Evening star., 1924-08-31

| udttS DetltlOneu treSlQent QuaerO 10
add Greek to the curriculum. Quaero
| sighed, and gave in.
| Their next demand was for inter
| collegiate athletics. Quaero called
a mass meeting. The students list
| ened to him when he presented his
| plan for scores of interclass teams,
so that every man might taste the
| struggle, if he wished. But they had
| their way-and the next day the
coach whom Leonard had already en-
| gagged came out of hiding Though
| it was mid-Octobcr, on Thanksgiving
day the university whipped Beidel-
man College % to 0, with the result
| that 80 high school seniors sent for
catalogues.
In January Il appeared that by
| being deprived OF chapters of the ma
| tionai fraternities the students were
| losing all touch with the highest
modern thought; also that by failing
| to be tested by written examinations,
they were missing the chance to re-
| view their accumulated wisdom.
| Quaero sighed aEain-and instantly
. the university was filled with exam
| nations and intercollegiate fra
| ternitieS.
| Leonard's task as courageous young
| reformer was made the more difficult
| by the absurd love the students had
for Quaero. They crowded his lee
| tures''--rambling gossip about a
vague thing he called being human
They privately came to tell him their
| troubles-which, in a coeducational
| college means being engaged
| 1t was not till the second year of
| Leonard's reign that he saw a way
| to use diplomacy upon such courses
| as shoe cobbling, scenery painting
| and repair of motor cars for amateur
| drivers
| Joseph Bellings had remained as
fellow in the science department, and
assistant to Leonard. RellingS was
as jolly and intimate with freshmen
! as with seniors. He hinted hat through
he. like all the others, respected the
kindly majesty of President Quaero.
| wasn't it IA shame the poor dear old
Alma Mater should be ridiculed by
other colleges because of its fad
courses? The students listened and
quietly boycotted all subjects not on
the safe -and-sane list.
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OUAEHO watched the dwingling
" classes He retained the instruc-
tors even when they had no one to
teach. But mostly they went back
to she shop, where they belonged.
But even boycott nearly failed in
the celebrated case Of Or. Henry
Drury. the instructor in history.
Or. Drury began to look up local
county history, and he talked about
the ancestors Of some of the best
families. His sensational utterances
were misquoted in the press of the
city 40 miles away. Leonard went
hotly to Quaero and demanded: This
Drury person has got to go. He
shows bad taste"
The president unused above his pipe.
and answered meekly:
Yes genius frequently begins with
bad taste. I understand the things
Harry Drury says are true" That
was all.
Leonard saw Bellings. The next
class of DR., Drury was atte ended only
by four co-eds. Even they didn't
come to the class after that. Drury
packed his trunk and left the uni
versity forever.
Quaero called meeting of all
students. and for the first time he
faced them with embarrassing wrath
He climbed into what Leonard felt
was rather ridiculous rhetoric. He
shouted and tramped and banged his
fist.
The students. being young. locke ed
frightened. but Secretary Leonard
La NIB S:hanklin. sitting back of the
old roaring bear. didn't waste his
time following skyey words. He was
engaged in computing his personal 5
per cent on the new endowments.
For he had kept his promise to
Quaero by adding other gifts to the
tuition fees and the annual 100000
from W. I. Pusey.
Though hn was willing TO let even
the humblest shirt sleeve millionaire
have a college building named after
Ia ,sr,, ord J., RI
OF getting a larger endowment out of
W. /. Pusey.
Without Quaeros knowledge. Leon
ard wrote Il friendly series of letters
to Fusey. by way of his lawyers.
Leonard depicted his filial affection
for Quaero. but hinted that business
men like himself and Pusey knew
that dear old Prexy wasn't practical.
and failed to understand how much
money modern knowledge plant re-
quired. He (SeCretary DR.. Shankin)
would he pleased to receive from the
mastermerchant mind of Mr.. w J..
Pusey any suggestions about raising
new funds. Had Mr. Pusey any
friends whom he cared to approach:
Leonard didn't say anything about
his receiving } per cent of all en-
dowments.
After discourteous wait. Pusey
W
by his lawyers. 1t said:
You seem to be smart fellow
Tt erefore, take the hint 6 let me
alone. I've handed over all the good,
hard earned cash to your school that
! intend to. / like Quaero. glad to
back him. but probably the man Is
crank &. anyway, where do you
horn in" Now that you've done SO.
kindly send me your frank opinion
of Quaero. 1t will be confidential.
Yours.
wv. !. PUSEY."
Leonard copied his answed on his
personal typewriter seven times be-
fore he let 1t go. and even then he
made delicate marginal changes.
He wrote that Quaero had the vir-
tues of Mark Twain, Phillips Brooks.
Erasmus and John Brown. but for
that very reason could not under
stand that running a college was
business and consisted in getting the
best of the tricky student customers.
He included select remarks on his
own skill in administration and his
lifelong admiration of w. I. Pusey
as a constructive merchandise"
For days he sat waiting for an an
swer, but received none.
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IN the third year, when there were
L 500 students. Leonard had the
Pusey by making somebody else chief
patron of the university. Leonard
thought of the great Theodore
Schlogenboss as the new benefactor.
Mr.. Schlogenboss speculated in real
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