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NEw HAVEN, CONN., MARCH 4, 1897,
MR. LAMPSON’S WILL.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Farnam,
Treasurer of the University, the Week-
ly is able to print in this issue, the
exact terms of Mr. Lampson’s splendid
bequest to the University. We use the
words “exact terms,’’ but the form of
the legacy rather forbids any techni-
cal construction. There is certainly
nothing narrow about Mr. Lampson’s
spirit towards Yale or the form which
his generosity took. He had some def-
inite ideas as to the particular fields
of usefulness which might employ his
means, but he knew that those whose
life was given to a study of the needs
of the University would know even bet-
ter than he just where the funds would
be of greatest need and highest service.
So he has left the Corporation a very
broad field in which to exercise their
discretion.
The very liberality of his provision
would, of course, preclude the possi-
bility of a use of the money which
was not in accord with the spirit of the
bequest, if indeed there would be any
danger of that under any circum-
stances. -It is worth while to dwell on
this feature of Mr. Lampson’s great
benefaction to Yale. To give in such a
way is to add enormously to the value
of the gift.
We were inclined to believe that we
were putting a rather low estimate on
the value of the property in our last
issue. We hope that we did, but it is
the opinion of those who know most
about the property which has come to
Yale that as much as can reasonably
be hoped is, that it may reach towards
half a million dollars. It will, in all
probability, prove to be the largest be-
quest ever made to the University and
in the history of all the departments of
Yale will be exceeded only by Mr. Shef-
field’s bequest to the Sheffield Trus-
tees.
No definite statement of the value of
the property is possible until an inven-
tory has been filed or an appraisal
made.
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-The Weekly reprints in full elsewhere
President Schurman’s reply to Presi-
dent Stryker, of Hamilton College, in
his recent debate with him before a
convention of teachers of New York
State. The issue which the recent ac-
tion of Cornell in regard to the B. A.
degree has again raised, is properly al-
the College Terms
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ways a very live one in the educational
world. It goes without saying that
the President of Cornell defends his po-
sition with force and interest. ;
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When the administration of President
Dwight is again reviewed, facts and
figures of Yale’s material growth will
show even more splendidly than ever.
The Lampson bequest makes a large
feature in a report covering any length
of time.
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The Spirit for the Future.
These incidents were probably inev-
itable, and are no longer of any conse-
quence except as suggesting that in fu-
ture the relations between Yale and
Harvard would be better sustained by
mutual forbearance, and by a depart-
ure from methods of intercommunica-
tion and counteracting criticisms which
have already once made mischief. The
literary bureau and the diplomatic
corps should be permanently abolished
and in their place should be substi-
tuted the standard of sportsmanship
which exists between Oxford and Cam-
bridge. The two universities should re-
main rivals in every field of athletic
endeavor, but they should also remain
friends. Neither should attempt to con-
ceal from the other what it is doing
in preparation for a contest. The stu-
pidest and at the same time the most
irritating practice in the past has been
to set spies upon one another, to take
the time of a crew for example, as if
the information acquired played any
part whatever in the result of a race.
Yale should welcome Harvard to her
boat house, her ball field or her gym-
nasium, just as one gentleman should
welcome another to his house. Hither
there should exist between these two
universities, the highest standard of
comity, or they should be kept perma-
nently apart. With such a relation ex-
isting between them, there would be
no chance for a disagreement.
Aside from the arrangement of dates
and the acceptance of sporting rules
soverning each contest, the only asgree-
ment necessary between Yale and Har-
vard is: ‘‘May the best man win. A
fair field and no favor.’’ This is what
the great body of graduates and un+
dergraduates of both institutions desire
What the bookmakers and dead game
sports of the turf desire need not con-
cern college athletes. There has already
been too much playing to the galleries,
and too little dignified sportsmanship
of the kind recently displayed by the
brave and gallant Ithacans. Let there
be less hero worship, and more Uni-
versity pride.
N. G. Osborn, ’80.
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The Musical Department, |
‘The growth cf the Musical Depart-
ment the past year is in keeping with
its history from the foundation of thé
department. The piano department has
especially grown and Professor Sanford
has been obliged to devote one day
more a week to his pupils than hereto-
fore. Not only has the number of stu-
dents increased, but the quality of
work is better than ever. This year,
for the first time, students of the Uni-
versity are admitted to the New Haven
Symphony Orchestra for a very small
sum. This organization, which is under
the direction ef Professor Horatio W.
