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New HAVEN, Conn., DECEMBER 17, 1896.
THE NEXT ISSUE.
The next issue of the Weekly will
be on January 7. In accordance with
custom there will be no issue of the
paper during the Christmas vacation.
The issue on the seventh of January
will be one week earlier than the first
issue of the Winter term in previous
years, and will give one more number
of the Weekly for the year.
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GOOD WORK OF SECRETARIES.
In an article published in the last
issue of the Weekly, on class organi-
zations, it was not attempted to go
pack to the older classes, because, as
hinted in the article, the latter years
furnished better opportunities to com-
pare the two undergraduate depart-
ments of the University, and offered
some few points of variety in class Or-
ganizations and management. It is
taken for granted that practically all
of the classes of the Academic De-
partment are more or less under or-
ganization, and follow out the reg-
ular program of reunions.
It is, however, true that some classes
make particularly good records. They
are made up of men who went out
from Yale with an unusual supply of
enthusiasm for their Alma Mater,
which they have retained until this
day. The Weekly has been reminded
since this article appeav7ed, of the suc-
cess of the Class of Sixty, whoSe re-
unions have been unusually large and
enthusiastic. It was in ’95 that the
last one was held and that brought to-
gether, out of sixty-eight surviving
members, forty-three, while reports
had been received by the Secretary
from every one of the sixty-eight.
Correspondence is kept up by the Sec-
retary, and, in case of death of any
classmate, letters are sent to the fam-
ily and notice to all the members of
the Class.
It is pleasant to refer to such cases
as this, for the more of them, the bet-
ter for Yale. We could wish that ev-
ery class had as active a Secretary as
some classes which could be named
by anyone familiar with alumni his-
tery at Yale, and that all reunions
were as well attended as, for an ex-
ample, the reunions of the Class of
Sixty.
It is a direct gain to the University
to have a well organized and enthu-
siastic class, and the life of every class
after graduation depends very largely
upon the efficiency of its organization.
That is another way of saying that
everything depends upon the Secre-
tary. In fact, the list of good Yale
secretaries is a list of positive Yale
penefactors. May their tribe incrcase!
And may every class, as it graduates,
choose from its number, its most ac~
tive, enthusiastic, avlest and best lo-
cated member, for this Office.
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+ VALE’? VENTURES.
It is with real satisfaction that we
learn of the attitude of Yale football
players towards the proposed trip of
the so-called “Yale Consolidated }oot-
ball Team.’ Such a stand, re-inforced
by a vigorous expression of Yale sen-
timent, graduate and undergraduate,
will repress this habit of using the
name of Yale to carry this, that and
the other irresponsible enterprise. We
trust that the failure of Yale piayers |
to emlist in this last venture will in-
duce the management to change the
name.
It igs no light thing to play thus fast
and loose with the name of Yale, and
because there is no law that prevents
the indiscriminate use of the Univer-
sity’s name to further the success of
any scheme, mercantile, athletic or
literary, the more necessary is the cul-
tivation of a strong spirit against its
appropriation by those who are them-
selves connected with the institution,
and may therefore use it the more
sucessfully, and with more likelihood
of giving a false impression that may
not at all be intended, but is none the
less harmful.
On the recent appearance of a cer-
tain book, whose publishers traveled
successfully througn the advertising
departments of Yale men’s concerns
on the strength of the name, and who,
though not students themselves, rep-
resented themselves thus and secured
thereby a long subscription list for
their work, the Weekly received a
latter from Mr. Albert Lee, of which
the following may, in this connection,
be pertinently repeated:
“No man may plume himself with a.
