Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14

f., conform to certain little ways;
| manners and customs tends 10 ln<, nj a., an
IOxford men alike. II can aWays W 49,. "a
oxford man when see gee. oar" All alike as two
neas in n pod" Dispute ms. howoceeaf,,l
Eel cnn,Tnced that the really succe"o 49,, W
man who afterward makes ild",o y,
| world is the one VINO. While antinnai
M nderinp to the goddess of convehtioiss.i
itw a. Oxford. carefully conceals ms ",
telupencc fer the world which AWAY"
Judges him by his merits ,,,,,tch must
| one Of the oxford customs winch M, nv
have struck the first American IN iho az
| hoI.rs viii, surprise and not a niue dIs
NAV is the lack Of recognition - host
deru.slE nasses you in the street with
a stony stare when he meets you t IN Ia
lowing day; Int . one m1iSt e t"1
| i'i IL liz i,i,,Itr1tinn of the state of social az
fairs here the experience of o cer'il nl, hp
lessor from il western n fIn',ino accented
Twill be of interest,". f.i,nus and dons
to breakfast, lunch ard tea IN tiit ,,nmapt
precincts of various colleges, a. osnitaiitv
IT would be pleasant 70 rest, "a his Iodg-
fngs i'm small groups OF three Or im.
This he found did not meet WIN III, III, " a.
of his guests, who sho"eu n,nnt Zach
meanOr their unwillingness 10 ntc. IT,
nthcr en- he was forced to the alternative
of inviting them slngly. ,,aon,s re-
cent sermon on "drunkenncss ~ &C., ,a,'t T.,
(which has caused such lively coniitnt w
the naners on both sides of the Atiahtlc'
IT may not be amiss 10 make Few re-
marks. On the experience or - 80
residence in Oxford four Oh VIII safely
spent as an undergraduate, can ss, SILL,
a ffirm that there is no more drullk.i -
among the und' rsraduates OF OXioIu w"
among any other body OF E;nghSEE, ,,r,be -.
more / venture to say that not only III, IN
morality of the university. but me q, Publ ,d
srect is inestimably better than II was w
years ago. ] have this on the a'ltnor:iF
of n very old resident who died QUITE r.
Gently. This gentleman said that wren ne
was = boy nearly every tradesman IN IN,
high street was drunk before micdhy' anu
that 2 man W no did not drink was con
sidercd to be nincompo0p '"hateNe'
that might mean. .I,;r
since the Rhodes scholars made thelr
first appearance in oxford have near ara
Of one significant incident. In merry ~, ~
the collie ges it is an old custom LOT tir
second and tfird-year men to entertain
tho freshmen by what is known as n
"Freshers drunk" This orgy Is hela III
the rooms of one OF the 1fesntn' H. w urin
tbo occuDier wishes ii or not. Last WIZ
ter however one of the American RhoueS
freshman was. informed that on r'i
tain evening there would be d h1,tor
held i'm his rooms, 50 that ne ndd petti
nrenare to receive the guests.
The Rhodes man quietly but firmly 'oln
his informer that he pers0nallI ildn ~
..Sr,nis Int that It would not be held
in his rooms The senior looked AT mn
and gasped for such independenGse on m th nf
part of a fresher was almost unh ien t vi
the drunk" committee that nolens vol
cns. the fersher should submit. But when
the eventful evening came ana N"
"drunk" committee visited the freshman
rooms. they were met by an assembly OF
tho friends If that freshman. all Amer
cans tan and muscular, like himseit n, Wnd
than, tn come in. Needless to say. there
was Was no drunk held that evening.
In this manner the Rhodes scholars
have it in their power to exercise an I'M
nro,.inr influence on oxford student life
which will be welcomed by all right-mind-
ed En9lishmen.