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begins to think, “how different are
the surroundings here, and at
home!” Homefolk and home
scenes flash into his mind—and,
how lovely they seem! The old oak
in the back-yard, the spring branch
where he has so often built little
mills and gathered flowers with his
ruddy-cheeked sisters, the bleating
flock, the lowing herd, the evening
fireside,and a thousand other things :
he has loved from his earliest child- :
hood—all are in his vision; and he
sighs, that he has left them and,
come off, only to have his Sunday
hat kicked from his head, to be
made to dance, to speak, to sing,
to crow, to stand on his head, and
to play the fool generally, just to
please a crowd of mischevious boys.
For he must do all this at the bid- i
ding of the boys, or take the con
sequences, which are several hun
dred “straps with the bed-slat.”
But, soon the “hazing” ordeal is
over and the boy sees that it is
simply an introduction to the bovs
and college life.
Little, by little, the boy “catches
on to the run of things,” and with
in a month or so is as happy as a
lark. He enjoys a freedom from
carb that was never pictured, even
in his most fanciful air-castles. His
father furnishing him with money
the college officials directing
in everything he does, he is left to
see to nothing himself, and has
only to fall in with the tide and
float through his a. b. degree. No
matter where or what the wind
blows, the boy is happy.
All that surrounds him, incul
cates the motto, “Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof,” and it
is soon insensibly adopted by the
boy. In his bright lexicography
there is written no such word as
“lifework,” and he is so true to his
motto that no such strange word
ever will be written there. Do I
not be astonished then, if that
bright boy tells you that he doesn’t 1
know what he will follow in life, i
or if he ever says, “I have about |
come to the conclusion that I shall
be a failure.”
Again, true to his motto, the col- i
lege boy is apt to engage in butter-'
fly-catching, leap-frog, cat-paddle,,
foot-ball, cane-stealing, “twistifica-I
tion,” “many, many stars,” and a
thousand other things that chance '
to cross his path. So, Pa, don’t i
you and Ma wonder or be alarmed ,
if that pious boy learns to set dead-1
falls, or play cards, or drink beer,'
or smoke cigars, or love the girls,
or say Sunday-school words, or go
to theatres, or be a dude, or go to
hops, or all these, if not a thousand
more. He could not do otherwise.
When his present /motto fades
away, at the approach of the un
timely close of his college days, ■
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the word life-work will take its 1
place, and “all is well that ends
well.” Pa, you will think all is
ending well when that boy begins
to display his knowledge of Phy
sics, Phthisics, Schyssics, Philolo
gy, Dudology, Psychology, and a
dozen or more other “ologies” and
“ysics,” while the whole communi
ty is dumb-founded and Ma is
laughing in her sleeve.
Moreover, you will then know
that the reason your son got to,
writing such short, cold, unsympa- :
thetic letters is, that he was so
busy with his studies that he did
not actually have the time to write
how much he loved home, nor i
how addicted he was to getting
homesick, nor how he longed for
vacation to come, that he might be
with his cherished mother and i
darling sisters.
At last the unwelcome close of
college days is come, and the boy
with a childish grief bids adieu to
the happiest season of his life and '
is ready for the journey of life.
But while these college days
have been as pleasant as possible,
they have in no less degree been
profitable. The dim diamond picked
up away off in the secluded back
woods, has been in the polisher’s
hands, and in proportion
was the diamond-stuff in it, “its
bound to shine.” Though some
part was made in the polishing pro
cess, it was necessary, in order that
a useful jewel might be produced.
Test the diamond now, as much as
you please, for it is from a lapidary
where those only are allowed to
work, who are pre-eminent for
their, skill and ability.
Watch the boy. If colleges are
a fraud, he will not be a boot
black. Little Joe.
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