MR. ROOSEVELT’S LECTURE.
An Entertaining Speaker Before the
' @Oivil Service Reform Club.
The first lecture of the year before
the Yale Civil Service Refcrm Club
was delivered in the College Street
Hall on Wednesday, December 2, by
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt of New York ©
City. The attendance was very large
and the interest in the speaker’s “re-
marks was held at a high pitch. The
commencement of this lecture course
was thus auspiciously accomplished.
Professor H. W. Farnam introduced
Mr. Roosevelt, who was a graduate
of Harvard in the class of 1880, by
mentioning in brief some of the events
in his busy life.
Mr. Roosevelt began his speech by
expressing his pleasure at the recon-
ciliation about to be effected between
Yale and Harvard. His remarks were
very well calculated and were enthusi-
astically received by his audience.
In regard to Civil Service Reform
Movements he was most fitted to
speak of its success in the Police De-
partment. He contrasted the method
of appointment of policemen under the
old regime with the arrangement now
in operation. A few years back the
appointments were obtained by open
bribery or through a political pull. A
man who had influence in a certain
locality, by swearing allegiance to the
influencial members of the Police
Department stood a very good chance
of obtaining an appointment.
The present method of supplying the
force with new men includes a phy-
sical and educational examination, be-
sides a recommendation regarding the
candidate’s moral character and Yrep-
utation, made by reputable men of his
locality. In this way the aim is made
to obtain just the men for the work,
who are the most fitted to serve. Some
amusing answers made by candidates
for the police force seemed to show
that such very simple examinations
were really necessary in order to ob-
tain competent men.
In the appointment of policemen to-
day political and religious prejudices
have no influence whatever. It makes
no difference what a policeman’s ideas
are on these subjects, as long as he
discharges his duties efficiently aS a
guarder of the peace.
The system of promotions in the
force has also undergone a thorough
reform. Mr. Roosevelt cited the case
of a policeman who had served twenty-
one years on the force and in that
time had saved twenty-five lives at the
risk of his own. He had also received
medals for exceptional bravery and
gallantry. This man had nevertheless
been overlooked and did not receive
any promotion in acknowledgement of
his services until he again saved a life
and came to Mr. Roosevelt's special
notice. Men on the force are how in-
stigated to good work by the hope of
promotions, which are given as justly
as possible.
Mr. Roosevelt’s remarks during the
entire lecture were directed towards a
refutation of the charges made by his
opponents that his reform was not
“practical.” He spoke in a very in-
teresting and entertaining manner, not
only by virtue of \the nature of his
subject, but also from his own way of
treating it and talking to his audience.
He closed with a strong appeal to the
Yale students to take an interest in
the Civil Service Reform in all its
branches and to work towards its fur-
ther development and success.
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University Club Elections.
Elections to the University Club have
been given to the following men, this
Fall: BE. L. Batterman ’97 L. 8., Wil-
liam Hart ’97, Fred E. Williamson 798,
R. S. Hume, '98, C. E. Thomas ’97, J.
M. Woolsey ’98, G. S. Cowan ’98, L. M.
Williams ’98, A. C. Ledyard ’98, E. C.
Perkins ’98, R. S. Van Beuren ’97,. The
following men have handed in their
resignation: McK. Boyle ’97, Harry
Nolan ’97, G. S. Haydock ’97, C. Chad-
wick ’97, H. Keator ’97, G. W. Updike
97, J. B. Tytus ’97, and C. Bement
"97S.
YALE ALU Sees
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Base Ball Winter Practice.
The regular Winter baseball prac-
tice in the cage will commence as in
former years about the middle of
February, the first work being done
by the batteries of the Freshman and
University nines. Then the Freshman
candidates will be given a due amount
of coaching and later the University
men will be called out. The Fresi-
man practice will consist of handling
grounders and fielding to first base,
and also of sliding bases.
A number of alterations will be made
in the cage before practice begins.
Heretofore the netting aiong the s.des
has been hung directly from the Cc
ter of the roof to the bottom of eaca
wall. With this arrangement the play-
ers were accustomed to catch tei.
hands or fingers while making a throw
and thus were likely to sustain seri-
ous sprains or other injuries. This
netting has now been hooked up at
the heighth of ten feet from tne
ground and much greater freedom is
obtained.
