Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1892 — He Was Admitted. [ARTICLE]

He Was Admitted.

New York Press. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, while recently in Philadelphia on legal business, desired to see some bpok in the library of Girard College, It is a pe- j culiarity of this college that it was founded, with the proviso that no ] clergyman should ever set foot in it, j so it was a congenial place for the ; Colonel to go, .but what was his sur- j prise at being stopped by an attend- ; ant at the outer entrance, who told him he could not enter. Somewhat puzzeled, the Colonel asked for a reason, when the attendant indicated his belief on account of the Colonel’s smooth-shaven, well rounded and jovial-looking cheeks and face ] that he might be a priest. devil you say,” said the Colonel: whereupon the man hastily j bightened up and replied; •‘lt’s all right, sir; you c&n go in.” !