The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-09
THE MYSTERIES or COLLEGE LIFE



"Come here, my little fellow; can you tell
me what college ia p
Yes. air. A Ego IL n place whore q man
can acquire n thorough knowl -dnr " athletic
sports. and where he may. IL he chooses. lay in
II good dcnl OF vauibe iuiormWlon about
things which never haupen"d." 49,.
Mrht. How many colleges ARE there IN thls
"'Trh1rc arc only scvcn colleges in This coun-
try--CoiunlDin. Cornell, Harvard Princeton,
trinity. NHssar, ANA Yale"
" What do Columbia men learn 2
They learn how 70 row Eat. ana to lump
ing cane. They also prnti'' horsemanship a
good deal just before examinations.
Arg. not Columbia mon domestic in their
Yes they spend many hours by the side Of
what do they study Mt Harvard ?"
AT Harvard they study Soldane unabridged.
with electives In billiards and wallzing."
"Whnt is done ut Princeton z"
study of the shotgun scientifically applied 70
Theology. besides practical cN"r'is"s ~ IrrS,y-
i,rian .pugiism under the direction oil DR.. Me-
Do You know what are the most important
branches at CprnrlIW
"Grrek and Guann, with post graduate
course In Pneumaiira Il. r.. blOwinkl" -
Can you tell ne what they do ur Nassar2
Yes. ! can. but would rather not. rs II is
WRONG To give such things away"
VERY good; when Won are older you will
YOU how Trinity men ulIloY themselves p
They attend chnpel the greater part NJ tho
time: then they 70 To Their rooms ana lllumine
mis~ais IN GrPpk text"
What do they learn ut YnlnY
This is something that has. never been dis
coyrvrrd Probably na""v'r Will 1''.'
A senior Is a man who Is hourly thunder
struck at the imn"nsity aud variety ol ms own
harsh nature Of the world when he tails in love
wan green-eyed g,rl who WI, not marry him
until he las an income 81 $4,000 a month and Il
brown stone front in Harlem.
Nhnt r. u iuniOrP
a junior is one who writes poetry and nour.
TEL me- something about sophomores."
"Sophomrres ara men who carry biz hangers
and rent s"uts in chapel t. freshmen tor a. %
npi.r~ Probably moro hrnr IL required to run
u good healthy class 81 sophomorrs than thcy
could eyer pay for. II they were not allowed tc
% sophomores Ike freshmen p
le@s. s9phom,Ers do llk" r'',hmen. but you
would E"rhaps never suspect It ron their man
npr. They arr naturally rec rived"
Drscribn freshmen"
Freshmen arr. babes la tho wood who fall nm
easy prey 10 unprinripiri tutors. cheeky
fr, shniun is probably Tho iowr-t type OF humnn-
ity. FIR Sinner. hownvrr should h' trrat 'l
we'll brcfusa th"y will be- seniors some day. II
they can rub along until they arc out OF then
swni Hing clothes
What Hre tuiors?"
Tutors are hriugs created for the purpose OF
inspiring students with u longing for n bet
ter world hereafter NJ my and many mn innO-
"a childhood full OF bright promise. lltS hren led
usiray aud gradually sunk lower aud lower
unit, hn has ended by becoming u tutor in u col
l-.se."
Which department Of Columbia College IL
the most popular with the stu,b'ntsr
Fritz's"
What studies nre the heat likod?"
Navigation with srhpn1"rrl r1uestrianism
Twin ponie-). surveying irho snnh on the ave-
nueD. pud rrrmniion Twin Bnl"-en.0
- l. II ever posSihi" for u man who IL iRnOrnn
Of his own lauguag". vino studies nothing hu
athletics AMI who j. remarkable chiefly for hi,
ch"nk. tn graduate at a college"
"Oh. never r.
"Whut. n"vrr2"
We'll. hlrll-"
"Sh.h-hl ThH'N 10: now mt on your it'd,
striped ulster and run ont and play TIL dark"