New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
Effort Get Him to Gre Up Luxurious Fut-r
tce of Use and Beauty uh Which He Surrounds Himself.


racy; and a democracy cannot continue TO exist IL
the richer men live apart from themselves in ex-
themselves in other places. We come to the
up minds that the social life of the students is
none of our affair, must bring men to-
a real college life. This never be done by out
side dormitories built by private enterprises, be
cause their effect is OF necessity segregation OF
the richer men. II only be done by means Of
tn ~, LII ~ IN i ~ i 9se
he tFedt puIk OF the students within the college
walls Speech Of Professor Lowell at the New
York Harvard Club,
The above statement, followed as it has been
by the significant movement of the class of %
at Harvard to establish itself in a body in the
historic rooms Of the old dormitories in the col
iege yard at Cambridge next year. directs atten-
ton in peculiar manner TO the modus vivendi
Of the wealthy Harvard man. At Harvard this
wealthy man is numerous that he makes
himself known in every undergraduate activity
and imprints his own peculiar stamp the
character Of the university
The more one looks at him, however and the
more one studies the conditions under which
he pursues his college life, the harder it is TO
believe that any effort will succeed in ousting
him from his present comfortable apartments
where he is truly Graded in the lap of luxury"
Yale men laugh at the proposition Of O5 to
desert the marble halls of Mount Auburn-st.
and ensconce themselves in a body in the yard
of the student of wealth giving up his steam
heat and private bath for 4 dusty fireplace and
Ice in the water pitcher and do not hesitate to
,rophesy that " 'O0s" scheme will not be nearly
30 successful as its promoters hope What the
Yale men say has grain Of truth in it. More
than one student is finding il hard to tear him
self away even in contemplation, from his old
luxurious quarters for the ascetic life presents
little that appeals to him.
visit to the wealthy students rooms in
Clavery, Randolph Russell, Westmorly Beck
or Dunster shows that in all the rooms the fur
nishings similar. differing only in little
characteristic details which reveal the taste and
habits of the individual Certain standard
articles Of furniture are found in all. The desk
always is conspicuous. Sometimes it is of ma
hogany, sometimes a rolltop desk and frequently
large and pretentous the largest desk
Of the greatest financier in the biggest building
In wall Street One student has an article of
this description fully ten feet long, with roll
top. drawers, pgeonhoes and card catalogue
departments of all descriptions What he does
with it, however, even his closest friends can
not tell
The library is another thing which the wealthy
Harvard student cultivates He buys expensive
sets of books. Long, low bookcases are popular,
on the top of which the student arrange his
statuary and bric-a-brac The typical wealthy
mans room also has soft, heavy rug on the
Door. sometimes covering the entire room and
sometimes leaving a border of polished wood
work The open fireplace too, is a vital ad-
tunct of the room. Sometimes the student burns
wood but more frequently his fire is OF camel
soaI which, though expensive, gives bright