Parker, gives four concerts during the
Winter. It is a complete and well-
equipped orchestra of about fifty play-
ers and a valuable adjunct to the De-
partment of Music and to the musical
life of New Haven. ‘
Students of orchestration are afford-
ed an opportunity to hear their work
actually performed, and any composi-
tion which is original and of sufficient
merit may be performed publicly. The
Same orchestra affords an opportunity
to acquire orchestra routine to these
students of the violin who are able to
pass the examination for admission to
the orchestra. 'The most advanced stu-
dents of piano-playing, as well as vio-
lin-playing, are allowed to rehearse
with the orchestra, and to perform
publicly, if, in the judgment of the fac-
ulty of the Department, they are fitted
to do so.
The Steinert Scholarship for organ-
playing has been won by W. W. Chand-
ler, °96, of New Haven, and that for
violin by Miss Emma Spiesk, of Hart-
ford. The scholarship in piano was not
awarded, but the amount resulting
from it was devoted to paying in part
the charges of the other students.
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Taxation Enforced at Williams
; College.
The Williamstown Assessors were
upheld, in listing for taxation, certain
land and houses of Williams College,
occupied by the librarian, head carpen-
ter, superintendent of college buildings,
director of gymnasium and professors,
by the full bench in the Supreme Court
‘day, February 24. The college asked for
an abatement of the tax on the grounds
of Massachusetts at Boston on Wednes-
that the property was used for pur-
poses for which the college was incor-
porated, and that the buildings were
occupied by officers of the college. The
court admitted that the buildings were
occupied by officers, but claimed that
as a special sum ($1,917) was deducted
from the salaries, the college thus de-
rived an income.
In giving its verdict the court said:
“In the present case the occupants
Were each in the sole occupation of the
premises, and the occupation was for
strictly private purposes, and the con-
trol of the premises, which they occu-
pied, was with them. That the rent
was paid by a monthly deduction from
the salaries instead of being paid di-
rectly to the College is immaterial. It
has been held many times that to ex-
empt the real estate of a corporation
under the statutes we are considering,
it is not enough that the income is ap-
plied to the purposes of the corporation,
but the real estate itself must be occu-
pied for those purposes. It is not
enough that the corporation derives a
benefit from the occupation of the real
estate, but the real estate must be oc-
cupied by the corporation or its offi-
cers for the purpose of carrying into
effect the purposes of the corporation.”’
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Louisville Alumni to Reorgan-
ize.
Plans are on foot to re-organize the
Alumni Association of Louisville and
Kentucky, which has not held a meét-
ing for several years. About March 20
a meeting will be held in Louisville, at
which officers of the Association will
be elected and the club reorganized. It
is the intention of those interested to
form plans for arranging theassociation
on a-strong basis and for holding several
meetings during the year, in this way
bringing the men together in a strong
bond of friendship and union. The pro-~
posed meeting is to be immediately fol-
lowed by a banquet.
Already over 25 signatures to the vlan
have been obtained, and those who have
been most active in making the ar-
rangements, among whom is Stuart
McKnight, ’93, are confident of success.
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A New Specimen for the Yale
Museum.
On December 5, 1896, there was cast
ashore on the heach that stretches
south of St. Augustine for many miles,
an enormous sea monster which was
supposed to have been a devil fish or
octopus. Fragments of the body have
been cut off and sent to Prof. A. E.
Verrill, of the Peabody Museum. Prof.
Verrill has given the Weekly the fol-
lowing description of it:
‘Large masses of the sea monster re-
cently found on the Florida coast have
been received by me, within the last
few days. They are fairly well pre-
served and show by their structure
that the creature was not an octopus,
as had been supposed by me and oth-
ers. The structure of the masses sent
is not muscular, but consists of a
tough, elastic mass of fibers and cords
of white, strong, connective tissue,
from three to ten inches thick. It is
about as hard to cut as India rubber
or sole leather. This structure resem-
bles the blubber of some _ kind of
whales, more than any thing else, but
contains very little oil.
“Tt is impossible to decide. at pres-
ent, as to what particular sea-monster
this enormous pouch-like mass could
have belonged. It does not seem pos-
sible that it can be any part of any
known whale, though its structure is
very whale-like. There are apparently
no bones in the mass, which is pear-
shaped and 21 feet long and six feet in
diameter. There are no external ap.
pendages to it.’’
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Mr. G. D. Kellogg, who graduated
from the Academical Department in
1895. and has since been taking a post
graduate course, has, since the Christ-
mas vacation, been conducting Mr.
Guy V. Thompson’s recitations in So-
phomore Latin. Mr. Thompson has,
during this time, been _ traveling
abroad, but has recently returned and
resumed his work. Mr. Kelloge in-
tends now to continue his study in the
Graduate Department.
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score of 7 to 6. The next game will be
played in Stamford next Saturday.
Five of the Yale gymnastic team will
take part in an exhibition of the New
York University in New York March 5B.
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