The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

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 Into the office of the dean of Adeihert Coliege hastened Q chunky young man with hair like tortoise shell cat. Fe glared down at the astonlShed dean, ilp-raised Q sturdy arm like Q traffic officer, and pel- lowed:
 "If they dare to come out in the open fleld and defend the gold standard as Q good thing, we will fight them to the utternost" Huha"
 "Yes. yes" the dean said, sQoth. angly, He was an aging man and Q careful scholar, for Adelbert was . respectable small Presbyterian college. And he was used to freSn- men. But old PlaniSh was fIri- ously going on:
 Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the industrial Inter- estB-'"
 The dean interrupted, "its com. meclal interests, not industrial if- terests.' If you must quote William Jennings Bryan, do Do accurate, my young friend"
 old looked pained. Through oil of hls long and ambitious life-he was now eighteen-he had been op- pressed by just such cynical mis- understanding. But he knew the Bryan speech clear to the end, and he was Q natural public leader, who never wasted any information that he possessed. He roared on:
 "'supported by the commercial in. terests, the iaborlng interests, and the toilerg everywhere, we VIII ans. swer their demand for Q gold stand. ard by saying to them: "You shall not pFess down upon the brow of la. Dor this crown of thorns, you shall not cruelty mankind upon c cross of gold," and look, Dean, got to take Forsenics and Extempore Speaking, I got Co, that's what came to AdeibeFt for, and I asked the prof."
 'The professor"
 ''Yuh, I asked the prof, Rnd he said freshmen can't take roren- sies, but ! got to take it,"
 Don't you think that Freshman Rhetoric and c nice course of Freshman English, Wordsworth and the daffodils, would satisfy you7"
 No, air, I guess maybe 1t sounds hlghfalutin, but I got c kind of Mes. sage to deliver"
 "And what is your Enessagep"
 Cid looked out ct the waiting. aAassa Ma aAA wtaa khApa h1t kiA deans secretary. He insisted, mounting on hlo own eloquenee:
 Tt seems to me, what thiS coun. try needs is young men in politics that have higher standards of hon. esty and more profound knowledge of history, and, uh, well, of civlcs than the politicians Of today, and who will advance the unfinished work lying before us of leading this country to uh, higher standards of Freedom, Liberty, Equality, Fraters nity, Freedom and-woll I mean higher standards of-" "Of Democracy"
 That's lt. Of Democracy. 60 you see I got to take FoFensics,"
 How do you spell FcrsnsieS, young many"
 70 guess its f.o.E-s.n.S.l-k.s. Gan I take 10"
 "Whet dld you say, SIr'"
 ''f said 'no"
 You mean I can't take FOrsn. sics7"
 "No,"
 Old went sway, c little bewiidered, as later in life no was SO often to Dc bewildered by the worlds inap' preciatlcn of people who want to
 4 thin devil of c classmate lsersd ct him aS he crossed the waiting. room.
 At Docs BaT.D.Q Lunch, old was taking resreshmsnt, this late afters noon of his second day of Adelbert College.
 Next to the broad.armed chair which was also his dining.tabie ne found the lean devil whom he had seen h the deans office.
 How you makin' outT" said the devil.
 "Oh, Aii right, I guess"
 "Dld you get h on the public' VpeaklFSg course3"
 "No, damn it,"
 "Why don't you try for the debat' lng team2"
 SooSh, I've tried to try already. I went end saw the captain, and no told me you can't get on tne team til you're 70 sophomore. uoSh, ! guess they don't want freshmen 70 be intellectual and ideaiistic herel But l don't suppose you care damn about that"
 what makes you think soP"
 You look so- Say, what do sney Hatch Hewitt, my name c."
 "oideon PianiDh, mine is'"
 ''Pieasedmeocha."
 'PiOasedsneochA."
 'What makes you think, do caEe can freshmen be idoAlstic in thw dIlran, MT. Piarish2" .
 wei, I'll tell you, MT. Hewitt; lES because you look like yoWd make finn of seIatlmentAiISts."
 Maybe I would, as that, Mr. PlanlSh. But that's becavse am on ldeAilSt." .,,.v