The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

+. r. HalgnC IN Illustrated OutoOOf news. 4
~ EMOCRATIC Yale this fall has
y been adjusting itself to a. novel.
- ): condition: BY all he.gods Of i
the college the center Of the Yale. STAGE
should be held by some sturdy son of
poor but honest parents, or at worst,
by representative of America 8 great
middle class. In any event, the scion
of the wealthy house should be but an
inconspicuous component of the grand
ensemble. But during the fall it has
been the son Of wealth, Thomas Shev-
lin, who has been in the foreground as
captain Of Yale g football team--a re-
versal, for example, of the situation of
a year ago. Like many another of
Yale's leaders, Captain Jim Hogan, Of
the 1904 football team, padded his own
canoe.s Captain Tom Shevlin, Of the
1905 team, runs his own motor boat,
his own steam yacht and flock of au-@
tomobiles.
I It is ticklish task to write with
absolute" frankness about a man who
can run hundred in close to ten seq
onds, and who has been termed 'HThe
Human Dynamo by so able, a judge
of physical strength as the Honorable
Nike Murphy. Nevertheless, it is the
stern purpose of this article, to describe
the Yale captain exactly as he is re-:
garded by his classmates. -, AS the:
abundance Of his bullion has. already
! been mentioned as one Of Shevlin's
picturesque attributes, that. point may
| just as we'll be handled first. =
In justice to Yale democracy it must
be understood that, Sheylin s wealth
had nothing to do with his being the
man Of the hour. 1t was his muscle,
not his money, that landed him the foot
ball leadership. Still, he possesses the
wherewithal in bulk worthy Of remark
in Yale captain. The son of an in
dulgent millionaire lumberman, he has
untrammeled access to cords, Of, cash
piled up in Minneapolis banks. When
ever "Shev' sees anything he wants,
all he has to do is sign his father Is
name to a check, add his own initials
below the signature, and take away the
| goods. The problem of self-help at
Yale is not his; merely the formality
Of helping himself.
.'s...S =. Money Talks. :,
There s familiar saying that money
talks. Sometimes Shevlin s is audible,
. and sometimes it ism It. Occasionally
he bursts forth in a suit Of clothes that
is suggestive of a. crashing finale by
Wagner (not Hans). "He's easy for
the sartorial salesman says his room
mate. IF he's told that Reggie Won
Astorbilt has a suit orsa pair Of shoes
! just like: those offered to him he closes
4 the deal then and there Generally
speaking, however, Shevlin s. money
mobile makers and repairers profit
most by his disbursements. These are
his two extravagances-his clothes and
: his motor cars. He neither smokes nor
drinks, so none Of the paternal dollars
in his wad is waited to the wine-scented
winds of dissipation.
) But some of Shevlin IS money, as
stated above, is not audible. There is
indeed a good bit Of it spent that
doesn't make a peep. His heart is as
big as his biceps, and not a few of his
classmates could tell Of timely and sub
stantial aid when the wolf was at the
i -door.mitory. Now let all .agitators for
, the purity Of college athletics hold
, themselves IN leash at this statement.
The opulent captain has always made
it a point to help no athletes, lest he
! be accused of retaining them in college
+ for their prowess' sake.
J Money is too odious subject, and
Z it's possession in Shevlin s. case is too
: incidental matter, to discuss further
! Ask any Of his classmates for an init.
, mate point of view on the captain 4
! personality, and the side Of him that
!. lis first brought out in his huskiness. t
4 he were an Indian, good name fol
!, him would be Young Man Always In
:. Training. y In the fall it's for. foot
ball, in the winter and spring for ham
], mer throwing. In the vacations it fol
{ his own peace Of mind, and here comes
in Shevlin s most pronounced and