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"Through the School: The Experiences of a Mill Boy in Securing an Education" by Al Priddy is a real autobiography written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows the journey of Al Priddy, a mill worker who is determined to secure an education despite his humble beginnings and financial struggles. The story explores themes of ambition, perseverance, and the transformative power of education as Al navigates the challenges of college life. At the start of the book, Al Priddy embarks on a three-day journey from his life in the mills to Evangelical University, filled with a mix of excitement and fear as he leaves behind an oppressive past. His narration captures the wonder of new experiences, from traveling through different states to the thrill of stepping onto foreign soil in Canada. Arriving at the university, Al is greeted by the realities of student life, meeting his roommate, Jim Thropper, and facing uncertainties about his education and future. The opening sets a tone of hope, hard-earned determination, and a glimpse of the lively yet challenging university environment that will shape Al's journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
The Project Gutenberg eBook ofThrough the school: The experiences of a mill boy in securing an education THROUGH THE SCHOOL Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Preface Contents Illustrations Chapter 8 Chapter I. Fifteen Dollars andSixty-five Cents Worth of InternationalTravel. An InspiringReception in Front of Chief PungoMemorial Hall Chapter II. I Help a RealPoet to Sing his Hymn. MyFirst Chance and How I Succeededwith it Chapter III. Thropper’s PuffTie. Sounds That Passed in theNight. The Possible Advantagesof Speaking Tubes. The Scroll ofDivine History. The Meditationsof a Saint. How ThropperLost his Pious Reputation Chapter IV. Thundering Gymnastics.How to Keep on theGood Side of the Young Womenwith Scriptural Quotations. TheEstablishment of Friendship.Carrying Water for Beauty.How Music may be SomethingMore than Music. The Wonderful,Austere Man that ThropperLed me to Chapter V. Pungo Hall’s Occupants:Estes Who Planned to Takea Tent and Plant it in the Midstof the World’s Sin; of the LittleMan Who Fled from the Chidingsof a ‘D. D.’: of Calloused Handsand Showing How ‘Pa’ Bordenwas Beaten by the Grass Widowerwith the Long Hair Chapter VI. Financial PessimismTaken in Hand by Thropper andShown in its Real Light. A TurkishRug that Smoked. A Poet inSearch of Kerosene. WonderfulAntics of an Ironing-Board. Economyat a Tub. Three more Waitingfor it After Brock’s Bath. TheChemical Reduction of a Cauldronof Tomatoes into Something Sweet Chapter VII. An Academic Ridein Five Carriages at Once. ABusiness Appeal Mixed in withthe Order of Creation. Is it Bestfor a Man to Marry his FirstLove. A Sleuth-Dean. A Queen’sBirthday Supper with an AthleticConclusion. Jerry Birch Standsup for Albion. How we Tamedhim Chapter VIII. The DoctrinalTemper of the University andThropper’s Talk about it. Introducesthe Select Board of the Pharisees.Prayer-Meeting MonopolyCombated by Independents. Jasonon my Track and How it Came out Chapter IX. My Trip into theMagic World of the Past. HowAppreciation is sometimes WorthMore than Money. Jason andhis Coterie on Scent of TerribleHeresies. How God Takes Careof His Orators. How a Big Soulcan go through Annoyances Chapter X. The Magnitude ofa Postage Stamp. Showing howDesperate the Thirst of Moneymade me. Brock’s Rosy Noseand its Possibilities as a Fireplace.How Brock thought he was Foolingme and the Other Way About.The Barrow that Became ourEnemy and how Brock was Revengedon it Chapter XI. How I Competedwith Patrick Henry and was madeAware of an Uneconomical Wasteof the Eighth Letter of the Alphabet.How I Condensed all myStudies into an Oration. How thePopulace Greeted my Rehearsal.Striking the Top Pitch Chapter XII. The Personnel of“The Clamorous Eight” and otherSocial Matters. The “Blepoes”and the “Boulomaies” Invite meinto Fellowship with a Protest fromJason. Epics and Lyrics of Love.