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NEWS FROM OTHER COLLEGES
HARVARD.
As a means of obtaining better
trained substitutes for the University
nine, Captain Dean of Harvard has
decided to organize
usual second team, a college nine,
which is to have a separate manage- |
ment and will play games with thesev-
eral college teams. In this way more
men will be able to display ther
ability, and it is expected that greater
interest will be shown, for it wil be
to this team that the University nine
will look for substitutes. Formerly
the Faculty would not allow any team,
save the regular University nine to
schedule games at any distance fiom
Cambridge, but this year the objec-
tion has been laid aside and the sec-
ond team has already arranged sev-
eral games.
Chairman Beal, of the Harvard Ath-
letic Committee, has announced the
vote of the Corporation to grant the
petition for the erection of temporary
seats on Holmes Field. There are
two conditions, attached to the vote;
first, that the seats shall be built on
a steel frame work, and second that
they shall be removed by the first of
July of this year. |
Professor Barrett Wendell of Har-
vard, in his speech before the Beacon
Society recently, suggested that some
time in the future Harvard and the
Institute of Technology might com-
bine their forces with mutual benefit.
This same proposition was rade about
twenty-five years ago, but was defeat-
ed and according to President Eliot
there is no reason now why. each
should not continue its independent
existence in perfect amity.
It is thought now that the Corpsra-
tion of Harvard University will not
entirely abolish the old custom of
“scrimmaging for flowers’ about the
“Flower Elm” on Class Day, but that
the main features will be allowed to
remain.--The -Weekly~> may print a
more detailed account of this matter
in a later issue.
PRINCETON.
The Princeton Faculty have recent-
ly adopted a new _ system of-:cuts
which allows the members of the
Senior and Junior classes ten cuts and
eighteen chapel cuts each quarter of
the academic year, and the members
of the Sophomore and Freshman
classes eight cuts and fourteen chapel
cuts for the same period. No excuse
for absence will be received except in
extraordinary cases, and then the ex-
cuses must be offered in person to the
committee on attendance.
A delegation of about twenty men
from the Princeton Sophomore class,
Lrincipally of the Hawk fOihbaey
will attend the inauguration of Presi-
dent McKinley in Washington on
March 4,
COLUMBIA.
The trustees of Columbia have pre-
sented the University with a $500,000
Symnasium, which is to be built im-
mediately on the new sight of the
University, Morningside Heights. The
gymnasium is to be the largest and
best equipped in the country, and is
to be a part of the great University
hall, the entire cost of which is to be
more than $1,000,000. The plans pro-
vide for a hall 170 by 180 feet, with a
ceiling 385 feet high. A running track,
nine laps to the mile and 12 feet
broad, will be suspended above’ the
main floor, which will be entirely free
from obstructions, save for a pillar
in the center of the room which sup-
ports the roof. The swimming pool,
a semi-circle 100 feet in diameter and
10 feet deep, will be built in the base-
ment. It will also serve as a rowing
tank.
At a meeting of the Columbia
Athletic Uuion held last Monday even-
ing it was decided after a somewhat
stormy session to maintain a crew
this year.
in place of the.
President Gilman’s Tribute to
Prot, Dana,
In connection with the service for
university men held in Calvary
church, N. Y. City on Sunday, Janu-
ary 10, a ‘““Yale Day”? was held at the
Situdents Club on Lexington avenue
on the afternoon of the same day.
Over one hundred and fifty college
men were present and listened to an
address by Mr. Daniel C. Gilman, ’52,
president of Johns Hopkins Univer-
silty, on the subject of ‘Reading.’ He
considered that the world of to-day
was astray on the subject of reading,
and expressed himself in part as fol-
lows:
“In the whirl of moédern .civilization
people seem to find little time for
reading and when books are read they
are of the light, ephemeral type, or
such as can be easily carried in one’s
pocket, and read at odd moments,
The habit of reading the big books of
the world seems to have passed away,
By the big books of the world I mean
those that age after age have moulded
the minds of men and the institutions
cf society. To-day it is the number
of books rather than the kind of
literature that the popular mind esti-
mates.
“There are many of these big books,
and some of them are extremely sug-
gestive as well as easily adapted to the
hurry of modern times. Among these
I should name Coleridge’s “Aids to
Reflection,” ‘‘The Life of Bishop West-
cott,”? and the “Memoirs of J. F. D.
