Evening star., 1934-06-03

like to set you straight.
4 To begin with, was
rooming with Henry
Seifert We were both instructors
in history and naturally. we both
wanted to get promoted, and got
this idea.
pointed my finger at him one
day Henry" I said, what do
people enjoy more than anything
else in the world?"
He blinked. Personally, reading
an interesting book has always
seemed to me the summit"
mo. no. told him. Think in
general terms. Think of foot ball,
think of Dempsey. What's the -
answer? The answer Is fight"
"A fght?"
Absolutely" I said. And what is the
scholarly equivalent Of fight? I Will tell you
A controversy"
Maybe" he hesitated.
mo maybe about it," told him. Look a
the head of the department. Nobody ever heard
of him until that fellow in Vienna accused
him of forging his evidence.
Here's the thought I'll write an article
Instead of allowing it to fall nat you wrl<
another one, attacking me and denouncing my
theories. I come back with a rebuttal, yot
cross your right, and step inside your guaro
and start working on your RIBS
Unconsciously, had fallen into
crouch and was bobbing and weaving
all over the room.
"Hey" Henry exclaimed. as I jabbed
him lightly three times and danced out
Of reach. 4
Sorry" I said, "but you get the idea n
In three months we'd be known Tar and
wide They'd have to promote us.
Wed have offers from other places.
you may have hit on something
there" Henry opined thoughtfully
what would you suggest as the SUD-
ject of this CONTROVERSY"
I've got just the thing" told him
.sThe old Carr house. A local land
mark for 200 years. Washington re-
puted to have slept there on his way to YORK
town. Did he didn't hep"
well established local traditions say that h
did" Henry pointed out, after orlef pause
land I'm inclined to agree" He hedgeo I'M
mediately without, Of course. having stuolee
the problem"
either the affirmative or the negative"
..Iu take the affirmative" he decided. Henr!
is yea-sayer.
So took the negative. and we agreed tina
I'd start the ball rolling with an article main
tanning that Washington had never Deen nea
the place.
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pride of the town 1t was the only thing there
of any historical interest. But wasn't afralc
of anything in those days.
That night we both went out to the Carr!
for supper. You remember Mrs. Carr, big
handsome woman with a couple OF daughters
I was kind of sweet on Ethel the older one
They we're the local aristocrats The origina
Carr had been one of the founders of tht
college, and Mrs. Carr kept up the family in
terest in higher education by having some o.
the instructors out there for supper one nigh
a week. Their place is marvellous, with ole
lockwood velvet lawns, and a colored cool
that was born in the gardens
Above ALL there was Ethel. She would have
attracted me if they'd lived In tent ane
served mulligan stew.
After supper that night left Henry to tall
to Mrs Carr and persuaded Ethel to wall
with me in the garden.
Ethel" I began, I'm not sure, and dom
say anything about it yet, but I think I'm Il
be promoted"
t'Oh, Bill" she said impatiently. you told
me that last year. and the year before that
Wait and see."
was going to go on, but just then Leila
the younger Carr girl, came out of the house
and had to stop. You needn't repeat this
but at that time I considered Leila more or les.
of nuisance. I mean she was fresh, and she
seemed to take a perverse delight in breaking
up the few chances Ethel and had of being
alone.
NF COURSE. wasn't engaged to Ethel. Al
~ instructor can't afford to think of such
a luxury as marriage. But we were getting
along nicely, with nothing said and grea
deal understood
Leila came right up to us, and took my Other