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Mr. Brown learning of his son's intentions and desires soon
gratified them by showing his willingness and readiness to fur-
nish the means for him to enter college.
One morning at the breakfast table as the last days of
August were fast coming to a close and as the time for the
opening of school drew near, Tom broke the silence of the
family with these words: "There is just one more thing, I do
not know where to go."
"Do not know where to go," said the father, "What do you
mean ? "
"I don't know where to go to school," Tom replied.
"Well, you know there's Taylor University, Howard Bayne
and Simpson, all of them good schools," Mr. Brown answered.
Just a few days before September Tom had made up his
mind to enter Simpson College, a growing and prosperous
school in West Texas.
At last the time came for him to bid all farewell, turn his
face from the old home and loved ones and start out in quest
of an education which was destined to make him a power in
the world. Somehow or other as he and his father drove to
the station two days before school opened on a beautiful Sep-
tember day there was an indescribable feeling that would not
leave Tom. Every boy and girl who has had the same feeling
-and all who have gone from their parents and associates to
seek knowledge and friends in another place have-can sym-
pathize with this poor lad on that occasion.
It would take entirely too much time and space to tell of all
the ups and downs Tom met with for the first few weeks of his
college life. Let us now drop back to the conversation we heard
a few minutes ago between Tom and James.
These two boys became very intimate friends during the
few weeks they had spent in school together. Tom had been
planning a trip West for a week to see his uncle; and had gone
to James' room to talk with him about this proposed trip. We
must remember that this country boy, though he thought him-
self grown, was inexperienced in traveling and knew but little
of the world. But having got his friend's approval of his trip,Page 4
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Simmons College. The Corral, Volume 3, Number 8, April, 1910, periodical, April 1910; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth109356/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.