Bingham Bulletin | 1925-10-02 | Page 2 | When Barrett Wendell was Roused to Anger

When Barrett Wendell Was Roused to Anger For all his scholarly dignity. Barrett Bar-rett Wendell, Harvard profess.. r. now and then lost his temper and especially at football games. In his biography M. A. DeWolfe Howes recalls an occasion occa-sion when Doctor Wendell and hi daughter were greatly annoyed by an excited Ian directly in front of them, who kept leaping up and cutting off their view. When protests proved of no avail, Wendell upraised his professorial cane and brought It crashing down on tbe man's head, breaking his lint. A roar of laughter went up from the delighted students who witnessed the incident, Increasing when the man turned around shouting furiously: "Who did. that?" "I did," replied Wendell, . calmly. "Come out and I'll buy you a new hat." They exchanged cards and were gone from the 'game long enough to make the necessary purchase.