Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-03
BAD ROYS AT COLLEGE.
Some Cold Truth on the Subtec

Bill Arp in the Atlanta Constitution.
see in New York paper a grievous lamen.
tation over the bad conduct Of the boys in north
colleges. This paper says they are growing into
mobs at fearful rate They fight, and shoot
round, and rebel and dictate terms to the pro-
fessor, and threaten to quit college II their de-
mands are not granted, and the editor lays all
the blame on too much athletics, too much manly
exercise on ropes, and swings and jumping bars,
too much development of muscle Well it may
be that they have more Of that sort of things
than is necessary for good health. but It's a very
poor reason for riots. and rows. and rumpusses,
and rebellion, and it is not the true reason
Those boys were not raised right and most OF
'em have got too much money. That's what s
the matter. Muscle don't make any body bellige-
rent. On the contrary it lisa law of nature that
the most muscular men are the kindest in dis
position. They hardly ever get mad. I've seen
these puny fellows who could hardly knock a
ny Off wall, get furiously mad and buckle up
to man twice his size. One of them sort got
mad with Judge Hammond while he was making
a speech against him in a justice court. and
danced up and down behind him and struck
him in the back as hard as he could drive The
Judges back was two feet and a-haif wide and
he simply looked around with smile of sur
prise and said: what you doing, Wilkins what
are yau about" ''I'm .fghtin. said Wilkins
with his speech.
Most of these college boys are the sons of rich
men-men who have been In a big hurry to pile
up money, too big hurry to spare any time In
looking after their children and raising them
right. These boys never know the want of a
dollar, or what 1t costs to earn one conse-
quently they feel no concern on their own re-
sponsibility. no fear Of future want, no necessity
OF establishing good moral character, no special
regard for the rights of other people, and SO
their evil passions grow right along and the good
ones are smothered and die independence
Is good thing in q certain sense but feel
ing OF dependence is a good thing. too. bow
ought to be raised to know that he can't run his
own machine. that he will be obliged to have
help of some sort. that his happiness and pios-
perity will depend upon his conduct-that he
naturally owes civility and consideration to his
fellow-men, and if he don't pay it he will come
to grief. poor boy learns his dependence very
soon, but rich one finds it ont slowly Those
northern college boys are most all rich. and now
they are setting up sort of blooded aristocracy
and assuming vast amount of honor. They
musent be reproved, and they must have priyi-
leges-lOts of privileges It's an honor to the
college for them to patrOnize it.
Now. we used to have some of those kinds of
boys down south long time ag0-young gen.
tie'nen of blooded stock-punctilious and par
ticular. and smelling around for an Insult. but
we haven't got em now. Ancestors have played
don't swell like 1t used to. It's modest and uR-
pretending now. Most everything is at a dis
count now. except work. Who ever hears of
any rOwdyism nOw-a-days Ia a Georgia college:
OF course they don't all behave right jam up to
all the prOprieres Of life. for there are some bows
born with the devil in EN- and they can't help
1t, but in the main our boys behave well.