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For College Year, °96-7:
H. C. Rosrnson, °53. J. R. SHEFFIELD, 87.
W. W. Skippy 65S. J. A. HARTWELL, 89 S.
C. P. Linpsuey, 75 8. L. S. WELCH, 89,
W. Camp, 80. E. VAN INGEN, "91 8.
W. G. DAGGETT, °80. P. JAY, °92.
EDITOR;
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR,
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NEWS EDITOR,
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New HAveEN, Conn., DECEMBER 3, 1896.
HARVARD AND YALE.
The vote Monday night, on the will-
ingness of the undergraduates to au-
thorize their officers to resume athletic
relations with Harvard, was as em-
phatic as anyone wishing to see this
‘accomplished cculd desire. While
nothing is yet made public as to. the
definite terms of agreement which is
proposed. there is no doubt that it is
now. in the minds and purposes of the
authorities of both Universities to
bring Harvard and Yale again to-
gether in all lines of athletics, and on
as broad and fair and stable a basis
as it is possible to arrange. We
doubt if the two universities have en-
tered into negotiations for any athlet-
ic arrangement with better spirit than
that in which they now undertake
their work. In so far as the separa-
tion has allowed this to come about,
by so much is one’s regret lessened
that these two natural rivals have had
a falling out.
While the undergraduates did not
know definitely what the plan of re-
union was, it was evident that they
did not care what the details were.
Their unanimous vote showed the feel-
ing here towards Harvard, and was
an evidence of the confidence felt in
their various athletic officers, and per-
haps even more so in those older men
whe advise with them _and through
whose offices the present reconcilia-
tion has been made possible.
We believe that, if the Harvard un-
dergraduate body has the opportunity
to express its opinion, its decision will
be as cordially in favor of reunion as
was the decision of this University.
The Harvard Crimson has answered
in kind the expressions of good will
voiced in the News, and everything
seems favorabe for a most propitious
outcome. There has never been any
question about the natural friendship
between Yale and Harvard, and even
at the most disagreeable point of the
late unpleasantness, no sane man
doubted that they must come together
again in a comparatively short time.
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The Faculty of the Worcester Poly-
technic Institute have suspended
twelve men until Christmas for tak-
ing part in the McKinley bonfire on
Flag Day.
THE COACHES,
Newspapers cannot be infallible. No
reasonable “man of a decent disposi-
tion allows himself to get excited
over slight aberrations, almost inev-
itable under all the conditions con-
cerning the gathering, preparation
and printing of the day’s news. It
does seem, however, as if a little more
careful scrutiny of college news would
be worth the while on the part of the
journals which have, in other respects,
reputations for veracity and common
sense.
As a case in point, we notice on the
athletic page of one of the most re-
liable of New York papers, the intel-
ligent suggestion that Yale was not
as successful this year in football, be-
cause there were too many coaches.
The idea certainly does not lack the
merit of novelty, and if the brain out
of which it was evolved is the brain
of a sane man, it is the brain of a
genius. Of course the writer was not
ignorant of his subject and did not
write only to say scmething. Such a
suggestion is inconsiderate. When
the father of this idea completes his
investigation of Yale’s football prob-
lem he ought to indulge in a little rec-
reation.
If anything on the subject of Yale’s
coaching this year is to be said seri- |
ously and sanely, it should be in
commendation of those who were with
the eleven, and who did such splendid
york with the material at hand, and
also in way of regret that more
coaches were not back in the earlier
part of the season. The number of
men who were actually here was per-
haps large for any _ college except
Yale, but here we have learned to ex-
pect, having seen so much of the de-
votion of those men who have helped
to win victories in the past, that a
captain of the eleven should not lack
all the instruction which the best
players of Yale’s past can give. A
coach for every position, and that, too,
a man who had been pre-eminent. in
that position, is not too much for the
development of the best football
eleven. Such a supply of teachers
Yale has had in the past. It has
only been necessary to ask them to
come. They have never wanted any
greater compensation than the satis-
faction of helping to produce the best
eleven of which Yale is capable.
We have already spoken of those
who were here this year, and who
worked hard and worked well. Mr.
Tompkins came up, and it is always
hard for him to leave his business.
