Adventures and Lette 第2章 COLLEGE DAYS(10/16)

ghts at 9so as not to interfere with our work,and sing,read,eat and box until midnight.It is called the "Pipe and Bowl,"and is meant to take the place that The Hasty Pudding,Hammer and Tongs and Mermaid do at other colleges.Two of us are to invite two outsiders in turn each meeting.We will hope to have Dad a member,honorary,of course,when we can persuade him to give us a night off with his company.We want to combine a literary feature and so will have selected readings to provoke discussions after the pipes are lit.The men are very enthusiastic about it and want to invite Mr.Allen and you and every one that they can make an honorary member of immediately.

It was first as an associate editor and afterward as editor-in-chief of the college paper,The Lehigh Burr,that Richard found his greatest pleasure and interest during his three years at Lehigh.In addition to his editorial duties he wrote a very great part of every issue of the paper,and his contributions included short stories,reports of news events,editorials,and numerous poems.

As,after his life at college,Richard dropped verse as a mode of expression,I reprint two of the poems which show him in the lighter vein of those early days.

A COMMENCEMENT IDYL

"I'm a Freshman who has ended his first year,But I'm new;And I do whate'er the Juniors,whom I fear,Bid me do.

Under sudden showers I thrive;

To be bad and bold I strive,But they ask--`Is it alive?'

So they do.

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