Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
STUDENT BODY WELL BEHAVED.
Comment on the Demeanor of Local
College Boys.

Although Washington has several coll
reyes and many smaller institutions of
learning within her limits which are well
attended, said member of the faculty of
one of these colleges to a Star reporter. ut
Is matter worthy of more than local note
that the rowdy student and the rows among
students, for which some colleges and towns
are famous, are conspicuous by their alb
sence here.
There are several thousands of students
In this city, but they behave themseIveJ
fnere are no unseemly clashes on the
streets between the different classes of the
several colleges, usually the sophomores or
freshmen. The student body does not try
to do the town up as In some cities, on
festive occasions. There are no disgracefuI
ARRAYS with the police, as was witnessed
only few Gays ago In a New England city,
which resulted in broken heads and many
arrests. Neither do our young men, In the
exuberance of their youth, seize innkeepers
Who may not respond to their desires with
sufficient alacrity. and duck them in our
public fountains, or in some convenient
pond.
Although l lay no claim to Washington
being college town. as the term is COM
monty understood, yet we have three large
universities which compare fayorably with
other institutions of learning in point of at
other comparisons. One might suppose that
our young men would get off on rampages
as are seen elsewhere, and as they do not
/ nave often looked for a reason. Although
educators and the boys themselves for that
matter, may disagree to the true cause.
assuming that 1t may be defined, l have a
theory. and it is this:
Il think that most of our boys enter our
colleges with serious views ahead, and not
merely for the college education as it were
pure and simple. In the larger northern
colleges, especially in two three note
worthy instances the bulk of the students
are the sons of rich men. to whom college
education has not the same meaning that
stepping stone and the means of earning a
livelihood after graduation. To this latter
class of boys there is seriousness cast
over the whole transaction from the be-
ginning to the completion of the course that
is not present with the sons of the we'll
to-do. The problem of the future is viewed
through lens of a different hue, and it cam
not but affect the minds and the actions of
the class to which refer.
Again, great many of our young men
are in the service OF the government In the
various departments In this city. These
young men constitute very steady class of
collegians; it is business with them from
the start. Most of them contemplate an
positions, and an entrance upon their chosen
fields outside of the service. Although some
remain in the service despite their degrees,
great many resign and go elsewhere.
Upon the whole. think that our student
body is one of which the city may feel
proud. On election night. and upon other
similar occasions. calculated to inspire
young with a desire to exercise their
lungs, they make themselves heard upon
Pennsylvania avenue, but / do not recall
any instance within recent years where
they have made themselves either obtrusiye
or obnoxious to our citizens"