Student Life at Cambridge Free and Easy Avers Hamton, New Davidson Scholar--Late Hour Ruling Only Cause for Mishaps

"We can do about as we please concerning our studies in Cambridge," averred C. T. Hamton IL yesterday. Hamton is the holder of a Davidson Scholarship and has just come to this country from the English University. "If we do not like a lecture all we have to do is walk out and try another course," he continued. "The average student spends about three hours a day at classes and studies, while five hours a day spent in the pursuit of knowledge is all that could be asked of any member of the college. In America you are far too pressed for time.

"As regards clothing and behavior, however, we have regulations, whereas you are governed merely by personal taste. The enforcement of the regulation concerning the wearing of caps and gowns is in the hands of the proctor, who always takes two men with him popularly called "bulldogs" to catch any culprits. It is something of a game of hide-and-seek for the bulldogs cannot fine a student unless they catch him off college grounds.

"One night a student on being chased by a proctor and two bulldogs ran to the steps of the nearest college where he was safe. Now it is also a rule that every student must be in his own college by 12 o'clock. Since it was 11 o'clock at the time, the proctor sat down to wait, while the student sat down on the steps, confronting him.

"When the hour struck, the proctor arose and summoned the student off the steps and demanded that he go to his own college. The student bowed respectfully and turning around entered the door of his own college.

"It is necessary for a student to climb in a window if he returns to college after 12 o'clock. Because of this regulation, men are often found in the morning trapped in cellars and coal-bins that they entered unsuspectingly during the small hours."