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WEEKLY
YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.
Published ocery Thursday during the College Terms
and conducted by a Graduate itor and Associate
Haitor, and Assistants from the Board of Editors a
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ADVISORY BOARD.
For College Year, ’96-7:
H. C. ROBINSON, °53. J. R. SHEFFIELD, °87,
W. W. Skippy, ‘65S. J. A. HARTWELL, ’89S.
C. P. Linpsiey, 75S. L. 8S. Wrexcon, ’89.
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EDITOR,
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR,
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NEWS EDITOR,
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NEw HAVEN, CONN., FEBRUARY 11, 1897,
INTERESTING FIGURES.
Busy men do not find time for a
study of statistics, but there are some
published in this issue of the Weekly
which are condensed to a small and
convenient form and which will not be
overlooked by the thoughtful friends
of Yiale, They show, as well as figures
can, the fundamental educational sys-
tem of the University. There are dif-
ferent systems of education, and their
comparative values occasion a lively
and not unprofitable controversy. Yale
is the great example of a conservative
academic education, and Harvard the
great example of the most radical
American ideas in this line. A very
concise comparison of the different
bases of these two educational sgsys-
tems is given in the figures on the
courses taken in both institutions.
POSTALS TO ALUMNI.
A postal has been returned to this
office, with a request for information:
as to its object and authority, which
contained the following message, the
Signature being withheld:
“Dear Sir:—
“I am trying to make up a list of
the doings of Yale graduates since
leaving College. By filling out the re-
turn postal and replying by return
mail, you will greatly oblige,
‘Yours very truly,
We have replied that we don’t know
why this was sent out or by what au-
thority. We are of the opinion that
the postals are altogether without au-
thority. ‘There may be some most
worthy motive in such a communica-
tion” as this. if there is, it should
have been disclesed or intimated in
some way.
In times past, it has been the cus-
tom for those who were in competi-
tion for an editorship on the Yale
News, and whose contributions were
received by the news department of
the Weekly, to sow all Yaledom with
return postal cards) requesting any
and all means of information about
Yale men. While always most anxious
to secure all legitimate information
about Yale graduates, the present Yale
Weekly management has discouraged
as far as possible all such irresponsi-
ble efforts. We hereby serve notice on
Yale alumni that we are not responsi-
ble for any communications sent to
them which do not contain our signa-
ture or endorsement.
We have no desire to close to those
contributing to the News or the Week-
ly any legitimate sources of informa-
tion, but the practice to which Wwe
have referred has become a _ burden-
some and unfair condition of compe-
tition for editorial position, involving
expense which is unjustifiable. It is
also, in its abuse, annoyng to grad-
uates. We shall take even stronger
measures hereafter to prevent it.
We hope that graduates, if less dis-
turbed by postal interrogatories in the
future, will not be less mindful of our
desire to receive from them all in-
formation possible concerning them-
selves, other Yale men and all Yale
matters.
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DEAN BRIGGS ON CHEATING.
Not the least interesting in the very
suggestive report of President Eliot
of Harvard to the Overseers, which in-
cludes the reports to him of the
heads of the departments, is the dis-
cussion by Dean Briggs of the Aca-
demic Department of the means taken
there to crush out the habit of cheat-
ing in examinations. In the report of
the measures taken, the Dean goes in-
to the ethics of the question and meets,
as it seems to us, very squarely the
excuses that are given for those who
insist on helping themselves to a de-
gree by means which are unfair.
reprint his report on this subject en-
tire in this issue of the Weekly. There
is hardly any side of college life to-
day, which affects the character of
students, which is so important.
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By AS.
A MOVE FOR CLEANLINESS,
It is not altogether pleasant to find
that the press of the College thinks it
necessary to institute a campaign
against dirt, but the Yale News con-
tends that such a campaign is neces-
sary, and we very much fear that the
Yale alumni can find no good ground
for attacking its premises. The _ sub-
stance of what the News says is that
college rooms are not well kept, that
men have to resort to the employment
of special sweeps in the _ buildings
where they are allowed, and to special
tips where only the regular employees
of the College are permitted, in order
to secure a fair degree of cleanliness.
The News reproaches students for sub-
mitting to such a situation and encour-
aging it in this way. It is really a
wonder, and it is in a way a reproach
to the student body, that they have
not long before in some formal and
emphatic way brought to the atten-
tion of the authorities the very unfor-
tunate condition of their environment
in this respect.
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PROFESSOR LOUNSBURY’S SPEECH.
Those who read the account of the
Wyoming Valley Alumni Association’s
meeting must have been impressed
with Professor Lounsburily’s appeal
for additions to our library funds.
