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to mark the words OF Guy H. Hum
phreys of Indiana, spoken to Judge
Hogate in the days when Humphreys
and Sanders were both law students.
Sanders will go higher than any
one of us" he told the judge. be
cause he is the most all-around man
in the class; the best generally
equipped. There are more brilliant
men in specific ways than he, but no
man SO well balanced all around; In
tellect, habits, personal appearance,
etc. l have found that il is the well
balanced man, not the intellectual
freak, who goes highest"
Another early recognition OF San
ders' potential eminence may be seen
in a letter from J. 3. Walsh, upon
reading of his former employees ap-
pointment. Walsh owned the shoe
store in Terre Haute where Sanders
worked while attending the State
Normal School. The letter reads:
Congratulations. You cannot keep
a good man down. Every one at home
is pleased with your appointment.
Keep your hat at the same size. 1t
was always big enough. We knew
you would light mewhere-just
where we We're not sure"
The story is told of Walsh's refusal
to grant Sanders a day off because it
was pay day. Sanders pleaded, but
Walsh remained adamant. Finally he
asked him: But why must it be to-
day? Why not another day?'
Because I'm going to be married
today, and no other day" blurted out
Sanders. He got it.
One more reminiscence to close my
story. This one is as trivial is any
I've learned, but if it is true that
| there is no incident in a mans life, be
| it how insignificant, which does not
| in some way link up with his other
experiences and contribute to the
| perfection of the whole, then this one
| should not be omitted.
1t is told by W. c. Mattox of Massa
chusetts, who recalls the time when
he tried to persuade Sanders to take
| a pretty gisl to dance, but that un-
usual young gentleman persistently
refused, because there was the girl
at home" (now Mrs. Sanders).
The position which Mr.. Sanders is
about to take also calls for loyalty.
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New White House Figure,
Was Active Force at University
Who Looked
Leadership and Achievement College Events
BY DUFFY GILFOND.

