New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
TO FOSTER TRUE DEMOCRACY AT HARVARD
JUNIORS PROPOSE ABANDONING LUXURIOUS APART.
MENTS FOR THE PLAIN DORNITORIES or THE YARD.

the nominees. And the strange part Is thess nom
inees are always the most prominent men IN the
class-the class president. captains 81 the diHersnt
teams. etc
10 is to DO away with these sectional barriers
that Raymond Oveso1. president Of the junior
class. has started che present movement in favor
or TIE reEa6iitatiOu OF the old yard dormitorissi
Oveso1. who is Kansas boy. is one o. the most
popular ren iu college and well qualified TO be ths
leader OF such an enterprise. In his freshman
year he played on the o5 football eleven. and since
then has come near making the varsity team Hs
also is one e she best men Harvard has IN the
Lrnucr throw.
But for all his prominence Oveson Is essentially
democratic Since he entered college he has a.
wsys been closely identified with Christian Asso-
ciatieu work. and this has thrown him into con-
tact With every class Of Harvard men, Few IN
dergrd 1uates have -ide ard varied an ac4uaint-
arce as he-a fact which helps him greatly n the
work ne is n0w carrying on.
OvesO1 Isl assisted by tle most prominent men %
his class. among them Dan Hurley. captain oc
next years football eleven. and A. c. Travis. %
Nev-YorS. assisl1ut managing editor OF "The Haz-
ward Crimson"
The plan is 90 give Five first choics IN choos-
iag enough rooms in the yard dormitories TO
commoIate the whole class In this. It Is under
stood they Will have the hearty cooperation of
the faculty. who for some time have been work
iug hard check the tide setting IN the drsctIc1
Of Mount Auburn-st.
by the action which they took last year Previous
to- THAI time yard rooms had been open to any stu
dent. whether he was q senior, freshman. Law or
Medical School man. 81 fact. a member OF any
Of the graduate departments OF the university.
The method OF securing to draw for
them. No pre- ference was given upper class men.
but all we're placed on an equal footing. whsther
they were students who had been in college two or
three years whether they were Just entering
from prep" school or another college.
Last year. in order TO induce the best men n
college to occupy the yard rooms. the rules Of a.
lOtmeut were changed so that 10 seniors was given
a preference over all others in drawing rooms Tor
StOughton. HolwOrtLy and Weld halls II was
also voted that 10 bur undergraduates could
. occupy any room in the yard The object OF This
change was to create distinct undergraduates
atmosphere in the yard. and. By giving seniors
preference over lower class men in drawing ICONS
to place certain premium on the very racr OF ~
ing in the yard
The plan. in part. was successful As result %
70 a much larger number Of the leading men IN col
Iege living IN the yard. and with the sllrnina-
ton OF graduates from occupancy IN the cOllegs
dormitories a new feeling has risen in the minds
OF undergraduates concerning the old edihces.
However. the plan Of giving seniors first choics
IN Weld stoughton and Holworthy halls failed in
its mission OF securing enough seniors to III thoss
dorrnftories completely. After the senior applca-
lions had been filed rooms enough were stiu lett