The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
SUMMER STUDENTS ON A TRIP
TOII UBIt UOMEN t\D 4 FEN
MN 90 TP THE M DSO\.
~ Do NJ They Are Told. wnh No PUSHING
or sho, Ing scholarly calm. the
spirit of the Day DoinEs ~ New
burEh and West Point Lonesome Men

When 200 summer sessionists 81 CO.
luulb.a went On an excursion up the Hud-
-1n Yesterday they showed what higher
s.iucatlou can do Tor mob. They ob"yed
the instructions Of guardsmen. two ticket
CHOPPERS they did rot push nor shove
nor Jost.. they rincomplainingly remained
upon the. sunny. breezeless deck they
did not eat their lunch until lunch time
and they met the trials or dIsappoInt-
r,.nts oT rain and late boats with equa-
nimi,y and philosophical calm.
II was most Iadyliks expedition
There were only twenty-five men ~ the
Columbia contingency Most OF the mas
culinc eNcursIonists retired - the far
stern If the lower deck TO seek the con-
ISOLATION OF cigar and a comfortable
char The youngest Of their number.
flushed with youth and enthusiasm.
walked the top deck with fair coeI.
thereby becoming the cynosure Of neigh
boring 100 pairs Of eyes Two hapless men
war. caught unawares and spent the
greater part Of their journey fetching
chairs and providing comfort for vac,l-
lating fernininry until they found excuse
sufficient 10 take them as far ar as nos
slble
on the Hendrick Hudson who were no.
from MorninEsId" Heights one could
not mistake IN" Cnlumbians This was
not only because If the hin. and whit.
tags tut because Of the academic a,-
n osphsrc that surrounded them Thos..
who werp not discussing the RELATIVE.
merits NJ Hudsop Rhine and Nile. wer.
delVInR into IN" pages Of lh~-n and th.,
like In IN" row sat group reviewing
a chapter IN a textbook and in another
corner sIi section ~ the Browning
lass IN an extra saturday morning
session
The-. outward signs Of erudiiion were
nothing compared with the scholarly
attitude with which the sessionists az
arined tn" Washington HEADQUARTERS
AZ NawburRh In fact they werc th.
cream 81 scholars VIM walked an ,b,.
hill 10 view the Revolutionary site The
more friNolously inclined had disam-
harked AZ West Point. lur''d by the tales
Il the brass buttons and uniforms 20 N,
found up there As these dezerters took
an early boat horne the rest were led tn
wonder whether the threatening rain or
disappointment in what they had found
AZ th" Military Academy had driven them
TO Il
The number 81 scholars nt Newhuryh
b"ing too great Tor the personal conduct
II Prof l"pnidas " Crawford. who has
charge II III" excursions for the uniycr.
slty. he let them roam about hy them.
selves Thus they ss,'med , en- Joy They
fell upon the historical documents with
gle. they took out note books and ;enTiIs
and copied IN" names On tombstn ones
tablets and monuments The student. IN
house furnishing made diagrams ~ tho
rooms and those IN costume design made.
mental and graphic notes 81 the hand
embroidery IN an empire gown worn law
a certain Mrs Chrl-tophrrs at am Officers
ball in 1850
But the biggest crowd was down in the
euro shop signing the guest book
-Ncr" uS.d o. registering. said
one oI the visitors. that We came hes.
cut of habit
On III" return trip. true 10 his mann.
Storm hing stirred up a lively howe
tut tulN did not deter tho students fr,,r.
discriminating al West Point. ut Wh.u {. =.