Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-11-11
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THE ROAD TO CULTURE,

THE hUAU ~ OULIUhL'
The college season is fairly under
way and students all over the country
are busily engaged in the pursuit of
the higher information, in the COM
mendable work of training their minds
and morals for a successful wrestling
with the serious problems of life. Ii
is gratifying to note signs of mental
activity in our higher educational in
situations, from which we naturally
expect the best and noblest qualities
of our future citizenship to flow.
In Boston, a stimulating debate was
contested between the Freshmen and
Sophomore classes of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology. The
affair, which took the form of outdoor
games was attended by hundreds
of people, and, ON account of the siren
nous character of the occasion, it was
held in the Charles River Park, thus
affording an area of several acres for
the accommodation of the arguments
pro and con.
The Freshmen seemed to have the
better of the argument during the
early part of the proceedings, but later
the SOphomores were triumphant The
former, anticipating victory, had
prepared n little pig, smeared it with
yellow paint and the figures 1907, -
and had cast the creature, thus decor
ated, into the very center of the
arena The bullying Drained Sopho-
mores, instantly accepting this chal-
lenge to an encounter of intellects,
promptly seized upon sticks and stones
and other rude weapons within easy
reach, and in less time than it takes to
tell. had beaten the animal to death.
1t was glorious victory-hard
earned-showing the beneficial results
of diligent mental training and close
application TO study ON the part of the
victors. At no stage did the pig
threaten its opponents goal, and the
touchdown was scored with ease. 1t
is true that certain authorities of the
Humane Society are investigating the
merits of the debate, and promise to
punish the participants, but we earn
estly trust that no prying, busy-body
officials will be allowed to step in and
mar the glory of such brilliant and
well deserved conquest.
Again, in New Haven, a body of
students, thirsting for even more cul-
ture than was provided within the
academic walls of dear old Yale, re-
paired to the opera house where
production of "Winsome Winnie was
in progress. The occasion was one
which afforded the college men great
satisfaction. and their yearning for
additional information was so COM
pletely satisfied that they were exu-
berant in their demonstrations of ap-
prevail. But they had come provided
for such a contingency. The stage
was fairly Uttered with testimonials of
their appreciation. The young women
in the chorus were made the especial
objects of their appreciation and upon
them they bestowed various presents,
as to throw the performance into con-
fusion. In fact. so violent did these
marks of satisfaction become that the
manager was finally Obliged TO cut
short the performance and ring down
the curtain.
The-vnlgar multitude present-that
is, the part of the audience not made
up of college students = protested
against the supposed invasion of their
rights, but were informed by the man.
ager that the members of the company
refused to continue the performance
for fear of bodily injury. 1t was an
other notable victory for the pursuers
of the higher learning. The students,
in the excess of their admirable zeal,
rushed to the streets and made the
classic shades of New Haven rever-
berate with the tumultuous oppression
of their joy. True again, the author
titles brought the matter to the atten-
tion of the Faculty, and the police
are in the throes of an investigation:
but those of our fellow citizens who
have followed such affairs in the past,
need have no fear that the budding
youth of grand old Yale will be I'M
duly annoyed in their search for
knowledge by any tampering ON the
part of the plebeian outside world.
These acts, and many like them,
would, of course, be regarded as cow
ardly, brutal, ruffianly and criminal
were they performed by persons in the
customary walks of life. But with