Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-29
Mutton and Cabbage Tires
Americas Rhodes Scholar

, term he maps out what lectures he
wants you to go to and he never says
anything more about them-you can
go if please or stay away II you
| please. Then he says "This term you
will study contracts" and you con-
centrate all your study on that one
| subject although you may be going
to lectures on five or six subjects, as
| am. He gives you the books to
study on contracts and then a sub
ject on contracts to write a paper
on from one week to the next. At
the end of the term he will give you
an informal examination to see for
himself what you know.
AS to honors and degrees. A man
can study to pass or study for hon
ors. The lectures and requirements
and everything is different. | am
studying for honors. There are
four kinds of honors, a fourth,
third, a second, and a first. Firsts
are very rarely given and man who
gets first is usually figuring on
career as an Oxford don. In his
torv, which / guess is the most pop
ular subject, last year only two
tirsts were given. AS am taking
three( or FOUR years work in two,
iirst is entirely out of the question
and | will probably get a third or
second. ! would like escond but
will be satisfied with third.
My third year l intend to put on
the B. c. L. which is recognized to
be about the hardest degree-one
of the hardest here or anywhere and
IN which almost half the boys funk.
whether l get it or not, III have the
work done. So / am trying for an
A. b. in Jurisprudence and q B. C.
L.
| expected Harding to be elected.
A real funny thing happened about
tnat. The Saturday before the cleo
ton we had lot of speeches at
the American club on the election.
Inc boy from Tennessee spoke some
time, saying chiefly that it would
take a stronger man than Harding to
break the Solid South. Then Tenn,
! went for Harding. We had bic
laugh on him.
enjoy all the papers YOU are
sending me. | am going to church
every Sunday.
| have discovered very ;n+orost
ing topic to talk to the Englishmen
ABOUT 1t is the Movies" Any
thlng. you can tell them about NOV
ing picture actors or how the pictures
are are made they enjoy to the utmost,
from what they have heard of our
way OF playing football they think
eacn man must have a battle axe or
a pair of brass knucks before he
starts to play. They can't under
stand why we have so many pads and
guards on our football suits. | am
using my old suit in playing rugby
one SAD to me the other day, Don't
you feel stuff with all that on9"
Ahey play IN our basketball suits.
nave a pleasant time in prosnect
Tor my, Christmas vacation. CIarl-e
pennsylvania and a Princeton grad-
uate is one of the finest fellows ri
hho"' lie told me the other dav
Chat some friends had asked him ~
spend Christmas with them at Man.
CHESTER and told him to bring ono
TREND with him and he wanted nv
go ~ go we will probably go to
"a nS"ce day or two after Christmas
I Hay say tnere until Oxford opens.
MI noDos 1.-THE English student here
"aiJcTle Holman had to call on me
aaIo VINO mas been so nice to mel has
asked me to spend little time At his
nome during this vacation foo ond
iiitehd trying to arrange il
haq wonderful time the other
uay. l talked to a real American
ans the nfSt time since l left Ath-
G i;ns otu6bs had her and an Enc
.ish giri friend of hers and mo =
oea IN MS rooms. She is a Flor;do
sLii name Hully from DeLand Rotb
she and her brother are attanJ;n an
aehooI at oxford. In orr conua,.sa
tioh l found she had taken narts 90 =,
ewo plays | had had parts in os -,
me mIemDer OF the Italians at A+banS
II rays to Advertise" and "Psir 20
olNes' SO we were at home r;gbt
away. 1t was like a cool breeze ON ~
a 1; hoe stutfy day. The English girI
Glqh open her mouth-thst's Emo.
llsh-but when the cigareftes vs.
passed she lit right up. re "
passed out. "e@iy
Hobbs had me around n an ovs
ter, lunch yesterday and he q" Ro ESs-
and l went to see HTaIe of I've ~
les" at a matinee afterwerds w ~ III
splendid play. The scenes NJ tbs
rreneh revolution and of the Bastile
couldn't be beat. The oysters were
great. He had them on the half
smell. twenty for each of us and a
lobster for each. g"
l sent Alice bunch of pictures
the other day. There are two or
Lhfee colleges here with as MANY
buildings as the University of Geor.
gia-Christa Church and BalIioI
ooth have, | think An Englishman's
loHa OF happiness is a room to him
sen. Ihey have three rooms to one
man man instead of three men to the one
You seem worried about nv rooms
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