r Y Y HAT pleasanter indulgence
Y n does life offer than remi-
NA niscing? Is there any art
that can transform tho
hard look of care and the
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" wENTY- SEVEN years ago to-
day, at $40 pm, the L. S. 5.
Maine was blown up as she
lay quietly at anchor in the
harbor of Havana. Cuba. Two
hundred and thirty sailors and two
officers, together with eS enlisted men
of the United States Marine Corps,
lost their lives when the Maine went
down.
At the time of the destruction there
were 16 naval officers, naval cadets
and l marine officer, with SO enlisted
men of the Marine Corps and 290
sailors, on board.
Capt Charles d. Sigsbee. L. S. n,
was in command of the battleship.
considered at that time as the queen"
of our Navy. Events subsequent to
the destruction of this vessel de-
veloped into war. Years after the
occurrence the bodies of those who
were lost were reinterred at the Ma
tional Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Events leading up to the blowing
up of the ship We're stirring. The
Cubans had long been under the yoke
of Spain. This country had seen fit
to relieve r. o. Williams the con-
sui general President Grover Cleve-
land then appointed Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee in his stead. No better candidate
could have been selected for the Of
flee.
During the latter part of January,
1898, the Secretary of State tele-
graphed Gen. Lee that the United
States intended to resume the friend
ly visits of the American Navy to va
rious Cuban ports; and in this con-
nection that the L. S. s. Maine would
arrive at Havana within a few days.
Gen. Lee was instructed to arrange
for the customary exchange of visits
between the authorities and the naval
officers. However, at that particular
time which was January "a, Gen. Lee
wired back to the effect that there
had been some excitement and sug
gested that the visit of the Maine be
postponed for week.
Quietly, about IL o'clock in the
morning of January 26, 1898, the bat
tIeship Maine arrived at her anchor
age. There was no demonstration.
The Spanish commanders called on
Capt. Sigsbee and the regular salutes
were exchanged. From the first there
was an unfriendly feeling on the part
of the Spaniards to the visit of the
Maine, but to keep up appearance the
actions on the part of the Spaniards
were civil. The next day Gen. Lee
and Capt Sigsbee, accompanied by
several or the snip OHlcerS, cdlleu Oh
the Spanish captain general.
The following day the ac-ing COVER
nor general, Gen. Parade, and his
staff visited the Maine and were
shown over the ship and entertained
by Capt. Sigsbee.
On February 4, after the Maine had
been in anchorage for about a week,
the Secretary of the Navy deemed it
advisable for the boat to leave. The
reason advanced for the change was
.'sanitary reasons" Gen. Lee thought
otherwise, and telegraphed to this ef-
| feet.
On the night of February 10 Capt.
Sigsbee and Gen. Lee attended the re
ception of Gen. Blanco. The next
morning Lee and Sigsbee paid the
Spanish officials a visit
Four days later, at $40 o'clock on
the evening of February 10, the l.
s. S. Maine was blown up and de-
stroyed. The Spanish army and navy
officers and the Spanish governor
general rendered assistance. The City
! of Washington picked up Capt Sigs-
bee and most of his officers.
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work when the others study and study
when they play.
DESPITE this and the fact that he
IL was married (Which must also be
considered an occupation), Sanders was
in the midst of class activities.
Roscoe Fertich, another local lawyer,
recalls when he was chosen as one of
the big four to fetch DIR. Bryan in the
face of foaming. formidable sophomores
who waited outside. In those days a
sophomore stunt was to prevent fresh
men from organizing. But these 'frosh,
Of whom Sanders was one, finally man.
aged to get togther and elect their Of
ficers. One thing was missing, the pres
ence of President Bryan.
Sanders and three others were sent
out of their hiding place into the fire
to find him. Whatever else happened
may be disregarded. Suffice it to say
they returned with him. Incidentally, it
is interesting to note that the meeting
was finally broken up by a sophomore.
who threw a bottle of formaldehyde into
the rendezvous, and who later became a
prominent research professor in st.
EliZabeth's Hospital here.
Though Sanders had little time for
politics. he grew up to be president of
his class. Representative Fred s. Pur-
nell, president of the local Indiana
alumni. tells how he refused to do any
campaigning, how he finally accepted
the candidacy with the privilege of mot
doing a thing to be elected" then
shaved every day for two weeks
straight.
Another association of Sanders was
with basket ball, as captain of the
team. Blassingham remembers how
as green freshman, he tramped
from one athletic camp to another in
search of the one he liked best. Com
ing to the basket ball camp, he found
| a scene of skirmish and clamor. OF
the rs or 100 men in the conglomera- :
ton, only one figure was distinct. He
carried the impression away with him
and has kept it these 20 years. 1t
was Everett Sanders
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~ does lie OiIef tndn re1f1l-
NA niscing? Is there any art
that can transform tho
hard look of care and the
wrinkle Of concern TO a soft CLEAN
and a wistful smile so readily?
Since the announcement of Everett
Sanders appointment as secretary to
the President this unmistakable
looking backward" expression has
frequently stolen over the counte-
nances Of number Of busy Wash
ingtonians.
the law, they fit back to the cam
pus at Indiana University. where Ev-
erett Sanders stood out from his fell
low classmates as he does among his
colleagues today.
Reminiscing over Everett Sanders
is more than a pleasure. 1t is les
son. For in the boy on whose brawny
shoulders many weights rested, not
only of ponderous law books, but the
more burdensome one of earning a
living for himself and his wife, the
embryo man is seen.
OF the more than $50 alumni Of In
diana living in Washington today. not
a few can recall the days when their
