6
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
SMTLES AND SUCH
HUMOROUS GLEANINGS FKOM VARIOUS
SOURCES
THE MUSIC OF THE TJEILS j
Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cornell univer-
sity, was walking across the campus one day with the. j
dean of one of the colleges, when the chimes in the
library tower besran to rine. "Dean." said he. "the ?
: music of those chimes is so beautiful that it always sets
me dreaming of the past. My boyhood days " j
"What do you say?" interrupted the venerable dean. j
t "I say the chimes are very, very beautiful. They !
; make me think " t
t
"What?" yelled the dignified old dean again. ;
The chimes the chimes how beautiful "
"Speak louder!" cried the dean once more, "ican't !
hear you for the devilish bells." Argonaut. t
FOREWARNED j
Several years ago, before his election to the presi-
dency, Win. H. Taft was campaigning in the West i
and stopped at the home of an old friend. The friend's I
home was small and 'poorly built and as the presiden- t
tial candidate walked about in his little room the un- J
substantial building fairly shook beneath his tread. j
When he climbed into bed the dilapidated affair broke j
down, precipitating him unceremoniously on the floor.
His friend hurried to his door to ascertain the cause t
of the commotion. "What's the matter, Bill?" he
asked.
"Oh I'm all right, I guess," replied Mr. Taft good- ' j
naturedly. "But say, Joe, if you don't find me in
this room in the morning look in the cellar." """