Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-02-08

We fey southern students sill con-
tinaed to faral little clan by our
selves to a greet extea.. bat leaving
81; political matters Beyond some
s VT quicker temper on cur part and
Is greater readiness q hold other to
account fog poken words. we could
na; aelp seei@g. as time went on,
.!at there WIS lite difference be-
sseen ourselves and The better cla
81 e other stalents. We were SIM
plv discovering thon I great truth
that later wanderings over much Of
ne H4own world has taught me o be.
uniy w. THAT. except In the
matters al outward forms and dress,
sl,are are no dlTerences in the essen
flals af Il ntielnan, whether rs lse
s.n eti oaiy iii tie hawaii Of a
solpsn Sea Is3ander, wears the pig
ail of 4 Chiaaalan. o. shines re
splendaa iii gold lace and stars and
orders 1T me Court OF st. James
Wish Jack ehurchill did become
intimate. and We became close. life
Tong friends. He was taking the law
eours and WAS The leader In al de-
bates. and hc ras Usually the winner
81 ail the collegiate honors that
aoHla. III any properly arranFed
5.ary. have fallen % the hero Bnt
trntA. alas, IN this painfully accurate
!l.gtory, eampels is most unheroic
hero ID record Otherwise
HIS PEOPLE lad heen old East IN
Ian traders, in The days of glory of
that trade, and had been quite
wealthy. A panic, 4 dishonest law
yer. ami Il Signature of his too cons
lilipg father some years previously.
had accomplished for his family in q
dnaueal way. very 4ueh The SAME
result that the war lad accomplished
Eor mme. This WIS tie reason for
his presence at Cornell instead of At
I4aryard, the Alma Mater Of all his
garofathers.
HIS father haa fallen in the war
aboat tbs tiple their financial troubles
nc san. and Jack and his mother lived
loSc.ner in their old home on Bea-
con street This house and very
small remnant OF their former for
lime had been saved from the wreck;
and most Of this remnant was now
ieipg used up III Jacks education, on
which his and his mothers future
hopes we're based
he vas handsome, humorous
eyed fellow, full Of life and fire, apa
always earnest in his work. He had
colae to college with his plan OF lie
laid ont before him, AID with q de-
.yr.nilatien to succeed and restore his
Gamilys fortunes. From the time
first knew him 10 the end. he pur-
sled this determination unswervingly,
working steadily, firmly and cease
#tsssiy on to he end ii way very
different from the careless, incident
method pursued by myself, who had
much the same object 70 accomplish
After We became close friends, We
had talks and discussions en- every
subject under the sun, though wc
treated political matters very ginger i
knew lnat re WASH stauttGA Ms
publican. and lie knew that | was
staGnch Democrat. and a believer snI
she Divine Right of states; and We
neither wished to wound the otl.ef
On all ether subjects We carried the
discussion far a1ield and arranged
tie affairs of the universe; and ! nave
no doubt we 10th derived much adj
vantage from these discussions, how
eyer crude our conclusions may have
been
When ii came to an argument. I
was no match for him. and would
usually .be borne down BY flow Of
eloquence and concise reasoning that
left ND not 4 footheld TO stand on.
On one subject only could ! ever
YAK Sufficiently eloquent to silence
him at least, II not TO convince him
that was. the superior beauty, excel
lence and grace of southern women.
H was : loyal supporter OF his own
tribe. and never acknowledged him