The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-14

to his liking. for he became boss of
a logging gang and always prided
himself that he wac good hand.
But other things had begun to stir
In the Beveridge breast He had n
gift for stringIng words together.
and took the greatest delight In
practiCing this art. He used to go
out In the woods by himself and
lecture to the trees--a sort of new
DcmOsthcncs who substituted the
forest for the sea,
lie had received some fleeting ed
ucation and conceived the ambition
OF going to West point. Application
was duly made, aud when tho time
for the preliminary examination
came around Beycridge went To n
near by town. feeling that he had
the appointment as good M won.
And he did amazingly well for n
yOungster OF his opportunities. 1t
was matter Of temperament and
not education which kept him from
the appointment. During the exam
lnation something struck his funny
spot ana he laughed aloud, much to
the CONSERVATION Of the army eX-
amInIug officer. who promptly
marked Beveridge back several
points for "lndeCOrOus conduct" He
lost the examination by One-fifth OF
per cent
Bcveridge was then 10 and acutely
conscious that he needed some more
education. a nelghbor loaned him
$50. and he matriculated at DE
Pauw university, whore he under
took to win all the scholarships
available, So as to complete the
course. In his freshman year he
was steward Of dining club, and
that kept him In food. He swept
all records away by capturing every
single class prize. ana when Vacation
time cumc around started out selling
books, soon becoming the head OF "A
crew which was said to have put "a
copy Of Errors Chains" In praCti-
cally every Iowa home.
Boyeridge came back In his second
year more determined than ever to
get ahead, and Il was not long until
he was looked upon as something
more than prodigy, and perhaps n
genius lie rapidly developed into
an orator who was able To Outdis-
lance an OF the university speakers
in the middle west. and BevoridRe
never lost a chance 10 continue his
development
Always Man OF Assurance.
ili~ h'llbbl AhNF "'lf ilui htu bA
an assurance which his preceptors
said was monumental, often ne
disagreed with them ana did not
I hesitate to make that fact known
/ He once said that he never dis.
oboycd a conviction, and sometimes
his instructors had reason TO know
that these convictions We're strong
indeed. But they got on wei
enough, ana when BCyerldgc left Do
/ pauw IL wns with the well wishes
/ OF every rlassmate and member OF
/ tho faculty because they an rocOR,
1 nizcd that he was an unusual sort
/ ana had got ahead by prOdigious
/ effort.
BcverIdge had a breakdown soon
aftorward, but went west and lived
/ on a ranch, where he won back more
/ than he had lost. Returning "a
/ indianapolis he undertook the study
/ OF law, qualified ana struck out on
] his own account, n was natural
/ almost Inevitable. that he should
grayitate into politics. As a young
attorney he listened 20 the accepted
speakers OF the day with clenChcC
| hands thinking how much better
he could do II the opportunity would
| only come. He used to learn ad'
dresses IN advance, when going L
public affairs ana dinner gatherings
| on the chance that somebody wOulC
ask him to talk. once in n while
they did and Bevcridgc talked =,
well that he soon was In demand
H.s first real big league platform
experience came in the campaign o
James @. Blaine in 1884, when Bey
CONTINUED ON FACE NINE.