St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-24
years OF age. and is a modest ouie

young man, shy with strangers,
but pleasant companion with inti-
mates. No one would suspect from
his manner or mode of living at
college that he is destined to be one
of the richest men in the world. 1t
is this very fact which has made him
popular among his college mates.
He is nothing of a snob, and care
fully avoids anything bordering upon
affectation. He is a plain, manly
young fellow, with sound ideas and
little nonsense.
He has never figured in any of the
riotous doings of the college boys,
and takes active interest in sports,
but is always ready with his pocket
book to further any legitimate
scheme Of the college. His rooms in
Durfee hall are not furnished with
particular grandeur, and his person
al expenses are about the same as
those of his roommate, Francis Bur-
ton Harrison, son of Mrs. Burton
Harrison, the well-known writer.
Harrison is heir to next to nothing.
and it would be a difficult matter for
stranger to decide which was the
richer of the roommates. Indeed,
young Harrison would probably be
chosen, as he is a strikingly hand
some young man, with a fondness
Tor fine clothing, and an ambition to
shine at the head of his class.
When young Vanderbilt leaves col
lege he will go for six months
trip abroad, and will then take up
the serious business of life. His
father has always regarded his enor-
nous wealth in the light of a sacred
responsibility, and it will be his en-
deavor to teach the young man the
same feeling for it, The son will
have to go through the same course
OF railroad education as his father.
beginning at an humble clerical DO
sition and working himself up as
rapidly as he displays the capacity
Tor increased responsibilities.
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY'S SON.
Another young man who will in
her1t great wealth is Harry Payne
Whitney, son of William c. Whit
ney, ex-secretary of the navy. Young
Whitney graduated at Yale last wear
and seems to be out for a busy life
similar to that OF his father. He is
a fond lover of outdoor sports. and
has already made an enviable record
al polo playing. Young Whitney will
PROBABLY inherit something in the.
neighborhood Of forty millions. and
ne mas just come into a fortune of
$2oo,0oo invested in Western real es-
tate.
Harry Whitney promises to be
something Of a leader in the swell
Set AT Yale he was chosen to lead
the class germans, and was ON the
promenade committee, a unique dis
junction In the social life at that col
lege. Heis possessed OF brilliant tal-
ents OF a skyrooket character. but
tempered with sound Judgment. He
was never strict student in his
college days, as his love for outdoor
lite interfered with continued anpli-
cation to his books.
Young Whitney has not settled
down to any business occupation as
yet, but it is the intention of his
father to thoroughly equip him with
a knowledge Of the management of
surface roads. in which many of the
whitney millions are invested,
RESPONSIBILITIES AHEAD
John D. Rockefeller Jr., the twen-
ty-one-year-eld son of the Standard
Ol King, will have a greater respon-
sibility to deal with some day than
any of the other rich young men.
He is being fittedrse that he can sten
into his fathers business at any
time. position which means the
management Of one'of the wealthiest
corporations in the world.
Eight and nine hours a day are
spent by the young man in the
Standard Oil building. He works
harder than the average s15 a week
clerk, and has always displayed
rare business tact. He is conserya-
tive by nature, and is opposed to any
kind of speculation, two traits which
his father has been careful to culti-
vate. 1t is constantly pointed out
to him that in speculation he has
every thing to lose:and little to gain,
and that his particular aim must be
to preserve the existing wealth of the
1amiiy rather than to try and in
crease it in other ways than the ac-
ctlmulation of the income. Young
Rockefeller is considerably interest
ed in religious matters and the phil
anthropic schemes of his father, and
he is like him in one other respect
in his fondness for fast driving
horses. In appearance he Is an Or
dinary-looking young man, plainly
dressed and wearing no jewelry. He
attends to much of his fathers busi-
ness, and now the elder Rockefeller
only goes down town three days in
the week.
YOUNGEST OF GoULDS.
Frank Gould is the youngest of the
four Gould brothers. The others,
George, Edwin and Howard. have
already taken their places in the
business world. Frank is in his nine
teenth year, and the day that he
reaches his majority he will be
placed in the directory of some of
the Gould holdings like the Manhat-
tan IL" system, the Western Union
or the Missouri Pacific.
He is short and slender in build.
with the dark hair and eyes and
sallow complexion peculiar to the
Goulds. His business training has
already commenced. The Goulds do
not believe in collegiate education,
and regard actual experience as the
most practical method Of instructing
the young men in the management
of millions. This was Jay Goulds