The glass in the roof will also be
replenished and a better heating ap-
paratus provided.
The idea is also being considered of
placing more material, probably
gravel, on the floor in order to make
it more soft and level and prevent the
usual dampness caused by the thawing
outside.
At the Field the work on the dia-
mond has been completed and two
hundred and fitty doliors in all has
been expended in the improvements.
The places in the outfield which had
been worn bare have been resodded
and the field placed in very good con-
dition. The points at the bases and
home plate have been made more
plain by replenishing the sods. All the
bleachers will be placed in their usual —
positions around the diamond betore
the spring practice commences, Next
year more work on the field will be™
done and it is thought that it will
then be in nearly perfect condition.
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A Retort from Brown.
LThe Brunonian,]
Some little indignation has been
manifested by Brown students over
the statement in last Sunday’s Bos-
ton Globe by a writer who makes up
an All-America football eleven, to
the effect that “Fultz of Brown would
make an excellent third substitute
halt-back,” a Princeton man being
given the coveted first position. The
double column scare-head, ‘‘Not a
Single Yale Man,’ which labels the
article in question, is a pretty good
index of the spirit in which it Was
written, and it is perfectly evident
that the author, having strongly in
mind Harvard’s old motto, “To -—-—
with Yale,’ filled up his space with
the glorifications of Harvard and
Princeton as his principal object. Now
these little mutual admiration parties
are very pleasant for those concerned
in them, and we have no doubt that
the Globe’s article was received with
a great deal of complacency by the
Harvard sympathizers for whom it
was intended. To please its readers is
a successful newspaper’s first care,
and no one will deny that the Globe
is a Successful newspaper. ‘
At the same time we will remark,
without entering into a detailed dis-
cussion of the Globe’s article, that
other writers of equally good or even
better authority, have given ‘Yale’s
fourth-rate eleven” no less than four
men on the All-America team, while
mighty Harvard has to content her-
self with two. As © to... “Pulte -oft
Brown,”’ that gentlemaim seems abund-
antly able to take care of himself, and
we have no doubt that public opinion
will give him the place which his won-
derful record during the past season
has won, without any assistance from
either the Brunonian or the Boston
Globe.
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The Hamilton Court Building Com-
pany of New York City has a piece of
property for the purpose of erecting a
dormitory to be presented to Columbia
College. The property lies between
12ist and 122nd streets and has a
frontage of 200 feet on Amsterdam
Avenue. The price paid was about
$200,000. The dormitory will probably
cost $1,000,000. |
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CLASS ORGANIZATION,
Lots of it Missing in Scientific School
Classes.
In correspondence with the secre-
taries of the different classes and in
the various efforts to gather the
news of the Yale family, the Weekly
has found, naturally enough, a great
difference in the interest of differ-
ent classes and much difficulty in
many cases in securing any reliable
information. Sometimes there seems
to be no class organization at all, and
it is invariably the rule that the
members of such a class, generally
speaking, show the least interest in
Yale matters, and are hardest to reach,
reach.
As the devotion of Yale alumni to
their alma mater is a very conspicu-
ous feature of Yale life and as this
very valuable trait is almost impossi-
ble, without proper organization, by
which it can be stimulated and
through which it can assert itself, the
Weekly has been tempted to look
into the records of the last thirty
years in both the Academic and Scien-
tific departments. Generally speaking
the Academic classes are organized
and hold reunions and this is to be
assumed, where there is nothing said
to the contrary. The older classes
which are not mentioned almost in-
variably hold their reunions with
regularity and enthusiasm, even when
the possible attendance is very small.
COLLEGE CLASSES.
The Class of ’67 has held all of its
six reunions in regular order and out
of the eighty living members of the
Class an average of forty-six have at-
tended reunions, while at the Vigin-
87, fifty-four men were
present. The ‘Trigintennial reunion
will be held this Spring.
Sixty-eight with Professor H. P.
Wright for its Secretary, has never
failed to hold successful reunions and
there are only fourteen members of
the Class who have not attended some
one of the six reunions.
Sixty-nine has had six different
Class Secretaries, but all have con-
ducted the reunions regularly. The
Classes of ’70, *71 and ’72 have all fol-
lowed in perfect regularity.
Seventy-three has, in addition to the
Class Secretary, a Class Treasurer, an
unusual office among the College
Classes. Seventy-three has had four
Secretaries, has published four class
books and six address lists.