lives and Sanders were bound by one
spirit. the spirit of old l. L.
Only Sanders needed more than
spirit He needed strength. For we
must remember that this man who
beginning March 4, finds himself in
the presidential chamber of the
White House, started from log
cabin. His wages as farm boy, a
shoe salesman or, even later, as
country school teacher who dispensed
with a janitor, were certainly not ade-
ouate to send him through college
like rich mans son.
This strength he had. Stewart T.
Blassingham of the post office, a
classmate of Sanders, recalls just a
few of his "sinecures," such as SELL
ing shoes in Whetsell's shop, assisting
| in the law library, selling maps ano
running a boarding house club.
X
THE last-named vocation may
puzzle some of our present-day
readers, but a generation ago a
pleasant, we'll acquainted young
gentleman could help to pay his way
| through college by procuring board
ers for his landlady and payment 1or
| their privileges. Getting the board
/ ers may not have been a difficult
| task for so popular a student as
was Sanders, but getting their money
was undoubtedly goat with
another beard.
These avocations did not interfere
or at least did not affect Sanders
principal quest, which lay between
| the covers Of those stout tan volumes
not nearly as thrilling as some OF
| their cheaper shelfmates. In fact
Dean c. NJ Hepburn of the Indiana
| law school said in a recent issue OF
| thu Alumnus that had degrees with
| distinction been awarded in 1870,
Sanders would have received one.
His zeal for his studies was un-
doubtedly heightened by the struggle
which their pursuit necessitated
Camden r. McAtee, a lawyer in town,
still remembers the seriousness with
which Sanders entered the law
1 library, the determination and grit
In that gait and face, SO pronounced
from the usual saunter in, slump
| down and self-pitying attempts al
study.
That he was conspicuous as an
orator even then is evident. for
George G. Cohen, a local welfare
worker. still remembers Sanders
| first case in the moot court-where
the judge may borrow the prisoner s
| evening clothes after he has SEN
fenced him to 20 years
Sanders was defending one Easy
Mark Smith, a freshman who was
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writing 1t put in some literary -four
ishes to make it dramatic or to add
sermon-fiavor. But the core of the
story is probably sound.
Little George had a hatchet, he
hacked cherry tree, his father knew
that the tree had been hacked by a
hatchet, and George, because of in
born honesty, because he was not
afraid of being whipped, or because
he was cornered, confessed.
Stripped of the literary trimmings,
the story is not staggering. The
conversation between little George
and his father Augustine might have
been something like this: George
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tough question and George staggered
under it for a moment. but quickly
recovering himself, and looking at
his father with the sweet face of
youth, frightened with the mex
pressible charm of all-conquering
truth, he bravely cried out: Il can't
tell a lie, Pa; you know L can't tell
a lie. l did cut it with my hatchet."
Run to my arms, you dearest boy"
cried his father in transports; glad
am /, George, that you killed that
tree, for you have paid me for it
thousandfold. Such an act of hero
'sm in my son is worth more than a
thousand trees though blossomed
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come here, sir. Did you hack up that
cherry tree with your new hatchet?"
and George, after hesitation and en-
barrassment, said: Yes, Pa, chopped
into 1t a little bit" And then the
father might have said; well,
George, as long as you own up to it
1 won't punish you. but if you chop
any mo- fruit trees about the place,
I'll take that hatchet from you and
put you to bed without your supper"
X X X X
7 EFT us look It the story about
~ George throwing a silver dollar
across the Potomac where it is three
or four miles wide. Nobody with any
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paying 10-dollar bills to join fra
ternities, but never even got sip
from the keg which the money for
his "Tappa Keg' (the name of the
false fraternity afforded. OF course,
he won the case.
Yet even in this atmosphere of kegs,
kidnapped instructors and shaved heads,
Sanders, the student, was popular.
Popularity is not unusual for lone of
the boys; it is for fellow who must
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gold
1T was in this way, by interesting
both his heart and head, that Mr..
Washington conducted George with
great ease and pleasure along the
happy paths of virtue"
One can see that the incident was
dressed up with language. The
old lady, who was a girl in 1877
and told the story to Parson Weems,
had been telling it ever since Wash
ington came to be a we'll known man.
During all that time she had been
adding a linguistic touch here and
there. Good old Parson WeemS in
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Talking of impressions, a lifelong
one was made on George Cohen by
the presence of Sanders on the
varsity team; though Sanders was
only the indirect cause. Mrs. Sanders
really made the impression, and
Cohen points to it right on his fore
head. 1t was at one of the varsity
games-a hotly contested one on a
slippery day Sanders stumbled and
the coed sitting next to Cohen jumped
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lating among Washingtonians to-
day, indicate the diversity of San
derS' activities as youth. 1t
may even be that this variety of in
terests, noticeable in the mans eight
years in Congress, is responsible for
his present appointment. For what
position requires a more generally
rounded man than secretaryship to
the President?
In this connection it is int eraat in e
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up excitedly, humping her elbow on
the forehead of her surprised neigh
Dor. The elbow was probably adorned
by a dress ornament. Anyway, it has
enabled Cohen to take a prominent
part among the reminiscencers of
Everett Sanders.
These little remembrances, circu-
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Maine Anniversary.

