I CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES. ALL AND ALL I'M A REALLY SWEET PERSON. BORN AND RAISED IN THE HOOD OF THE BEAN, BUT REST MY HEAD IN MEDFORD. ALL OTHER INFO ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS, ASK AND I WILL TELL.A LADY IN A FADED GINGHAM DRESS AND HER HUSBAND, DRESSED IN A HOMESPUN THREADBARE SUIT STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN IN BOSTON, AND WALKED TIMIDLY WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT INTO THE HARVARD UNIVERSITYPRESIDENT'S OUTER OFFICE. THE SECRETARY COULD TELL IN A MOMENT THAT SUCH BACKWARD, COUNTRY HICKS HAD NO BUSINESS AT HARVARD AND PROBLY DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE IN CAMBRIDGE.SHE FROWNED. "WE WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT," THE MAN SAID SOFTLY. "HE'LL BE BUSY ALL DAY" THE SECRETARY SNAPPED. "WE'LL WAIT," THE LADY RESPONED. FOR HOURS THE SECRETARY IGNORED THEM, HOPING THEY WOULD FINALLY BECOME DISCOURAGED AND GO AWAY. THEY DID'T, AND THE SECRETARY GREW FRUSTRATED AND FINALLY DECIDED TO DISTURB THE PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A CHORE SHE ALWAYS REGRETTED. "MAYBE IF THEY JUST SEE YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEY'LL LEAVE," SHE TOLD HIM.HE SIGHED IN EXASPERATION AND NODDED. SOMEONE OF HISIMPORTANCE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO SPEND WITH THEM, BUT HE DETESTED GINGHAM DRESSESAND HOMESPUN SUITS CLUTTERING UP HIS OUTER OFFICE. THE PRESIDENT, STERN_FACED WITH DIGNITY, STRUTTED TOWARD THE COUPLE. THE LADY TOLD HIM, "WE HAD A SON WHO ATTENDEDHARVARD FOR ONE YEAR. HE LOVED HARVARD. HE WAS HAPPY HERE. BUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD LIKE TO ERECT A MEMORIAL TO HIM SOMEWHERE ON CAMPUS."THE PRESIDENT WASN'T TOUCHED, HE WAS SHOCKED. "MADAM", HE SAID GRUFFLY, "WE CAN'T PUT UP A STATUE FOR EVERY PERSON WHO ATTENDED HARVARD AND DIED. IF WE DID, THIS PLACE WOULD LOOK LIKE A CEMETERY.""OH, NO", THE LADY EXPLAINED QUICKLY, "WE DIDN'T WANT TO ERECT A STATUE. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LIKE GIVE A BUILDING TO HARVARD." THE PRESIDENT ROLLED HIS EYES. HE GLANCED AT THE GINGHAM DRESS AND HOMESPUNSUIT, THEN EXCLAIMED, "A BUILDING! DO YOU ANY EARTHLY IDEA HOW MUCH A BUILDING COST? WE HAVE OVER SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PHYSICAL PLANT AT HARVARD."FOR A MOMENT THE LADY WAS SILENT. THE PRESIDENT WAS PLEASED. HE COULD GET RID OF THEM NOW. THE LADYTURNED TO HER HUSBAND AND SAID QUIETLY, "IS THAT ALL IT COSTS TO START A UNIVERSITY? WHY DON'T WE JUST START OUR OWN?" THE HUSBAND NODDED. THE PRESIDENT'S FACE WAS WILTED IN CONFUSION AND BEWILDERMENT.MR. AND MRS. LELAND STANFORD WALKED AWAY, TRAVELING TO PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED THE UNIVERSITY THAT BEARS THEIR NAME, A MEMORIAL TO A SON THAT HAVARD NO LONGER CARED ABOUT."YOU CAN EASILY JUDGE THE CHARACTER OF OTHERS BY HOW THEY TREAT THOSE WHO CAN DO NOTHING FOR THEM OR TO THEM"-MALCOM FORBESI edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
