Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — IMPRESSIVE IN HIS SFEECH [ARTICLE]

IMPRESSIVE IN HIS SFEECH

Old Soldier Endeavored to Make Vocabulary Fit the Responsibilities of His Position. * An old soldier was for a long time curator of a certain public educational institution. In accordance with the duties of his responsible position It sometimes fell to his lot to remind the students of forgotten regulations. "Gentlemen,” he shouted, on one occasion, when a game of leapfrog was going on ln_a somewhat shaky gallery, "why this violent disturbance?” “Well," was the reply, “what business Is It of yours?” “Gentlemen,” he responded, Indignantly, displaying his full height, “do you know that I am placed here by the governors of this college to conserve this building?” At another time the prank was played upon him of being simultaneously summoned by two students from different ends of the corridor. “Gentlemen,” he cried out, “I really cannot be uniqultous!” On another occasion, after heavy rains, there was dire disaster of malodorous f|ood in the cellars. “Sir,” reported Thomas, to the principal, “the rain has permeated the soli and has resuscitated all the drains to overflowing!”