. wENTY- SEVEN years ago to-
day, at $40 pm, the L. S. 5.
Maine was blown up as she
lay quietly at anchor in the
harbor of Havana. Cuba. Two
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Tragedy of Ancient Cherry Tree
Furnishes Theme for the Rambler
About Washington Given
Career of ParsonW Author of

w ATHER, ! cannot tell a lie,
1 did it with my little
hatchet." There are varia-
K tons in the phrasing but
the substance stands. The
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13
CITY NEWS NOTES

Dewey Tetreault of Main street spent Tuesday with friends in New london.
 Mrs. Catherine Grady of Westerly formerly 8f this city spent N edH is- aag ia town WIth friends.
 Mr. and Mrs John Duffy of Pro violence street entertained W ednesday guests from NHlimantie
 Mrs. Loean Skinner of Walnut street is entertaining this week Mrs. Maud Green of Thompson.
 Mir. and Mrs Charles Annoy of Walnut street entertained on Sune J Mrs Lester Larobe of Har.ford.
 Mr. and Mrs Fred Gsgnoa and daughter, Mrs John Gahan Of Main street. spent Thgrday in Providence.
 Mrs. Rose LaVsilie of Sterling spent the wce6 end with her mother Mrs Albert Bizaillou of ehureh street
 Ovide Constant of WillimAntie, for merly of this city spent "Wednesday the guest of his grandmother. Mrs. Mary Ethler of Smith street.
 Mir. and Mr, Jack Wood and lit tie daughter Marion of Westerly, spent Wednesday the guests of Mir and Mrs Zcnon Robillard of Chapel street
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13

Mrs. Mary Evans of Meehanies street is visiting relatives in Uxbridge
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Rich of Wood stock avenue spent Sunday in Nor wieh
 MT. and Mrs. Leon T. Wilson were ai Pleasant View, R. |. Friday and Saturday.
 Miss Marion Warren spent the weekend in Boston, attending The Miracle g
 Mrs Ida C. Kennedy of New Ro- chelie, x. +, is the guest of Mrs. John A. Dady of Sunnyside.
 Mrs. George W Holt of Church street left Tuesday Co spend the win ter in Wakefield, R. l.
 Mrs. James NJ. Kent of Larehmont, N. l., is visiting Dr. and Mrs. J. Bry- den Kent of Church street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Michel have returned from their wedding trip ani are now at their home on Grove street.
 Miss Corinne Wilson of the New England Conservatory of Music was weekend guest at her home on Laurel street
 Miss Grace Maurer. an instruetor in the W oman's College at Brown University. was the guest of Mrs. Stanley Shaw of School street over the weekend.
 Mir and Mrs. John Lenehan. Mrs. James McMahon and little daughter Helen of Fall River visited Mir. and Mrs. Franklin B. Christmas and fam fly of Center street Sunday.
 MT and Mrs Harry Wallen and son Weston of Mechanics street and Mir. and Mrs < R. Cole of Harrisville motored to West Medway, Mass, last Sunday visiting Alden Cole and fam ily.
 Quite number from here attend ed che foot ball game ia Webster Sat urday Among them were Mrs Harry Houghton. Miss Ruth Pratt, Madelyr Houghton, Judith Sabin and Phyllis Tatem
 Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Tourtellotte, Mrs Mary A. Clarke. and Mrs. New ton Ballard were m Manchester, Conn. Wednesday, attending the fu- neral 0f cousin. Mrs Ada Clark Alsord formerly of Pumfret.
 Bertha Smith. eight year old daugh. ter of Mir and Mrs Herbert Smith lf khhugly avenue who has been seri- ously ill with pneumonia at her home. Is improving Her sister. Dorothy who is at the Day kimball Hospital, i'll with the same disease. is also getting along nicely.
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13
Tn the Churches
ConqreFational Church Notes
ReF Jamas 2 kHflishI fas19f

Rev James F. English. Pastor
 f0.80 Sunday morning service oi worship Sermon b. the minister. "Our sp5riaa. Hafsest" Roman 7. e.
 1900 Church school E E Wil- 7iams. superintendent
 Men Forum in the church parior. sabjeet For study and dIscassioF. ..Tbe Christian Teaching Regarding ahe Family
 7-30 Y. P. g. z. F.. meeting Sub jeef. How Can We Overcome the Spirit of Lawiessness F. Romans l3. Is
 Monday Hi-Y club meet at the church
 Tuesday 73O. meeting of the exc cutive committee of the Young Peo- ple's Society at the parsonage.
 730 Wednesday. senior eholr re- hearsal
 7.80 Thursday. church uieht ser. vice The subject for diseu- lon ~ill be The World Wide Educational Work = the ChristioH Church.
 Monday evening a social of the Alpha Delta cfnss Will be held at the home of Mrs A. W Marcy of Grand NIeW Tine dies are asked t1 bring 1he5r ihimble=. needles and fine #Hlte thread There tu be work for the Christmas sale and large att nd. nnce is desired
 z.3u Ihutaay assiai If The brof In class wili bc HHil #z taa home oi MT Lillian FhlIiIEs ' Grove street
 341 Friday. junior choir feheaHal
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13