“Pa” Borden Speaks for theBenedicts on a Momentous Matter.How the Magic Tree Lured SomeUnfaithful Ones from their SwornDuty Chapter XIII. How One Dollarand a Half Secured “TheDevil in Society.” The MedicineChest which Became a Tract Depositoryunder the Teachings of aNew Creed. How I Stuck toOrthodoxy Chapter XIV. A Chapter Depictinghow Strife Existed Betweenthe Pro-Gymnasiums and the Anti-Gymnasiumsand Showing howBaseball, Debates and an EpidemicDetermined Matters ThisWay and That Chapter XV. A Ph.D. in aClay Ditch and the Futility of it.A Can of Beans at the Conclusionof a Morbid Meditation. HowThropper and I Played Davidand Jonathan Chapter XVI. Visions, Hysteria,Dogma, and Poor Lessons to theFront when the Revivalists Arrived.How Natural it Soundedwhen “Bird” Thurlow Asked aFlippant Question Chapter XVII. My PresidentialPose and its Central Place in “TheRecord.” A Wistful Glance andSome Practical Plans towardsEastern Education. How theLittle Sparrow Brought my ClassColors to me as I Gave the Class“Oration.” Ends in a Fight Chapter XVIII. Thropper UnfoldsSomething Better thanCanned Foods. A Lesson withthe Flat Iron. Thropper Proposesthat I Chaperone Horses Chapter XIX. A ChapterWhich Has to do with a Series ofExciting Affairs that Occurredbetween the West and the East,and Which are Better to Readabout than to Endure Chapter XX Aunt Millie’s Interpretationof Education. TheRight Sort of an Adviser GetsHold of me Chapter XXI. Over the Sea toa New Educational Chance. HowI Revenged Myself on the HungryDays. The Cloistered Serenityof the New Place Chapter XXII. Stoves withTraditions, Domestic Habits, andGreek, “Boys Will be Boys” Chapter XXIII. A Plot Whichhad for its End the Raising up ofa Discouraged Young Preacher Chapter XXIV. Burner, aSearcher After Truth. How aMay-Pole Subdued a Tribe ofLittle Savages Chapter XXV. At the Heartof Human Nature. A ConfidentialWalk with a Dollar Bill atthe End of it. A Philosophical Observationfrom the Stage-Driver Chapter XXVI. The StrangeAdventure of Burner into Nothing,and How my Own Mind Got intoTrouble, and How my Faith wasStrengthened under the ChapelWindow Chapter XXVII. The WonderfulSummer on the Pleasure Island Chapter XXVIII. How a ParsonageSuggests a Wife. TheConvincing Revelations of a PhrenologistWho Examined the Students’Bumps Chapter XXIX. It Devolvesupon me to Entertain a Guestand the Sentimental ConsequencesWhich Ensued Chapter XXX. A Heretic Hunter.The Orthodoxy of the SeminaryAdmirably Defended. I Contracta Fashionable Disease, and alsoReceive a Very Unsettling Letter Chapter XXXI. How Some ofthe Joys of Friendship Came tome in the Tower Room. TheOrator in the White Vest. HowSoon I Lost my Diploma Chapter XXXII. How, ThoughI was Ready for Service, I wasForestalled by a New Trouble,and the Very Interesting PlanWhich Came Out of it Chapter XXXIII. Of a Villagewhere Locomotive WhistlesSounded like Lingering Music: ofthe Esthetic Possibilities in a CollegeCatalogue: of a Journey overthe Hills to the College where wefind, besides a Wonderful Arrayof Structures, a Large Room andthe Junior with his Barnful ofFurniture Chapter XXXIV. My WifePacks me off to College. TheSenior and I Stop at a Rockfor a Drink, Meet the AdvanceGuard of Students, Plunge into aBedlam, and Witness the Laborsof the Freshmen. The Finger-studyof Quarles and my Apology Givento the Retired Medical Man whowas Specializing in Hens Chapter XXXV. Hot-Popoversand a Cold Watch in the Station.The Sleigh-load of Talent Chapter XXXVI. A Chapterof Sentiment and Literary Atmosphere,Including the Account ofSanderson, the Procrastinator.How Two Prize Checks WereSpent. A Parish of Talent Chapter XXXVII. Teiresias,the Blind Prophet, and Squeem,the Student in the Back-waters ofCollege Life. A Night of GrimFate Chapter XXXVIII. HowEllis, the Captain, Taught me theSpirit of Contest. I Turn Pamphleteeron Behalf of Scholarship.But Find from Garvin thatScholarship and Education may beSeparate Matters. Account of aTruly Classic Event, which Makesthe Students Study Color Schemesand Gives us a Chance to Appearin Gowns Chapter XXXIX. The LostParrot. Academic Burlesque. TheNervousness of the Final Minute.A Religious Outcropping in a Non-PiousHeart Chapter XL. In which theAccount Comes to a Conclusion inthe Life of a Relative. MartinQuotes Spanish and Has theLast Word. Chapter 49 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE Chapter 51
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