Memories of a great schoolmaster (DrHenry ACoit) . weighed against the generalgood. When Life was first becoming pop-ular, he absolutely forbade its appearance inthe school. I well remember his holding oneof the early copies in his hand, and after ob-serving the tone of flippancy with which ittreated subjects of, to him, the highest impor-tance, with despairing sorrow he said, Andthey call that Life ! He never could forgivethe use of a name so sacred for such did not see things just as the rest of theworld, and he was not afraid to be it was the fashion to read Sco
Memories of a great schoolmaster (DrHenry ACoit) . weighed against the generalgood. When Life was first becoming pop-ular, he absolutely forbade its appearance inthe school. I well remember his holding oneof the early copies in his hand, and after ob-serving the tone of flippancy with which ittreated subjects of, to him, the highest impor-tance, with despairing sorrow he said, Andthey call that Life ! He never could forgivethe use of a name so sacred for such did not see things just as the rest of theworld, and he was not afraid to be it was the fashion to read Scott,and in the long winter darkness we weresteered in various ways to take up Shake-speare. Our fifth form had a Shakespeareclub, and frequently parts of the great dramaswere learned and rehearsed in costume. Thisintellectual playground was the one for him;these plays and the school concerts he greatlyenjoyed. But from the edge of the other fieldhe was ever a silent spectator, with a look ofquizzical amusement, as if he still failed A SNA I SHOI CHAPTER VII IN THE CHAPEL Uncertainty is the predominating feelingof the first days of a boy at school. But therewas something about our head-master thatfrom the very beginning gave the feeling ofsecurity. To hear his estimate of the bullywarmed to him the soul of the new boy. Sym-pathy, of course, was the medium throughwhich his greatness was approached by theboy, but I suppose that in his characterwhat gave so markedly the impression of se-curity was his constancy. To those who neededhim he was the same faithful friend at alltimes and in all places. He had no manner-isms appropriate to the school-room or tothe chapel. While the manner always fittedthe occasion, it was peculiarly his own. To aman so sensitive as Dr. Coit there must havecome times of great depression; and it alwaysseemed to me a mark of his greatness thatthis depression so rarely affected his judgmentor his kindness. His voice and manner in 98 MEMORIES OF
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