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men. the J’al9′ and o’11er bo7e eene4 at •••• AJl4 1 ot\ea va\ to ihe 4epo\
to mee\ tu pneat on le.\uri.,q at\eraooa and to •” hl• ott oa Swwl.7. helt,lllC
al Uae• -with bl• bag,. U1u.:1.1, ta ‘he yeara ct vhloh I DOV 9Peak the prie1,
had hll Swlia7 41u.el’ at GV boae.
X, e11,er Jaate tUll 11Yet la \he ho•. Boa, »wee•• v1dov. li•••
\here viih her aow, and ..,- t11,er Sarah, vho keep• a 11\tle apal”taeat ta
.lUaata1 ha• her rooa afl.llable \here. U 11 a bea.uUtul old hoae. and il•
1\ory • .-,. Iha\ ot the ,,on towatowa oYer \he hill, are •n intere•Uag
,bu -, ow. Alben•• llome 11 Jv.11 aero•• \lle 1aterNeUoa.
M»nt&ea1 la1r&11:e1•
the ouatoa la ov hoae va■ for our leaaoa■ \o be beal’t by aother la \he
• earl7 morldq. She van.I to a Cl’ea, 4Ml. of trouble to eee that ve ka•w ou
a■11Cnment•. !bis perbapt waa more reapoaalble than a,qthing el•• for such
ttaadtag we bad in ol.&•••
tubjeot, Y&9 aJ:l ex\raord.haril.T ftu teacher aad a VOIIU. of umnal penoaaU\
7. taJ”■ later whea l ri11,e1 lo• …. of -, ol••••••• u4 I woul.4
call oa Ml’. I allO 1lke4 Ba1U.1h, llelo17 u4 Plti’ltct at touacl hipe:r
a\hema\101 .more 41tt1oull.
The teaob.er1 wel”e a tl•• groUp. M1H Olan. llllo4•• 1aeplnll a litelollC
4,TOUo.a, u4 \here were \hoH other excel.le\ du.caMr1, Profee■or Bame.
Mr. lo••·· Mill Mar, Willlaatoa. Mil■ tn.?.. • •. l•uia•· — o\hH’I
vho•• Ml\01’1•• 11•• ls ,heir belpf,alaeH to ••·
When -, ol4e1t titler, luie, f1ai■W. tchool a.a .. ,her’• problem• la-
• created vi \h \he croviag tuilt, Ju.le look 86ae of the bu:rd•••· Slut
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beoaa• ia thle r•epeot a kind of 8tiOOnd aother to the 7owiger ohildre.a, althoqh
no, auoh older taA % •
At••• t1u1a.lda, ,ia. pv.1Jlle tohool ln 1908 l aUeM.ed Darlia&\oa lohool.
Jee•ph I. D&:rl1D&ton. a• a TO\UIC tra.duat• of htk:1ae Ooll”‘Se ta Sou.ta
0&rol1M bad. come \o Joae •• •••1•\u’ profeHor a\ the old Jolm M. :Proo\or
School tor Jo71. Thi• •• ‘be:to:r9 I va• bora. Iola Paul Oooi,er •• one of
Mr. Da.rlia,\on’• pupilt. M,r lllO\her’• oal.7 brother, l•:ta8l Jou.a. – the la4
no •i•t•r• – ,., au\he:r. la later 1ear1 Mr. Cooper beoa111e a proalua\
oUJ.1•• ot P.ome aal a Mil of aeaae. h \he lat•!’la Mr. larll11.gb• W left
1o .. for Watbiacton t1 1\’IMl7 law aJ:14 1a later 1•.ar, •• th• leader ot \h•
Ja1b1actoa \u. 4\>ev.t 190& Mr. Cooper toutl..t la lo• Ille 1-rllactoa lohOf>l
for :ao71 1ulfl nai1e4 U ia hoJ&Or ot l:r. De.rl1ncton ..
• It 1• bard to rft•ler aow wl’JMlher whea 1 a\leadeA Dadlagtoa l ad 4ao14•
to be a laqer. I\ 11 probable \ha\ 1 wen.t to Dadingto.11 tbrpl.7 \o
gaia mon MUcaUon aTallable ia loae at••r oae tW•W ‘\he pulic •ollool•.
