Following his graduation he went to New York to visit with one of his classmates for a short timebefore returning home. He was a very self-satisfied Jimmy, nor who can wonder, since almost fromhis matriculation there had been constantly dinned into his ears the plaudits of his fellow students.Jimmy Torrance had been the one big outstanding feature of each succeeding class from hisfreshman to his senior year, and as a junior and senior he had been the acknowledged leader of thestudent body and as popular a man as the ...
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Following his graduation he went to New York to visit with one of his classmates for a short timebefore returning home. He was a very self-satisfied Jimmy, nor who can wonder, since almost fromhis matriculation there had been constantly dinned into his ears the plaudits of his fellow students.Jimmy Torrance had been the one big outstanding feature of each succeeding class from hisfreshman to his senior year, and as a junior and senior he had been the acknowledged leader of thestudent body and as popular a man as the university had ever known.To his fellows, as well as to himself, he had been a great success-the success of the university-andhe and they saw in the future only continued success in whatever vocation he decided to honor withhis presence. It was in a mental attitude that had become almost habitual with him, and which wassuperinduced by these influences, that Jimmy approached the new life that was opening before him.For a while he would play, but in the fall it was his firm intention to settle down to some seriousoccupation, and it was in this attitude that he opened a letter from his father-the first that he hadreceived since his graduation.The letter was written on the letterhead of the Beatrice Corn Mills, Incorporated, Beatrice, Nebraska, and in the upper left-hand corner, in small type, appeared "James Torrance, Sr., Presidentand General Manager," and this is what he read: Dear JimYou have graduated-I didn't think you would-with honors in football, baseball, prize-fighting, and five thousand dollars in debt. How you got your diploma is beyond me-in my day you wouldhave got the sack. Well, son, I am not surprised nor disappointed-it is what I expected. I know youare clean, though, and that some day you will awaken to the sterner side of life and an appreciationof your responsibilities.To be an entirely orthodox father I should raise merry hell about your debts and utter inutility, at thesame time disinheriting you, but instead I am going to urge you to come home and run in debt herewhere the cost of living is not so high as in the East-meanwhile praying that your awakening maycome while I am on earth to rejoi
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