THROUGH THE SCHOOL
I Appeared before the President Considerably Unnerved
THROUGH THE
SCHOOL
THE EXPERIENCES OF A MILL BOY
IN SECURING AN EDUCATION
BY
AL PRIDDY
Author of: Through the Mill: The Life of a Mill Boy
THE PILGRIM PRESS
BOSTONNEW YORKCHICAGO
COPYRIGHT, 1912
BY LUTHER H. CARY
Published, September, 1912
THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS
[W · D · O]
NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A
TO
W. H. S.
In the same terms and pictures I would employ were
I in the cheer of his parson’s study giving
my experiences by word of mouth.
Preface
THESE forty chapters of absolutely realautobiography are intended to give thereader faith in American education and toreconstruct the human struggles and tests ofcharacter which attend the progress of the poorbut ambitious lads through a formal educationfor life.
Contents
| Chapter I | Page |
| Fifteen Dollars and Sixty-five Cents Worth of International Travel. An Inspiring Reception in Front of Chief Pungo Memorial Hall | 3 |
| Chapter II | |
| I Help a Real Poet to Sing his Hymn. My First Chance and How I Succeeded with it | 24 |
| Chapter III | |
| Thropper’s Puff Tie. Sounds That Passed in the Night. The Possible Advantages of Speaking Tubes. The Scroll of Divine History. The Meditations of a Saint. How Thropper Lost his Pious Reputation | 36 |
| Chapter IV | |
| Thundering Gymnastics. How to Keep on the Good Side of the Young Women with Scriptural Quotations. The Establishment of Friendship. Carrying Water for Beauty. How Music may be Som ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |