Votume VI. No. 21.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1897.
THE WILL'S EXACT TERMS. -
Large Discretion left to the Corpora-
tion by Mr. Lampson.
The following are the exact terms of
that portion of the will of the late Will-
iam Lampson, ’62, which includes the
bequest to Yale. These sections of
the will dispose of his entire estate
with the exception of about $29,000 and .
a farm of 50 acres:
Seventh. I give and bequeath unto
my Alma Mater, the Corporation of
Yale College in New Haven, Conn., the
sum of $150,000 or so much thereof as
may be necessary to effect the object
of this provision, that is to say, for
the purpose of erecting a building for
Commencement and other public exer-
cises, to be called the ‘‘Lampson Ly-
ceum.’’ If, however, such a building
should be erected before my estate is
available for such a purpose, then I
give a like sum for the purpose of erect-
ing any other building of which the Col-
lege stands in need, said building to
be Of a public character and to be
erected on the College Campus or ad-
jacent grounds.
Eighth. All the rest, residue and re-
mainder of my estate I give and be-
_queath and grant and devise unto the
aforesaid Corporation of Yale College,
to be held by it in trust forever to es-
tablish a fund to be known as the
“Lampson Fund,” the income of which
shall be devoted to the endowment of
professorships of Latin and Greek and
English Literature. The amount to be
set apart arising from the income of
this endowment fund shall be four
thousand dollars annually to each of
the three above-named professorships of
Latin, Greek and English Literature.
If at the time when my estate becomes
available, the income from the same
should be insufficient for the establish-
ment of the above-named professor-
ships, then so much of it shall be used
for this purpose, as will establish one
or more such professorships, and if the
income from my estate at such time
should be more than sufficient to make
all the specified endowments, I direct
that such other professorships may be
endowed therefrom as in the judgment
of the trustees of the Corporation may
be deemed advisable.
There has been plenty of speculation,
of course, as to where the new alumni
hall will be built, and what manner of
structure it will be. As indicated in the
last Weekly, there is plenty of time for
the elaboration of plans, as it is hardly
possible that the Lampson estate can
be settled inside of a year.
For a long while it has been felt by
many that the property on the corner
of College and Elm Streets, now occu-
pied by the Methodist Church, would
be the ideal location for this hall.
Should this site be chosen, there might
be disadvantage in it. The town of
New Haven would feel it had been
thereby deprived of further’ taxable
property, for it is to be presumed that
the latest propositions before the Con-
necticut Legislature for the taxation of
religious and educational
will not have been advanced far enough
to modify the existing statutes on the
subject. But there are various other
sites possible for such a structure as
this, and the University will probably
have a chance to make a good selection
when the time comes.
From now until it is settled, there will
be a great deal of discussion as to what
will be done with the provision for pro-
fessorships in the Greek, Latin and
English departments. The liberty of
action given the Corporation in this
matter makes any definite proposition
rather impossible. Yale-is very strong
in her classical equipment, while she
has made great advancement in her
English Department in the last few
years. Strange as it may seem, there
appears to be difficulty in filling pro-
fessorships after they are provided for.
Yale is always very careful in the
choice of her permanent officers, as is
evidenced by several vacant professor-
ships at present. It is indeed quite a re-
institutions.
markable fact that it has not yet been
deemed possible to fill the chair of the
Emily Sanford professorship in English
Literature, although this was given to
the University several years ago.
Official Race Announcement,
Although the decision reached by the
Rowing Conference held in New York
Saturday, February 20, and recounted
in the last issue of the Weekly, was
regarded as the final settlement of the
uncertainty regarding the boating plans
for the coming Spring, still no official
notice had then been received from
Harvard of the successful outcome of
their efforts to obtain Yale’s admission
to the Cornell race. March 1 was set
as the date upon which Harvard
should make her formal report to Yale
and this notification was especially de-
sired as then the question of the choice
between June 24 or 25 for the race
would be decided.
Mr. Camp received the following com-
munication Saturday, February 27:
' Cambridge, Feb. 26, 1897.
‘Mr. Walter Camp: >
- Dear Sir—In accordance with the
terms of our agreement, I have the
honor to inform you that Cornell cor-
dially consents to the admission of
Yale to the race at Poughkeepsie, and
that the date of the race is fixed for
June 25. Capt. Goodrich, of our crew,
will no doubt at once communicate
with Capt. Bailey, of the Yale crew.
Very truly yours,
Joseph H. Beale, Jr.
This official statement dispels every
doubt or uncertainty existing in con-
nection with the arrangements for the
Yale-Harvard-Cornell race of 1897.
