New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-19
ITHACA.
LIFE INA UNIVERSITY TOWN.


,no,, a., orc ,srosAI CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRrBUfs)
JruAo. NY. July lover the bills and giens
%, On. ,oke re,on this time OF year is boneyharves1
EVERYWHERE sweetness one In the deptn OF te
woods the air is delicate with the spice OF swamp pin
the fragrance OF wild grapes, curiousy hAe 'na' "
mignonette But on the head OF the hills neiuS arc INC
deep In opening clover crimsontinged; rding
the streets Of the town. the gardens run into eaen
flushed with Summer and the acacia SENDS us money
through the ts nearly clusters OF blossom dropping
perfume oriental in its sweetness. Like true Summer
seat the place IL lined with shade and full OF gardens
that blossom luxuriany in this moist, warm ar III
bit OF curiosity 20 notice the flowers grown In dncreht
towns Od Plymouth dotes her eeranums ana
canary.brd vines EewburypOrt has white roses
enough for all the sweet girls that died. but never
saw so much in Ithaca OF the tree honeysucke win
ts paIe blossoms like fragile ivory carvings the white
acs were I'D TO the house while that exquisite
yellow rose the Austrian egantine, like goldbared
Venetian beauty temps TO loter all the way to the
postoFeo across the street from which the gardens
come TO an end Think Of gong TO the corner OF Nassau
and Cedar.sts between thickets OF rose wisena ana
olemats.
You hear enough about Cornell from those who know
10 better but ithaca is taking rank on her own merits az
watering-plaee not OF the least order. feople arc
aware that there romantic falls near IT, pu' lney
don't know what charming Summer climate the Vahey
has The inhabitants malign the weather, but new
shaded by lake Clouds with breeze sprngng from tho
water afternoons that reminds OF the blessed east
wind OF Boston July The nights are cool and soakeo
with dews Every morning folks put on merino under-
clothing and as regularly take 1t on by 10 oclocK'
Evenings balmy delightful for the use ithaca PEG
pie put them 70 OF sauntering up and down the Ieaiy
streets but by 10 o'clock down falls the Thermometer
the afr under the naples feels as II it suddenly
cooled like sherbet with snow. People move their
ounces and lamps indoors, for the evening air Is 80
steady that lights burn in the gardens without Kicker
ing and the temptation TO live out OF DOORS as SOUTH
erners do after nightfall is too genuine to resist
Cornell Professor who lived abroad with his family for
years has set good example by building vide em-
bayed porch to his house, where they regularly take
tea and spend the evenings in an outside parlor III
outdoor fashions will only spread and prevail In every
house IN the States life for aud women will be bet
ter worth living than 1t is.
PRESBYTERIAN STRONGHOLD.
II Summer Is in these happy valleys, what ehat
be said OF their exquisite Autumn What grapes rpen
on the Southern hlsdes, and what pums, purple ana
green fill with hook and Burgundyi remember well,
20 years ago. the thrifty naples in the church park,
aglow with crimson and yellow fame IN the vailed sun
light that came through the haze Through the season.
as the glow and glory deepened the haze grew sofer
and the tender gray cloud steadfas as II to give
fitting background and enhancing medium for the
warmth OF color Yet some Of the University folks
complain Of three months cloudy weather in the FAN,
and declare that they can't study so well for H. Cayuga
Lake acts great condenser for this valley ana at
the change of seasons canopes it with Vourninous
cloud But one does MT need a sunstroke TO open MS
eyes TO the beauty OF SOFT sleepy gray sky or the eect
Of the moist air on the compilations Of Ithaca girls who
look like fine photographs in their half tints. IL ~
highly appropriate that college town should nave
plenty OF pretty girls, and they are not wanting
here OF nice type too, not intellectual
enough TO spoil them, nor fast, nor womans right
da1io 10 in hlnOfna nd
of the eye with intelligent good look that is capti
waiting as the fernfrnyed shades and pure waters OF
their own Cascadlss brook hope that last sentence
Is sufficiently sophomorc fancy they get this innocent
fine look from their training for there are few better
fruits than graft OF good Puritan stock and ithaca
has always been Presbyterian stronghold There are
many families brought up under that Presbyterian
veteran. "Old Father wsner." he is called stll,
who rooted aud grounded his congregation in orthodoxy
many year. Here died the young br1ghtfaced Wlsner
early in his ministry Of smallpox caught by his abors
during an epidemic in the town. Hero Fnney, the
ReytvaIist used preach three hours long,
and people stood TO hear him through and went to stand
again 10 listen TO the awful fascination OF his CalnSm,
opposed as it was to every feeling OF the human heart
The impress of these is left on ithaca to-day, az
least so far that favor goes with religion among the
older families People like TO choose their doctor and
dentist from their own church. There Is one man
who would be wrathful If he knew how bis
to have a leading physician OF the place take
mart in consultation, because he not pious man,
and got young doctor Instead who was so quiet IN his
ways that everybody took his religion for granted Inc
old dominic doesn't know that his patient got wen
under Of the widest Toledo Indr SCHOOL OF
he would have the sick mans life insurance pohcy
looked after Immediately. There need be no objections
raised against Cornell for not making attendance at
chanel college rule It's in the air OF Ithaca TO go u
church and the trouble would be TO keep the students
from going II there were q law against IT. somehow
the churches inviting with their slender spires ana
some idea OF symmetry their building set as they are
on three sides Of closed square, or park as people call
IT, full Of graceful forest trees, with the music pavilion
in the center as II the religious and secular we're on
friendly terms with each other The very bells OF the col
leee have serious ecclesiastical tone instead OF TUG
lively janele for Rotations, and it seems as II some
synod were forever sitting here deep business that
would take them till the day ofjudCment.
ARTISTIC REFORM IN ITHACA
There are certain pleasant signs that distinguish COZ
ege town from others. At o'clock the great bell on
the East Hill breaks the air. and not long after the
McGraw chimes the sweetest remember break out as
n they thought very cheerfuy OF it after ALL There Is
no racing Of belated students with Spanish cloaks
thrown over deshabe We used TO see frosty morn
ings at Harvard but about O'Clock trigonometres
aud German GTammars and philologies travel about
town In custody OF bang" hats and climb the mead
ows that lie before the serious gray stone buildings en-
erdence on East Hill. The Ihacan born looks 70 those
solid piles as the Athenian TO his temples on Mars Hill.
Harvard families may scott at Holworhy, aud separate
themselves from the college people," but ithaca speaks
reyerentially Of Cornell always as the University"
People look shocked when stranger calls it, In
an easy way, the College" To them uniyer-
sty ia not collection OF colleges but institution
OF higher grade. far above them empire
a saxony kingdom Impute not malice 10 the tracing OF
these features OF town character; IL IL no unkindy
mood that prompts IT, but q liking for the harmless
peculiarties that give zest TO human nature. After
noons groups OF boating attire hurry through