Word: vagabonders
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...without pleasure that the Vagabond arrived in Cambridge a day or so ago. Times and indicia change but the old place seems to be as it always has been. Freshmen still have questions to ask; fond fathers still come to the Crimson offices seeking advice for their yearlings; Weld, Wigglesworth, all the freshmen dormitories are chattering with mother decorators; the Yard once again is buzzing with the seriousness of beginnings; the thought of the tercentenary has not disturbed old John Harvard; a young girl took his picture this morning remarking about his youth. And the happy Sophomores as they enter...
...bless her soul, she felt sory for the Vagabond: the Vagabond living alone in his Tower. Did he have a good bed? A lamp to read by? Was he warm at nights? "Stone walls! You'll catch your death of cold!" She would have him comfortable; yes, and rich. Rugs for his chamber; wood for his fire; drapes for his windows; even a new cloak to wear. But the Vagabond is not sure. Leave his Tower? New Furniture? Strange clothes...
...like him. These walls have sheltered him through many a cold night; for a mere nothing too. They understand each other. Cold at times, yes; but then again the sun rises to the old Tower first before lighting the world below. And that old chair is the Vagabond's true friend and was his father's father's friend. Live in a House and have the maid change and clean and handle the furniture at will? Friends need a friend's care. The Vagabond stays! And this coat: give up a garment which has served so well and so long...
From his sanctum in Dunster the Vagabond hears a voice: College? A convention perhaps; just a necessary caste mark. But then again four years of unique opportunities. A soft-cushioned world to try your wings. All is here: Men from every walk of life; courses in every field. The college is for the student. Success or failure his own responsibility...
...race, director in 20 companies, veteran of eleven blue-water races. Roderick Stephens Jr., who with his brother Olin won the last transatlantic race (1931) in Dorade, was sailing Philip Le Boutilliers new boat, Stormy Weather, designed on the same speedy lines as Dorade. Oldest boat in the race, Vagabond, was manned by Yale undergraduates. In Hamrah, Robert Ames, Boston socialite, was taking his two sons Harry and Richard and a crew of their Harvard classmates...