The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10


institutions Of learning. Ire presence OF
these enthusiasts athletic young fellows
Is most refreshing - the average socfety
girl. and their reception b. the grand
danes - agraided with delight The san
Francisco Wave. a journal devoted TO
social colngx, publh<aes the following ex-
ce4lent editorial On the question.
Within the last four or five years new
element mas entered into tins life and So
ci-ty & san Francisco that vas noE there
before. new type nAS appeared new
type Of young man. he Is young ban,
sometimes q very young man. but he -
f9L 81 enthusiasm. and be makes az
presence teit- he 4 good sort. too. and
the influence he exertz il mainly n the
right direction Bef0xs his advent there
were several types OF young men with
were IA the Offices o. ancles and fathers.
or enjoyed some vague connection Win
government positions. or were reading
Iaw' IA attorneys Offices. but until the tine
Of the founding % Stanford university
and the first intercollegiate f5OtnaA game
the college man, sucn as he y seen IN
Boston. New York and Philadelphia, was
an unknown element IN San francisco II
VIII not do TO say that be existed IN the
I1ags ara psTsoh o. go ~ Harvsrd
or Yale. OF course there we're a number
OF these. but they spent their vacations
away from the city. and as soon as they
graduated were caught in the vortex or
professional or business Ne ard eisap-
psarg6 from view. The college man - no
longer "A C9tke&& man WaED &c mas SEdS-
uatsd. He changes at once. he loses his
enthusiasm and his dash. be steacles him
self he assumes responsibilities. and he
talks graVsly about finance and sconon-
les The true college man is he who IL
In his junior or senior year. VINO ssin en-
joys that priceless and ine~timahle adj
vantage OF having other- think for him
ard relieve aim OF responsibility and the
necessity for taking the initiative In mat
ters OF importance.
This type Is worth cultivating He has
s~s LAT Frsy 81
city, and you VIII not ne Obliged 10 90
far to hnd him. You vii see him al teas
and fnnctionS-8ozens of hfn1-and he Is
very much IN evidence az the dancing
clubs IL IS really surprising TO note how
he has taken the place OF the other types
OF men. tire Insurance clerks bank ac-
countants and dry goods clerks His only
drawback = that n IS young-hut there
are worse things than that can be said OF
A man. Somehow he - popular. IL you
know him well you are sure 70 like him
A. all events he Is better than the Brownie
tyne the xickiy little boy, mature before
stsad OF going 10 college and whom you
viii see proFnenadfng kearny and Market
streets on "Wednesday and Saturday af,.r-
all his youth the coiiegian is the more
u.auiy % the two. and am sure would
rather hear him talk about the chances OF
his football team. with his exclted ges-
lures and deadly earneSfness, than TO
listen 10 ths biase youth OF the business
Office drawing about discounts and mar
There comes a time in the life Of every
boy when but for college there seems TO
- no place for him. no niche thst ne can
oil. In all conditions he fs the rouho
man in me square hole or the square
man IN the round hole. He has finished
the high school and u. LEI US say, any
where between the ages OF II ard -. lie
Is no longer boy ard he Is not yes.
man. What are you to do with him. To
enter him IN business Is 20 pttchtork MN
into the world with suddenress ana
-
to most yonng boys. He goes direet rom
the compAnlonShtp cf his scho1i teuows
into the soclety Of older men ard learns
many things thar are not good tor MN 20
Discover suddenly. As often a. not no
drinks before he knows hcw mUeh ne can
drink. or II he can even drink az an. ne
comes 20 regard the cocktail route on
Saturday afternoons as 'tho world, OF
which he e part
ferenf. do not say THAI be would not
drink nor gamble. nor do many other
things which are neither meet right nor
his bounden duty. But he would d. these
things under any CIRCUMSTANCE pro0aoly
would almost certainly Go them in busi-
ness lie The difference between going
ia Tor that sort ~ thing when he Is at
college is thar be learns little By little ia
gauge himself by other fellows who are
his equals IN the matter OF years and ex-
'.Besier than al. perhaps. he. IS away
frnu the city and its opportunities. He
has found hts niche. ne is IN a world that
i made Tor aim. Then the esprit du corps
If his alma mater gets into BIN. and no
begins 10 think Of things outside 81 him
self 10 strive for that which viii benefit.
nol himself but the institution with
which he Is connected. and thai unselnSl1-
" and without hope o. expectation or re-
ward Surely this Is a desirable state -
affairs. can you say a. much FOR the
young entry clerk. Org goods clerk or ac-
cnRntaus7 Athletics absorb him; ne learns
the meaning az the sacrifice 81 ones
pleasures. - the, control 81 appetite, q
ghe discipline Of tae diamond. the oval
and tie gri3fr0n. He sees Young fellows.
pslorar than he with "a less exalted social
position perhaps. or with none at All. pre-
feTrCsi before htm and t3ofIzso by TIE en-
tire college, because q energy. eootaess
and physical strength He - relsEated 20
his OWE posi- -ion. oe Il baEh or l0w ~ his
fellow colIcE}ans. and that wtth a prompt
ness ard declsiyeueSs that admits Of 70
eQuivc1asion
s'Tn ne four years q his college lie rs
ev@S are opened ard he gains the knowl-
edge CO good and svil, the knowiedEe that
must COME - every man sooner or later.
TIE young man who Is tossed from the
high sehaoI 90 the business ofrlce gains
thts knowietE s. IN a sudden EaEh thRt =
most like 20 s.irG him - thar point where
he can no lonrer So the difference be-
tween them and knows NOT upon which
path his feet ara planted The college
fellow acquires TIE fhlng Nttse ev 1ttle.
constantly measuring himself and his
neral Stamina against tie vices y the
world 81 men II he So the average boy.
81 IRE esd - Piss Eo0F years Re Knows
himself relatively - the outside world
that he theu az lass muse face He snoas
himself knaWs w sat ~ must avoEd ara
"a here - Enusf Draw Piss flne Et Is a
knawlease that Games 20 tae average ea-
frr clerk 5rv goods clerk sa8 accountant
only after years - The rtdess experience.
Ss5ruetisucs Is sever comes.
fff TIRE ca8&er58G never acquired anw
other k1ow ~8se - els alma mater fhan
FHfs kraN,et1Ee - himself DE would hsve
Eat~e3 tEes34Eaaasy bE his four years
~For tSe beet saIrws Re learns az col
.rer are ne1 those things lie learns fron
s.s taxa bsa&s
1as Fe-Eotsr CrEAGiEea Assg ElN}y C-te
whase members comprise re ien siag
Young soe.sty pecpse - oueea AEHa p l.
gave IS trirat party a. tae oGeen Asae
clsc ae-se Ertlzr evcaicE aud sesres an
gr4rEiRa-e Eaetess- TIE affair Was sae
% t-e largest an3 ufost notable satner1aEs
90 yc4Hg sscSrty rNcple of sna season. a1a
cssfea&s cr.lasnr Gatarr f1r Eass nsw
csstrnas- s1r sc-ts+ Aero-s TIE ae~ura-
tt5us N-sre arEisfte. tAa rDtssE< de.tga-fal
SID ne Hoo- gsaarsv ere. TIE ueE1hsrs
~ re ra-elzt,E csm1t-ee. Seosr "a lAs,1n.
- WteFret Er--zett. James < SAeass.
Sa--ez S ea1r-- Norman : Pierce n
An4 Frf1 IF H&ErsE. were sxssae .fs- eLv Sal
ls1t az1 sels1itess g taa r-aasure cs .ae
guests
A. }--stsssrs ~ tAe srraazeras~e - fhs