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New Haven, CONN., OCTOBER 10, 1896,
YALE AND THE CLASSICS.
The important event of last week,
the opening of the Classical Club
room with all the ceremonies attend-
ant thereon, the gathering of distin-
guished visitors, and more than all,
the speeches at the formal celebration
at the Chapel, set forth more clearly
than any event, since the report of the
commission of 1827, the position of
Yale on the Classics. Besid=®s that,
these things all set forth just what
the position of Yale ever must be in
the minds of those controlling the
Qlassical Department. ‘Che paper of
Prof. Peck, presented at the Cnapel
exercises, interesting as it is in 1re-
calling the horrible times when stu-
dents did nothing but study Greek
and Latin and Hebrew, and were or-
dered to converse in the Classics, is
even more interesting and signidceant
in its statement of Yale’s present po-
sition and what it is intended its fu-
ture shall be. The paper by |'rof.
Williams, as an endorsement of this
stand, from the Scientific side of the
adds to the weight ind
In read-
University,
importance of the occasion.
ing the account of the affair one will
not overlook what was said about the
position of the rooms of the Classi-
cal Department, in the Duilling which
forms the gateway to the University
grounds, and which dominates all the
surrounding architecture,
Betas Sees! +o ahr. ees
If the choice were forced upon any
friend of Yale of action on the yart
of the University’s students like that
participated in by some at the bryan
meeting on the Green, or of action by
them, either in their student life or
afterwards, like that of 2ertalu ne ws-
paper writers and editors and political
managers, there is no yuestion which
alternative would be accepted. It is
a very bad thing to Le indecorous aad
disrespectful. It is a thousand times
worse thing to lie and to slander. Not
very much removed from these last
named offences are the acts of those —
who are willing to take up the lies of
others, believe and circulate them,
when it is in their power to learn
the truth. |
PHELPS HALL.
The thanks of Yale and Yale’s
friends have frequently been expressed
in the past, for the gift of the Phelps
Gateway. At the exercises attendant
upon the opening of the building, the
feeling of gratitude for the gift was
expressed in a manner that carries
official weight. We are safe in saying
that the family of the distinguished
donor of this property may be assured
that, besides all that has been said,
there is the unspoken gratitude of
thousands of the sons of Yale, who
have already seen this splendid piece
of architecture and of those who shall
look upon it in the years to come.
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SOME DANGER,
We find the following in the Chi-
cazo Dispatch:
“It is now in order fer some enter-
prising newspaper to send a com-
mittee to the Yale Camus for a
study of the types of sivilization.”
It would be in order to suggest
that that commission pe not made up
of any of the original fiction writers
who have treated the country to such
unusual lies on the subject of the
Bryan meeting. Yale patience under
ordinary circumstances will go a great
ways; e. g., the non-resistance of five
or six hundred students, when a
speaker chose to insult their iathers ©
and themselves. In that case, how-
ever, it must be remembered that the
students knew that a cheap tool at
hand was being used by which t9 ap-
peal to certain minds, and were
willing to let such talk go on, hnow-
ing it hurt them least of all. ‘They
had “let themselves off’? (of course
quite inexcusably) and they aid hot
resent the speaker’s choice of tmneans
of “letting himself off.” .
When it comes, however, to a con-
spiracy to defame the University for
the sake of political or other gz2ins,
the affair is not considered quite so
much of a joke. It is easy to smile
at the works of imagination on this
subject, but if those who created and
distributed the original hes could be
met with, we would not yruarantee
that the opportunities of the occasion
would be lost.
es ig ee ce
We are very, very sorry, aS we said
before, that any trouble occurred at
the Bryan meeting, but no one can
deny the friends of Yale such comfort
as that which comes from reading
about themselves. We give them
some solace of this kind to-day, and
shall be able to offer more of a like
kind in another issue. Much of it
adds materially to the gayety of na-
tions.
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In the Collegs Pulpit.
The schedule of preachers for the
present fall term has been announced
as follows:
October 18—Rev. Joseph Anderson,
D. D., of Waterbury,
October 25—Rev. Henry Van Dyke,
D. D., of New York.
November 1—Rev.
Andover,
November 8—Rev, Teunis S, Hamlin,
D. D., of Washington. :
November 15—Rev. John De Pew, of
Norfolk, Conn.
November 22—Rev. Prof. Bacon, Yale
Seminary.
November 29—Rev. H. M. Curtis, D.
D., of Cincinnati.
December 6—Rev. A. H. Merriam, of
Hartford.
December 13—Rev. J. H. Twichell, of
Hartford.
Prof. Harris, of
A VALUABLE GIFT.
Mr. Sears Presents the Library of the
late Dr. Curtius.,
One of the pleasantest events in con-
nection with the opening of the rooms
of the Classical Club, last Friday, was
the announcement by Dr. Keep of Nor-
wich, (Yale ’65) of the gift to tthe Uni-
versity by J. M. Sears, Esq., (Yale ’77)
of the library left by the late dis-
tinguished historian and archaeologist,
Ernst Curtius of Berlin. “his library,
purchased for 20,000 marks, is de-
Clared on the highest authority ‘to be
the most valuable collection of the
kind which has been sold in Germany
Since 1868. The number of volumes
(about 3,500, with many pamphlets)
does not indicate the true importance
of the library. Doubtless many of
these works are already iin our Uni-
versity library, but most of the du-
plicates can be placed to advantage in
the library of the Classical Club. On
the arrival of these books, in a few
weeks, about 5,000 volumes of. philo-
logical works will be gathered in the
rooms on ithe fifth floor of Phelps Hall,
half of these at all times accessible to
the qualified student. The thanks of
Yale scholars are due to Dr. Keep for
his suggestions to Mr. Sears of this
gift of the Curtius Library.
The Classical Club still needs for its
full equipment, however, a permanent
endowment for its library. It needs a
thousands dollars for the immediate
purchase of modern books, especially
English works of reference, and should
have a regular income of $500 for the
purchase of new books, photographs,
casts, etc. as illustrative material.
Apparatus is needed for the most ei-
fective study of the classics as truly
as for chemical researches.
fase asa ont OF 3 oP RIA a
New Graduate Course.
A new graduate course has been of-
fered this year by Dr. Phelps in Sev-
enteenth Century Literature. The
course will consist of a rather minute
study of English Litreature from 1625
to 1660, exclusive of the drama, with
lectures and discussions by the class.
The poetry of Donne, Herbert, Crash-
aw, Herrick, Curen, Guckling, Love-
lace, Waller, Marnell, Vaughan and
others, will be read thoroughly. The
works of Milton will be studied from
the literary, political, and religious
points of view. The social life of the
times will also be examined. At pres-
ent there are i2 graduate students
taking the course.
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A Correction,
[New York Journal.]
Lewis S. Welch, editor of the Yale
Alumni Weekly, writes as follows:
“Please correct an error that crept
into your columns in an interview with
me about the Bryan meeting at New
Haven. The Journal made me say
that ‘personally I do not regret the
trouble.’ I believe that the mistake
was unintentional, and that the word
‘not’ slipped in through an accident.
In talking to your reporter I expressed
my regret at the affair.’’
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On October 31 a book on the sub-
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Camp, ’80, and Lorin F. Deland, of
Harvard, will be published by.Hougt-
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