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Freshman Baseball Restriction. ~
At a recent meeting of the Faculty,
it was voted that the attention of the
mahagers of the base ball nines be
called to the rule in regard to disorders
in connection with athletic games, and
that they be notified that this rule will
be applied in caseo f disorders connect-
ed with inter-class games.
It was also voted that the Freshmen
be prohibited from playing inter-class
games on account of their disturbance
of the Glee Club concert on January
18. This rule applies to class games
only,’ and all other games will be per-
mitted.
This action of the Faculty in regard
to disorders at class games was the
result of the disturbances at last year’s
Sophomore-F'reshman game. The Soph-
omores attended the game, supplied
with firearms, and during the game one
of the Freshman nine was shot in the .
leg with a wad from one of the guns.
Although this did not result in any
serious injury, the Faculty has decided -
to warn the managers against such a
dangerous form of celebration.
The rule prohibiting the Freshman
nine from playing class games was
brought about by the actions of that
‘class at the Glee Club Concert. The
prolonged cheers and general disorder
which followed the letting down of a
1900 flag did not seriously interfere with
the concert, but has been considered
of sufficient consequence to be made
an example of discipline.
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Mr. Bryan’s Visit to New Haven.
Hon. Wm. J. Bryan delivered a lecture
at the Hyperion theater, Thursday, Feb.
26, on ‘ Bimetallism.” A compara-
tively small number of students were in
the large and enthusiastic audience,
but gave no special evidence. Norin any
other way was attention paid to the pres-
ence of Mr. Bryan in town. The escort
of five policemen proved a pure luxury.
Mr. Bryan expressed, in conversation
with several students, his interest in
the approaching bimetallic debate with
Harvard, and offered to send the Yale
speakers all the material he had at
hand. :
THE LATE WILLIAM LAMPSON, ’62.
(From a photograph taken about ten years before his death.)
10 MEET HARVARD.
Three Yale Men Chosen for Intereol=
legiate Debate.
The final competitive debate to choose
the team which will speak in the an-
nual debate against Harvard, was held
on Monday evening, March 1. Two men
from the Scientific School, two from the
Divinity School, three from the Law
School and six from the Academical
Department competed. They spoke in
the following order: F. Ballou, ’99S.,
C. 8. Macfarland, 97 T. S., S. E. Hoyt,
woe, 1; Wo Ral, 97, “tS. N. Te Gor
ham, ’98 L. §., R. G. Pleasant, 98 L. S.,
C. Studinski, ’97, R. E. Hume, ’97, C.
U. Clark, ’97, J. M. Ripley, ’98, M. A.
Kilker, 97 L. §., F. P. Garvan, ’97, N.
A. Smyth, ’97.
Hach speaker was alowed twelve
minutes and could speak upon either
‘Side of the question. F. P. Garvan, ’97,
was the only one who took the affirma-
tive side of the argument, which reads:
“Resolved, That the United States
should adopt definitely the single gold
standard, and should decline to enter
a bi-metallic League, even if Great Bri-
tain, France and Germany ‘should be
willing to enter such a league.”
The three men chosen are Charles
Stedman Macfarland, ’97 T. S., of Mel-
rose, Mass., who was an alternate in
last year’s Yale-Harvard debate;
Charles Heitler Studinski, ’97, of Pueblo,
Col., who was an alternate in the same
debate; and Charles Upson Clark, ’97, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., one of last year’s
Princeton debaters. The alternates are
Edward Hicks Hume, ’97, of Bombay,
India, an alternate in last year’s Yale-
Princeton debate, and Frank Patrick
Garvan, ’97, of Hartford, Conn.
Charles Studinski, President of the
Yale Union, was deemed by the judges
- to have made the best debate among’
those of the Academic Department and
was therefor awarded the Thatcher
prize of $75.
The judges were Prof. A. T. Hadley,
76, Dr. Edward V. Raynolds, ’80S., and
Prof. George HE. Beers, ’89 L. S.
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Freshman Debating Plans.
The article which appeared in one of
the local daily papers recently, stating
that the Yale Freshman Debating Union
had offered a challenge to the Cornell
Freshmen, which had been declined,
was without foundation. The question
was brought up before the Freshman
Union, as to whether it would be ad-
visable to challenge either Cornell or
U. of P. Freshmen to a debate, but it
was decided that it would be best not
to do so this year. As yet nothing has
been heard from the Columbia Fresh-
men in answer to a challenge sent last
week, and it looks very much at pres-
ent as though the Yale Freshmen would
hold no debate this year with any of
the other colleges, —
