The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-14
OLD ELI TAVERN,
MORY'S, MUST GO
YaIe's Delight Famous Among
American College Resorts.
DEAR TO ALUMNI HEARTS.
Scene of Historic Table Soaring and
Athletic Observation-Disclosures Carrie
Nation Downed Demon Rum, but I'm
consciously Posed In Flashiight of
Bacehanalian Orgy.

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consciously Posed In FlashIight of
Bacchanalian Orgy.
| Mory's, one of the most famous col
lege taverns in the country, known to
Yale men everywhere, is to close its
doors on Sept. /.
No place In New Haven outside of
the university itself has been more
closely associated with the life Of Yale
than Mory's. There the boy from prep
school got his first impression of the
! godIike sophomore In freshman year
one looked forward to the next years
| privilege of being able to go dine at
Mory's; in sophomore year you proudly
took your subfreshman friend for sup
per there-cho with peas and toby
of ale for the guest, scrambled eggs
and sausages and a toby of ale for the
host.
For it was that chop that formed the
immediate secondary function of Mo-
rvs. Mory's is primarily bar-the
Temple Bar. Secondarily, it is house
of chops-of Southdown chops invari-
ably and inseparately accompanied by
sausages and baked potatoes and oe-
casionally by peas.
When Table Soaring Began.
The third material element of Mory' 8
is the table. When the original pro-
prietor in a careless moment allowed
some egotistie youth to prove the folly
of name by inscribing his initials on
the top of the polished table he
wrought far better than he knew, for
the precedent took root, as precedents
will In a tradition worshiping COM
munity, with the result that every sue
eessive owner of decorative initials
tried carving them deep in that brown
surface.
On the walls now hang the original
tables icons for the disciple of Mory's.
Though he can never equal the handi.
craft of his forbears, he can at least
emulate them and try to make the
tables of the present worthy to hang
ON other walls as lesser divinities for
future generations.
Mory's stands at the corner Of Tenn
pie and Center streets, one block from
the green. Annually, the night be
fore college opens. it is in full glory.
Trepidating freshmen. shivering at the
| thought Of the s'rush'' to come, are
taken there under the wing Of patron
izing upper class men to have their
bodies nourished and their nerves
steadied before torchlight procession,
wrestling matches and q night Of bolt
ed doors and vengeful sophomores.
The night before the Harvard game
Mory's is crammed to the utmost ca
paeity of its three small rooms. Here
the tavern appears in a new capacity
the center for the entertainment of
out of town guests. The secrecy of
Yale societies prevents that welcome
for which Harvard clubs are famous.
Mory's virtually shares with the Uni
/ versity club, Huebleins' and the Hof-
brau House responsibility for offering
such hospitality.
From time immemorial the Hogans
have been intimately associated with
Mory's. Some time In the dim past the
ip4
make out his bills for him that he
might the more wholly devote himself
to the purveying of rotations. By the
promise Of monthly feast he tempted
d half dozen undergraduates to come
down for this purpose. Thus originat-
ed the "Hogans, !" an election to which
/ club is passed down from year to year
to men of the class below Qualihca-
tons for membership are good fellow
ship, good voice and good digestion.
One Sunday IN every four the Hogans
devote to the virtuous task of auditing
accounts, feasting on choicest yiands
and coneocting such harmony as would
make jealous the glee club quartet.
Carrie Nations Visit.
A few years ago Carrie Nation car
ried a crusade into the very heart of
| New Haven and of course laid siege
to this stronghold OF the enemy. Di-
/ plomacy and strategy combined TO re-
lieve the fortress and battle even the
heroine of Medicine Lodge. Instead of
risking a pitched battle the students
sent out white flag and sued for
i peace before a drop of beer had been
shed. Mrs. Nation dictated as terms
Of peace the signing of the pledge and
the dlscarding Of cigarettes. The stu
dents accepted the terms with meek
ness. They said they had long thought
drinking was bad for them, but had
not had the courage of their conyic-
tions to give 1t up. Cigarettes. too,
now that they really stopped to con-
slider the matter, they realized were the
Invention of the devil The treaty of
peace was signed.
N commemoration of this happy
event the students insisted that Mrs.
Nation be photographed with them.
! She acquiesead. 4 dozen of them es.
corted her to the photograp her's. where
It was explained that good group
picture must be made by fashlight. In
the senidarkness the group mas posed,
Mrs. Nation In the center The fash
light went off, and the picture was
taken.
When the prints appeared next day
Mrs Nation was 7aSpInSoT rrocts3fno