The Cincinnatian . hecould not explain to himself. He knew,however, that he had expected greatthings of him in his English, and thathe had seen with constantly growingdisappointment the boys neglect of hiswork. Professor Browne did not oftentrouble his mind about wayward stu-dents; his method of teaching was anadaptation of Mr. Darwins survival ofthe fittest. His disappointment in thiscase, then, wab not due to tendernessbut to his conviction that Hallowell hadpossibilities. The themes which theboy had turned in so far were tardy andslovenly, but they contained bits of in-sight into human natu
The Cincinnatian . hecould not explain to himself. He knew,however, that he had expected greatthings of him in his English, and thathe had seen with constantly growingdisappointment the boys neglect of hiswork. Professor Browne did not oftentrouble his mind about wayward stu-dents; his method of teaching was anadaptation of Mr. Darwins survival ofthe fittest. His disappointment in thiscase, then, wab not due to tendernessbut to his conviction that Hallowell hadpossibilities. The themes which theboy had turned in so far were tardy andslovenly, but they contained bits of in-sight into human nature which wereastonishing from one so unsophisticated. The Professor sat down in silence andwaited for the boy to begin. This wasa part of the defensive tactics which hadmade his name a terror among the Eng-lish students in the University. Fewof them boasted that they had putanything over on Professor Browne. The silence became oppressive. Hal-lowell blurted out, I brought that lasttheme around. J~//Z/2E and TMEP/Z. &f&/€ij(c <!»« that j€i^ ?nil ? ij^tirt rminfin fjgMgJliiill^^ Ah, the professor repHed, the onedue yesterday? Yes sir, you told me I could bring itin late. I asked you to come around thisevening with it, because I have to turnin the term marks tonight. Yes sir. And this gave you all day to workover it. I suppose it is finished? Well, sir, it is not quite, but— Ah, not finished yet? WeU, I didnot expect it would be. I suppose yourealize that you are the last member ofthe class to finish this weeks theme? Yes sir. And that I must take that fact intoconsideration in making up the grades? Yes sir, I suppose so. And that this is, let me see, and theprofessor turned the pages of a notebook,there are four other themes late thisterm, and two of those unfinished? Yes sir. Well, Hallowell, it looks pretty bad,doesnt it? The boy squirmed butsaid nothing. He felt as if he werebeing taken into the confidence of anogre. Hows your other work? The question was shot right
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