Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-13
CHAPTER NINE

MIR. JEREMY TUCKER, grand
son of Benjamin w. Merriticld of
the Merrifield copper millions, was
a man who had reached the ma
turity of 23 years.
He himself knew it to be mature
because under all legal and moral
concepts age u makes man
crown, and lie was two years past
that. Time was when he used to
do frivolous things. youthful things.
One is to be excused for such
lapses, due to ones youth. A ma
ture man, of course, must give
himself to serious endeaVor.
Jeremy had learned to be serl-
GUS away back il high school. r
relatively slender physique which
kept him out of moas sports, one
eve which tended TO diff slantWIsc
and required heavy s9ectaclcs, ana
parents who were determined to
make him a "nnan Of brains" had
all been responsible. Books. whole
Libraries CT tlIa,:l, had tccn placed
in Ieremy'S path since before !ie
could remember. That there IS &
world apart in books, everybody
knows. Jeremy discovered it early.
He moved from the She enter
tainnent value O. books 81 4 high
school freshman, discovering tneir
more rl2aty WORTH. and II ire
tine h: was frJ&nl"ar in college
liz IVES g .Ei::d c: ;E:l:.i2S saV@n-
that helied liz actual yeas.
Fer instance, Jeremy knew more
ahoa5 such thing" ~ philosophy
then re- d:l acout-wcll, about
girls.
TIE trar5cenIcntalism of Kant
tends 20 afIirm the existence c. .
priori principles Of cogn:tiOn," Jcr-
en- lid said only last c"enin2, IN
a harpcr-so discussion during the
otherwise gay party. Several OF the
gi::s heard him. but they didn t
answer, except for little Tempe
Hyde.
'OOooooo!" she sounded of, IA
pressed.
Jeremy had looked 81 her then.
conscious of her appreciation. It is
good to be appreciated. Before the
evening was over he h2d told her
quite a bit about trau.cCndental-
ism, and he had told Gayle Dixon
quite a bit more about archaeology.
Gayle was really more responsive
than the smaller gil. ae had
found. Gayle had-we!l. poise, ant!
intellectually. Tempe seemed to
think thai 100000" vas suft!-
cient contribution 10 almost any
discussion. which oG Course was
erroneous.
Gayle nad Gene g.9ht Cat ard
said. Jeremy. exactly what is
archaeology, and why docs i faGc,-
nate an Intelligent man c,.cIi AZ
you?"
No~. that wa ell siE:.t. Jeremy
set in to ansV'e' Ea.. J. toG.t Linn
ABOUT lidll al IiOiE ~ ~ 81 -
was the most talking he had done
to a pretty girl sinca-wcll, let's
see-probably ever. Of course he
didn't classify that as talking to
a grip; it was a discussion Of his
work intelligeEt!y when oppcrtu-
nifty presents.
That's what scholars are for.
Scholarliness defeats its cT"- high
purpose unless l. is shared with
humanity; any true scholar is III
herently unselfish with his kncWl-
edge. It is a code of the intelli-
gentsia everywhere, Jeremy re-
minded himself that night in bed.
He wished he had explained trans
cendentalisln to Gayle, too.
This morning, after the party, 1t
occurred to him that he must tird
time to be agreeable to tie Miss
Dixon anGSMr. Bailey whom his
grandfather had hired to manage
new Little Theater project for
this city. Sponsorship Of The drama
was a noble enterprise, Of course,
eves t:.cugh ret directly related &c