Identifier: cincinnatian00univ_0 (find matches)
Title: The Cincinnatian
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: University of Cincinnati
Subjects: University of Cincinnati College yearbooks Universities and colleges
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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hecould not explain to himself. He knew,however, that he had expected greatthings of him in his English, and thathe had seen with constantly growingdisappointment the boys neglect of hiswork. Professor Browne did not oftentrouble his mind about wayward stu-dents; his method of teaching was anadaptation of Mr. Darwins survival ofthe fittest. His disappointment in thiscase, then, wab not due to tendernessbut to his conviction that Hallowell hadpossibilities. The themes which theboy had turned in so far were tardy andslovenly, but they contained bits of in-sight into human nature which wereastonishing from one so unsophisticated. The Professor sat down in silence andwaited for the boy to begin. This wasa part of the defensive tactics which hadmade his name a terror among the Eng-lish students in the University. Fewof them boasted that they had putanything over on Professor Browne. The silence became oppressive. Hal-lowell blurted out, I brought that lasttheme around. J~//Z/2E and TMEP/Z
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