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New Haven, Conn., NOVEMBER 12, 1896.
UNDERGRADUATE FINANCES.
There are not as many texts now,
as there once were, in the report of
any one of the University Athletic
Associations. Time was, when it was
not possible to run the eye down the
table of expense—provided that table
was a complete and simple record of
the year’s outlay—without. being
amused, or growing thoughtful and
perhaps a little excited over the
~ superiority to the restraints
of the commonest barriers of economy,
which seemed to have pervaded the
business management of the year.
There was something perhaps refresh-
ing to the disinterested reader in that
utter indifference to the common
measure of value of money, but the
thought did not rest as easily on the
minds of those who had to submit to
the taxes or the prices by which the
treasury was filled.
There are different reasons for the
present improvement. Intercollegiate
athletics, grown suddenly to great
proportions, came under the public eye
and the official eye of Faculties, and.
the business managements of the dif-
ferent associations came to be looked
on by the students themselves as mat-
ters of more concern. More care was
taken in the choice of officers and
here at Yale the office of assistant
manager was created, and by this
means a degree of continuity in the
system of management was _ estab-
lished. There is no doubt that this
has helped the different associations
to avoid some of the most glaring er-
rors of high prices and unfavorable
contracts.
Another means of improvement here
has been found in the Financial
Union. This organization exercises no
direct, restraining influence over the
expenditures, and in general its sphere
seems to be only to provide a dis-
bursing officer. The Treasurer of the
Union, a graduate, pays the bills
which the respective undergraduate
officers contract. When there is a
surplus in any association’s account,
its disposition depends on the vote of
the Presidents of the four associations,
It may be used to meet the deficiency
WAT IH VAT Ue I
in the revenues of another member
of the Union, or it may go to some
such object as the lifting of the debt
on the Yale Field or to the Gym-
nasium fund.
As loose as this organization is,
there is no doubt that it has accom-
plished much in the way of economy
and businesslike methods in the dif-
ferent associations. The mere fact of
the association of the different man-
agements suggest the common in-
terests and tends to repress the ex-
travagance of one, for the good of all.
Conferences of the Presidents and
consultations with the Treasurer of
the Union suggest means of saving or
making money, while prompt remit-
tance and cash discounts form not a
small feature of the improvements.
Tradesmen know that they are deal-
ing with a business organization, and
not with those whose chief interest is
the issue of a_ particular athletic
struggle and whose recklessness in
the employment of means is their
chief business characteristic.
But the improvement has only just
begun in undergraduate finances.
They are not yet on a business basis;
they are far from it. There is too lit-
tle provision for the future; there is
little or no aid from experience; there
is the use of very large sums of mon-
ey by those who do not know its value
and who cannot, from their surround-
ings and their environment all their
life, be expect2d to know its value.
Yale is very sensitive on the sub-
ject of undergraduate control of the
affairs of undergraduates. The un-
dergraduates altogether disapprove of
graduate control. They want advice
on the larger affairs and are general-
ly perfectly willing to follow it, when
it is sound. They are ready to be led;
they don’t want to be coerced. They
will go to an extreme in resisting a
change that takes any part of the con-
trol from them.
The general position is sound as a
rule, but there is danger in carrying
it too far. It is one thing to decide
whether or not to enter into an ath-
letic alliance with this or that univer-
sity; it is quite another thing to buy
in the cheapest market or to make
the most favorable contract, with
those who are making contracts from
morn till eve, three hundred and thir-
teen days in the year. It may be
proper that the choice of grounds
and the method of disposing of tick-
ets be decided by students. That
would not prevent the use of the ex-
perience and judgment of a mature
business man in arranging the terms
of lease and the methods of fitting
out the grounds from year to year.
