Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-14
THE EAST AND THE WEST


Especial Correspoudenre1
BOsTON Nov. s.-To appreciate Boston give
ten days to Chicago. Chicago Is intensely ener-
getic and stupendOus, but raw and uncouth
Chicago * n splendid boy in the goslin period ::
he doesn't care cent whose toes he treads on
He believes in himself more than dad and
mann or any Of his uncles. He whistles, sings
yelIs and goes straight as an arrow for what
he likes. You look at him and you say
what splendid animal YOU are, but You
are not refined. You buy your painting
and books i'll the lump. As for the drama
your taste is decidedly for the crude You
ike beer and own the finest horses in the
world Boy like, you brag of anything you
have. There is power and possibility in you
but | am not sure that you will ever be q
great man"
Boston is a gentleman of classical training
proud of his university, and withnl a littl,
pedantiC Ii you are from the west or sOutl
you will find him very courteous, but hi.
courtesy will patronize just a little Hi
manner will say: All, we'll, you western
and southern people have independence, Off
bandeincSS and franknesS. You may be gen
tlemen but | am a scholar and a gentleman
| have toured Europe all over In painting
the drama and music / patronizs only tn,
best My motto in all my purchases is qual
Ity, not quantity. | an not so much az
American as a citizen of New EqgIundr
Il ride like the EngliShman. trim my
beard and comb my hair Ia 4ngla:se M
models and standards in literature art Eng
lish. Away with your Walt Whitmans anu
your Joaquin Millers. | am not blds6, th.t
is too French, but cultivate the nil adm irur,
Of the English gentleman. Altogether an
the most select and exclusive thing il
America
Tourist reader, if you are tired and wiSE
rest and recreation 90 to Boston, and wander
amid its leafy suburbs of Brighton, BroOkIin,
and Cambridge If you are business mar
and wish new infusion Of business energy
go to Chicago and stand on La Sale or Dear
born streets, and be awed by the whirr, swish
and sweep of the wheels of traffic Boston
has its share Of illiteracy, however. have
seen within five miles Of Boston the horseshoe
over the door as a bona fide witch charm,
and not as an ornament
A few days ago, a party starting out 10
find the home of the late Edwin P. Whipple,
found a score of persons that knew nothing
Of him in finding one that did And this.
too, when all the while they were within a
bow shot of his home
Cambridge, or rather Harvard university
Of Cambridge, does much TO determine the
literary atmosphere of Boston. Among the
students Of every college or university there
is tus or esprit that especially charac-
terizes that institution With Harvard it is
the nil admirdTi and the sultivation of the
Indifferent. Enthusiasm is boycotted by the
students quite as much as egotism The
average Harvard student affects a noncha-
lance that amounts almost to a swagger !
saw two Japanese students come into the
library that had caught the indifferent
Swagger. With their Oriental faces it pro-
duced quite a comical combination.
The extreme Of this results in brusque-
ness of manner that almost approaches the
confines of boorishness. This story goes the
rounds: A Harvard student had gone home
with clasSmate to spend his vacation. The
clasSmate tells his friend There Is young
lady stopping with US; chum OF my sisters,
would you like TO meet herr Hem, ah-
well trot her out" The young lady heard
he speech. They entered the parlor, the
young man was presented, she looked at him
nonchalantly. Hem. ah-w-e-n trot him
back" 1t is needless TO say that quite upset
the young mans acquired Indifference I'm
less indifference is indigenous to his brain a
man had better turn his attention to the cul-
tivarion of something else. Among the
athletic clubs this has its good sides, result
ing i'll Spartan endurance and indifference
to heat or cold. At one time in this rigorous
climate it was a rare thing to see Harvard
student with an overcOat ON in midwintsr
/ know a captain of one of the Harvard
crews that always slept between open win
dows, draught of air passing over him with
his chest bare The crew always rowed bare
headed, stripped to the waist. They caught
breath Of the spirit that breathes from
Scott's words:
Alike to him was time or tide,
Decrmber's snow or July's pride;
Alike 70 him tide or time,
MOnnJess midnight matin prime.
Harvard has advantages for laying the
foundation for a broad culture over 6ny in
stitution in the country. But in individual
development Of force and character many
western and southern institutions are ahead
of it. Harvard is strong and its esprit is
tyrannic enough To compress youths mind
into prescribed mold In the eastern and
southern institution the literary or debating
society is half of the culture of the student,
and that is conducted by the students them
selves entirely. And in them there is Oppor-
tunity for the growth and development Of
individuality and originality.
CLAIBORNE ADDISON YOUNG