The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-09

CORSICA. DRY Maii1-lThis
tpwu and Iberia. which ID eight
miles. from here. ars consisting for
the credit of having given Warren
q. Harding to tho nation
CorxicA. which In In Morrow cuun.
" and an miles frum Gallon. says:
Harding was born heru-- He belongs
| to ma
IbariA sAyE I made . man out Of
hun He went To college here. Here
his Individuality found first expres-
wou- Hare ~ boy. he edited his
ArSt paper. Here no played puanks
on college professors Here he wrote
jckes. for his paper. We ssiIi have
The jokeA And here he induiscd In
poetry.
CORSICA RRLIEE
'1am01 HE WAS DORN~
corxfca replies to iberia. What
you say nny b true. but here he
was born
iberia says Here A. . youth he
puhitahcd and edited the college pa.
per The Spectator and her gaye IL.
tise motto 'semper Parntus q Ex.
csisior.' which mc9ns frcetyS TRIMS
lated Always be ready 10 20 high
ers' DID he ever say anything like
that at Corsica"
Corsica rcpiics '.Buf here no was
horn"
Iberia sAyE ~You remember little.
N JIaRv4ls<0 see - q :
blame you; no WAS only baby when
he lived with you and babies don't
make much Of an impression why.
We remember him when he was
painting houses hero to work his
way through college. And We re.
member the Halloween night he and
others brought team Of oxentinto
the college halls and left them there
all night Did he>cver do that In
Corsica 20
Corsica replies: But he was born
here. and he lived here seven years,
ALWAYS READY
I'D CLIMB, HIGHER
iberia says: I'VE have his own
written and printed records In f,iaci (
and white. Mrs. Enola Blair, VIII o
went to college with him. can stfoss "
them.
'Oh, Mrs. Blair
Mrs. Blair brings out sheaf bf
copies OF The Spectator" Of | he
year 1882. published by. Harding and
another student. named Miller.
in March OF that .year Hard inE
had a piece in his paper on how to
get up In the world. hts motto. ias
stated. being Always Ready to
Climb Higher"
Some young men," said Hhrding
In his paper. who think theI nsefves
gifted with genius are incl tined to
tho kangaroo style OF progressing
They flatter themselves that. they at
least may attain to the heights of
fame by n series Of ieslps. and that
without training and mard work"
iberia says: And you ought to
read the Jokes he had. In the paper
printed here. How's tAis one?
'Teseh~v tn sp~n boys what a,~
In Esss.s hsu.es4
Small boys Pun dswnsths blinds. :.
corsica rcpliess e'GraatSstuff, But
here he, was born
iberia. says. And hereAds smother
ono Of his. jolses psit In. iths paper
right here by him:
'TAw Professor, Wps1oDsburvgssyf
"Student; Thre muat he, . break-
ing.
Cav Praesssvs ms B,sn eams
Int yoar bssse asd t<psk - cut Of
your vest. would that ~ burH1aryy"
''stu1snts Ye~. tisst swOuid break
ma
what do you think Of that,
Corsica"
Corsica answers: ~Grcat! But
here he was BORN
iberia says: Here ffW lived I'm a
furnished room and dk HIS own
cooking and often camesover to Mrs.
Biair's lodgings to borrow rain
water. And here he often liked TO
stand on his hands for the enter.
tainnent' Of other stusients. And
here he wrote that poem about the
school fence. Show II. Mrs. Blair"
|. Mrs- Blair has saved, 1t all these
years. II was written with a lead
Uencfi and here n L.