Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
THE EAST AND THE WEST.
some FOrcefal Comments on Their Dis
t~inctivo Traits.
Especial Correspondence

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mann or any Of his uncles. He whistles, sings,
yellS and goes straight as an arrow for what
he likes. You look at him and you say
"what a spieAdid animal YOU are, but you
are not refined. You buy your paintings
and books in the lump. As for the drama,
your taste is decidedly for the crude. You
like 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 viii ever be a
great man"
Boston is gentleman Of classical training,
proud Of his university, and withal a little
pedantic. If you are from the west or south
you viii find him very courteous, but his
courtesy will patronize justra little. His
manner viii say: @Ah, well, you western
and southern people have Independence, Off
handedneSs and f~rankneSs. You may be gen.
tlemen, out l am a scholar and a gentleman.
| have toured Europe all over. In painting,
the drama and music / ~patronize only the
best Ny motto in oil my purchases is quail
ity, not quantity. l am not so much an
American as a citizen Of New England"
Il ride like the Englishman, / trim my
beard and comb my hair u Ia Angldise. Ny
models and standards in literature are Eng
hSh. Away with your Walt Whitmans and
your Joaquin Millers. am not bldSe, that
is too French, but | cultivate the RiL ddmirari
Of the English gentleman. Altogether i am
tho most select and exclusive thing in
America
Tourist reader, if you are tired and wish
rest and recreation go TO Boston, and wander
amid its leafy suburbs Of Brighton, Brookline
and Cambridge. If You are a business man
and wish q new infusion Of business energy
60 to Chicago and stand on La Sale or Dear
born streets, and be swed by the whirr, swish
and sweep Of the wheels Of traffic. Boston
has its share Of illitaracy, however. / have
seen within Eve miles Of Boston the horseshoe
over the door as o bona ide witch charm,
and not as an ornament
\ few days ago, a party starting out to
find the home Of the late Edwin P. Whipple,
found q score Of persons that knew nothing
Of him in finding one that did. And this,
700, when oil 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 q CuELuS UT esprit ludJ GSpSClullI CuuIdC-
terizeS tina institution. With Harvard it is
tho nil GdmirGri and tho cultivation of the
Indifferent. Enthusiasm is boycotted by the
students quito 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
| wagge With their Oriental faces it pro
duced quito q comical combination.
The extreme OF this results in q bruSque-
ness Of manner that almost approaches the
| confines Of GooriShneSs. This story goes the
| rounds: A Harvard student had gone home
with o claSSmate 10 spend his vacation. The
claSSmate tells his friend There is a young
lady stopping with US; a chum Of my sisters,
would YOU like to meet herr Hem, ali
well trot her out" The young lady heard
the speech. They entered the parlor, the
young man was presented, she looked at him
nOnchalantly. Hem, ah-w-e-Q trot him
back" 1t is needless to say that quite upset
tho Young mans acquired indifference. Un-
less indifference is indigenous to his brain a
man had better turn his attention to the cul-
tivarion Of something elsa. Among the
athletic clubs this has its good sides, result
/ ing III a Sp1EGil tl4uIdllCc dA0 AANLLASEeLCS
to heat or cold. At one time in this rigorous
climate it was a rare thing TO sec a Harvard
student with an Overcoat on in midwinter.
know a captain OF one Of the Harvard
crews that always slept between open win
| dows, a draught Of air passing over him with
his chest bare. The crew always rowed bare
headed, stripped to the waist. They caught
a breath Of tho spirit that breathes from
| SCOTS words:
= Ahke to him was time or tide,
DEFENDERS snow or July's pride;
Alike To him was tide or time,
MoonleSs midnight or matin prime.
Harvard has advantages for laying the
foundation for a broad culture over any in,
s~titution 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 70 compress a youths mind
into a 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.
A correspondent says: Those who have
only seen Rome in winter have little idea of
the real charm of the city as it reveals itself
on a summer day. The whole working pop
rlation il astir at early dawn, and 4 little
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