The Washington times., 1920-10-10
Fire of Youth
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In suffering for those she loves
Mira. West now insisted that to Has'
ward he must 20. since Harvard was
best, II only for the sake OF the
papers future. his fathers princi-
psi monument She put II on that
ground, though none guessed what
IL cost her. She even eniiste1
Adela's aid, and Adela loyalty sup
ported her, though deep In her
fesrt the girl felt that Anthony
u,ght not to leave his mother.
you certainly ought to 30. An
thony," she insisted doggediy. She
WAS sixteen now and mature for her
age. and there was a new, a haunt
ing wistfuiness In her great eyes,
"You viii meet new people--dif'
ferent people She could not help
rejecting what was her own per-
sonal point OF view. Lots OF
Eastern gJrls-7- she added with
e laugh. though II Stakeholder heart
10 saw the words. you'll forget
all about me-" she was now woman
enough to want to say. But what
she did say was. They'll spoil you
but you ought to go all the
same"
Anthony believed himself to be
passive II not actually adva6e
under this feminine urging to do
the thing he most wanted to do.
Anyway he finally yielded, Il
don't have to stop there indefinitely.
A year or two may give me all l
want--a good start to go from
history, languages, literature. IT.
tie economics and psychology
that's the kind of thing a news
paper man wants. Once I get q
start can keer II up while ! am
working on the paper"
Jim Howard, to whom he re.
peated this stoicAl programme.
smiled from the depths Of a ripe
experience.
"All right. my boy. 90 ahead.
But you needn't work overtime at
being an angel. I reckon most OF
us would be satisfied II you came
out merely good man."
Anthony entered Harvard Uni
: versity in the Autumn of nineteen
nine and the accomplishment OF
La a nn11d 10 ~ q rk
In his existence. He was In his
nineteenth year and despite the
soherness of the circumstances
under which he had left home, his
heart was hungering for some
msgically romantic return for all
the passionate yearning that he had
SO long openly and secretly directed
toward that goal
1t is notable. however. that Har-
ward. as we'll as many another
achievement. returns certain vague
disappointment 70 those who too
ssionately as 'or It. he was
intensely loue' hiring the first
months; there was nobody else
there from his town. and he was
both surprised and hurt to find that
he signified absolutely nothing in
his new environment His name
would have marked him at the
State University, but here no one
seemed to know anything about, 1t.
He had a room in the Yard and,
since he knew no one to select as
a roommate, the college office as
signed bland. stoiid boy from
Maine. Sam Cullen. to be his room
mate.
With n sober sest Anthony
plunged into his work, as one con-
scientiously aware that sacrifices
had been made to enable him to
come here. Half the students at
Harvard are in that position and
do the like at the outset. Later on,
in a good many cases, varying de-
erees of reaction set in, because
youth and rigor are normally an
tngonistic. II was so with Anthony,
though his mind was naturally keen
and he had genuine affinity for
the subjects he selected. But
mostly It was matter of dry plod-
ding, and the discovery that so
much ~ formal educa ffOn was dull