The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-27
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 N I ICHOLAS LoNGWORTH was q M great success" at college. His name appears in many enviable
 places in the Harvard Club Book and
 the Index and other publications which
 take the place of "Who's Who" in the
 Cambridge university. Going to college
 comparatively unknown, he forged his
 way up the social ladder to the topmost
 rung.
 Longworth was an all around man.
 That was the reason of his success He
 was a good athlete an unusually clever
 musician. had a leaning toward hunting
 and fishing, groomed himself well and
 possessed the income necessary for trav-
 cling the pace of the "society bunch" as
 they are frequently called by other liar
 yard men. Most of all, his valuable asset
 was tact He never made mistakes He
 never went to extremes, those who know him say. He never did anything if 1t was
 not the "correct" thing. He was of dis
 tinctly different type of young person
 from the impetuous Theodore Roosevelt of
 ten years before in Harvard. Longworth
 showed in college exactly the same traits
 that he does now.
 Longworth roomed throughout his four
 years in college in Hilton, a private dor mitory of considerable magnificence, in Mount Auburn street, in the section known as Gold row" because of the high charge for rooms in the dormitories in that vii cinity. Three or four apartment houses had already in Longworth's time acquired the reputation of being the homes of the 'swells' among the students, and so the owners were enabled to charge all they wanted for quarters there. Young Theo- dore Roosevelt rooms in Claverey, an- other of this group of private dormitories Longworth thus got good start toward social recognition, and it wasn't long be- fore his athletic ability gave him long boost" Class crews are organized during the autumn at Harvard to give the oars men a chance to keep in shape for the spring campaign and to try out new ma teria Those selected for places in the boats do not get numerals but they get a lot of prestige and experience to benefit them in the spring. LongWorth was given d place in his class eight. He was tall and 1.-the, with long limbs, the ideal build for an oarsman. During the winter he
 joined the Harvard Shooting club and the Art club. Among his fellow members in the latter organization were s. V. R. Cros- by J. w Lawrence, J. T. Burnett and many other social lights of the university But the most noticeable thing that Long worth did was to join the Pierian Sodailty This Is the Harvard musical organization and orchestra and is thought to be the oldest musical organization in the coun- try It dates from 1898. Few young col lege men, especially if they have the op- portunities for doing other things that LongWorth had, care to spend much time l in practice on an instrument with an or chestra-t's easier to pay dollar or two and hear someone else do the work. But | the coming congressman was great lover | of music and an expert with the violin, and nothing pleased him more than to in- dulge this taste. His skill was so appar- l ent that he was immediately made one of the first violns and he also frequently was the sodalitys soloist at concerts. l No undergraduate at Harvard probably | ever showed more cosmopolitan tastes " 1 his college activities than Longworth did. | Rowing, shooting, art and music-and | good at them all He also kept up cred l table stand in his courses and clean rep utation for his manner of life. In the | spring of his freshman year LonSWorth again represented his class in the inter | class races. In June he strolxed the fresh | man crew in their race against Coluhlpld l freshmen. which the latter crew won In his sophomore year Longworth was
 elected to the Institute of 177O one of the | college social organizations which every one wants to make" His. fellow mem | bers chose him librarian. He continued | his connection with the Shooting and Art l clubs and the sodality and his rowing. He l stroked the class crew in the fall races 1 but at the first tug. when the pistol was fired the outtrigger for his oar broke, so his crew had to drop out of the procession. In the spring he all but made the unl- versity eight being the first substitute.