The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-16
COLLEGE MEN ASSA|LED
CHARGED WITH DRINKING TN
MORALITY, EXTRAVAGANCE.
GAMBLING.
Chicago Manufacturer Scores Stu-
dents or Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton And Other Institutions.

Boston, Sept. 11.-Ninety per cent
or the students at Harvard drink in
their freshman year, 95 per cent in
their senior year and Is per cent of
them go irretrievably to the bad, ac-
cordlng to an investigation, report of
which has just been made public nv
K. L. Crane, wealthy manufacturer
Of Chicago.
| The report, which is printed i'm the
current issue Of the Valve World,
owned by Mr.. Crane, describes un-
sparingly student dissipation in Bos-
ton. 1t is fully as much an arraign-
ment Of the municipal government of
Boston that permits such amazing
conditions as it is Of Harvard.
1t is a story of drunkenness. i'm
morality, brawling and the reckless
spending Of money in Boston cafes
that seems almost incredible in con-
nection with the high character of
Americas most noted college.
The remorseless indictment is not
directed against Harvard alone. Co.
lumbia is worse and Yale. Princeton
and Cornell are nearly as bad, 1. is
declared
Not only in the cafes in Boston Is
the dissipation carried on, but in the
clubs in the shadows Of the famous
educational structures.
Mr.. Crane has spent much time
and money investigating college edu-
cation. So bitter is he as a result
that he declares that colleges do
more harm than good. He gives a
large number Of examples and saws
his proof is irrefutable. Clubs at
tht various colleges, and particularly
at Harvard. are said to be nothing
but breeding places Of wrongdoing.
He furnishes list of statistics and
asks readers to draw their own con-
clusions.
Brawls In hotels are, but part .. Of
the training of college youths, asserts
Mr.. Crane, and in a number Of them
the participants have been badly
hurt. Gambling houses are patron
lied, and the amount of money lost
is estimated at a large figure.
| College club life does not appeal to
Mr.. Crane. and in his Investigations
he found that they amounted in the
greater number of cases to nothing
more or less than bar-rooms One of
the Harvard clubs had a wine cellar
that outdid anything in Boston. he
says.
! Mr.. Crane says in his report:
AN outsider can scarcely realize
the amount Of drinking that goes on
in the club rooms Of the college. Ac-
cordingly the percentage which is
found in town must not be taken as
final. Furthermore, Boston, as an
environ of Cambridge. must not be
blamed as the sole cause of the
ruination Of the vast majority of stu
dents. I presume that the same con-
dition Of affairs would exist at col
lege of Harvard's dimensions, regard
less Of it's lcation.
The poolrooms in the square can
hardly be called schools Of crime, al
though many hours during the day
are wasted by the average student of
Harvard. Although it is not general
ly known, l have positive proof that
so much on the spot ball is often the
order Of the day. The man who puts
the Il ball in the designated side
pocket, according to the game, re-
ceives a quarter from each Of the
players"
aid in the investigation and of him
he says:
In response to my question wheth-
er he could not give some idea as to
the percentage of students who car
ried drinking and debauchery to en-
cess he replied as follows:
| AiteI CoHleTTlnS with many
friends in different walks of college
life at Harvard, and after making
numerous observations. and examin-
ing reports. l am able to give YOU the
following estimates, which l believe
nit the nail on the head and should
now put you on sure footing.
L
These figures. l believe, are as
accurate as any figures could be.
snort Of two or three years of the
most painstaking investigation.
ON the Basis OF 100 Students-P. c.
| who drink liquor Of some kind I'm
freshman year. 90
VINO drink liquor OF some kind i'm
| senior wear az