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4 YALE ALUMNI WwWHEKLY YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY, Published every Tauretoyourin the College Terms and conducted by a Graduate Editor and Associate apa and Assistants from the Board of Editors ae YALE DAILY NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION. - $2.50 PER YEAR. Foreign Postage, 85 cents per year. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to the Yale Alumni Weekly. All correspondence should be addressed, Yale Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn. ADVISORY BOARD. For College Year, ’96-7: H. C. Rosrnson, 53. J. R. SHEFFIELD, ‘87, W. W. Skippy, ‘65S. J. A. HARTWELL, °89S. Cc. P. Linpsuey, 75S. L. 8. Wetcn, ’89. W. Camp, 80. EK. VAN INGEN, ‘91 S. W. G. DaaGerr, 80. P. Jay, 92. EDITOR, LEwWIs 8S. WELCH, ’89. ——_—- ASSOCIATE EDITOR, WALTER CAMP, ’80. NEWS EDITOR, GRAHAM SUMNER, ’97. ASSISTANTS, JOHN JAY, °98, H. W. CHAMBERS, ’99. R. W. CHANDLER, 1900. BUSINESS MANAGER, E. J. THOMPSON, Sp. (Office, Room 6, White Hall.) Entered as second class maiter at New Haven P. O. NEw HAVEN, CONN., FEBRUARY 18, 1897, THE HARVARD AGREEMENT. There is no use in trying 1o express at any length the feeling which is uni- versal in the Yale family over the rati- fication of the treaty of peace with Harvard's athletic management, Things are now simply as they always should be, and as they always would have been if the desires of the great majority in both colleges and in both graduate lists could be always and at once effective. Whatever one’s opin- ion of the incident which separated Yale and Harvard, or the responsibil- ity for the alienation, the opinion was held without dissent that nothing had happened which cculd justify the sep- aration. — There is always a compensation, and the great enthusiasm with which the two universities meet again is of course largely the result. of their dis- content over this forced separation, and in so far as it promises the con- duct of their future relations on a more liberai basis, and in a more thorough spirit of fair play and sport for sport’s sake, by so much _ the separation will have been proved a blessing in diszuise. The provision of the beard of appeal, which should be constituted from men of the highest starding at both Har- vard and Yale, is perhaps the most valuable feature ; of the new regime. It makes almost impossible any serious breach. As to the boating program, in which we are still left in some doubt, we believe that the issue will be satis- factory. One cannot have any serious objection to meeting another college on the water, when it is understood that Yale meets such college incident- ally and not as a part of a plan to contest indefinitely the claim of supe- riority. We wish that such institu- tions as Cornell, who have from time to time expressed a desire to meet Yale, which has not been satisfied, could see more clearly than we be- lieve they do, the reasons for Yale’s unwillingness to enter into permanent athletic relations with these colleges. It is simply a physical necessity to restrict the principal athletic contests to one, or at most two rivals, whom location and previous relations with) us indicate as our natural antagonists. | Without overdoing athletics, no col- lege can meet all the good crews of the East, nor all the good football teams, nor all the good baseball nines. , It is possible for all the colleges to come together in track events, and. very pleasant. However, with the understanding clear that it is for the time being, and only as an incident of a necessary pro- gram, to meet such a worthy aquatic foe as Cornell would be a pleasure. Should Yale win from her, Yale men would be pleased, but this University would not thereby make claims to any particular superiority. Should Cornell win, no one would begrudge her all the satisfaction which it would bring her. —_—___++— A CONVENTION OF ALUMNI ASSO- CIATIONS. A letter from Yale ’66 published to- day will, we hope, result in something more than an interesting reading of it by the ment of the work of the alumni asso- alumni. ciations to say that the zeal and devo- tion, which they express whenever oc- casion offers to their Alma Mater has never been directed as effectively in practical assistance to the institution as it might reasonably be expected it would be. This by include all associations, any means, but is a statement that is generally true. The national convention to organize and direct the energy in practical lines would be, it seems to us, a most val- does not, uable step. rr THE SIGNERS. The fact that their names were at- tached to the final instrument is not in itself sufficient ground for especial con- gratulations to Dr. William A. Brooks, of Harvard, and Mr. Walter Camp, of Yale. Signers are not always the men who make ready the important thing signed. In this case, however, it was so, and the signers of the compact were, for all practical purposes, the makers thereof. One of these signers and framers hap- pens to be the associate editor of this’ paper. Never mind. It is not always necessary to consider the personal feel- ings of such an officer or indeed to pay any attention to him. It is necessary to give the history of such an important matter