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THE SEVEN-BRANCHED CANDLESTICK
THE SCHOOLDAYS OF YOUNG AMERICAN JEW
BY
GILBERT W. GABRIEL
NEW YORK
BLOCH PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
"The Jewish Book Concern"
1925
Copyright, 1917
BLOCH PUBLISHING COMPANY
CONTENTS
| I. | BY WAY OF PROLOGUE | 5 |
| II. | IN THE BEGINNING | 16 |
| III. | FRIDAY NIGHT | 25 |
| IV. | THE BOY AND THE SCHOOL | 34 |
| V. | THE MILITARY ACADEMY | 42 |
| VI. | MY STEERFORTH | 51 |
| VII. | FRESHMAN YEAR | 61 |
| VIII. | WITHIN THE GATES | 70 |
| IX. | MY AUNT AND I | 79 |
| X. | THE RULES OF THE GAME | 88 |
| XI. | A MAN'S WORK | 98 |
| XII. | THE HEART OF JUDEA | 107 |
| XIII. | CHILD AND PARENT | 116 |
| XIV. | AN UNGRATEFUL NEPHEW | 125 |
| XV. | COLLEGE LIFE | 135 |
| XVI. | THE HUN'S INVASION | 144 |
| XVII. | MANY IMPULSES | 154 |
| XVIII. | I STAND—BUT NOT ASIDE | 163 |
| XIX. |