New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-12

sverf,r fbk guests meet nearly all the men OF the
college.
II NAV seem that too rauSh stress Is laid on
social life here But it is the one thing, perhaps
above all others for which Oxford is famed we
are all OF the opinion that we can get no tnoie
really practical knowledge here than al hone'
1,ossfbIy not so much that Will be OF actual seroe
as a breadpyinner. Book lore. however, we can sel
AT eny enc of the great universities of the worio'
but the combination social and intellectual Tram
ing the easy informal intercourse with men oiu
ana young Of education and thorough good breed
ing. can be found nowhere as at Oxford nero hos
the lasting benefit OF Oxford education
Almost the only unpleasant features OF life here
are the seemingly uncalled for restrictions ana
rules After the freedom OF American universities'
IL seems a bit hard to pay q hne ror coming li.o
college after O'Clock and TO be IN danger OF expel-
sion on staying out after u O'Clock. The rule Oh
wearing q gown IN the presence Of tutors wnetner
at dinner lectures. business and outside coli
lege after uncalled for The fact that there
arc university spies. under proctors, scattered
throughout the city. looking for unruly Students
seems perhaps bit childish. But these rules have
been In force for centuries: II they were bad. they
would have been repealed long ago. Perhaps con-
ditons here OF which have no knowledge de-
snand them. AT any rate It is not my desire TO
criticise them. remark on them simply because
they impressed US as being utterly different from
anything have at home.
On the whole we have been received well by
tutors and undergraduates alike. We have missed
none OF the benefits accruing to freshman, ano'
possibly on account OF age, for we average
three years older than our fellow classmen. We
have escaped some of the dsagreeable features OF
a freshman's life. That is to say, the second year
men. while they have often "stashed or torn up
the room OF some overbearing freshman, have. with
q very few exceptions, left us severely alone IN
their midnight rambies.
In athletics the Americans have not yet partic-
ularIy distinguished themselves There are stin
few the rowing list. and some have played on
their college football team But, for the most part
that athletic reputation which preceded u.s. as
Rhodes scholars has not been upheld 1t is true
that we have done well as the average fresh
man. but 1t must be remembered that we have the
advantage Of them in point of experience and age
In studies it is quite impossil to Judge what we.
as a group have done There have been no public
examinations We admit perhaps. that we have
not studied much as we would have done at
home But at home We are not expected to study
during vacation; here. vacation. more than term
paradoxcal as it may SEEM Is strictly the time TOT
work That the tutors consider this true is shown
by the fact that when come up. at the begin
Ming of term, have TO undergo an oral examina~
zion in what we have learned during the vacation
We found Oxford life very expensive. As one OF
the scholars expressed Il, I'VE pay every time we
turn around. and when we don't turn around we
ere fined for not having done it." A man must be
g. careful manager to make his $500 which seems
comparative af1uence. last him through term time
and vacation
Such, then mas DeeD our uLe ior tho iosI t1AS0
months and now we are scattered for vacation and
hard study Some are In Germany, some in France
and many remained in England It has been
very pleasant three months perhaps there has been
more pleasure than a of twenty-three. the
average American, should have when he is pre-
pairing for his life work That, however, is his own
fault not the fault of Oxford For life here seems
meant for men OF from eighteen to twenty-one or
twenty-five. At this age. perhaps, a man is most
susceptible TO the moulding influence of such life'
nln I'M
nifty Of the college, how to minge with men; how to
meet them as man to man and how TO deal success
silly with those whom he meets. At that age. too
one forms the strongest NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
that Will endure throughout life. This done, ana
with this as a lasting foundation. the Oxford man
leaves college not prepared but TO prepare for his
s,se work w E. Schultz.
Brasenose College, Oxford, England.