Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1902 — Had Discharged His Duty. [ARTICLE]

Had Discharged His Duty.

As an instance of President Hadley’s aptness in meeting every situation or replying to every pertinent or impertinent question, the following story is told: At a reception given for him by an old friend some 500 miles from New Haven, one individual with a better memory than tact asked him what he thought of the recent baseball game. As Yale had met with a disastrous defeat, the subject might be called unpleasant Without hesitation President Hadley said: “There was a boy living in a village whose uncle died. The next day a man driving along the road was surprised to find the boy working in a field. Thinking this did not show proper respect to the dead uncle, he called the lad to him and said: ‘Johnny, didn't you know your uncle was dead?’ “Johnny slowly approached and drawled out: “ ‘Yes, I know it—l have cried. v ” — New York Times.