And athletic managements are not
the only things. Any enterprise that
requires the handling of large sums
of money, and the art of buying and
selling at best advantage, calls for
the aid of experience. The manage-
ment of the University musical clubs,
and of such an affair as the Junior
Promenade would be immensely ben-
efited by the services of a treasurer,
who knew the situation perfectly, and
who would at least have the right to
advise as to the best means of secur-
ing the end in view.
It would not be necessary to grant
large powers to such an official, who
might act for all the various interests
we have named. And there would be
no necessity of materially curtailing
the rights or powers of the direct rep-
resentatives of the undergraduates.
This would not be necessary in order
to secure the benefits of experience
and of a continuity of system.
W Ee RLY
We can not see why some move in
this direction is not a necessity of the
near future. People are _ tolerating
less and less any system or institu-
tion that wastes money. The per-
sonnel of the various undergraduate
managements ha been unusually
good in nearly all cases for a number
of years, but the best men can not
atone for an imperfect system.
ad EE eS
The Bachelor of Arts, which has an
accurate eye for the affairs of a uni-
versity, has been looking around Yale
ard is again impressed with the folly
of the supposed plan of removing all
the buildings of the old Brick Row.
“Hyen the beautiful Vanderbilt Hall,”
it truthfully says, ‘‘cannot take the
place of old South Middle.”
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Mr. Troup Wants Revenge.
[New Haven Union.]
The following letter has been Sent
to the president of Yale University:
To the President and Faculty of Yale
College:
Gentlemen—On the 24th day of Sep-
tember, 1896, at a public meeting upon
the New Haven Green, the Hon. Wil-
liam J. Bryan of Nebraska, then can-
didate of the Democratic party for
President of the United States, was
present and attempted to address the
citizens of Connecticut.
It is a matter to be regretted that
a body of Yale students attending
said meeting became disturbers of the
public peace, and by riotous and of-
fensive conduct, interfered with the
right of free speech and openly insult- —
ed the speaker. It is unnecesary to al-
lege more specifically, facts which were
given national notoriety through the
public press.
We believe that slight investigation
will disclose the fact that the miscon-
duct referred to was the result of de-
liberate preparation and premedita-
tion, and that the outrage was plan-
ned in one of the saloons of the city
habitually. frequented by the young
“sentlemen” under your charge.
We refrained from calling your at-
tention to the matter during the con-
tinuance of the campaign, fearing that
agitation concerning it might encour-
age active resentment on the part. of
persons aggrieved by the insult which
had been perpetrated, and tend to pro-
mote further and more _— serious
breaches of the peace.
We have noticed with surprise that
no action on your part has been taken,
and that no expressions of disapproval
even, has been made public by the
officials of the College.
Believing that continued silence and
inactivity on your part might be in-
terpreted as indicating your approval
of the conduct of the students under
your charge, we now bring the matter
to your attention, trusting that such
action will be taken as is consistent
with your duty as gentlemen and offi-
cers of the College.
Very respectfully yours,
ALEXANDER TROUP,
Chairman Dem. State Com.
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Something Ought to be Done.
[Mr. Bromley in New York Tribune ]
President Dwight-is in Europe, but
even in his absence something certain-
ly ought to be done, if only to show
an appreciation of Mr. Troup’s deep
interest in University affairs. More-
over, Mr. Troup may not always be in
so amiable a mood as he appears in
this communication. Indeed, in an in-
terview subsequent to the publication
he is reported to have said that ves bd
the decision of the Faculty was not
satisfactory, he would present the
matter before the next meeting of the
Central Committee of his party with
a view of having it brought up in the
courts.” ‘What the effect of that
would be no man can tell. It pre-
sents to the Faculty a very serious
question. And we venture to express
the hepe that the Faculty will not as
a body answer Mr. Troup in the lan-
euage of that eminent Democratic
statesman, the Hon. Roger Q. Mills,
who, when addressing a New Haven
audience some years ago, in reply to a
respectful question from one of his
auditors, answered promptly: “Oh,
go soak your head!” That wouldn’t
be right.
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