Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
GARRISON IS RIGHT.
Several Members of Harvard's Fac
ulty Agree With Vim. Lloyd.
THE COLLEGE SOCIETY BRANDING
Denounced as Barbarity That Might and
Should Be Stopped.
STUDENTS ALLOWED TOO MUCH MONEY

\ CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Dec. 27.-Harvart
collegians, both graduates and undergradu
ates, are greatly agitated over the exposure
of the d. K. E. Clubs initiation cere
monies, and there is more talk about thu
matter than was heard year ago when the
| police made so many liquor seizures in tht
rooms of the swell Harvard clubs. There
is, of course, great difference of opinion as
| to the serious nature of the charges brought
to the attention OF the President and faculty
by Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison.
However indlfferently President Eliot
may regard Mr.. Garrison's protest against
the branding initiation into the d. X. E.
Society, and against the bar which is main
tanned at other of the college clubs, several
of the faculty are outspoken in support Of
Mr.. Garrison's grievance. They said they
did not care to have their names mentioned,
but in case of need they are perfectly will
ing to stand back of their words.
The Singular Attempts at Defense.
fsWhv," said one, s1ook at the attempts of
defense of the 'Dickey' made by some of its
members. Mr.. Bangs thinks that if students
they can enjoy themselves and then go
quietly to bed. But if they are forced to 60
to town to get anything to drink,
all sorts of pitfalls await them.
Think of man assuming that a
college student must get drunk anyway.
Mr.. Bangs should be ashamed of himself
Even my fellow instructor, Mr.. Wendell
has made blunder in rushing his sDickey'
sympathies into print In what purports
to be defense-of the club. he acknowledges
that the recklessness and jollity of the
d. X. E. have sometimes taken form that
might Justly lead an enthusiastic or priori
reasoner to believe the society radically and
permanently demoralizing to its members.
The branding 'of Dickey' men might,
fully believe, be done away with, if the
President and faculty should take an open
stand against it. 1 think good deal could
be done toward stopping the club bar.
Students With Too Much Money.
Another professor though admitting the
evils which Mr.. Garrison protests against,
believed that the only cure lay in rich
parents limiting their sons allowance
more than they now do.
81 mean," said he. s'limit them so much
that they can't join so many clubs. A
good manv of our rich students spend from
s., 800 to s., 500 wear, and some even more.
Mr. Palmer was right when he said that if
Harvard student lives with full regard to
all that is required he may do so on no more
than $500. He admitted, very properly,
that 81 900 was not excessive for the right
kind of boy, and that, if he would be sure
that all he laid out would be laid out wisely,
5000 more might be added for the purpose
of books and other appliances of culture
But, as he said further, should be sure
that every dollar I gave over s.: 200 would
be dollar of danger"
Mr.. Garrison's Right to Protest.
Mr. Garrison was heartily supported by
one member Of the faculty, who said: "Mr.
Garrison cannot be called priori reasoner.
He had son in the class of 'SS, who was,
for misconduct, suspended from the college,
and now he has another son, who has been
having blood poisoning as an effect of the
'Dickey' brand. Hasn't he good reason to
express protest."
AS to the general club initiation at Har-
ward, the fellows who are running for
this or that club are made to do all sorts of
things such as making calls on
some Cinnamon, riding on car to Boston
with their coats turned inside out, and call
ing the names of the streets to passengers
The final night of the initiation is the hard
est, and it generally means a good drunk,
among other things that are never told.