Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07
Continued From Third Page,)

Continued From Third Page)
It should be memorial to heroism, not
hatred
whether this revolt on their part will
get the three German names into the
chapel remains to be seen. But 1t was
interesting, meanwhile. to note that out
at Cornell the undergraduates heard OF
the revolt and took look at their own
memorial, discovering that 1t did not
contain the name Of the one Cornell
German. So they, too, began to cru
SADIE for an inclusive memorial which
would not perpetuate hatred.
Before the memorial was dedicated
two weeks ago it was announced that 1t
was intended for those who gave their
lives for America and her allies, and
that separate memorial would be
erected to the German soldier.
Accept With Reservations.
When the house plane was sprung on
Harvard nobody knew much about 1t,
and on the whole undergraduates were
willing to try the experiment. Two Of
the houses have been in operation this
wear. The others will be next. The
undergraduates have accepted them
with reservations They have not hest
tated to make plain what those reserva-
lions are. First is the cost OF rooms.
A freshman dormitory is to be house
next year. A freshman, wishing to re-
tain his room next Autumn, was
amazed at the jump in price. so he
went to the head of the new house and
asked:
Sir, how much does an evonymus
plant coSt?"
"Why?" said the astonished professor.
well. sir, 1 have a room in Gore
Hall It's a nice room. I'd like to keep
it. But next year it's going to be in
John winthrop House, and it's going to
cost a hundred dollars more, and all
they've done Is to plant an evonymus
vine under the window. How much does
an evonynlus vine costa"
Hit Real Estate Racket"
This story is printed in the under
graduate department OF the Harvard
Graduates Magazine, and the under
graduate narrator speaks of the real
estate racket" in connection with Har-
wards new houses. Indeed the senti-
ment is rapidly growing at Harvard that
under the new house plan, as at present
managed, costs are going to be prohib1-
tive for all but the sons of the well-to-
do. in spite of self-help, scholarships
and the like. Hundreds Of undergrad
yates are not the carefree spenders OF
college fiction, but serious boys who are
on a budget, who know what sacrifices
are being made at home to educate them,
often who have to make sacrifices them
selves. And when they see a philan-
thropist giving millions to their college,
raising beautiful buildings fitted up
with baronial luxury and at the same
time making it financially more and
more difficult for them to attend that
college, they take quite different atti-
tude toward new buildings and baronial
luxury from the attitude of the old
grad who boasts how the college is
growing.
Another thing which doesn't please
certain undergraduates in the house
plan, it is evident from their printed
comment, is the invitations sent out by
one of the house masters, reading:
Mr.. and Mrs.
Request the pleasure of your company
at tea" etc.
There are so few interesting titles
in the United States!" exclaims an un-
dergraduate. And he goes on to say:
I'm the classical calm of Lowell House.
of course, Is the inner sanctum of the
oxford movement in Harvard Univer-
sity, which to me is the abomination Of
denominations. If it had confined itself
to summoning undergraduates in alpha
betical order to the awful condescen-
sions of their dons, in high table assem-
bed once a week, it would have been
well enough. but it has taken, too, to
high tea cum debItartss."
Take on Pose Of Boredom
OF course, if you listen among COL
legiats people nowadays you will fire.
quently hear the charge that the under
graduates at present have dropped the
flaming youth pose and have taken on
a pose of boredom and indifference.
The famous Harvard indifference" has