, to my room gave me a sensation. /
. was quite different from going t
:. sleep in a room on the first foor Of
farm house, and, then, there wer'
! about ten Of US in the room.
First Meal in the Big Hall.
But the peculiar customs in Al
: orphans home taxi their flight wit
the lays and the individuality of tn
e custom is soon personally applied
e In my experience the pecullaritie
s were of momentary duration. Tn
first morning at breakfast gave m
a feeling of perplexity, but assem-
a bling in the big dining hall three time
e a day with more than a hundred pee
pie wore away h novelty. toWeve
memories of the occurrences at mrs
$ meal in the big hall still finger in m
e "reminiscences OF life In an ofphan'
q home. I well remember the Sensa
tional feeling / had while eatin
breakfast when a broad ham caresse
Il my head and face. The kindly-face
gentleman with siivery hair. who's
# hand it was and into whose face
e looked, and who yet lives. has bee
# a father in wisdom and example I
4 hundreds of boys and girls who hay
gone out from that home. He was th
superintendent n his gentle cares
and greeting upon my first sight
him on my first mornig in n non
"a gave me a lasting impression.
- didn't then know who he was. b,
he was on my mind as I ate. for
IS stranger, that I could remember, ha
. never been so affectionate to me. N
ct thoughts followed him that mornlI
- through the regular morning pray
= seryice. and each and every other de-
A. i'm the dining oom in the chapel,
Io the school room and on the caHnpu
w THANKSGIVING Comes.
a Two months passed and then