New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
COLLEGE "HANG-OUTS. .
WHERE THE, STUDENTS GO FOR JOLLITY,
SONG AND BEER.

he still finds time for frequent visits to the
favorite resort of his college. He goes out into
the world with the same warm feeling IN MS
heart for the old hang g-out' in which he passed
so many careless hours of unaduterated bliss
H., never forg"ts it, and regrets the time
spent there, even though it may have helped
him out of college without degree.
The student goes to his faVorite resort on ali
sorts of occasions, and at times when there is
nothing to make occasion. He celebrates
the Victories of the athletic teams over rival col
leges in the resort, and there he goes to drown
his SORROWS quietly when the teams have been
unfortunate Around the festive board he
cemcnts friendships that will last lifetime lie
.oes there when crammng for examinations
has put him the verge of collapse In the
same place he meets "old grads VINO may pe
able to help him get a start after he receives
his degree He takes his father there when he
drops in for periodical visit, and the waiter
does not even smile when the youngster softens
lis usual high ball' order to glass of innocent
ginger ale.
At most colleges the student resort is ignored
lv the faculty in its official capacity. The
places are usually run by conservative heI'
ho see that their young patrons do not get 100
lnuch to drink, and that nothing IS done Whlch
may give the place bad reputation. At some
Of the resorts beer and ale are the only drinks
served to students and nearly all have strict
carly closing rule. Student regulations Keep out
the freshmen and even regulate the drinking
habits of sophomores. The upper class men
usually have their tables, and class feeling
without which there canny, be any er at amount
of that wonderful power college spirit runs
high All sorts of students drift into the
"hang-out" at one time or another Grlnds
of the deepest dye can be seen drinking WIN
moderation and quiet next to a crowd "i men
who are taking five years to c"mplete the course
,, account of a multitude of subjects which
have TO be taken over The youth of the fast
set-for most colleges have one or more SIt aE
crowds-with a mildly dissipated face, touches
elbows with the athlete who takes a dri"k now
and then when not in training IL is the sa'h''-
ing of these extremes. connected by common
bond-love for alma mattr-that makes 'i' '"
lege resort " hat it is.
The hundreds of young men who ar" enrolled
at Columbia University are continually mourn
ing the fact that they have not enough 'coits'
spirit" The fact that there are II" d"rilii'"Ile7'
that the students scattered all over TINS h'H
city and that they have few opportunities "l
coming together is responsible for the want
Since the university was moved to MorhlhESi"e
Heights there has been great Improvement III
this regard, and the college Tavern Is ~
sIonsibe for much OF it.
Columbia's student resort Is situated across
the boulevard from the new college buildings AT
West One-hundred- a nd I twenty -fourth-st. The
building was once n dwelling house and theh
a roadhouse 1t is an old frame structure with
a double decked piazza in front which Is well
shaded by vines ani trees. Two big rooms on
The lower floor are the ones most occupied by
students Meals are served there at prices be-
vond the means Of the ordinary student ana
drinks of all kinds carried in from little
bar The low wooden ceilings painted in
ligh blue and the walls are in white, thus cor
responding to the Columbia colors ON the sec
ond floor are rooms used for club banqucts and
in celebrating athletic victories. The place IS
hardly old enough student resort to carry
many memories, but many Of the younger
generation will sorrow when it has to be torn
down to make room for the tide of apartment
houses which is rushing toward Harlem with
leaps and bounds.
Cornell, situated in quaint little interior
town, is well provided with student resorts in
spite of a puritanical faculty and dangerously
efficient system of "spotting" the men who are
careless to drink a little too much old
Cornell men will tell of "Zink's.' a joyous
German place, and of jays" where actresses
were entertained, but the resort is the famous
Dutch Kitchen. 1t is the gTillrocm of Ithaca s
largest hotel, and il built purposely for
the students when the hotel was renodeed a
few years ago. The German fittings and deco
rations caught the student fancy at once and a