The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
YOUTH At OLD HARVARD.
The Harvard Boy an Exact AnitheSiS
Of The Yale Young Man.


spend $4,000 Year, and Some
Dissipate Twice That Amount in the
Same Period-But There Are Poor
Men at Harvard.
Copyright 1898.
New York, Dec. 2.-"Sit down. old
chaupie, and make yourself at home"
Twas in the gorgeous apartments of the
biggest social lion at Harvard? He went
over to a table, and, taking up a red
stone pipe, from the Lake Superior
region, filed it with Spanish tobacco, and
invited me to smoke with him. With
profound interest I looked around me.
Those rooms were magnificent! There
were paintings valued at many hundreds
Of dollars; there were dream-inviting di-
vans. OfnOticeable beauty and luxury there
were marbles and brOnzes in odd corners
the chairs, tables, bO0k-shelveS and set
ices were of striking designs and in
suecial designs; in one corner was a
side-board, weighted with costly china
and silver, although by whom used was
mystery of college life; the fireplace
was of a late construction, adorned with
tiles and mOSaicS in brief it was the
study of a millionaire Harvard youth, in
the rich mans college.
There was, withal, peeping out here
and there, something grOtesque about
the roOm-something suggestive of the
turf, the cockpit, the athletic field, the
fstic arena, and young ladies' seminary!
Objects symbolic of all these depart
ments of human activity were seen strewn
on every hand. There were gilded horse
shoes for the turf; there were colored
prints of dead, dying, and victorious game
cocks: there were trophies of successful
pigeon shooting and pistol practice:
there were boxing gloves, foils and base
ball muzzles. The genuine Harvard lion
delights, especially. in his pictures of
wOmen-captives on land and sea to his
many charms of person and his numerous
graces Of manner There must have been
fully 200 photographs of handsome girls
decorating the study. These were tackled
on the panels of the doors, scattered
with lavish hand, on the mahogany
tables, flung on mantels and stuck in
many hooks and CrannieS. In a COZy
alcove. designated the 'smokeroOm,"
was the familiar table of pipes. The rich
student took in his white hands beauti-
full meerschaum; then he showed me
humble COrnCOb; then an English bulldog
there were thirty-six pipes, some of them
fautsticallY carved, others in chaste,
unique designs.
In all there were five apartments-the
smoke room, the study proper, two bed
chambers, and the bath. The latter was
finished in white marble, the cocks of the
tubs being polished silver plate; the floor
was in marble mosaics; the ceiling was
haud-painted. The chambers were as
dainty as those of the finest lady in the
land the walls and ceilings were deco
rated in light blue; the bed was of gleam-
ing brass, pceping outrfrOm beneath a can
OpyOf figured blue silk, the floor was in
polished oak, upon which large rug in
subdued cOlOrs had been spread. The
toilet articles were of silver, and were
numerous enough to occupy whole table
by themselves. In an oak cabinet, with
plate glass doors, We're the boots and
shoes, arranged so that the largest gear
was at one end of the lowest shelf, the
next pair being tride smaller, the next
smaller, and so on until, Oh the top par
tition, were half dozen slippers in
various colOrs. The polish on the boots
and shoes akin in glory TO the rising sun,
showing that the valet or groom under
stood his business thoroughly. While |
was looking about the student touched
the electric bell, and, TO the servant who
responded, said: Go, bring US bottle of
champagne"
To anyone who says this fancy
not been told To mention, on the other
hand, the name of the most aristocratic
man in Harvard would be to do a glar-
ing injustice to hundred good fellows
each of whom is in the same gilded cir
Gle, each of whom spends money like
water, keeps his private groom, has his
private traps TO ride up and down the
highways and byways Of venerable Cam
bridge, and each of whom has dozen
tn otb
scholastic hOnOrs. Then, besides, it
might make trouble for the boys with
some gruff old guardian who would cut
down allowances. The fact is, ii there
be three men in Yale who spend three
thousand dollars year, there are a hun
dred fellows in Harvard who dssipate
I'VE thousand; and there are unQuestion-
ably students there whose expenses APP
prOylmate between eight and ten thousand
dollars for the college year of nine
months If you say that" said man.
The chances are that you are making a
mStake' Let us see how this may be:
1t costs IS a week to keep horse in Cam
bridge. There are many fellows, of the
rich set, who> have from two to four
horses, for driving and polo playing. l
Know OF at least twomen there who stable
SIX horses Two others have a string
OF runners. which take part, in the racing
~+'otl1 III tllC pUllS NOuGGSlS OulSlht ANCW
York. l know two men at Harvard who
recently lost at the wheel, in one night.
Inc one $500, the other 800 and upwards.
Wine suppers cost a good deal, and so do
excursions from Boston to New York;
yel II is no uncommon circumstance for a
!lll-blooded Harvard man to fling away
, ms time and his dollars in both for half a
dozen nights, to say nothing of the
niteen friends who enjoy his enter
I.lhment The supply rooms of
Harvard, of the bett9r class, cost from
zoo to $500 term Of nine months. This
looks like u high figure, but it is fair
enough, considering the lavish conven-
FENCES; the gas, the electricity, the sump-
NOUS baths, the trained service, and the
atmosphere of swelldom that pervades
IheSo select halls, patronized by the
RAled aristocracy. Another significant
Item IN Harvard mans bills is the large
number of flowers he gives to the pretty
EirS over in Boston, and in New York, to
WAlch distant point he is accustomed TO
make frequent rapid fights. Take these
accounts in consideration with dozen
Vlucrs such IS losses at cards, losses at
oeltng, losses at dice, and a score of
urdlns for wines, cigars, horses, balls,
partes receptions, and, leaving the Ordi-
nary running and incidental expenses
1"1L Ihe hon not infrequently grows des-
t.taJe and Is obliged to summon that ira
el,Qnal relief for bankrupt students in
o-a Harvard-the POGO"
spoke Of gambling at Harvard. There