The Instructor, Vol. 65

Excerpt from The Instructor, Vol. 65: December, 1930 There are two kinds of men, And he was of the kind I'd like to be. Those who have read Edgar A. Guest's famous poem will agree that this ideally fits the late Evan Stephens, whose life has inżuenced more young men to realize their ambition than any man I know. The 'writer is only one of the numerous young men who -would like to eulogize this great char acter, for great he was in stature, music and in heart. Few had the sympathetic understanding of youth as did. He. Al though he was father of none he was father to all. The writer will perhaps be pardoned if for illustration's sake he refers to his own experience with Professor Stephens, for,' as Shakespeare says, thereby hangs a tale. Every fond parent has an idea that his or her child possesses hidden talents and especially can sing.' Even 'before reaching the teens, the scribe's mother. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.