The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12


lance that they were a James's "Psy-
chology" and a Taussig's Elementary
Economics" And their owner was In
side helping to decide what should be
done with about $126.000.000 and a rail-
road system the Union Pacific had to
dispose Of. or at least trying to under
stand what the rest Of the directors who
had been over this same thing many
weary times were talking about.
It was seven months later. Averell
Hartman. railroad director. had dropped
out Of sight Of Wall Street. while Bill
Hartman, head coach Of the Yale crew.
had been very much in the public gaze
as the sponsor for a new English stroke
that had its tryout at New London in
June. The Union Pacific directors were
again holding almost daily meetings.
Dissolution had been accomplished.
What to do with the proceeds Of selling
$126,000,O00 stock was getting horribly
bOthersome. Wall Street kept spelling
melon" for itself.
And when one day Averell Hartman
was again seen making his unassumng
way into a directors meeting 1t was
the easiest thing in the world for
rumor to CLEAN a little sunshine out of
darkness by having him cut the melon
Romance Is gone from Wall Street in
these prosaic times OF regulation and
public service commissions, But here
was a touch of II, real or make believe,
Young man, inheritor OF Millions he
alone deciding the disposition OF large
sum, while wise elder statesmen Of
finance looked on in awe and wonder
the picture was striking anyhow
In the morning and for n week after
IN The end of September Ayerell Harri-
man t,s, M, Of collage and lately MIC
tured ON n Yale barge shouting orders
IN tho crew through n mepanhone was
seen in tho newsnaners busiIy cutting
rreions ~ from 4, 40 600 600 IN 5000 OOO, :
Ooo oil over tho country 7, was highly
,ntsres,ing ~ ,rue
nm the next dav Avere,, Hartman
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n,,h throurh Yale that IL charmingly
oasv especially when one has millions.
But the big men OF Yale have to fight
their way TO a place OF honor. Young
Hartman looks for the hard thing to
do. So naturally ne chose the road to
the most solid sort of Yale glory, the
kind that comes through struggle. He
came from Groton. famous as sending
Yale more Of its "big men" than any
other school. Hartman schooled him
self not to let his wealth interfere with
Yales best tradition, democracy. He
was consistently what they like in the
colleges to call democratic-had no car
until the spring OF his senior year and
RETAINED from eating at the TAFT with
he unbroken regularity OF other wealthy
men OF his ciass-a thing signincah''
for 1918. ms class the wealthiest ever
known at rae SET up sucf reis" vi
extravaganza at the lart that the iacuity
had 10 issue an oroer asalns. II. -"
ms senior year ne roo'heo IN So"meIu-
cut ran the HOS. an''eh' VI ia'e
uorHilories' lhS'eau Vi 'ne
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