Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . ecollege pump, and was thrown backward upon the he picked himself up he saw no living being save the M, em ones o, B rown 305 president, who stood over him and who in stentorian tonesshouted, Disperse, young man, disperse. One evening, somewhat late, after a baseball victoryover Harvard, several of the boys went down street to alittle supper. The floors above the restaurant wereused for a hotel. One of the boys felt very well, indeed,and when in this condition his favorite pastime was to at-tempt to sing Lau
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . ecollege pump, and was thrown backward upon the he picked himself up he saw no living being save the M, em ones o, B rown 305 president, who stood over him and who in stentorian tonesshouted, Disperse, young man, disperse. One evening, somewhat late, after a baseball victoryover Harvard, several of the boys went down street to alittle supper. The floors above the restaurant wereused for a hotel. One of the boys felt very well, indeed,and when in this condition his favorite pastime was to at-tempt to sing Lauriger. On this occasion he was doingunusually well, both as to volume of sound and distinct-ness of utterance, when the proprietor came up and said : I really must ask you not to sing so loudly. You aredisturbing the guests who are sleeping above. Our friend, in perfect seriousness and with the preter-natural gravity which often accompanies his condition,replied, How in blazes can I disturb them when I amsinging in a language they dont understand ? William , 306 Memories of Brown President Robinson and the Vale-dictorian of Seventy-seven The following story was told me by Possum Knight, President Robinson, though somewhat stern and impa-tient of opposition, yet understood and appreciated frank-ness. The class of 77 were assembled for , the class valedictorian, brawling Tommy, asthe boys sometimes called him on account of his heartyexuberant manner, was called upon for a passage in thepreceding lecture. He recited it smoothly, word for word, as dictated. Humph! humph! ejaculated the president, saidlike a parrot, but what does it mean ? Well, sir, replied Tommy, calmly, I read it over threeor four times and couldnt see any sense in it, so I justlearned it by heart. Ah, well! said President Robinson, I must havefailed to make myself intelligible. Let me explain. Walter Lee Munro, iSyg. M, em ones o ofB. rown 309 The College Buildings in Other Days
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