Aleo I waahd lo plq hl&h aobool football apia.
loae -.. ,1ie coa\7 ••I ot J’l.o,t CouatJ’. u a Jl>UC llan I o•aa1lonall7
.-a, le ,ae ooul7 oou,ao-u.t• ‘° va’\ala a tnal. the OO\l.r\ •• ou et paeal
J•1’le4lc\1oa ta \he •’•’• Jmlolal a,ttea…
lh• Jud&• vat Mo••• Wnpt • a ••bu• ot a ,1au.acu •hed taa1l7, oae of
whoa, SM’born Vdght. •• an UU1Jwtll7 capa.’ble lav,er ,,uh t1CJllf1oaa\
ora\orloal a”b111\1. tr. w.• a oanAtda.t. oaoe for JtreeU.••’ of \he V.Ue4
S\a\ee oa iae ProhibiUoa Uo.itet.
Mo••• WrtcM pnu4e4 wl ,>a talT 41p1 t7 a• hel4 \be reepeot ot tlla ‘bal’,
vhloh wa• DO 11u4 ‘bar. a. •• &ltkt &A orator. 0a Coatffez-ate Deooratloa
• »…r. Ille 26th of April – ao \ \la• 30\h ot la.7 — when ve decorated the g&•••
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of the i0ld.iert in lqrUe lll.11 Olilm•t•r.,• Mo88a ‘Wright waa l1ltel7 to be the
erator of the da7. or it mlsht ba Ooacr•••– lob». w. Mata.oz. Whea \he fll•••
1\atue eYer erected to the l>a:ugh\e:r• ot ,. Oo•f.iera07 wa• 1:IM’elle4 la ._,
a aeaorable da, 1n the ?ova. M,u?a Wrlp\ waa the oraior.
In ecilool we hat 11ame praoUca 1A ;peakia,. ‘!’he prtaoipal eratoi- of
ov ola.H \<i&3 Graham Wr1«nt, a so.a of Seabor11. Ile 1, aa 014 fr1ea4 of at.u
1’111 li vint; ud pr&o\icing la• la Bome. A\ l>arling\oa, aoh \o -, aurpri •••
1 woa the tieolau.Uoa oon\et\ the :full Jear 1 •• taei-e — 1 wu ‘1.Mre par\
tf aaother 7ear. !Ma tooc .u ta\o tu Cou,7 Ma\e1t WAeff I 101\ ••• At
tbla,s turned ou\, &d.’YOo&GJ i•oam• a ooatl4enble parl of a, lepl wtl’k ‘b\t\
I oo’Gld n.eYer eoadd.er »7aelf u on.\H•.
In the fall of 1910 l entered. \he Ualvetalt7 ot 10,n Daae for o•• 7ear.
• the three ol4.e1t boJa, Will, Joe. aat h.ke bad p .. to lfotre Dame. Wlll ltd
a Yer, tine Jdad b\lt he beou.e ,oaewbat lapatleat vUh \he d1eo1pl1ae or
aomethbg at lotr• Due au.A d.14 aot r–.in. lo• grad.ua,e4 1a 1903 la ct’Yll
•A&lheriAI ,.1, \a aa uoep’1oaall7 tbe reoori.. Dai&:e grad•’• 1• l.905 wl ,Ja
u A. :a. decrH &al •• Tale41o\el”iaa ♦t hi• ola••· l 111ppo•• -, eld.ea,
1-:rolhera were \he fltt\ Geor11&a1 e’t’el” to a•••• Jlotn :Dama. .A\ &IQ’ ra•••
•
Georctana were rathel’ n.:re bbd1 iia.ue 1a ‘••• 7ear•.
I did. not return \o lifotre Da:ae after l.eanq ia the earl7 .,..I’ of
1911 until if¥ wife am. I ….at thert for tae gra4uaUeA ot o,u to• Obarl•• 1&
1952. ‘?.ns UAi•araU7 md. &l’Owa a ir•• 4eal b\l’t \lMt eld oeatnal tN.tlcU.ACI
reaa1a, and lh.sl”e 11 ,ae aaae beau.UM 0o,a10 ?h I r..benl 10 well.
The aboaphen a\ Bo1i-e Dame •• pod. •• \n whole u4 oonAul•• to 1ncl7.
Geaerall.7 spealdllC 1 i.blak ,u a\uclea,a were pNt’i7′ tel”io’IH abO\\’ tl’)’lag to
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gain an ed.ucaUon. I wa.1 •rery hoaetlck foi- a while but thh reoe4e4 ••
frlemhh1p1 were tormet.