university ‘Y’ and go unrebuked, but
it would seem as if one might rush in-
to print, with any kind of material,
and advertise his product with the
aame of the College. I dare say there
is no legal way of preventing any one
from publishing “The Yale Faro-Bank-
ers’ Guide,’ or ‘The Yale Drink-Mix-
ers’ Hand-book,’ or ‘The Yale Card-
Sharps’ Vade Mecum,’ but there is an
effective and substantial method of
discouraging speculators from adopt-
ing the revered name of St. Elihu as
a cloak to their ventures. There is
certainly no copyright on the name Of
Yale, but its honor and integrity ine
bookdom should be upheld neverthe-
less; and whereas there is nothing dis-
honorable or disgraceful about this
latest publication which has adver-
tised itself at the expense of Yale, it
is an enterprise which has no legiti-
mate field in our College literature and
one which I feel certain is not in any
way supported or counterbalanced by
the student body.”
In this casel the acutual editoria
work was done by Yale men of high
position, who had been drawn into the
enterprise on misleading representa-
tions, which fact only emphasizes the
need of being ever on guard against
this abuse.
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THE PRINCETON BANQUET.
The banquet at Princeton in cele-
bration of the University’s football
victory was most delightful. It had
more of the spirit in it that should
W Bee KRLY
Characterize the athletic affairs of
university men than most celebrations
of its kind in a good many years. We
regret very much that its very large-
ly extemporaneous nature prevented
us from printing the speech of Mr.
Sheffield on that occasion. This Uni-
versity was represented in a way
Which added to its good name and the
vpinion in which it is held, as we
trust, by its rivals. This is not a
slight result to be attained in a year
vt defeat. We congratulate Prince-
ton on the spirit which her men
Showed on such an occasion, which
made it difficult for one to accept the
Situation in anything but a chivalrous
Spirit.
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CRITICISM OF FUOOLBALL.
Ever since the closing of the footbal:
Season, and particularly since the in-
discriminate contests of Thanksgiving
Day all over the country, there have
been the usual editorial criticism of
the game. These are, in most cases,
based on some exaggerated account of
injury to a player or players in local
games. And these games were gen-
erally between teams not well trained
or disciplined, and the contests were,
not infrequently, ungoverned by prop-
er restriction.
It would be idle to go into the ‘‘facts
and figures” of football. These have
been collected and arrayed in formid-
able if not impregnable barriers
against the continually recurring
criticism from more or less intelligent
sources,
| It is not to be expected that any
game, that is vigorous and requires
careful preparation, can be played
with safety by men who have not
made a very serious business of get-
ting ready for it. In a raw or dis-
torted form it is bound to impress
spectators most unfavorably. We are
not surprised therefore that the game
which becomes more and more popu-
lar each year, which means more and
more games between elevens not well
prepared, draws criticism even in
Such violent form as the introduction
of bills to restrain or forbid the game
in the legislatures of several Western
and southern states. But those who
appreciate the value of the game
need not fear for the sport. Where it
is best understood, it is best appre-
ciated. The St. Louis Republic
touches the heart of the matter in
this closing paragraph of an editorial
on the game. “The Princeton-Yale
game was a hard fought contest, yet
it was marked by perfect courtesy be-
tween the opposing players and was
unmarred by serious accidents. This
record has characterized the playing
of the crack teams for several years,”
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Figures from the New Cata-
logue.
The catalogue of Yale University for
1896-"97 was published on December 15.
The total enrollment as compared
with that of last year is as follows,
this year’s figures being given first:
Total, 2,495, against 2,415; Graduate
School, 227, against 176; Yale College,
1,237, against 1,199; Sheffield Scientific
School, 558, against 584; Art School, 53,
against 46; Department of Music, 76,
against 53; total in Department of
Philosophy and the Arts, 2,146, against
2,058; Divinity School, 104, against 105;
Medical School, 138, against 125; Law
School, 213, against 224.
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Mr. Rodgers’ Election.
[Yale News.]
The News congratulates Mr. Rodgers
upon his election to the football cap-
taincy and wishes to express the opinion
that he is in every way a fit man to ful-
fill the difficult duties of the position at
a critical time in our football history.
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