as the reconciliation of Harvard and Yale, and it is a privilege which the WEEKLY refuses to abandon, out of any false sense of modesty, to empha- size the way in which this good thing was accomplished. Dr. Brooks and Mr. Camp have done an unusual service for their respective universities. It is not necessary to say that they alone could have brought about this result. It is not necessary to say much about it. They did it. They practically ‘‘did the trick” twice, and in the opinion of those who watched with care the long negotiations after the first paper, drawn by these gentle- men, had failed of confirmation, the final salvation of the whole matter, ina compact so eminently fair and reason- able, was a far greater achievement than the first understanding reached between them. It is without prejudice to the services of many on both sides, both graduate and undergraduate, who co-operated in this matter, that so much credit is given to these two men. It is true that some conditions were very favorable. The students and graduates of both univer- sities wanted the agreement almost to a man. But that does not mean any- thing, necessarily, when it comes to It is no disparage-., ~ making agreements. You can make fun of intercollegiate diplomatic diffi- culties, but they are very real things. The whole incident is, by the way, an interesting study in the management of inter-collegiate athletics. << & & ee ae A MEXICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, It takes a close and anxious mem- ory to set forth any instances of the decease or collapse of Yale alumni associations. He who runs may read every season the story of some new association formed in territory not be- fore fully occupied by an organiza- tion. On irregular occasions Yale men do get together even in foreign coun- tries, but we believe the proposed formation of a Mexican Alumni Asso- ciation is something rather unique. We wish it all possible success. May it be an effective member of the army already highly organized and infused With a magnificent spirit, though not often campaigning on the aggressive. eh A BREAK. The Bachelor of Arts has a great many excellent things, and most of the things are so. It will take a great many things that are both excellent, and are so, to make up for such a Slip as occurs in its editorial notes of Feb- ‘ruary. Perhaps it is well to repro- duce the entire paragraph:— “The profound seriousness with which athletics are taken at Yale is shown in the condemnation of a team of football players using the name of Yale in a Southern trip dur- ing the Christmas holidays. They were Yale students, and they did not pretend to call themselves the ’Varsity team. We can see no harm in their amusing themselves in playing foot- ball as they pleased, with whom they pleased. But though they succeeded very well, they were mercilessly pounced upon by Harper’s Weekly and »the Yale News, as if they had been out on an expedition for the avowed pur- pose of slinging mud at their Alma Mater.” The “profound seriousness’? referred to is the seriousness with which Yale men guard the gcod name of the Uni- versity, to confound which with a merely sensitive regard for Yale’s ath- letic reputation shows carelessness of fact, ‘ack of observation and flippan- cy. An attitude like preface for the clear misstatement at both ends of the second sentence of the paragraph. The eleven was not an eleven of Yale students. Only one was connected with the University, and only four had ever had any -such connection... They were advertised broadcast as the Yale eleven. Sen- tence number three is as irrelevant as its predecessors are untrue. The con- clusion of this pathetically complete break of the Bachelor of Arts is con- sistent. It is a wonder that anyone objected to this performance! sure. The Football Association should have supplied this | band with men and means for an_ indefinite junket, rather than that anyone should have criticised. Rn PF Bronze Tablet for Brown. The Rhode Island Society of Sons of the American Revolution has pre- sented Brown University with a large bronze tablet, which has been placed in the northwestern corner of Uni- versity Hall. The tablet commemo- rates the occupation of that building by the Patriotic forces. and _ their French allies during the Revolution- ary War. For six years all academic work of che University was suspend- ed. The Faculty, students and under- zraduates, with hardly an exception, were engaged in the service of their ecuntry. SD et The University Glee Club of New York City, composed of college gradu- ates, will give its second concert of the sesson on Thursday, April 29th, in the MacGison Square Garden Concert Hall. {this is a fit: - To be — Steins or 3: : aaus Cankards. Z In FLEMISH » * & WARE decorated in colors, GERMAN WARE, brown DOULTON, -% blue with College Seal Growlers “‘Here’s to good old Yale” are shown by 2 2% THE GEORGE H. FORD COMPANY. SPIT IPI IP IN IN IN SY -8- ae In the College Pulpit. The following preachers will oc- cupy the College pulpit during the winter term: 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 7—Rev. Prof. Robert Ellis 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. ~~ John D. 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