Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-01-20

x Shh NE poor boy with only orp
N'Ieht ana two shoes and who had
1uH' 'akeh his seat in congress In firm
eS"uh'ihg tones. It's an cxcesSi,,.i
Interesting to me and would ba own,
my of the facts mentioned ,,.,-.,
true. For know Monty B3rpps. T,,,
known him for years-cyrr sine. ~,
tihe we vat in the literary sncjary 10
sether at SiwaSh college and Ai,n,,.
uScd 10 get up and make Spcrche, win
voice thai sounded like - dried I,,s
IN wash boiler
remember MOntys first speech rs
SUNNY as II had heard it. | can re-
trd' Il word for word. He said: "AI-ur
C"cnairman. Il m-nurn We nd
|ooVe' He was holding ON I'm two
NIiTS when he made IT.. Told mo ,
o'F"hrn That he stopped them os ,
Nhe@ were going around him md us.d ,
e'n us substitutes for knees lie vos
H"9eSt man and the worst sneaker !.
va" 'N'T got into the GnOthnutjI If n
ernry society. He had sat for Il v..r g.,
Deiore ne dared make the above sneacb 10
" look MIN another year ia pet a.
""'''' 'hat he could address the 81 d..
t'''y WIN The aid Of only ono chain .
''i'''l"cr how we used 10 look for A..
""rd I" The nights when Noptv rom -
u!e A"ci'ty. ~ "a chairman ne rpp,i,d o.,
GU me OF puny child trying to herd r..
wildcats. ~ "ei" d"
Moh'E was SO meek when we tool, ia
''" III that he had to have written ~il
P0'"'HSioh 10 snccze in chapel us.,r I'M
""'ch hin trying to arrange his %
'c'S "hen he wanted to speak Won ou
NM" now Important it is thar v,,,r So.
AheeS snail he in good voice whom ,o,, ch;
"uh' u" address Il meeting Tim. ,.r,..r SOC
tiihe 10 would get part way nm ,.i,b -, cy.
&c" hmrkS balanced on tbn .ri - SEQ
u's tongue and then his knees ,,,,,I,I orr
O"'h ana inSurge and by the timo n, DIe
N'u praced them 10 he had misI.i,I ri. enc
''"'hIAS ana tn" meeting haJ SURE, to ,
"" used Ia pity him. tbouob ,,,,,,r ii
"eNS KNOWS ! wouldn't have ,r,.t.,, a., aim
''''.' 'h" Tor the world vrs ,vor.,, ahp
'''''' NJ out ! was resigned To- if : WIFI
.''''''' 100, the night when P,rDos NV
'"'"'H'F round himself sailing ,I,,,, III
'ui one thousand miles ohoy. $50 f., -
YER riding his train of thorobr ,.,, ~, .
'e'u!hS new thoughts fn.o his min, r.,,,
~ 'aNi as ne ompticd il. c.p So, vbiL
~" me I"oh Of ecstasy on his r.c, .,,,,..-
Nc 'o"h 81 Il man who has lust dis,o,.- i,1,us
4eu now 10 drive an afrplaue and ,i,,,, r.,.t
w edic on an even Keel. Fro,, FL ce+ n,
INC on you couldn't head porpne ar ,,I 7
Z oeI'imr society nuisance Io -, tb.. CD,
''eu ana GRATED and remarked 81, rhine,
Fly meeting ana Il was q rou,,,,,, u.isIo
ElS tor>"3me member 10 rise I'm n,o v..r
k'pe of his oIoquence ana say ,,o, ,,
AIR Chairman. think il * o,o,,, M
ne TO cap the. gas we'll" while
Ahu no" little Barnes is in coprress thauffi
TWO years since he hung out his to mai
81" ie' III bet he started politi- lmly.
'FV""ihS before he got his sign and c,
ih'ed. ana I'll bet they couldn't sto,, three
IL el'her' until lie had said what bo BILE In
"'ed 10. Ia like to have henrd bis campus
'E"' % Ike to have seen the n prize
i'''Se " some of the tough old Doli great I
= ID" rose up to smother him ! had
II Nc"'h Hnd got banged on the beod fame o
u me unabridged dictionary. And ill re:
W. ~''SS doesn't worry him camp {,
W. d. 'ad GnOthautli training In ever
III" "' ~. '"h no measly speaker H. mOnum
ny 4" h,;'d him off when no hoe cheered
e full OF words AdeIr,. 4
nut what old Gnothautii did for har
MY al dld lot for all of us foo ter.
re Is nothing in college thar car lessly.
|" 'ne literary society for teochIn, proud
an 10 get up and slam n few cboios worried
u-phched sentiments into the other into the
:" az minutes warming LOOKING lights.
y" 'lose society nights | canhot their al
." ~ iseu III The large number of gether v
""u youngsters who nfterward two dar
u' anu began bosSing congress their IN
az ulStrlcts before they could r,iso tiOns.
"o"eS' AIter a man has spent n coined Il
years Oaiing up and deliyerin,, niS singers
: 81 'i'e ihce OF parliamentary Oh rear doc
"H' "hoops' yells. sarcasm and liShed
80 furniture. little thing like was all q
o"~ihe well-pOliced ward cuucpe it was m
~ ci'iiu play for him. They were That :
.'niiy critical in our society. Won lis. that
,"iA 10 IL as long as you inter. was don
" anu no longer. And the Nom. open mo.
were so pleasantly frank ohou, boot in
n'tie faults of speaking Won roarirgIv
nave to guess ut those foults tcrstota q
u AT the end of the meeting tho baters in
sot up ana told the society ohout who WINS
lie made his meaning pertac,I, coIIera M
we anyways took care to choose who had
&c who had good commnnd of an oct,,oI
age oi i 'u"'
- quartet Y
Soe'y hlSht was a great Against IN
e at old Siwash. Friday and Snt ordinary +
nights we frivoled and ON SIM. poet who
CUTS we studied. Monduv ,rroe wears bef,
'hu wednesdays we filed nm g., whose ver
'3 why's Dut on Thursday with difc
we went TO literary society an pressed ov,
oh,
- r,r,,,,, = 'u''S separated Somehow
side for half of us went ~ cio,,, ~,
ufii and half Of us to Adalnbi ,.,yS M, -.
tween the two there was emf some lima
e as the misunderstanding ne ,,.,,,r.,,,,
'ne national party factions, fortahIo E,
PURSE our constitutional ohiect didn't have
'c'ety was to conduct debates carry il ON,
DrauonS' produce exremp,r, nuftInr dis,
$ and perfect ourselves in rho tine mfr IN,
runhg meeting with firm be like win,
nen in the clair and Of ~, or,. o.. i,,