Seventy-four has been in all respects
regular and its present Secretary has
filled that position since graduation.
Seventy-five has recently changed
its Secretary, Newell Martin being
chosen to take the place of Charles
Robinson Smith, resigned.
Seventy-six had a Treasurer, as ‘73,
but in 1891 this office was joined to
that of Secretary.
Seventy-eight has proved itself a
particularly loyal Class. All reunions
have had large attendance, and ev-
ery year at Commencement Week an
informal meeting of its members pres-
ent occurs.
Seventy-nine had eighty-four mem-
bers at its triennial but seems to have
dropped off in its attendance more
recently.
From ’80 on, all Classes seem to
have followed the regular routine with
little variety. Highty-six has recent-
ly changed its Secretary, Judson Ss.
Dutcher being elected in place of Mr.
Chauncey W. Goodrich, resigned.
From ’90-’96 the men chosen for
Class Secretaries have been residents
of New Haven, while from ’67-’89,
seven only are from this city. This
shows that the policy of choosing
Secretaries resident here is of recent
origin but its wisdom is obvious. New
Haven Secretaries are necessarily
placed in closer touch with the Col-
lege than the others and most of the
Classes with enviable records have
their Secretaries resident at or in
close vicinity to New Haven.
Another noticeable fact is that the
only permanent officer in College
Classes, with very few exceptions, is
the Class Secretary. This is not the
case with the Sheffield Classes, most
posed of a scattered body of men.
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For lounging and the bath, $5.00 to $20.00
Blankets and Bath Slippers $1.00.
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English Neckwear, from
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Mackintoshes in Stock and to Special measure.
Party and Reception Outfits
a Specialty.
CHASE & CO.,
New Haven House Building.
of which have a President, Vice Pres-
ident, Secretary and Treasurer.
SHEFFIELD CLASSES.
Class formation is a more recent
idea in the Sheffield School than in the
College and hence many irregularities
in Class reunions have occurred.
At the triennial dinner of ’77S5., only
five members of the Class were pres-
ent. Owing to this lack of interest
shown by the Class and also because
of an intended departure from New
Haven, the Secretary, Bruce Fenn, re-
signed. Since then the Class has held
no reunions.
The class of ’78S., has been com-
Its
Secretary, Charles S. Churchill, is res-
ident at Roanoke, Va. Although no
reunions have been held, Class organi-
zation has not been abandoned. Ar-
rangements are now being made to
hold a vigintennial reunion in ’98.
The Classes of ’79S., and ’80S5., have
both been regular in reunions, while
’*81S., has held all but the sexennial,
which was omitted.
The Class of ;’82S., has been reg-
ular and will hold its quindecennial
this Spring.
Only one reunion has been held by
783S., the decennial in ’93, at whicn 21
members were present.
. Of the Classes of ’87S., and ’8958.,
nothing can be heard. They have, ap-
parently, no Class Secretaries and no
mention of their organization Occurs
in the records in the University.
Ninety Scientific has recently chang-
ed its Secretary, Harry G. Day of New
Haven taking the place of Dr. Alex-
ander W. Evans. This Class held its
first reunion in ’94 and its sexennial
regularly.
From ’91S. on the Classes are reg-
ular, but the Secretaries are not from
New Haven.
From ’778.-’95S., only eight Secre-
taries are from this city.
In comparing the lists, the Sheffield
Classes seem less successful than the
College Classes for several distinct
reasons, some of which are avoid-
able. Their method of organization is
irregular and therefore unreliable.
Few Class books are published, and
none of these are placed in the Uni-
versity Library. More Secretaries re-
side at a considerable distance from
New Haven.
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Princeton’s Comment.
[The Princetonian.]
The prospective resumption of ath-
letic relations between Yale and. Har-
vard gives great pleasure to all who
have the best interests of intercollegi-
ate athletics at heart. That
the two Universities should
have fallen out was deep-
ly regretted, and news of a reconcil-
iation . would be gladly received at
Princeton. We trust that the negotia-
tions now under way may result suc-
cessfully.
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David L. Fultz, ’98, has been elected
Captain of the Brown University
eleven for next season.
At Princeton only those men who
play in the Harvard and Yale foot-
ball games are entitled to wear a Uni-
versity ‘‘P.”
