The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05

thy fight,
Make me a child again Just for tonight
TINE above quotation seems par
ticularly applicable to Col.
George Lyon, Jr., who. oSspite
the fact that he has reached the al
loted span Of three score years and
ten. has returned to the haunts of his
boyhood and to the land of make
believe" as a student at Harvard Uni
versity. In striking contrast to Col.
Lyon, who Is a venerable old gentle
man with flowing white hair, is Jacob
Shankman of Chelsea, Mass, who last
winter held a birthday party with a
cake :" n everything with but thirteen
candles on It. In fact this infant
prodigy is the youngest enirant ~ Inc
halls OF that great Institution of learn
ing, being younger by two years than
any freshman who has applied for ad-
mission in the past four years.
Side by side Youth and Age" are
struggling toward the attainment of
the golden fruit of knowledge, in the
faith that makes men strong, and the
strength that makes men FREE" Col
Lyon, who has travelled to the four
corners of the world and has seen, ac-
cording to himself. nearly everything
that Is worth SEEING" says that it
seems like heaven" to be back at
Harvard again. and Is enrolled in two
advanced courses in English, one on
Shakespeare py Prof. Kittredge, and
the other on English prose, given by
Prof. L. B. r. Briggs, dean of the
faculty Of arts and sciences.
The Colonel is Popular.
The Coloners rooms are in Wads-
worth House. in the college yard, and
his den already is "hangout" for stu
dents and professors, for he has be-
come exceptionally popular. His walls
are lined with books of all sizes and
descriptions. his favorites being sew
eral rare sets of Shakespeare, and side
by side with the bookcases are military
commissions from the National Guard
Of Nebraska college banners, old
prints and photographs and great
framed picture of President Wilson.
Born at Ogdensburg. N. Y, July 80,
lS4s, Col. Lyon began his education at
the Naval Academy, entering as a mid
shipman in 1866. He left the service
the following year and later entered
Harvard as member of the class of
1877. President Lowell thus was a
classmate and has long been one OF
the Colonels warmest friends. Lyon
was seized by the wanderlust in his
sophomore year and left college to
roam the world. The next time he APP
peared at Cambridge was in 1879, when
ne entered as junior, receiving his
degree as a bachelor Of arts two years
later. He followed up his college
course by pursuing advanced studies
abroad, coming back to serve in the
Indian wars with Custer. 1t was out
West that he got his military title. as
Colonel on the staff of the Governor
OF Nebraska, and 1t was in Nebraska
that he became acquainted with Gen.
Pershing. who was then instructor at
the States university. And the Cen
eral was a splendid officer. too said
the Colonel. He stayed at my house
several times. and I remember him
well; modest, rnassuming. and mill
tary to the last degree"
Speaking of his return to Harvard
to renew his studies In his favorite
field, English literature, Col. Lyon said
We are never too old TO learn. 1t has
Always been my ambition to return to
the haunts of my youth, to those fair
places where spent so many happy
hours amid such pleasant surround
ings. A man is just as old as he feels
an age is but comparative. There IL
no better thing tnan TO study with
congenial masters and students, and tc
me. getting back 20 Harvard again Is
Just like heaven"
stin Work for n BOY.
Jacob Shackman, still in knee
oreeches, will have his fourteenth
birthday in February. He Is regarded
as real prodigy by his parents ane
teachers, for ne passed all his en-
trance examinations with high grades
and has written several brilliant pa
pers on medieval history. His course
OF study is one which few undergrad
yates would dare tackle. for he Il
taking six subjects for his first year