In.owing whea l eater• tha I I 001114 ela7 01117 ou 1ear 1 look ••l•o’94
1Wie1 1 eoae eooaoalo,, logic, Jr&clllh, Gel’ll&Jl aJMl Spaai1h1 a 01a1a la
elocution, a ap60la1 course ia pol1Uoal. tolence, aml Qhriatlaa Do0:t1’iae.
MT \eaoher of Spuhh, a one hov clan weekl.7, waa a 1ellior, Jou r.
O’Bara. Ille ant 7ea.r Upoa cratuaUoa he enterecl the aeal11a17 u4 becaae a
pried of the OoagregaU011, o. s .o. He later va• pred4ea\ of Ille VJd.Terdl7.
During \he 11rtl World. Var, I belle•• he lla4 obarce of the Calhollo ohaplalat
in the u-,. • 11 uv Aroabiabop of Phtla4elphia. Tear, la\er vun ve wen
UTing 1n Sota le he one through a.a. we W a Tl•i t. I veat te Ph11a4elphla
for hi• taa\alla\loa a, Arcablthop a fev 7ear1 ago •
One ot -r teacher■, ta eeoaoalo1 1 va, la\her Matthew Walth, u exoelleat
leacl:Ler a.n.4 a prieat to whoa I han al.wa71 felt grateful a,? iafiueace. I
•• not an i•U•t• of hi• an4 414 ROt … bia any more than. e\hera in. hit
ola91e•. but l reaea’be:r vell hit cbaraoter am peraonal1t7, anl h11 ieTOUo•
to ihe vonc. Be \oo ‘becwae prel14enl of \he lJll1Yer1U7. Aa4 l aleo reaeaber
vell 7a\her Obarl•• o•Doanell, \he \aleale4 poe\. M,- rooa 011 lh.e thlr4 noor
et Oorb7 Ball vat un to his. Ke alao became pree14aa, of ••tre Due. le
bat beea a cla•••te aa4 tnea4 of.., bro\her Dake.
l we al Joh·• Daae for a veelc-en4 lab lad June (1913) at the b1Titatioa
of Deu O ‘Meara of the L&v School• lo be one of the Jud.pa of ,he tiul
moot oourl oompeUUon.. 1 vu\ o•er to Cor’b7 Ball to ••• hiller Val•h. At I
valke4 111> the 1\epa he va, colling nl •ate the porch. le loelce4 at •• for a
••eat u4 eaH., •Well, laq. • haelhiag ■1ght baTe 1tladate4 hi• recolleotloa •
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… ui.Tertl \7 l• sr, 4.aT ba4. tba •• fine tphi\ a1 ACY. She alte W
a pot fool’bal.1 teu. t.mde Boolc:a• ..,., plart.a1 el4 \bat ,-ear. tlte quarter­
back vat Donat. :La\e:r l ee.v Jot:r• :h.111e plq ooca1ioull71 bu, JlO’ oftsft ..
1, wa1 ,ha uxt rear I beli.-r•• or 1913, ,ho team veat to We,t Pola\ a11d
Jloau ut Dor,la• n.a •¥A7 w1 th th1ac• vi ,ll tae f orwal’d. -pa••·
It wa• ao, fea11bl• for •• to ooa\lm• a-\ l’otn Due. ftl• ,:,lu W&e te IO
eu 7ear ta.•• u4 tho oa lo hotcetow were l null llelp •••’• •••lt 1>F
vortuc. ln1\ v1 \la the full.7 belpll& loft.
lo• •• U’t’er to ‘b • ‘117 rae14,aac. apla but I be.Ye eoaH,n.e4 oTer ti.
7eara to ntun \here vben l eoul.4. !he oll beaa •• mel.lewe4 la b .. :a.ty •
After aother’ • teatll \Mt oonUzmef. tuMler the g?o1out 0&1’8 of Jute. 1′ ha•
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l>eea a lcvel7 place to vhieh to return, alone at times. at u … \d\h A«a•••
a.ml oace vi th Ollarle• arid. ….. San.b ant Ma.17 Aca•• lave aleo ‘beea lure.
Jome ita.:u·. td\h a nl.Utud.a ot 1».dettnal>l.e memori•• aa4 a1qoiaUoa• it
1’111 nr,