The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-21
A PRINCE AT HARVARD.
Student with Income Of si2,ooo,ooo a
Year Is Preparing To Rule.

the famed wealth OF Midas pale into
insignificance. Prince Jaisinsrao
Gaikwar, the son OF an Indian Rajah.
is now preparing himself at Harvard
for his future position.
When the Gaikwar of Baroda. sec
ond in Importance among the Rapahs.
visited America two years ago, he was
so pleased with the methods of teach
ing at Harvard that his last word to
President Eliot was that his sons
would be sent to finish their educa'
ton at Cambridge
Accordingly Jaisingrao Gaikwar. ~
years old, elder son OF the RaJah, IS
now installed in a sumptuous suite
of rooms in upper Westmorely Court,
one of the most exclusive outside
dormitories
The heir TO an annual income of $l2,'
600. 900. Prince Gaikwar, as he Is
known. asserts his democracy by a
comparatively modest college exist
ence and an attitude of good fellow
ship which have already made him
popular among Harvard men.
Among the many heirs TO vast for
tunes who have attended Harvard the
future Rajah OF Gaikwar can probab-
ly boast OF the most fabulously veal
thy father
Today the Maharajah's public reve-
nues reach total OF s6.OO0O0O a
year. while his private resources are
said TO bring him as much more.
The education of the young ruler
TO American ways is but step III
the revolution of the Baroda State.
Born OF race which once de.
lighted in most inhuman cruelty, the
Gaikwar of Baroda now seeks TO give
his people the best that modern civil
liZation Of the West has to offer. lie
comes from fighting ancestry, being a
descendant of that great Mahratta
osldier. Damaji Gaikwar. His title
Shamsher Bahadur. was won by that
warrior at the battle OF Bellapore, al
the end Of the seventeenth century
when the imperial army of Delhi was
defeated The title was conferred
by the Shahu Rajah of SAHARA in ad
miration of his bravery
While Prince Jaisingrao has a mum
Der of valuable diamond pins AND
some of the royal jewelry with him a
Harvard. he dresses modestly, seldom
appearing with more than single
jeweled scarf pin or diamond ring
and his clothes do not appear TO b'
more extravagant than those OF many
students of moderate means.
He is fond of the theater and o
the usual freshmen amusements, bu
never allows pleasure TO interfere Will
his college studies.
He declares that American prosper
ity Is the result of one of the mos
equitable forms OF government in tn
world. and he hints that the future
progress of Baroda will owe much e
the example which is held up In THU
country.
While the prince could have half {
dozen automobiles at his command
and enjoy the most sumptuOus luXur
les ever conceived by a college stu
dent. he is entirely averse TO thing
of that sort
Every morning at o'clock he roll
out OF bed In a very plebian mamie
and ducks into his bath in scran
BILE to reach the lecture room befor
roll call.
College he likes. He says that h
enjoys it.
His preparatory studies in Americ
at the Horace Mann school in NeN
| York have already transformed tn
Prince into a typical college youth
whose fluent English and general mar
ner of attire and speech are not great
" different from those of Americans
The present Gaikwar was educate
at the Mabarajas School at Barod;
under the personal supervision an
tuition of F. Eliot, Of the Indian Civ
Service.
The old order has changed and civ
en- place to the new without visibl
commotion. and Baroda now stand
on par with the surrounding BIRTHS
territory. The inhabitants can poir
10 a ruler OF their own race who ha
effected this happy result for then
The Gaikwar has nobly sustained tn
dignitary and character of Indian 70.
atty.
He has not shut himself out frol
his people, but has gone freely anon
his subjects. learning TO know thel
and TO ascertain their wants. Unde
his enlightened rule patronage an
honor have not found their way
any particular class or sect. III
field has been open to all and the di
ferent services have been recruite
from the best material available. tn
highest posts in the Baroda Stat
have been bestowed upon persons I
different races and creed hailing fro
various parts of the country.
The Gaikwar Of Barodas collectiC
OF diamonds. pearls, and other pr
cious stones is considered one Of Il
greatest in the world. In front of u
onemillion-dollar palace where n
Prince will go TO live after leavir
Harvard are mounted four solid go
cannons which required FIVE years Il
construction and weigh 1000 pound
The trappings OF his fathers roy
bullocks are said to have cost 500
coo. The famous Baroda necklac
strung with 200 brilliants, each
large as a hazelnut, is valued at 81.
600. 1000. In the Gaikwar's collaret
! OF 500 diamonds is found the fif
largest diamond in the world. Gale
the Star OF the South. In one roo
. in the royal Baroda palace is a RI
four yards square made Of diamond
rubes and pearls interviewer with q
: golden fabric.-Boston Globe.
, A Clock Savings Bank.
+ One of the recent novelties patent'
is a combined clock and savings ban