Maurice.’’
President Gilman said that there
was great need of a life of Philips
Brooks, and that a full account of his
labors in this country and abroad
would prove a stimulus to the younger
generations. He added that the
wealth of biographies of the present
day was a response to the demands of.
a reading public, and pointed to the
fact that biography reading is con-
stantly becoming more general. “No
cone can estimate the amount to be
gained from the study of the lives of
those men who have succeeded,’’ he
said. —
After . speakine® of the last years of
Darwin’s life and. the fact. that. he lost.
interest in poetry, music and religion,
President Gilman referred to the late
Prof. James D. Dana, of New Haven.
Said he: “There has_ recently been
placed ‘in. -my hands Prof. Dana’s un-
published books, manuscrips, and let
ters. He was almost as- great a
scientist as Darwin, and he gave up as
much of his life to investigation and
study, but with the opposite result.
Just before his death his interest in
roetry and music was as intense as
ever. In 1850 he lamented the fact
that infidelity was so widespread.”
President Gilman closed by saying
that when Prof. Dana’s life was pub-
lished it would prove an exena
character study.
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sheff. Freshman First Division.
The following men of the Scien-
tific Freshman class comprise the first
division in the first section: W. M.
Ames, J. F. Archbold, W. J. Backes,
H. C. Backus, Franklin Ballou, Jr., J.
Is. Bassett, A. M. Bell, H. EH. Board-
man, W McK. Brown, W. H. Buell,
D. P. Cameron, H. S. Canby, C. a:
Carroll, R. G. Church, R. G. Clapp, H.
S. Clark, U. R. Clark, F. S. Coe, C. C.
Conway, G. N. Crouse. Jr, © Zs
Dashiel, H. L. Davis, L. W. Dodd,
Ri J. Donnelly, .J. M. Fiske, Jr., -f:
DeB. Forbes, W. E. Ford, Jr., H. C.
Gause, B. Goodwin, R. M. Graff.
Those in the first division of the
second section are: KE. J. Grant, R. F.
Grant, W. S. Gregory, Dudley Guil-
ford;:E. °B: Harrison, C.. :G.: Hart,
M. Henderson, H. T. Herr, R. J. Hop-
per, H. A. S. Howarth, F. B. Hum-
phreys, J. C. Jefferys, A. de T. Jones,
F. M. Jourdan, W. W. Knight, Clif-
ford Langley, A. W. Morse, H. B.
Moses, W. W. Mursick, H. A. North,
T. A. O’Brien, W. M. Sanders, FE. E.
Seeley, D. W. Wadhams, William
Walker, F. P. Warren, C. E. Weaver,
Samuel Wolfe.
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The New Haven Water Company has
asked the Connecticut legislature for
the power to prohibit whenever it
shall become necessary, the use of
Lake Whitney and Lake Saltonstall
for any purposes, such as boating, etc.
These bodies of water are frequently
used by the Yale Navy for the Spring
and Fall regattas.
WORK OF ATHLETIC TEAMS,
Crew Candidates with Statistics.
Baseball and Track Notes.
During the past week the training
“of the crew candidates has steadily
become more vigorous both in gen-
eral exercise and in rowing in the
tank, in line with the plans made at
the beginning of the season. The num-
ber of candidates for the University
crew is still the same and all have
been rowing daily since Jan. 19. The
- coaching has been done entirely by
Captain Bailey. The outdoor runs
have been made longer and harder
than last year. The men have some-
times run in two squads; the light
men under H. G. Campbell, ’97, and
the heavy men under Captain Bailey.
The training table will begin during
the early part of March, about the
Same time as last year.
The crews were fortunate enough the
first few days of their work to be able
to row upon the harbor. The work
Was done in the light barge and in
pair oars. Since the last cold wave,
however, the harbor has been frozen
Over so that the crews have been con-
fined to tank work.
The first and second crews have
been made up as follows:
First crew—Stroke, D. Rogers; 7,
Griswold; 6, Whitney; 5, Patterson; 4,
Slokovich; 3, Brock; 2, Campbell; 1,
McLaughlin.
The ‘second boat—Stroke, Hewitt; 7,
Marsh; 6, Parkhurst; 5, Cadwalader; 4,
Marvin; 3, Abbott; 2, Wilcox; 1, Wright.
