The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-15

| Cnem tucked IN bed, or at least III the sale
Enclosure of their own apartments They
would not smoke on the streets, nor frequent
| taverns, nor corsort with females of ques-
tionable character. But many, unfortunate
| ly, honor these rules more in the breach than
i'll the observance, and some Systematically
break them all with the utmost impunty.
If student is out after 10, the lodging house
keeper must report the fact; otherwise, if the
omission be discovered, the house will be
tabooed. But those who imagine that this
| rule is not often broken, and that when it is
the authorities are always duly notified, must
form poor estimate both of the ingenuity OF
the young men and of the susceptibility to
! brides of the ordinary landlady. AS to smok-
ing, there are only few who do not indulge
whenever the fancy takes them, and of course
| the number OF fines are wholly out of pro-
portion 10 the number of offenses in this
line. The regulations forbid students from
! being seen on the streets with females of any
descripton-young or old good, bad or in
different OF course, if a young fellows
cousins or aunts come up to see him, he can
get special license for a sidewalk prone
| made; but he must be sure that the proctor
and his bulldogs know the circumstances,
or, just when their tete-atete reaches its
| sweetest heights they may all be bounced
upon and made the subjects of humiliating
street scene. Some painful mistakes of this
kind have been made. leading to bad blood
not to say bloody noses. The penalty for
being found in the company of abandoned
females is dismissal from the university, and
the females are sent for a term of imprSon-
ment to local reformatory known for some
lnexplicable reason as the Spinning House."
But few are dismissed, and it is not often
that lost feminine virtue airs it's woes within
the confines of this university bastile. HUI
man nature may be very bad, but it is like
wise very ingenious and the boys here fur
nish fine illustration, in this as in other
matters, of the sage saying that where
there's will there's way" Those who
get introduced into the best female society
of Cambridge are objects of peculiar envy to
the less fortunate, and they escape many
perils. 1t can be truthfully said, however,
that the moral atmosphere surrounding this
English university is far superior to that
which envelops similar institutions on the
continent, and despite its blemishes and So
cial snags the life of the students flows on al
most as smoothly as the peaceful river that
winds through the place, its current set,
doubtless in the nam, toward purity and
sound learning.
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE TOWN.
The university of course, gives character
to the town. In many of the affairs of this
municipality the vice-chancellor has co-or-
dinate authority with the mayor. Notably is
this the case in regard to the antusements
permitted. Not many years ago the town
had no theatre, and only the very bess of
plays are allowed under the more liberal
regime which now tolerates such places
Once year Greek plays are rendered by the
students in the original language. At the
present time The Birds of Aristophanes"
are on the boards. The extent to which
these two thousand representatives OF the
flower and strength of English youth devote
themselves to the Characteristic sports and
paStimes of their native land can be easily
imagined. Boating has the largest number
OF vOtaries, at least one-half of the young
men pursuing this exercise with the regular
ity and assduity with which monk saws his
prayers. One of the results of this passion
for rowing is witnessed in the magnificent
Ggss W an obec Of nfereyn ana the
the whole world Other and more beneficial
results are seen in the fine physical develop
ment and remarkable powers OF endurance
acquired by the devotees Cricket football,
hockey, racquets and lawn-tennis all have
their followers and the university annually
turns out those who are as expert in these
various games as in wranging within the
arena of mathematics. To an outside OBJ
server there appears to be more sport than
study here But the authorities are evidently
of opinion that all work and no play would
make Jack dull boy, and some of the stu
dents taking advantage of the latitude al
lowed, seem bent on showing that all play
an idle Turk.
But must not forget the Prince. There
are several of this rank at the university who
come from India and have the dark skins
peculiar to that Cline But your readers
will only care to hear about that fair skinned
and light haired youth of nineteen summers,
who, if he lives long enough, and his father
dies soon enough, will one day sit upon the
throne of England His features are those
of the Prince of Wales in embryo, but he
will be taller. If he possess also the en-
gagng gentlemanly manners that now so
happily distinguish his father, and can man
age to get through early manhood without
sowing quite so many wild oats we may con-
fidently predict for him a career of great
usefulness and unbounded popularity. AT
present he makes the impression OF modest,
well-bred boy, fond of his books, and with
Just enough regard for outdoor sports to
save him from effeminacy Racquets and
hockey are his favorite pestimes, though he
occasionally takes a squirt on the river. He
has no carriage, but keeps several horses and
with his young friend, Lieutenant Hender
son, often goes out riding. He is not much
lionized by his fellow students, for many of
| these are not much inferior to him in rank,
| and, besides an English University is a
little republic in which all are equal. But
oh how the Cambridge girls dote on this
scion of royalty! There is no danger, how
| ever of any of them capturing him, for the
wives of the dons have taken him in charge,
| and no single woman who might aspire to
set her cap for him is allowed to come near.
And now wishing the young Prince and all
the other young fellows long life and much
happiness, we bring this brief sketch of En-
| glish university life to a close. H. T.
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The Irrepressible Boy.
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