The Washington herald., 1921-12-18
SURVIVALS
The Generation That
Strives to Please Collides
u,ith the Generation That
Prefers to Shock. .


n paper slipped from the envelope
u i into her old friends hand. The old
friend sighed For fifteen years that square
envelope. that flowing script that monogram
had spelled Ill omen in the morning mail
Howard Bixby's death, the disentangling of
his affairs, unjust landlords, troubles with
drainage. with pastors, with rights Of way.
With Genevieves tendency to sore throat
with unsatisfactory invesements, with neigh
oors whose does trampled the flower bsda,
adj had come heralded by the pale blue Of
Helene BtIby's elected stationery. The odd
friend paused to indulse IN forebodinss
What would the trouble be this timer Then
CALAMITY. because he had long since accepted
Helene a. part payment on his INCAPABLE
debt to Howard he slit the envelope and
read
After all. IT was only an Invitation to have
tea with her on THURSDAY. She knew the
thousand demands upon his time. But his
unfatlins generosity made her trespass onos
again. There was a matter upon which she
needed his wisdom.
The old friend looked at his calendar This
was Thursday. He telephoned. and apprised
the Swedish voice invisibsy respondin~ mat
he would be by Mrs. Bi1hys Preside at hve
that afternoon. He wrote the engagement
into his little red note book, slipped IT into
his waistcoat pocket, said Come in to the
knock upon his once door, and temporarily
forgot Helene
tn
was in trouble. He had been the Inspiration
behind the painting green Of certain lanterns
Last night The green paint had gone farther
than had been foreseen- Certain steps and a
doorway. emerald in the morning sunshine
betrayed the Illegal activities of the night.
eipltnary committee. The sophomore had
merely com. in for friendly talk
u guess MS up 10 me to do something"
he ventured an experimental eye upon his
friend
You did the paintins7" The sophomore
hesitsted then indicated that there might
have been a few others mixed up with it
But it had been his idea OF course. if tn.
committee once started to investigate they
might miss him altogethar and penalise the
others, which would be unfair.
We'll" counselled his friend If you
hunted them UP first and took all the respon-
sibility, they would probably lose interest
in the possible others-"
It was a good idea The sophomore arose.
visibiy relieved
"Good-by. professor he said. Thanks
very much"
Helene's friend looked after his sleek head
as it disappeared The instincts OF thees
young cubs were al right He could hear
the discussion in the faculty committee
Williams would say vandalism q great many
times and vote Tor expulsion. Jefferson. on
the other hand. would think 1t was funny
and vote to pay attention to the affair.
Sonmer would say 1t was a matter for the
students themselves TO handle. Hayes would
point out that when the newspapers got hold
OF It 1t would have a bad eject on the state
The state was not sending tts young people
up here to learn to destroy state prsperty.
To. state would reflect this act In the next
legislative Appropriation. He would vote to
nraAs a concerned a slaring example.
Hssene's friend sighed. He hoped his
sophomore would be prompt. Then he said
Come In TO a knock on the door.
Tho girl who followed the knock vas per.
picked She WAS, she told him. Up in the air
over her freshman laboratory
He tells to ask ourselves Questions md
discover the sr,swer.," she complained.
And you want a manual saying, Look
at tins spot See this object Write down
that you saw II
ahs bsamed at ham.
well" said HeIene's friend, Il can't
blame you It's what is generally called
teaching. But to my mind" and he
beAned In return, ITS really forcibls fsad-
inS. Pstnful And in the long run mem
o1ent-
II vss the beginning Of a half hours talk
AZ the end Of 1t the girls eyes wers larEs
With the excitement Of a new idea. She had
always supposed a teacher was an institution
created TO drive Information into the resist
Ant surface Of a student Here was the revo-
luoonary idea that a student was one who
naAds LIE Stand and deliver itself The stu
dent va the pursuer
-ItS a great game" he told her. You
v..t 10 phy II for all it's worth"
She went away with a quickened step
HaeneS friend looked at hts watch. He was
due 1t his Seminar. The Seminar was |.