The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05

ing more and more Of their men and
wishing they could house more, and
we have got to do 1t st we are to OBJ
tain the results we desire. How much q.
does that cost? 1t costa more than you
think. You say: If those dormi- q
tories pay, why don't tile othersT II
you are going to set off a set of boys
by appealing to their sonal ambitions
1t will pay, but II your wish is to T
throw the unknown boys and the boys 3.
from the fashionable boarding schools P
together-the boys from the West and q
the boys from .he East together-if
your wish is to do thdl you cannot,
charge fancy prices. By that do not
mean that you are to charge the same
price. That is not true democracy
True democracy is not that people are
not social equals unless their houses
are all the same value. You have got
to charge low prices, and II you do that
you won't get a price anything like
the price that you could get IL you got
| the value of a social institution. The
freshmen dormitories yield about IA
per cent, but not what Il cost: 20
build them"
| 3 Ancient Dormitories Restored.
DR.. Lowell's campaign to house all
Harvard students in buildings owned
by the university corporation has re-
\ suited in the return Of the seniors to
Holworthy, Hollis and Stoughton-the
three ancient dormitories in the ool-
lege yard. These venerable halls can
not accommodate even all those
seniors who do not live at home. Hol-
| worthy was erected in 1912, Hollis in
! 1868 and Stoughton in 1905. Plumbers
| and renovators did much to make the
| three old brick houses possible OF &C.
| cupancy. And of course each was top
heavy with tradition and history. But
| in this materialistic age the potency Of
tradition and the sentiment that history
begets have lost much lure. To be
wholly disrespectful, Holworthy. Hollis
and Stoughton hold forth nothing
very alluring for that student who
finds study more congenial under con-
ditions considerate of complete crea-
ture comfort.
The business Of making Harvard
completely democratic in the genuine
sense Of that much abused adjective
has been extended to the college clubs
and to college athletics. On Monday,
| ObplcillpSi go IldA u S6oih ~ "ooe
official warfare upon snobbishness
and so-called exclusiveness in its
student clubs. Henceforth the Har-
ward Union comes under the manage
ment of the university corporation.
The college authorities will operate II
as a club for every student. The fees
have been lowered. Attractions have
been added and there will be direct
| IV,a 20
Located near the southeast corner
of the Harvard yard. the Union has
been used for a generation as q place
for class dinners, college rallies, dances
and smokers. 1t has been the social
centre for hundreds Of students The
ownership and management has been
in the hands of a group Of seven tus-
tees. The Union has been operated
under the direction of certain popa-
lar students
Future of the Harvard Union
The Union under the new conditions
will not lose any of it's former charm.
On the contrary, 1t will be conducted
on the order of large city club where
the , expenses of the Individual VIII
be- reduced to a minimum And
utSpllc lle ldCl Ahdb u AVhSAS ~
pected for the first year or so DR..
Lowell thinks that the results will
be we'll worth the extra expenditure
, of college funds.
Further, the time has passed when
social or financial greatness was neces-
a sary to the average athlete IL he
desired a ghost of a chance at the
: crew, the football squad, the basebsp
a team or the track team. OF course
y Harvard has always seen to It that
n football and track gladiators OF
y extraordinary ability but slim purses
did not leave college because they
a lacked tuition fees and so forth and
such powerful youths were not barred
from the teams because they were shy
d on genealogical trees. But the time Ia
e no more when cliques can dictate ath-
o letics.
= Just ten members Of this years foot
il ball squad have applied for outside
d work that they might continue their
IS studies. They are Eddie Casey. han-
T. back; Brown. Noyes. Morrison. Pratt,
o Ryan. Smith and Weatherhead. can
Q. didates for the line, and Johnson and
j. Sweeney. backfield men.