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MR. HERBERT L. GRINNELL OF BATH

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F life were run on the College pIau! Wh;r! we'd have to elect a Popular Man. The Poet. of course. would fall by lot; with unlimited license for 'writing Ilis R-O-T. The Orator! Pooh! A perfunctol'y choice! Curling hair and a beautiful voice! But the Popular Man! No fooling there! Nelther a mattei' of voice nor hail'; But the chap with a grip, on the heal'ts of men, is the cllap they choose, again and a,zain. He is modest and gentle and hearty and true and always wi11iIW.', his part to do; He accepts the task and fits the place and faces the world with a smiling face. But what of this--you as1{ me well-in a mattei' of , 'el'se. for Mr, Grinnell? \ViII you lool{ at the picture and ask me then, if he doesn't rank with the Popular Men! And what do you say. to a democrat who always wi us in spite of that In staid old Bath whel'e. since the year of one, the democrat has "simply run?" He's filled all of the chairs in MasonIc gift; he's made his way by force of thrift; I know him well; he has never pressed; the honors have come; he has done his bestAnd I recliOll, friends, I'ln right in my plan to give him a place as a Popular Man,