The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-18
THE All e
BsHfCRT7STORY.
THE BLINDNESS OF
NOAH \
Ry JANE OSBORN.

De uI6Lract6Q Dy tueu No WhBn I
n worth educating, and II he were dis
tracted by them, then the system
: was a mistake.
2 Noah Jenkins assuredly was not
Of the latter class. He certainly
was not blind TO the charms OF the
young women who attended classes
With him as Winton College, but
the distraction had not been suffI.
clently disturbing to impair the
seriousness OF his work during the
first three years OF his college
course. Then came psychology 4,
when for the first time he and little
Mary Jefferson were listed in the
same class. Mary Jefferson from
her entrance in WInton as FRESH
man the year before, had attracted
the admiring eye Of Noah jenkins
AS far Us he was concerned, she
was the one perfectly distractIrg
and fascinating OF all the 500 odd
goods enrolled there,
And now he had to attend classes
+ with her. What was more disturb.
ing, he had to attend classes seated
right beside her. Dr.. Gregory a:
{ ways had the seats in his classes
assigned alphabetically. In this
way 1t was an easy matter to note
the absentees without taking the
time to call a roll. And there was
mo one in psychology 4, this term.
I whose name came alphabetically
nearer to jenkins than Jefferson.
g Mary had proved more and more
disturbing and distrncting as the
term had progressed, and Noah
found himself taking notes me-
Chemically without an idea In his
head Of what DR.. Gregory was eX.
planning. Not that Mary sought to
be disturbing. Though she and
Noah were counted as good friends
outside OF the classroom and she
had gone to more than one college
dance with him, she greeted him
with merely smile and a nod OF
the head when she took her seat
before the lecture and seemed to be
oblivious OF his presence while the
lecture ensued.
Then one day DR.. Gregory posted
on the bulletin board outside the
classroom, a list OF students with
whom he would like to confer. On
such lists were usually written the
3 students whose midterm tests hat
shown that their prospects OF get.
ting through final examinations
were not Of the most PROMISING
On this list were the names OF
Noah jenkins and Mary Jefferson.
Noah passed group Of four or
five girls Of HIS acquaintance as
he made his way at the appointed
time to the office Of DR.. Gregory.
He would have saluted them with a
hail feliow.wpll.met Gofting OF his
small cap II It had not been tina.
one OF these girls, the smallest and
darkest eyed OF the group was
Mary Jefferson. So 'Noah's greet.
Ing showed confusion with q touch
Of pique.
Poor Nonh," laughed the senior
in the group. Hos got to confer
with old Greg. And Noah has
pulled such good marks right
through his course. Wouldn': It
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