The New York herald., 1922-07-02
By a 3. A. of 65 Years.

" 'Tts a rest we crave, Just breathing
space,
From the cares and the worries OF men.
And We find IL here in this dear old
place.
Where we all can be boys again"
TT is with some such feeling impeli-
ing them that about this time
- throngs of men Of all ages and
of very varied conditions lately have
been swarming about the various cam
puses that with every passing year
have become dearer and dearer to
them.
Some enthusiasts will have been on
hand early in the morning OF the hrst
OF the days appointed for the celebra-
ton. Finding their respective class
headquarters as yet too lonely, they
will have tried TO kill the time by wan
dering with a feeling Of strangeness
about the academic shades, once so
familiar, gazing wistfully up at the
windows 10 which their noisy hail OF
oh, Billy" or "Ohl Johnny" or "Oh'"
something or other once called fondly
der the tutelage of one OF those now
in authority-one of the new rulers.
that knew not Joseph"-they have
been called upon to admire the beauty
and utility of the new edifices with
which grateful alumni or wealthy ad-
mirers have impressively adorned and
decorated alma mater.
Even while they thus admired their
hearts went out all the more fervently
to those dearly familiar old halls"
with which their happy student days
were so closely associated. and for
which they have special and subtle
sympathy. for, like themselves. 1t
seems as II they too were gradually
being crowded into the past.
Dear to the Heart
Are the Old Buildings
The Harvard authorities were wise
to preserve with such filial care all
those plain old brick buildings. so elo-
quent in themselves of the devotion
and self-denial of the early settlers.
and about which the tendrils of the
affection of their graduates cling so
times enshrining to an extent cher
ished sentiments, can with sufficient
funds always be erected. but the asso-
Citations Of generations attaching to an
ancient college building can never be
| replaced.
But it is not the new masonry or
| architectural acquisitions, nor the ma
terial, or even scholastic advancement
OF their alma mater, that have i'm
| PEELED her sons to flock back in such
numbers. Their main desire is for the
other fellows and to feel the spell of
the old environments. More and more
as the arrivals come faster and faster
their interest centers In the headquar-
ters-no longer lonely. There is an
eager, friendly interest shown by all
In each new corner; there is a rea
heartiness in the greetings-not g
trace of formality; the clergymen for
get to use their accustomed hand.
shake, so eloquent of professional ant
perfunctory personal interest, and ever
the seasoned statesman is forced tC
abandon that get thee past m,
quick" clutch with which he is won
|
once across the threshold of tn,
chosen place all are at one on a com
mon level. The impetuous Democrat,
or Youth once more rules them all.
The Banker has left his country house
the Editor his quills:
The Lawyer has laid aside his briefs
the Doctor has quit his pills"
1t is not Governor This nor Senator
That. His Honor the Judge has mis-
laid his judicial pose. and gladly re-
spends to the old familiar hickman,
Buck" which he once bore 81
proudly when representing the col
lege on it's ball nine.
The air is full of nicknames, anC
weird abbreviations OF the names thai
at their homes are borne by dignifiet
and respected citizens. And the antic.
of them are most unusuali
Wistfui as Stranger
PauSes at the Portal
Ever and anon there comes TO pause
at the portals wistful stranger. The
years have left their heavy marks
upon him, yet there will always be
some who, seeing through the camou-
fage that Time has put about him
recognize the boy. and, before he real
ICES it he is once more a rollicking
youngster with the rest of them. And
1t is good to be there. TO feel again
the pulsing of youthful impulses and
feelings; TO be in the one company
on earth where a man may lay aside
the mask that he has found neces-
sary for self protection in the strug-
giles of life. Here masks are useless