The sun., 1891-06-08
HARvARD'S WINE DINNERS.
THE DOORS OF TWO HOTELS CLOSED
AGAINST THE NOISY STUDENTS

Their Diswrscerul Conduct at the Dinner
OF the Institute OF 177e CentrestipG
the Institute OF the Present Day with
What t Was st Its Foun dalton.
BOSTON. June THE recent dlsgrnceful con-
duct OF the members Of Harvard's Institute
of 1770." at the Parker House. was the oulm.
nation OF long series Of disturbances which
have marked wine dinners Of Harvard
students at that hotel and at Youngs, and now
the clerks Of both houses have received orders
to refuse applications for dinners when any
large number OF students are expects
ed to be present Small parties OF ten or
q dozen will be accommodated as In the past.
but none OF the large societies will be per.
mitted to dine at either OF the hotels. There
has been plenty OF wine at nearly all tho big
dinners ordered By Harvard men. The wine
has. gs q rule. been ordered by Individual
members. and has not been served with the
regular dinner. but there has always been
plenty OF II. and other guests always knew
when students were dining. At times the
carousals have reached such q height that
guests Of the hotels have sought other quar-
ters In order to be rid OF the racket The
proprietors have long seen that some decisive
action was necessary tor the protection OF
regular guests. and the disgraceful row last
week gave them q good pretext for shutting
down on privileges to Harvard students.
1u0 6tuuonLS nave only LnoIuSelveb 70
blame" said ono Of tho proprjetors. They
have shamefully abused the privileges We
gave them and have conducted themselves in
most disgraceful manner. They have shown
by their actions that they don't know
how to behave like gentlemen so we can't al.
low them to come whore gentlemen are. OF
course. all students are not to 10 held respon-
sible for the acts Of those who get 30 drunk
.o sm coSa
them IN Ias o1t We Wou!I do 80. but We cannot SO
the inst,tute Of ITO at the present day
its foundation. and In iact up to comparatively
yard clubs now in existence. and was founded
BY samuel Phillips. John Warren. and other
square aud two iees high; with ske front cor: cor:
Sasanss. nes ns' e RSy sSS Ss 4
siaS 6ees%ss, A., ne Fsfgio!is AssosIa.lon.::
ties. iG1 and beeame The Institute @ He 81 i9Sa" S
a1ers and naS 70
to fifteen or twenty years ago it retained its
or nss
i has been socia, club. al and D. WITHIN min is yearis
hes Of The
recently elected from the. freshman class. and
year arc ali chiefly prominent in College ath.
lie les. The only remnant that remains Of the
literary character OF tho Institute 'is the II:
works, most Of which were given BY the early
classes. The number Of members is about
Que hundred.
There is a strange connection between the
Institute and the famous Dickey Club. inas-
much as tho first fifty were elected from tho
Dickey. which has club rooms elsewhere. Be-
fore the Institu!e house was opened this year
It was an empty honor to be elected after tho
Dickey had heen chosen for few of the non.
Dickey mem bers ever went inside the Ins,i-
tute rooms. Now all the members use the
club house, which furnishes club room. din.
ing room. pool room &c, and every evening
finds large number Of present and past mem.
bers reading the periodicals. singing. or play:
ing there Other clubs have sprung up to hll
the place abandoned By this old society. and
the college is no worse OF than before In op-
portunities for literary students to meet to-
eether. but old graduates returning to. Cam:
bridge often learn with dismay that the old
Institute is no longer debating aocisty.