. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States. A typical American . d some of Ms happiestepigrams have sprung from his knowledge of theart of self-defense. During his college days Mr. Roosevelt kepta horse and cart, the latter one of the extremelyhigh ones that were in vogue at that time, andwhich to-day may be frequently seen on the boul-evards of American cities. In this he drovealmost every afternoon. His love for the saddlewas developed later, when he adopted the life ofa cowboy. He was a familiar figure in the societyof Boston, where his dashing and picturesqueways mad
. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States. A typical American . d some of Ms happiestepigrams have sprung from his knowledge of theart of self-defense. During his college days Mr. Roosevelt kepta horse and cart, the latter one of the extremelyhigh ones that were in vogue at that time, andwhich to-day may be frequently seen on the boul-evards of American cities. In this he drovealmost every afternoon. His love for the saddlewas developed later, when he adopted the life ofa cowboy. He was a familiar figure in the societyof Boston, where his dashing and picturesqueways made him a welcome guest. There is aphotograph extant, taken at this time, whichshows him with a rather becoming set of whis-kers. It was taken at graduation and is highlyprized by his classmates. The picture shows ayoung man of mature thought and sober judg-ment. Mr. Roosevelt had his share in college jour-nalism. During his senior year he was one ofthe editors of the Advocate. Albert BushneUHart, professor of American history in the col-lege, was editor-in-chief. It is not plain just. H £ o COLLEGE LIFE. 65 what work Mr. Roosevelt did on the future author of Winning of the Westseems to have contented himself with purely edi-torial duties or to have thought too little of hiswritings to claim them, for the files of the paperreveal but one article signed by him, and thisbears only the initial R. However, this arti-cle is identified by his associates on the publica-tion. It is entitled Football in Colleges, and ismerely a resume of conditions of the game atYale and Princeton. It has little of the nervousforce and picturesque style of his later one Roosevelt touch is in the closing para-graph, which reads: What is most necessary isthat every man should realize the necessity offaithful and honest work, every afternoon. Thelast two words are in italics. The utterance ischaracteristic of the man, and valuable in that itpoints thus early to his driving qualitie
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