Evening journal., 1897-11-27
THE PRINCETON Inn.

To the Editor OF the Evening Journal
Sir: Confirming the writer's previous
remarks concerning the licensing Of
the Princeton Inn to sell intoxicants,
IL may be said that the inn in question,
or an establishment of a similar ma
ture, is Indispensable to the town Of
Princeton. IL IS Indispensable in the
sense that the parents and friends of
both freshmen and prospective gradu-
ates are Justly entitled, when visiting
Princeton, to a fitting and comm0dious
accommodation, an accommodation in
keeping with their status. Again, it
is an assured fact that neither the
| Princeton Inn nor any other Prince
/ ton hotel canbe run upon paying basis
| without a license. A few years ago
| Princeton went dry" for year or so,
and, during that period, there was no
accommodation either for man or
beast.
Apart from the fact that a license for
the Princeton Inn is a desideratum,
there are other and valid reasons justi.
flying the granting of the same. Whats
the odds, may / ask, il now and then
night is made hideOus by the exuber-
ance of youth?. What does it matter If
the classic shades cf old Nassau are oc-
casionally made to reyerberate with hi
larious sounds emanating from. some
blg-hearFd, Fqgst agnSk stu{dsnf ? 'Hofta
will have its ilhgs and, thank God,
neither we nor a thousand Presbyteries
will ever succeed in putting old heads
upon young shoulders. Let these young
fellOws-who are in the heyday OF
youth when the pulse does not always
beat temporarily and when discretion
ment-enjoy the pleasures as well as
the studies OF collegiate curriculum
| Let these young bloOds and sCiOns Oi
many worthy house enjoy them
selves while they are able, for witt
Them the rubicon ,of youth will soon bl
passed. and they will only too soon dis
cover, inthe words of Du Maurier, tina
d life is not an beer and skittles." Thl
chances of these university student
. subsequently becoming great and goo'
Z men will not be in the leastwise lessen
. ed by The fact of their college day
I having been characterized by more o
lless jOllity.
= If the information can be appreciates
/, then let it be said that the 'varsit
r boys Of this country are vertaIbl
4 Chesterfe,ds compared with the var
/. sity boys of other and older countrie.
L At Cambridge, for instance, there ar
h the Town and Gown" riots, riots
K which the students and the populac
4 engage in rowdy. hand-to-hand CON
I bats; and were anyone to visit tn
rooms or dOrmitories of some of thes
n students, either atOxford orCambridg
10 his gaze would not infrequently fa
r, upon tables groaning beneat
s. the weight OF current coin
{, the realm-r gambling and drinking
their heaviest and most fascinatiu
ie forms. Why; the temptations lying
le wait for the varsity boy Of this coui
try are small and triaing when con
)t pared with those lying in wait for IL
e, varsity boy of9the old country. But It
le these very temptations that test ar
ut prove the mettle Of the student II
O. cannot Withstand them, then he is -
Is such stuff as dreams are made OF" an
a. his ultimate DOWNFALL and ruin is but
IL mere matter Of time only. Take yO'
to great men Of sicountfy or any 9th
he country. We're the rlaniversity days cha
Sc acterized by a weak. pulling, namb
MT pamby spirit? l gt6ss not. Were Il
It's truth known we shou3d doubtless b
lis come aware of the fact that the u1
ch versity days Of mcstfo6 the great m.
m, Of all ages were charaeterized by
10 State of Ohio. City of Toledo, I.uS
a., County. IS. trp