Mir. and Mrs. Edward Warren of Providence called on relatives here Armistiee Day.
 Mr. and Mrs. George E. Broad. hurst of WhitiHsville called ou friends here Wednesday,.
 Mir. and Mrs. Samuel Rich were in Fitchburg. Mass, Sunday, calling on Charles Rich.
 Raymond Chandler, formerly of Putnam, now of Boston, spent Armis- tice Day in this city.
 Miss Rachel Miller now of East Greenwich was in the city Armistiee Day calling on friends
 Miss Eleanor Carpenter has beea the recent guest of her sister, Mrs. Kenneth Ballard, of Winthrop, Mass.
 Mir. and Mrs. Carl I. Kent and lit- tie son Wayne of Meriden, Conn, were the guests of Mir and Mrs. Er- nest B. Kent Armistice Day.
 Miss Helen French of Eastford, graduate of Putnam High school class of 1925, Is now employed in the office of the Waterman Worsted Go.
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13

Jack KolanslSy of Stafford Springs spent Wednesday vfh friends 7ere.
 Mrs. Nelson Constant of Wiiiiman- tie is visiting with relatives here tnis week
 L. Hector Lueier of Birmingham spent the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Lucier.
 Mrs. L. s. Hayward and Miss Eli zabeth Hayward of Hartford have been the guests of friends here.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis Rowe. Rail road street. entertained on Wednes- day their daughter, Miss Rose Rowe of Providence.
 Fred Jarvis, student at a school in Hartford. spent the weekend fhe guest of his parents, Mir. and Mls. Frank Jarvis of Livery street.
 Mr and Mrs. Fred McDevitt and Mir and Mrs. Thomas Mccullough of Pawtueket have been visiting Mir. and Mrs. John T. Ryan and family of South Main street
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13

Miss Dora Bernier is visiting friends in New Hampshire.
 Mir. and Mrs Armand Lachanee and son and Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Lachance spent Sunday in Meriden.
 Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Loomis of AL pha street entertained Mir. Loomis' parents from Uxbridge recently.
 Miss Airline St. Jean of Hartford spent the weekend with her grand mother, Mrs. Alexis St. Jean of this city.
 Mir and Mrs. Arthur Pepin and family of Southbridge spent Sunday with Mrs. Lagrandeur of Providence street.
 Mir. ard Mrs. Prescott Warren. Mir. and Mrs. l.. D. Crawford and daughter Eleanor of Wnlimantie, Mrs. J W. Gallant and son John of Southwick. Mass, and Leroy Adams of Thompson were the guests of Mir and Mrs. F. O. Hopkins of School street on Ar mistice Day.
Putnam patriot., 1925-11-13
F. J. TENDER TALKS
 ON TRADE SCHOOL
Putnam Gets Second School In State on Very Attractive
 Terms
All Trade sebaols h State Are
 Crowded

Mr THiader director af vocational education in Connecticut ia aGdress- ing the Rotary Club on Weinc day. spoke about the early establishment of fne Trade school fn Patram and the facf that be had observed and discoy- cred that there was a very definite and crying need for more space in the Trade school building as yell al in the high 7ch8ol
 He recalled the bill introduced in the legislature at one time t0 assure the establishment nf a trade schcol at Putnam before another school was es- tahlished in the state. there being only one other trade school in the state at that time Mir Trinier referred to members Of the trade school building committee, some of whom were pres ent
 As the Putnam school was one Of the earliest schools erected, the state was glad to make very attractive terms in cooperating with the town for the establishment Of the school. Whereas most towns of the state pay the cost af heat. light. power and fan- itor services. the Putnam school is aelfzslFfainiuK in this respect and be- sides carries on a cooperative system of education. With the expense carried hp tha state
 Mr. Trirder said that the over crowded situation WAS nothing unasH- al a. he Waz confronted with sHm- liar situation throughout the state. stating that ueW school had just Heea camal led at Sagfh Manchester and New Britain. ais8 that plans were m progress for new school at Tor r5rFtaa. and thaf Bridgeport vas building 8 school having f50oa square ] feot floor space at an additional ap- ura4snate cazt of S275 900 This l building is to be go feet long.
 Mir Tr.nder remarked chat he hop ! ed if would not be long before the Put ] nam committee would decide @ take | care af the needs of the young people ! of this district He also pointed out | that waiting HHts in public institutions | were no recommendation for pubic | effort. for they shouid provide loo per l cent opportunity to the people, as the trade school is no longer in its expert ! mental age but is recognized as nee essarv factor iu educational training
 The present enrolment is 156 stu dents. eighty per cent of these are Putnam scholars. Mr Trinder's plan 3s te enlarge the trade school and take the home economies out of the hlgh school. and thereby relieve the eonges- tion n both the high school and trade SC ehoai