The statistics of the men now in
training are as follows:
Ages W.
G.-P. Baker, ’99, 5:11, 3 22 170
C. W. Abbott, 99, 6 0 19 183%
ao fF. Brock, 1900, 5:0 17 178
Hy G. Campbell, 97, 00H 21 170%
W. E. S. Griswold, ’99, 6:01 20. 165
= D., Hewitt, .’99, 6:00 19 159
oe Ledyard, 198, 6:00: 20 =—s- 160.
A. B. Marvin, ’99, §:11146 -20 158
G. T. Marsh, "98, 6:00 yk 170:
H. Parkhurst, ’98S., 6:00 20 169
D. EF. Rogers, ’98, 6:00 20 164
G. W. SI’k’v’h, 98S, 5:09 21 171%
Ay: ERioWeay, 99, 5310% «= 2Ls«éi1581%
H. B. Wilcox, 798, 6:00 22 156
P. Whitney, ’98, 5:10, 20 175%
T. Wright, ’99, 5:09 19 1
W. W’house, ’99, 6:00, 19 163
S. Patterson, ’97, 6:01 22° 173
P. H. Bailey, 97, 6:00 23 86182
T, A. McGraw, ’98, 5:11 21 160
B. L. Cadwalder, "98, 6:01 21 176
J. Cc. MeLaughlin, ’98, 5:07 22 165
The candidates for the Freshman
crew now number between forty and
fifty and are under the special charge
of J. O. Rodgers, ’98, who does most
of the coaching, aided by Captain
Bailey and J. H. Simpson, ’97. ‘The
training table will not be started un-
til after Easter vacation. The first
crew is rowing as follows: Stroke,
Flint; 7, Greenleaf; 6, Greenway; 5,
Cross; 4, Niedecken; 38, Bell; 2, Jack-
son; 1, Verrill and Patterson.
At present writing Capt. Keator, of
the Baseball nine, has called out for
winter practice only the candidates for
battery positions. These men began
work this week and practice regu-
larly in the cage two days in the
week.
You found about what you
wanted with us while you were
in New Haven. We have just
as good things and better now.
And you can get them, wherever
you are. A great many of your
classmates do. We might men-
tion a lot of good names, but you
know who our customers were.
Well, if you want a string tie
or a wedding outfit, a collar but-
ton, a dressing sack, a blanket
wrap or a dress suit case, drop
us a line. We have, by the
way, something mighty pretty
in colored shirtings for the
spring and summer. You know
our address: —
CHASE & CO.,
New Haven House Building.
The candidates for’ the Track
Athletic team have commenced the
regular Winter training, consisting of
out door runs and indoor practice in
starting. ‘he material so far as Can
be judged at present is good in all
branches except the _ sprints. The
work al present is of course, very light
the object being merely to keep the
men in fairly good condition. No
strict training has been enforced and
the regular training table will not be
started before the later part ,of April.
At the annual Winter games of the
Yale Athletic Association to be held
in conjunction with the Connecticut
National Guard in the Second Regi-
ment armory on Saturday, March 13th
1897, the following open events will be
contested: 50-yard dash, 880-yard run,
one mile walk, 50-yard hurdle, one m.le
run, relay race, putting the 16-pound
shot, running high jump, pole vault.
The events for the Connecticut Na-
tional Guard only will be; 50-yard dash,
relay races, boxing—heavy, m.dale and
light-weight. Handsome prizes will be
given for each event,
The University of Pennsylvania has
been invited to take part in these in-
door games of the Yale Athletic asso-
ciation.
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Comment on Dr. Barnard.
In the “International Review’’
January, 1874 Ray - Palmer
Dr. Henry Barnard:—
“Perhaps no man in the United States
has done aS much to advance, direct, and
consolidate the movement for popular ed-
ucation. In looking back to the com-
mencement of his life-long labors, it
would seem that he must contempiate
with eminent satisfaction the progress of
public sentiment, and the good _ results
already attained, as well as the brighten-
ing prospects for the future. He has
done a work for which his country and
coming generations ought to thank him,
and do honor to his name.’’
for
said of
wer HO Gp
G. P. Elliott has been elected cap-
tain of the Andover football team for
next year.
The Yale Basket Ball team defeated
‘a team from Trinity College in a
game played at the gymnasium last
Thursday evening. The score was 15
to 14.
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