The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-28
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20.

faces of the Princeton seniors last Sunday.
They knew that in three more days they must
abandon their merry lives of collegiate piracy
and must try to copy the manners and habits of
moral and law-abidiog people.
This, it may be said, Is not a fair picture of
the average undergraduate state of mind, how
ever true 1t may be of the Princetonians OF
course there are undergraduates at other col
leges who are wholly unlike the Princeton
gang-that Is to say, the Princeton senior class;
but even to these the spproach of commence
ment is cause of sadness. Let US consider
the good and studious senior of Yale College.
He has worked hard for four years-having
rowed in a freshman crew, and in the old uni
versity six, and in the later university six.
The faculty will gladly certify that he showed
great enthusiasm in his studies, that he never
violated his trainers rules, and never once
missed exercising with the crew. He has been
quick to learn the Bob Cook stroke, and to
keep up with every other advance in science
lie has never wasted an hour In the dissolute
pleasures of Greek or Latin, nor has he spent
his evenings in the frivolous pursuit of math-
ematlcs In the gymnasium he was among the
very hrst OF the athletes of the whole college,
and In base ball he was surpassed by none. 1t
Is rare that young man passes through col
lege with so brilliant a record, and his friends
who come from afar to see him receive his
diploma fancy that he is proud and happy
man.
Nevertheless, this young senior is q p.o-
morrow his father aud mother, with the
young lady from Walton, Vermont whom he
is engaged to marry, will come to see his
room, to inspect his boat, and to feast their
eyes on the trophies he has won. He has,
therefore, to take down the pictures of Lydia
Thompson and Mile. Aimee from his walls,
and to get rid Of everything that might lead
ms fathers mind into iDconvenient channels
his masks and his well-worn cards he can
wrap up in parcel and send anonymously to
the president, but how can he get the smell of
tobacco out of his room? Then, he has to 90
over the memorandum of his debts and to de-
eide which he will mention to his father with
the view of obtaining a loan for their ostensi-
BILE payment. He must think out plan for
Keeping the existence of his Vermont betrothed
from the knowledge of his local betrothed, and
must decide upon the best way of explaining
any sudden appearance of an angry washer
woman or an excited landlady. In addition to
THESE troubles, he has to face the fact that out
SIDE OF college there is little demand for oars
men. With-aA- hss-+rse-sy-~
ments, he may fail to obtain profitable en-
gagement with some rich rowing club, and
may be compelled to rely upon rowing occa-
sional single-scull matches. He gloomily re-
members that many young oarsman who
graduated with high reputation has been
driven by want to the study of profession, and
has gradually become confirmed doctor or an
open and notorious lawyer! To call a man
thus harrassed by conflicting emotions, girls
and creditors, and thus devoid of any prospect
for future usefulness, proud and happy man.
is to betray total ignorance of that wretched
crisis in college life known as graduation.