YALE ALUMAML SHE IZS
CORNELL'S GREAT DINNER,
Good Feeling Towards Others—Cash
for the Crew.
The seventeenth annual banquet of
the Cornell Alumni of New York City
was held at the Hotel Waldorf, on Sat-
urday evening, February 27. There
was a large attendance. Among others
were present Colonel Henry W. Sackett,
President of the Club; Jacob G. Schur-
man, President of Cornell University;
Professor Goldwin Smith, the historian,
and Professor Benjamin 8S. Wheeler, of
Cornell. Great enthusiasm had been
aroused among the Cornell Alumni prior
to the dinner because of the success-
fully completed athletic arrangements
for next June. President James G.
Schurman spoke as follows concerning
the race: |
“In athletics the motto of Cornell
University is an ‘open field and no fa-
vor.’ I find no fault with sister institu-
tions which, in obedience to traditions,
local sentiment or other reasons satis-
factory to themselves, prefer a more
restricted competition. And I greatly
rejoice at any arrangement which elim-
inates from athletics the spectacular
and commercial elements which of late
have so largely possessed them. Success
to all games played by college students,
before college students, on college
grounds! but f know no campus wit
a tour-mile rowing course; and, there-
fore, I have no opjection to the Hud-
son, and 1 only wisn tnat Coiumbia
and Pennsylvania were witn Cornell to
meet Yale and Harvard there in June.
Cornell wanted it, but it is not to be.
Our satistaction has its alloy. Never-
theless, I rejoice that after twenty years
Cornell is this year to try conclusions
with Yale and Harvard in the noble
art of rowing. It will be something
to have the question of championship
settled even tor a Single year.”’
But the enthusiasm at this meeting
did not reach its height until Professor
Benjamin {f. Wheeler, the head of the
Greek Department at Cornell, rose to
speak. Protessor Wheeler has long been
the chief representative of the faculty in
the Athletic Council and supported Cor-
nell’s interests in the recent negotia-
tions. Prof..Wheeler’s toast was ‘‘Hel-
lenica.’”’” He spoke of the origin of the
Greek athletic ideal and of the best
form in which it survived at the pres-
ent day. He went on to apply the les-
son of those times to the athletics of
modern colleges. From that he came
to the story of the recent arrange-
ments between Harvard, Cornell and
Yale. He brought out the spirit of
courtesy that had prevailed in all the
negotiations. Harvard had shown a
keen appreciation of the manly and
generous spirit exhibited by Cornell in
accepting the terms of the proposal
that admitted Yale to the race at
Poughkeepsie, although it necessitated
two races by Cornell. ‘‘There has not,’’
said Prof. Wheeler, ‘“‘been a single in-
dication throughout all this matter of
any unfriendliness toward Cornell on
the part of the undergraduates of Yale.
On the contrary, the teeling has been
quite friendly. What you have seen in
the newspapers of that sort has only
come from old alumni of Yale, who
have not had their way there and who
do not clearly understand present con-
ditions. Our relations with all at New
Haven, so far as I have discovered,
are entirely cordial.’’
Prof. Wheeler then called upon the
alumni to join with the undergraduates
of Cornell to enable them to put them-
selves in the most favorable position
for success in the coming contest. At
this juncture W. R. Bronk, of the class
of ’80, called out: “Tell us what you
want and we will give it to you.”’ Prof.
Wheeler answered that their most im-
mediate needs were two new boats, to
cost $600 each, and a training table.
The manner in which the alumni re-
sponded to this call has seldom if ever
been equalled in the annals of college
athletics. Hardly had Prof. Wheeler
finished speaking when Dr. Louis L.
Seaman rose and said: ‘‘Mr. President,
we might as well settle this question
right here. I will be one of 10 to sub-
scribe the $1,200 for those boats.” A
moment later another alumnus rose
and in less than three minutes the
necessary $1,200 were pledged to the
Secretary of the Association. Next the
question of the training table was
brought up and $1,600, the requisite
amount named by Prof. Wheeler, was
obtained in the same manner.
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Princeton has refused the challenge
of the Yale Whist Club, owing to lack
of interest among its members.
Yale will be represented by a team
of three men in the Junior team com-
petition in fencing to be held in New
York, April. 16 and. 17,
- also voted to
-Harvard, W.
INTERCOLLEGIATE MEETING.
Action Taken by College Athletic.
Associations.
The annual meeting of the Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association was held
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Saturday
afternoon. It proved tu be one of the
shortest and most harmonious yet held.