The appropriation by the Corporation
of the $200,000 recently accruing to the
University or soon to come into its
possession from the estate of the late
Thomas Sloane of New York, is not,
of course, sufficient for the develop-
ment of such a library as Yale’s
Should be. Without investigating too
carefully, we venture to remark that
the income from this fund will, to a
great extent, take the place of Univer-
sity funds that have hitherto been
used for this purpose and will now be
used for other pressing interests of the
institution. It is quite true that a
considerable sum will be at the com-
We-
mand of the library as the result of
this appropriation, but, as we said,
its treasury will be still far from full.
We have printed so many facts and .
figures about this, and comments on
it by those who speak with greatest
authority, that it is not necessary to
go into details and statistics or em-
phasize the importance of the question.
All we ask is that the friends of Yale
will not forget the overshadowing im-
pertance of the library and its actual
needs, when they consider what they
ean do for the University or talk with
those who have some good things in
mind.
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THE YALE NEWS.
The management of Yale’s good daily is
again transferred to the men of a new genera-
tion, and again is it our pleasure to assure
the friends of Yale, that the paper is still in
good hands. The News is alive and it has
courage. Wecongratulate those who have
given it this character. We believe in those
on whom rests the responsibility of strength-
ening and developing this character. There
are radical changes in management, yet to be
made, before the paper becomes all that it
can be.
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A MEXICAN ORGANIZATION.
An Appeal to
Yale Alumni to Form
a Club.
-An enterprising Yale alumnus, Mr.
George B. Massey, of the class of ’95S,
has writen to the Yale Weekly with the
object of forming a Yale Alumni Asso-
ciation of Mexico. It is well known
that there are many Yale alumni in
that country and this act of Mr. Mas-
Sey’s will meet with their unquestioned
approval and hearty cooperation. Mr.
Massey desires the following notice to
appear in the Weekly:
“If those Yale alumni in Mexico, or
any one having knowledge of any such
will communicate with George B. Mas- _
Sey, ‘968., Cindad © Porfirio |. D'az,
Coahuila, Mexico. they ..will, aid
greatly in an attempt to form a Yale
alumni organization in the Republ'c.”’
Yale has alumni associations in all
parts of the United States at present
and the extension of these organiza-
tions into foreign countries will prove
that Yale loyalty is a universal trait in
her graduates.
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A New Racing Enterprise.
A. new class has been organized this
year in the Yale-Corinthian Yacht
Club which has interested a consider-
able number of men, who are unable
to enjoy the advantages of yacht rac-
ing. This is the half-rater class, the
class which proved so popular last
Season at places on Long Island Sound.
During the Fall term a number of
yachting enthusiasts in the WUniver-
sity discussed the formation.of a class
for dory racing. These boats were to
be twenty-two feet six inches over all,
and six feet six inches beam. The
ecst of such a boat, with sails and
rigging complete, was to be $100.
So much interest was taken in the
class and so many men handed jin
orders for boats that the scheme be-
came greatly extended. The mana-
sers found that for the same price,
they could secure a half-rater of the
“Question,” or as more. generally
known, the “cracker box,’ type. As
this boat would be much more able
than a dory, the change of plan was
adopted.
Thirteen orders for these boats have
been received. All the boats are to be
from one design and rigged exactly
alike. The measurements are, over
all twenty-one feet, water line fifteen
feet, beam seven feet, and sail area
»50 square feet.
The boats are to be delivered in New
Haven by April 1! and will be then
handed over to the owrers. From the
first of May until the close of college,
races will-be held every week under
the rules of the Yale-Corinthian
Yacht Club. The Club will furnish a
challenge flag for these races and will
also present a handsome silver cup to
the boat winning the most races. Ags
the boats are to be all from one de-
sign the races will be won through
superiority in seamanship and the
sport for this reason will be the more
interesting.
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In the College Pulpit.
The following preachers will oc-
cupy the College pulpit during the
winter term: .
February 14—Rev. George Gordon,
D. D., pastor of Old Seuth church,
Boston.
February 21—Rev. William K. Hall,
D. D., pastor of First Presbyterian
church of Newburgh, N. Y.
February 28—Rev. Alexander Mc;
Kenzie, pastor of Shepard Memorial
church of Cambridge, Mass.
March %—Rev. Prof. Robert
Thompson, of Philadelphia.
March 14—Rev. Chauncey W. Good-
rich, of Orange, N. J,
March 21—President M. W. Stryker,
of Hamilton College.
March 28—Rev. Henry A. Stimson,
of New York City.
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J. F. King has been secured as the
track coach ty the Leland Stanford,
Jr., University.
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