The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-03

-, ,o- Irish stew meals. He was sahu-
pi.e~ 49, ~, the landiady and mace 10 pay
- for a room that was no" ois
e,,sh to change his mind IN, anu ~
Ia s,xteen prices for every lh'i%
bought and twenty io'
h1 t g. oil mat was in the old days DE,
-. ,,me and other influences na'
,,,roueht such wonderful changes III NM
NO LONGER VERDANf.
,. t..shman Of to-day is no longer
frash Green and verdant thins thde
ne rsed TO be, and, as many .o'u, "a
n nv, st,o,,1d he No longer does he walk
st'+..er the streets Of the college toWh
"a ocross the campus with uiniu,
"h,,o,sine steps. expecting danger anu
abuse from ne knows not Wheio, ~. 80.
that il is coming with terrible cc''"iii''
from somewhere. .,,,,,
could an old grad. OF ten or even eight
xears' standing view the present s'ylo oi
freshmen he would be teiip'eu W 80
his alma mater lie does not alieV' ="
sophomoric swagger yet, nut nc "1 ~
10 and from his classes Just u nc as
r,eht 10. and n few OF the older ones
-, ,heir hands in their trousers pock-
e,s and even whistle a few bars wheh
thev reach a secluded corner OF the cam
,,ns Ue no longer is "come-on iol
e.. calmly and the washerlady, the ho'ei
man and the landlady.
THE metamorphosis Of the freshman
has been gradual. He has peen se'.i"e
fresher and holder steadily Tor the las.
ten wears The decline IN the ahclen'
apS time-honored hazing methoas mas
heen primarily responsible Tor the chahse
a. he demeanor Of the freshmen ana
that hezing Is becoming rapidly only
colieqe traditoa no one can doubt. WIN
.he excention Of West Point. there Is
scarcely a semblance Of 1t lett IN the
eastern institutions. Harvard was the
frst Of the big universities 10 ore@k
ewav from the system of bulldozing ana
tornenting the young men who haa just
matriculated.
CAN'T AFFORD TO HAZE.
ros,o The oldest university. the under
graduates OF Cambridge may have awaK-
go eret IN the fact that hazing was
S~rrn.o,,t and barbarous practice That
s-r,es beneath their dignity 10 indulge IN.
A. anv rate the undergraduates by COM
mon consent sacrificed the right they
hec earned 70 get even on next year
<,eshnnen." and the moment Harvard
ceased 10 be a hazing college her rivals
had 10 follow her example
II was out Of no consideration Tor the
feelings az their freshmen that they
aboiishad tho dclirious pastime No doubt
a great majority OF upper class men and
graduates sim believe that hazins Is
s-oo6 Tor a freshman. and that nine out
~ ten OF them need il badly. They gave
4, nm simply because they could not az
ford 10 continue H. The sort of men the
colleges most needed and who had no
decided choice as 10 which college they
entered would go 20 the one where they
were subjected 20 the fewest humiliations
The preparatory schools had taught
them after their own stern code the folly
OF being fresh. and having once learned
the lesson few sub-freshmen cared 20 re-
neat the course They don't make
monkey OF YOU down here" was an ar
cument IN favor OF college that other
places where hazing was In vogue found
Il hard 80 answer.
CANT AFFORD TO BE FRESH NOW.
FLt with hazing abolished. something
Lad 20 be done 70 keep the freshmen In
hand. II never would DO for them 10
deceive themselves into believing that
they were on the same plane. socially or
intellectually with the sophomores. The
Greek letter fraternities and the upper
class societies have succeeded IN bringing
about this result In great measure.
The men who are to become members
Of the fraternitles and societies some
day are judged altogether by their con-