The following colleges were admitted
to membership: Boston College, Penn-
sylvania State College, Haverford Col-
lege and Leland Stanford University of
California.
The recommendation by the Execu-
tive Committee of amendments to the
constitution and by-laws were’ then
taken up. President Kirby informed
the delegates that the L. A. W. had
granted the request of the Association,
and that in future, colleges can pay
the expenses of their bicycle riders to
the intercollegiate meet, and that the
Association will now have full juris-
diction over bicycle events without at
first asking the L. A. W. The execu-
tive committee was given power to
amend the laws of athletics to govern
bicycle races in accordance with the
constitution and by-laws of the asso-
ciation and the regulations of the L. A.
W. It was voted to give the Executive
Committee power to distribute the pro-
ceeds of the bicycle meet among col-
leges represented by not less than
three competitors, who shall finish in
their respective heats, preliminary or
final. The Executive Committee shall
also declare a dividend to be divided
equally among the colleges which are
represented by competitors in the an-
nual track and field games by at least
three men, who shall finish in the
track events or compete in the field
events.
Hereafter the best performance in
the field events during the two after-
noons shall win the event. That is,
the best record made in either the pre-
liminary or final meet, shall win the
event. Every man who competes for
the first time shall be compelled to
show a certificate signed by three mem-
bers of the Faculty stating that he
has attended = studies amounting to
five hours a week since October 15th
preceding. The Association left to the
Hixecutive Committee the selection of
a date on which to hold the bicycle
races, and also the _ selection of a
sround for the annual championships.
Pennsylvania offered the use of the
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, to the
Association, but many of the delegates
preferred New York City.
It was decided that in future the
Treasurer must send. to each member
of the Executive Committee a report
of the financial condition of the Asso-
ciation on the last day of June, and on
the last Friday of each month. It was
declare a dividend of $10
to each college represented at the last
championship meeting.
The election of officers. then came up
and resulted as follows: President, Oli-
ver Shiras of Cornell; Honorary Vice-
Presidents, C. F. J ellinghaus of the Col-
lege of the City of New York, and J.
D. Clark of Lafayette ; Secretary, R. W.
Abbott of New York University; Treas-
urer, P. C. Martin of Princeton. The
following men were elected to serve
on the Executive Committee for the
coming year: S. K. Gerard of Yale, W.
A. Fearing, Jr., of Columbia, J. iD.
Winsor, Jr., of the University of Penn-
sylvania and H. w. Howe of Harvard.
After a vote of thanks had been ten-
lered to G. T. Kirby, the former Presi-
un ie Swieong adjourned.
1e elegates were as follows:
Brown, se EE: Lingham; Columbia, 1H.
eet Font sss bess and W. H. Fear-
>; COlumbia Universi -
es Cornell, eee
- Pringle and W. Ss. Adams; George-
town, J. 8. Walsh and J. T. MeColgate:
_H. Vincent, H.° Ww, Howe
and F. H. Bigelow; Holy Cross) ot: ? 13.
Devine; Lafayette, W. H. Earnest and
J. D. Clarke; New York University, J.
T. Featherston, R. Ww. Abbott and J.
R. Evans; College of the City of New
York, J. K. Roll and Cc. FB. Jellinghaus;
University of Pennsylvania, E. f. Mc-
Kechan, C. C. Segel and J. D. Winsor
Jr.; Princeton, S. Erdman, J. T. McVit-
ty and R. Garrett: Rutgers, B. W.
Hageman; Stevens, C. M. Kirby, H.
Robinson and A. @Q. Barry; Swarth-
more, R. Matteson; Syracuse, M. Fikes
Trinity, W. H. Sparkes; Union, H. Her-
Oo Ciletics bork W. A. Voyatt: Yale
‘ illette, ’97, S. K. Gerard, ’
N. Swift, ’98. ae
I a cure
At the joint games of the Sti
Athletic Club and Company oer
Twelfth Regiment, held on Thursday
February 25, in the Twelfth Regiment
Armory, New: York City, G. '‘¢ Oliver
99, was second in the 600 yards run for
novices. '
Columbia will send representatives to
the Yale indoor games, which will be
held in the Second Regiment Armory
March 13,
~
O. Shiras; Dartmouth, J.
children survive him.
Obituary.
CHARLES T. H. PALMER, °47.
Additional facts regarding the cir-
cumstances of the death at Berkeley,
Cal., of Charles Theodore Hart Palmer,
°47, whose obituary was published in
the Weekly for February 25, have been
received from the Class’ Secretary.
