The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-19
INITIATING A
HARVARD NAN
Public Is Benefactor in Most
of the Cases.
STREET CAR. A FAV0RITE
For Work, Many Ways to
Make Man a Fool.

although now that it is over j wouldn't
| give up the memory of II for almost any,
thing" In this quotation from Elan
| drau's Dairy of a Freshman" is summed
| up the collegian's side of the question of
public limitations at Harvard University.
| The opposite side, that of the Cambridge
public and the world at large. crops out
at regular intervals of time in the form
| of protest of this nature. which recent
| ly appeared in the Harvard Crimson. the
daily newspaper of that miniature state:
ITO the Editors of the Crimson: Five
| or six boys, who / afterward learned
were Harvard undergraduates, though
| their manners belied that description,
| boarded an outward bound Huron avenue
| car at Harvard square on Wednesday
| evening of this week at about 9 o'clock,
| and proceeded 10 put two of their number
| through set of vulgar performances. ut
| terly unrelieved even by the originality
| or wit which is sometimes supposed TO
atone for such infringments of the or
binary rules of good breeding. ] do not
know TO what club or fraternity these
| men belong. but if better argument
| were lacking for doing away with public
| iniations by those clubs TO which age
| or other virtues may have given prestige.
| such limitations of their ways as 1 say
last night ought to make us give up the
whole silly business. GRADUATE"
In the same issue of the Crimson the
editors do not agree with Graduate
when he advises that all forms OF public
iniations be given up, but decidedly do
| believe that no limitations should be al
siders" and concludes with the mild
warning to students to observe the line
| between humor and vulgarity.' For
years the matter has not varied from this
status.
The student readers of the Crimson
wonder just what form the vulgar" per-
Torrance took. and who the old grad is
for they invariably think OF him as a
nervous, decrepit old gentleman, with
govt and corns then they laugh softly to
themselves at the memory of some little
incident. ''unrelieved,' perhaps. by orig
inaltty and wit. and the matter Is dis
missed. For II il a too ordinary occur
renee that some think him Juvenile to
make a great deal of difference to the
sophomore; on the other hand, that ma
chine. the board of overseers and the
faculty Of arts and sciences of Harvard
College, distantly overlooks these puerile
practices of the young ideas shooting I'M
der it's tutelage. Unless a student fatty
outrages public decency. commits a crime
or formal protest is made by outsid-
er. no official action is taken. For all the
complaints and protests the chant of the
'Dickey' on its way TO pull out of their
beds the lucky First Ten or Tenth
Ten is still heard late at night by staid
disnified senior, and trembling, ambitious
freshman and sophomore; even at this
modern date, fantastic, dishevelled crea-
lures infest Harvard Square on street
cars and Huyler's store in Boston, per-
haps making a speech in the former po-
liteiy requesting a cents worth of candy
TO eat on the floor of the latter: today,
strong, well dressed. well fed young men
wear unique pins on their waistcoats.
and with an air of proprietorship mount
the steps OF quaint. forbidding buildings
on Holyoke. Mount Auburn, and the 9TH
er streets near the square.
What the public sees OF these limitations
which, by the way. are more Familiarity
termed "horseplay." is undoubtedly the
humorous side, although. as many a Har-
little real wit or humor involved. 1t is
something OF a novelty. at least. a novel
ty more or less pleasing to the townspeo-
pie. to encounter a gorgeous. unwashed.
unshaved but highly decorated Knight
of the Cross. his shield large clothes
basket. his lance broom his helmet a
coal scuttle. with gay red and black cloth
to set off his figure II the outsider hap
waiting for her subway to Park street"
car in front of the Harvard Square wait
ing-room. ii may be trife embarass-
ing to receive a sudden fervent proposal
of marriage from the gaudy crusader and
TO be obliged to decline with thanks the
honor of his grimy hand. or II the out
slider happens 10 be an elderly, exclusive
woman returning to her Revolutionary
mansion in Massachusetts, avenue from /
her woman's club in Beacon street. IN 1
town il is disconcerting to hear ones
neighbor on the seat OF the car groan
heavily AT frequent intervals and then
suddenly throw a most realistic ct. The I
disturbed matron usually gets of the car
at once. whether or not a transfer station 4
be near. and the neophyte promptly re- /!
covers from his 1T, moves up beside soIae
other old woman. and repeats the process.
The case OF the epilep,ic who sas thrown
into a genuine At out OF pure sympathy +.
for an unfortunate neophyte VINO had &
been throwing fits in the street cars AZ &
companions orders during the greater 4
part OF the day is perhaps rivalei N dsa- 4
matte possibility only by the experience /
Of the students dressed IN Blankets and i
war pain, TO initiate the Carlisle Indians 4
at one OF their recent focfb1li xanses 1
with Harvard on Soldiers heIt. The In
dams. through their manner. rather re
scented the aattery - the insi,x:i.n
Most OF the public ini,istio7~ as thy I
are popularity called. hz.- iess serious
II any az al The mast Ia 1
vored places FOR the secret societies ~
Harvard 10 break IN" the1r chosen
friends seem 70 be TIE stree. cars TRAY
eiers 20 Cambridge take IL ~ a matter
OF course 20 receive paper dolls with =
few appropriate re-nSrks fran so-ne
hrawry young Azsrtcaa In outizrsdisa
costume who has sat On tise aarr and
cut them oct. a. cor - STE a crzt or A
grur Ne. as TIE ssacy strike e I'D
4 young student In his saSscriruou fsv 4
Fourt % July puma Old vorsea cf
color DO TO; pretend % b sbie 70 ten
whether the youths 3ssi5e them VIII pay
the< fsres o. request the,r hands In zar-