Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

sors and the students, collected a
fund and law students are proverbi-
ally poor, to present him with low
ing cup
Throughout his activities in the
Delta Epsilon fraternity Hughes was
associated with men from five to ten
years Older than himself, and yet al
ways managed to dominate. In 1880,
committee OF three was appointed
by the fraternity to formally indorse
the nomination Of General James A.
Garfield, a brother member, for the
presidency. Young Hughes was one
of the three selected. Among thou
sands Of members it was he who was
selected to prepare the formal ex-
preston Of the fraternity, which be-
gan as follows:
Whereas, Our listing he d
brother, General James A. Garfield,
is the nominee for the presidency Of
the United States, therefore, be re-
solved" etc, Hughes was Is years
old at the time.
OF Hughes when a student at
Brown, Prof. Appleton. department
OF chemistry, had remarked:
Quite often the man who makes
the most enduring impression on his
instructors is the one who is cratic,
irregular or, perhaps, cheerfully mis-
chievous. Hughes, while attending
Brown, was none of these. He was
studious, faithful, paying answering
attention to his work and with an un-
bounding loyalty to his duty. There
are students who show especial apti-
tude for certain studies. but men
who show marvellous aptitude along
many different lines. as was the case
with Hughes, are very rare Hughes
as student was careful, methodical,
hard working, industrious and paid
the strictest attention to his studies
in the class room and out of it. His
ealmness and cheerfulness impressed
one as being the most distinguishing
features Of his character. He was not
content to accept the demonstrations
OF theories which were not supported
by the demonstrations of the facts.
He seemed to like to experiment, as
certain and reach conclusions for
himself, but he was not a theorist,
being always eminently matter of
fact"
Travis Whitney, now a public serv-
ice commissioner of New York, con-
tributes this:
THE human side OF Charles Evans
Hughes, the man, has been overshad-
owed and lost sight of by his achieve
ments. A public career that lacks m
deeds too frequently abounds in that
which writers call personal color
Yet in his private life there Is a de-
lishtful human side to Hughes. He
has been called a logic machine
without human sympathy or emo
tons. Nothing could be more untrue.
His intense human nature kindness,
love Of his fellows, considerateness
for the rights OF others and family
relations round out the attributes of a
truly great man. He always scorned
any use Of this personal side in con-
nection with his public career"
You have heard how methodieal
President Wilson lays out his days.
He scores nothing there over Hughes.
While the word efficiency was still ly-
ing dormant in Webster, Worcester,
Stormonth-before the Century was
born--Hughes as child had begun
adjusting himself to it. Not yet S
years old he presented himself be-
fore his father with schedule he had
prepared called: Charles E. Hughes
Plan Of Study" Days of the week
were marked into hours. Amongst
those hours the topics for study were
arranged and fixed for rigid follow
ing. Some months afterward, keeping
an eye on himself he noticed that his
hands and feet were fidgeting when
reciting before his mother, and on his
own initiative, without hint or sugges-
ton from anyone else. he toed pat
tern in the carpet and compelled his
body to keep absolutely motionless
during his lessons"
His father-a Baptist clergyman of
Welsh blood, who had come TO the
paper making town of Glens Falls, N.
Y. from Tredegar in England-in-
tended him TO be minister His
mother, whose name was Connolly,
and whose blood was Irish, Scotch.
English with a touch of Dutch, had
for him the same ambition. But,
knowing how to read at 3 years of
age, having mastered fractions at 7,
his mental activity led him afield.
Always the grown-up Hughes depre-
Gated the idea that he was an infant
prodigy.
81 was an omnivorous reader" he