Some three months ago Mr. Palmer
met with an accident in a quarry that
he was inspecting, with a view to its
purchase. He had apparently recov-
ered from the effects of this accident,
but upon attempting to resume busi-
ness it was evident that his nervous
system was shattered, and that he
needed longer rest. On Wednesday
evening, February 17, he fell into a
comatose state and died the following
morning.
The Class Secretary received a letter
from Mr. Palmer last December, stat-
ing that it was his earnest desire and
his intention to be present at the semi-
centennial anniversary of the class on
Commencement Day, 1897. In his min-
ing business in California, Mr. Palmer
was in partnership with his class-
mates, Charles T. Blake, Roger 58. Bald-
win and George G. Wheeler.
LUTHER H. TUCKER, ’55.
' Juuther H. Tucker, ‘55, died suddenly
at his home in Albany, N. Y., on the
evening of Tuesday, February 23,
from Bright’s disease. He was the son
of Luther Tucker, of Rochester, N. Y.,
where he was born, October 19, 1834.
He entered college from Albany in
the beginning of Sophomore year, 1854, —
He received the honorary degree of A.
M. with the class of °55 in July, 1858.
Immediately after leaving college, he
entered business with his father, and
from Dec. 1. 1855 be came a partner 1n
the firm of Luther Tucker & Son,
editors and publishers of the “Cultiva-
tor and Country Gentleman,” a weekly
journal, devoted to Agriculture, Horti-
culture, and rural affairs. He became
head of the firm at the death of his
father in 1873, and took as a_ partner
his younger brother, Gilbert M. Tuck-
er, a graduate of Williams College.
During the first 10 years of his editorial
life, -he published a number of addres
ses and pamphlets of which no record
has been Kept. :
In 1859 he made an extensive tour
through Great Britain for the purpose
of investigating the methods of agri-
culture in that country, the results of
which were embodied in a series of
lectures on “English Agriculture,” de-
livered by the late Prof. John A. Por-
ter, °42, at New Haven during the win-
ter of 1860. Mr. Tucker ‘held. the pro-
fessorship of agriculture at Rutgers
College for the year 1865 but the duties
of the position being incompatable
with more important interests at home,
he resigned his chair, after having de-
livered a brief preliminary course of
lectures. From 1858 to 1873 he was
Treasurer and an active managing
officer of the New York State Agri-
cultural Society. He was for many
years a vestry man of St. Peter’s
Mr. Tucker married Miss Cornelia
Strong Vail, of Islip, Long Island, No-
vember 28, 1865. His wife and four
GEORGE HADLEY ROUNTREE, ’97.
George Hadley Rountree, ’97, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., died at Kinston, North Caro-
lina, Wednesday, February 24. He was
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He prepared for college at the Brooklyn
Latin schoo]. He returned to college
last September, but remained only four
days, as he was taken with an attack of
typhoid fever. He went to his home in
Brooklyn, where he was dangerously ill
with the fever for more than a month.
By the first of December he had become
sufficiently convalescent to be taken to
Kinston. It was hoped that the milder
climate might prove beneficial, but he
did not regain his strength, and lung
complications set in, of which he ulti-
mately died. As Kinston was the old
family home he was buried there.
Mr. Rountree was a good student,
having taken several prizes in his pre-
paratory school, and always maintained
a good stand while at Yale. He was
much loved and appreciated by a large
circle of friends in his class. His death
came as a sudden shock to his class-
mates, as he had been confidently ex-
pected to return and take his degree in
June.
At the meeting of the Senior Class
held recently to take action upon Mr.
Rountree’s death, the following resolu-
tions were adopted:
“Whereas, God, in His wisdom, has
been pleased to remove from our num-
ber our friend and classmate, George
Hadley Rountree, one to whom we
were bound by ties of affection and ad-
miration for his even temperament,
gentle disposition and manly charac-
ter; and
“Whereas, his loss is felt to be a
deep personal one to each of us, There-
fore, be it
“Resolved, that we, his classmates,
do extend our sincere sympathy to his
family in their bereavement; and be it
further |.
“Resolved, that we wear mourning
for 30 days and that a copy of these
resolutions be printed in the College
papers. :
“For the class of ’97,
Arthur W. Lawrence,
James E. Pierce, Jr.,
Wirt Davis,
Phillip Van Ingen,
Nathan A. Smyth,
Robert L. Munger.’’
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