Youth
Smedley was born in Waverly, Illinois, a city twenty miles southwest of Springfield. He remained in Illinois most of his youth. After high school, he taught schools in the countryside before enrolling at Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois. After his graduation in 1903, he started working at the local YMCA.
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Famous quotes containing the word youth:
“Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)
“Can delight
Chained in night
The virgins of youth and morning bear?”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
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