The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18
GREAT SMOKING
OF HARVARD
Prodigious Extent of the Habit
at the University.
IT is EVEN CLASSIFIED
Freshmen are Permitted Gig
arettes Only.
IT is EVEN CLASSIFIED

Csmbridse. Jan IA few weeks sss
Carrie Nation paid Wait 10 Harvard.
Tor the purpose Of convincing Harvard
men OF the error OF their ways-esPect-
ally a. 90 smoking Little she under
stood the hopeleSsness OF her task Little
she knew that the Harvard man Is reared
! in tobacco smoke from his freshman In
fancy. that he takes to cigarettes AZ
easily as duck does 10 water. that the
atmosphere OF Harvard II an decidedly
rro-pfpe. pro-csSAr. pro-cixareete a. II -
/ antt-muck-r ard aatl-YsIe. tina, even tho
| instructors. ssuntersng through the eel-
| lese yard. give their silent Appreciation
OF the vice" BY pafsns away at any
thing from a Regalia 90 a cigarette.
IL would take thousand Carries 10
cure Harvard Of the smoking habit. Is
~eajd take new faculty. set Ok more
serious minded instructors. and an sp-
heavsl in the social customs OF the uni-
versfty that would 50 far In olctting The
Crimson from the collegiate map Is
would mean the going cut % buSiness
% any number Of tobacco dealers who
live on student trade. IL would mean .
big cut IN the annual prcnts ef cixar-
ette manufacturers. IL would mean Q
few less tens OF thousands OF = and .
cent cigars. shipped from troptsai isles
for the wealthy young nahoha Of tho
wealthy clubs. And IL would mean the
destruction of that strong bond OF social
intercourse which tobacco now forms be-
tween the student and the professor over
him
The sunday school papers every pow
and Their nsorsIixe about the homes and
bearns and stores and tsaement-houses
that are burned each year in the mouths
OF nen- Doubtless 10 they turned their
metsphoriesi eyes toward Harvard they
could see a cloud OF smoke. vast ard
| black ard porterttous. rising 20 the heav-
ems. as though department store and pub
nc libraries and museums fbuiiciags
much more valuable than wooden-fraussd
hous>sl we're passing away IN smoke.
And whether they saw this or not the
fact would siill BE- that Harvard men
each year smoke money enough 10 keep
/ the poor IA many a large city warm and
/ comfortable during the winter months
Smoking AZ Harvard n ar ail-dsy pro-
cess IL IL also q varied one The man
whose smoking has become an art gets
up in the morning and reaches for his
| cigarette case. His next move II for a
match: his mex, for his bashFobe. BITS slip
psrs and his towel Then he makes for
! the bathroom. where. wits head throws
! hack. he lets the shower play over RE
I ches, and less. pufruE caisnniy away the
/ while. The shower bath a. Harvard thus
can be termed one og The great iastitu-
tions OF tina, university
The next movement. according "a ~.
schedule. il a hssty run for Men,
CThis IL the big eating han az Harvard.
known 60 outsiders a. Memorial Hall.
where the deeds % Earvards wsr here's
are cOmmemoratsd and where her prs.
cnt eroes daily distinguish themselves
with fezts Of prowess With knife 4rd
fork Ussssdy he Is late for the place
closes at > ard The waiter. az best. al
lows him hssty gsiip - coffee ara
, some cold oatmeal Naturally hc - roc
satisfied 50 when he gets outside again
ne finishes his meal with s~cona cix-
arctic.
on each side 81 the bsE entrance door
10 Memorial j. block q wood pizesd
at convenient height for the ~sutisnts
20 scratch their matches on. ard thszs
blocks are worn ont Ike cups in the
lighting os pipe. and cigarettes.
After breakfast comes the morning Il
study and Rotations N u - warm ths
men hang around the step. and en-
frances OF their different halls ard pu1
away AZ their pf7>s ard cigarettes Is
azily n Il cigarettes. for Harvard Esn.
in smoking a. in everything sis<. ar-
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