Mr. Knapp was frequently over, and
Mr. Willace, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Heffel-
finger, Mr. Bull, Mr. Bliss and Mr.
Beecher were on the field from time to
time, and gave a great deal of help,
and constantly at work in consulta-
tion and as often at actual coaching
as business made it possible, was Mr.
Camp of this city. ‘
And it is not without full apprecia-
tion of the work of all of these that
we say that of all those who returned
to New Haven, the greatest credit is
due and the most gratitude felt
towards Dr. Hartwell, who was con-
stantly with the men for three weeks
before the last game. In this work
his vacation for the year was entirely
used. He has the satisfaction of
knowing that the outcome of the sea-
son does not diminish the high regard
of those who have watched his work
and have known its great value.
And as for the idea that the coaches
interfered with one another, it is sim-
ply ridiculous. There is at least one
department of Yale athletics where all
coaches and all players work in per-
fect harmony, and that is football.
UNIVERSITY CHESS CLUB.
Services of a Coach Obtained.
The Intercollegiate Tournament,
The University Chess Culb has en-
gaged the services of Major Hannam
of New York to coach the team until
the close of the Fall term. Major Han-
nam is one of the best players in New
York, and will not only coach the
team which will enter the Intercollegi-
ate Chess Tournament, but any mem-
bers of the club who apply to him.
The coaching is a new feature, and it
is expected to greatly increase the
strength of the team. Yale has not
heretofore made a very good showing
in the tournament.
The club is in a very prosperous
condition, and many students have
become interested in the game. id
holds weekly meetings, together with
the Whist Club, in the rooms of the
Yale Union in Alumni Hall.
The team of two to enter the Inter-
collegiate Tournament will be chosen
from the winners of the tournament
which is now being heid. The final
round has been reached by the follow-
ing men: F. A. Lehlbach, ’98; S. Gil-
man, °99; W. M. Murdock, ’98 8.; H.
C. Robbins, 99; F. C. Cook, 1900, and
Arvine, ’°98 L. S.
-The Intercollegiate Tournament will
be held at the Columbia Grammar
School, New York, from December 27
to January 3. Princeton, Yale, Har-
vard and Columbia will each enter a
team of two men. A cup donated by
graduates of the four colleges is con-
tested for. Columbia and Harvard
have each won the tournament twice.
Yale’s best showing was in 1894-95,
when she tied for second place with
Princeton.
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The Yale Review.
The Yale Review for November has
a number of particularly timely eco-
nomic discussions. L. G. Powers of
St. Paul writes on “‘Gold and the
Prices of the Products of the Farm;”’
f
“FF. J. Stimson of Boston, on ‘‘Recent
Economics and Social Legislation in
the United States;’? T. N. Carver of
Oberlin College, on the “Shifting of
Taxes,” and Edward Porritt of Farm-
ington, Conn., on ‘‘Recent Legislation
in England.” W. H. Tolman of New
York has a paper on for “A Century
of Improved Housing Efforts by the
New York Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor.” On
the subject of “Bimetallism,”’
President Francis A. Walker
and Professor Farnam are con-
tributors. The editorial comment
touches European ideas of American
polities, and the literature of the re-
cent campaign. The subjects of the
notes are: “The History of the Negro
in the Tmnited States;” “The Negro
Question:” “The Connecticut State
Reformatory;” ‘Alexis’ Monetary Sit-
uation:” “Advanced Study in Polit-
ical Science;” “Insurance Against
Unemployment;”  ‘“Sociallistiic Con-
eresses”’; “Schafer’s ‘Bau und Leben
des Socialen Koerpers’”; and ‘The
Recent Congress of Criminal An-
thropologists.”’
The editors of the Yale Review are
Professors Henry W. Farnam, Arthur
T. Hadley, W. F. Blackman, E. G.
Bourne, John C. Schwab and Irving
Fisher. It is published by Tuttle,
Morehouse & Taylor of. this city.
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In the College Pulpit.
The schedule of preachers for the
present fall term has been announced
as follows:
December 6—Rev. A. H. Merriam, of
Hartford.
December 18—Rev J. H. Twichell, of
Hartford.
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