The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
YOUNG VANDERBILT AT HARVARD.
He Enters the Glass OF 1901, and Is
Already BusiIy at Work.

Among the members of Harvard's class
of 1901, or one as 1t is called, there is no
man who is exciting at present SO much IN
terest as young William K. Vanderbilt.
Merely from his position in the community,
financial and social, he is the victim OF a
great deal of what seems to be to MN OBJ
jectionable notoriety as the son of w. x.
Vanderbilt, Sr The occupant OF 81 Beck,
through no effort of his own, will be one Of
the most conspicuous men at Harvard as
long as he chooses to remain there.
Since old Commodore Vanderbilt laid the
cornerstone of the millions that have In
their accumulation made his family ia
nous, the VanderbiltS who have felt the
need of a college education have received
it at the university in New Haven. In col
lege matters the name of vanderbilt has
always been associated with Yale. Now,
for the first time, a Vanderbilt has come to
Harvard.
He is ST. Marks boy, this freshman: At
school he was quiet fellow, good at his
books, not actively interested in athletics,
but popular with the other boys by virtue
OF his frank, straightforward way and abb
sense of affectation. He passed his prellm-
mary examinations last year and is now
taking his finals at Cambridge.
Beck Hall is in many ways the finest OF
the private dormitorieS at Cambridge. The
building stands at the apex of the wedge
formed by Harvard street and Massachu-
sets avenue as they run into Harvard
surrounded by hedge and a high fence,
and at one end of this two tennis courts
are laid out one cement and the other turf
Only the dodgers in the hall nave access to
the garden. Over the southern fence of
Beck thick ivy vine grows, and the occu-
pants at the different rooms have flower
boxes on their window lodges, after the
fashion observed at Oxford and the older
Cambridge. The interior is richly finished
in oak and the rooms are all arranged in
suites--a study, with one or two bedrooms
opening from it, and bathroom. Some of
the rooms are wainscoted in oak The fur
nishng of the room is, of course, done by
the students themselves.
Young NanderbiltS room, that is, the
simple although handsomely furnished.
Either w X. jr., has excellent taste or
else he had nothing to do with the furnish
ing of his room. His windows are taste
fully hung with dark curtains. Several
easy chairs, covered with leather, stand
about the room, and his two bookcases are
we'll filled with handsomely bound books.
Over the mantel hangs a portrait of his
father and several other excellent engrav-
ings and etchings, some landscapes and
hunting scenes.
The occupant of this room has been in
Cambridge since Sept 1, studying for his
examinations and getting settled. Through
the Lawrence Scientific School, in which
department of the university young Van
derbilt intends to study, he was invited to
take his meals at the Colonial Club. He
has been living very quietly, and few peo-
pie know even now that he is at college.
not need the prestige of his name to make
a good impression. Slight, of medium
height. with the long head and high fore
head of his family. crinkly black hair and
frank blue-gray eyes. he is altogether a
good-looking fellow. He dresses well, but
simply, and usually goes about wearing a
dark gray sack suit, a low collar and bow