Garland Globe | 1908-03-14 | Page 7 | Economy Carried Too Far

ECONOMY CARRIED TOO FAR. Old Man's Thrift That Led HIm Into Ridiculous Action. President J. G. Schurmnn ot Co moll was dlscusslnir elective collcgo courses, of which In tho freshman and sophomoro years, ho disapproves. "A freshman of 1G or 17," said President Pres-ident Schurmnn, "is too young to choose for himself tho courses best tor him. Ills mind Is not maturo enough. It will mako mistakes. "In Its Immaturity, Its proncness to error, It Is llko tho mind of an old man In my nntlvo Freetown. Ho, though old, wns mentally undeveloped, nnd saw nothing wrong or ridiculous In n ploco of economy that ho put lu practlco In tho comotery. "Tho old man had lost four wives, and desired to erect for each n head-stono, head-stono, with nn Inscription commemorative- of hor wifely virtues. "Rut Inscriptions, ho found, wero very expensive. Ho economized In this way: "Ho had tho Christian namo of each wifo cut on a small Btono abovo hor grave "Emma," "Mary," "Hester," "Edith." Under each namo a hand pointed to a largo stono In tho center cen-ter ot tho lot, and under each hand woro tho words: "'For epitaph seo largo stono."