Chicago University, one of the great schools of America and the world,
received its impetus from the tireless energy and brilliant leadership
of its great President, Dr. Harper. After his death there was found
among his papers a memorandum which read as follows:

"If I were a boy again I would strive to find out from goods books how
good men lived.

"If I were a boy again I would study the Bible even more than I did. I
would make it a mental companion. The Bible is a necessity for every
boy.

"If I were a boy again I would more and more cultivate the company of
those older whose graces of person and mind would help me on in my good
work. I would always seek good company.

"If I were a boy again I would study the life and character of our
Saviour, persistently, that I might become more and more like unto him."

Now President Harper was a great, wise and good man. If he felt that he
would do certain things were he a boy again, surely the rest of us
could improve upon our boyhood years had we the chance.

If I were a boy again I would be more attentive to Church and Sunday
School and the things that were taught me there. If I were a boy again I
would get my day school lessons with greater care. If I were a boy again
I would be more obedient to and more thoughtful of my parents.

Why should I talk like this, for I cannot be a boy again? But you boys