The chronicle=news., 1912-11-07
COLLEGE BOYS IN THEIR
LAIR" ON THE HEIGHTS

ltOluWDIu. new lOIk uuiNsIhity. WY
college. Fordham. Manhattan and
the other higher Institutes OF learn
Ing. New York has often been called
Home OF the College hoy" New
Workers. See him along broadway and
his brother coilcgians from Yale.
Harvard and Princeton. sometimes
making u spectacular splurgc along
the White Way. hut to track tho
college boy to u real college lair"
IN the city Isn't an easy thing to do.
with the exception Of New York uni
vcrsity and Fordham. the uniycrsi-
ties In the city are icigcd In by
u pu rtmcnt houses. Hut one seeking
a real college community In New
York eau find 1t nj New York univcr-
|sity. on University Heights.
There are approximately my
acres OF campus where college atino.
sphere can be found In chunks. a
stranger arriving on the campus
would have difficulty In Imagining
himself In New York. Glass and 80
cicty hats are seen everywhere. and
the students urc not ashamed to 20
to their CLASSES In khaki trousers and
sweaters. Dressing up 10 not u
necessity on University Heights. II
Is the students community and they
are law unto themselves In the
matter OF dress.
College spirit is fostcrcd and bred
In the atmosphere OF the Heights.
And II IL u democratic spirit too.
None OF the clique spirit Is In evil
dcncc. a man IL taken for what he is
and what he does In college. Stu
dents with automobiles can he
counted on the fingers OF one hand.
All this goes to make up the New
York spirit. 1t is shown every after
noon on the football field. where the
squad. followed up and down the side
lines by band OF loyal rootcrs. prac-
tices until dark. There are only 500
odd students In the two schools OF
the university on the Heights, and
from these are chosen practically all
the members OF the athletic teams.
These students support all branches
OF athletics, with the result that he
Violet has won many victories.
College customs are well defined
at New York university. There are
the Ten Dont's for freshmen. which
must be lived up to. To walk on the
grass. smoke on the campus or wear
lond socks or nccktics is forbidden
the first-year men. The ban is also
placed on turncd-up trousers and
hats other than the black skull cap.
with Its long green tasscl. prcscrib-
ed by the sophomores. The latter class
can bed istinguished by It's bright
oolored hat garb. Each class. In fact,
has Its distinctive hat.
Another mandatory rule in the
students code Is that every freshman
be duckcd in the big fountain be-
hind the Hall of Fame. before the
ducking ceremonies the first-year
men are marshaled by the sopho-
morcs' and paraded through the
streets. They are garbed In pajamas
and the sophs keep them In line by
n liberal use OF paddles and sticks.
Follows then the ducking. The
freshman Is forced to sing, deliver
speeches. play animal parts and go
through many other stunts. Then he
Is allotted as many dips in the foun-
tain MS the students think necessary
to wash the freshness out OF his
system. That practically completes
the "horsing'' OF the freshman. Next
year he will have his turn at putting
n new class through the same PAGES.
Then. too. there are the class
scraps" between the two under
and the athletic contests. The
class ginning the greater number OF
victories in the various contests is
pretty sure of being awarded the
college "bun,' when the class hold
Ing 1t is graduated. and passes it |
down. The hun is supposed to typify
The best class In college. and it has
been handed down from class to class
for over twenty years. 1t is jealousy |
guarded by a custodian elected by
the holding class. who keeps it locked
in silver casket. Over this code Of
college rules the faculty keeps al
eye to see that It is not
overdone
Social life. too, is marked fea-
turc Of undergraduate life on Univer-