ATHLETIC ISSUE.
Votume VI. No. 27
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NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1897.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT,
The Future of the Brick Row and
Many Another Interesting Point.
The Quadrangle and the Old Brick
Row are the opening subjects of Presi-
dent Dwight’s annual report to the
Corporation, which has just been issued
in book form. The President says that
the plan of the proposed Quadrangle
was formed more than a quarter of a
century ago during the Administration
of President Woolsey. “It involved,” he
adds, “for its accomplishment, the ne-
cessity of large outlay for the provis-
ion of new college edifices as well as
the necessity of the abandonment and
removal of the older buildings.’? The
development of this plan is found by
the President to have been consistently
carried out according to.the means at
command, through the~ Woolsey and
Porter Administrations. During the
present Administration the means for
the completion of the scheme have been
found more abundant and the erection
of Phelps Hall has marked the com-
pletion of the main front of the pro-
posed Quadrangle.
The President specifically takes up
the question of the three old buildings.
He says that North College and Lyce-
um must shortly go, and that no one.
will regret their removal. South Mid-
dle is, in his opinion, the only one
which involves any element of genuine
historic interest. The decision of its
fate, he says may be left to the time
when it alone of all the old buildings
shall still remain. :
The following passage shows what
the present plan is in regard to it:
“The fact that there is no class in the
Academic Department, to-day, the
members of which ever saw the Athe-
naeum and South College may well
suggest the thought of the early period
in the future when the new buildings
will have become the old ones for. the
whole company of the then living grad-
uates, and when the inemories of the
open square will be for all more full of
satisfaction than those of certain rooms
which they once occupied can now be
to any. The sentiment connected with
the occupancy of those rooms will have
passed away with the passing away of
the men for whom it was a living force.
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
President Dwight’s report always un-
folds to the generous friend of Yale,
almost limitless prospects of useful-
ness. The present report is no excep-
tion to the rule. After commenting
on the erection of Pierson Hall, in
which some rooms were set apart for
graduate students, the President calls
attention to the necessity of having
some dormitory for the students of
this large and rapidly growing Depart-
ment.
The opportunity is also not omitted
for calling attention to the need of a
new Alumni Hall and, as the report is
dated December 31, 1896, no mention is
made in this connection of the gift of
the late William Lampson. . Among
other possibilities for those of large
purse and leanings towards Yale, he
mentions the need of buildings which
will afford accommodations for the
various departmental clubs, like the
Classical Club,whose quarters in Phelps
Hall have made it so much more ef-
fective in its work.
A good deal of space is given to the
connection with the University, and the
distinguished services in its behalf, of
the late Professor Newton. The report
on this point includes the following
passage: “He had shown himself to
be a disinterested, generous-hearted,
ever-continuing friend of the College
and its students. He had kept an open
mind for the advancement of knowl-
edge and for the development of the
best methods of instruction. He had
shown the true scholar’s hospitality for
all branches of science and learning,
and had been always ready to co-oper-
ate with his associates who were in
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CAPTAINS AND GRADUATE ASSISTANTS.
THE ATHLETIC SITUATION,
———
Work Well Conducted, Interest Keen,
Outlook Most Uncertain.
The athletic season opens at Yale with
the different departments in the charge
of good men. That much is sure.
Messrs. Bailey, Keator, and Gerard all
know their duties well, have good hold
upon their men and work with zeal and
without fear or favor.
Of the value of the coaching, which
the season promises, it is almost unneces-
sary to speak to Yale men. Mr. Cook
remains in attendance here and _ is
expected to be with the crew until the
race. It is thought that Mr. Carter will
give more time than any one man to
the development of the ball nine. This
will be invaluabe assistance for Mr.
Keator. The latter is credited with
knowing 99 points out of 100 in baseball
and Mr. Carter is counted on to know
also the hundredth. Mr. Sherrill has
not yet been with the track team but it.
is early for any effective handling.
While he may not be able to give in
amount much time to this work, Cap-
tain Gerard confidently hopes for val-
uable assistance from him. Gerard is a
good track man, and of Mr. Sherrill’s
ability the records show very plainly.
Only one of the many excellent grad-
uate assistants is indicated in each
branch. The more detailed accounts
tell what has been done by and is ex-
pected of the others.
In general the work of the different
teams has been not only faithful but
reasonable, and the spirit of the work
has been free and open with no attempts
at secrecy. Visitors are frequent on the
launch and no attention is paid to them.
The interest of the University is
keener than for many seasons. The
athletic season is a particularly interest-
ing one.
Of the issue no man can tell. If the
crew develops a good deal more strength
than it now has, it ought to get over the
course in very good time. The stroke
has been not a little changed, in appear-
ance at least, by the lengthening fore
and aft. The reach is greater, the
bodies bending well forward. The aim
is to ‘‘rip the catch through” and pull
an even, long stroke, keeping the oar in
considerably beyond the point at which
the stroke recently ended. The points
were described in a former issue of the
Weekly. .
In baseball the question is: ‘‘ Where
will the catcher come from?’ Any one
a thousand miles from New Haven can
answer this question as well as any one
on the ground.
Yale’s hope on the track is the hope
of a number of second and third
places, rather than a sweep of firsts.
On the whole there is rather more defi-
nite reliance on what the track team
will do than on either of the other main
branches of athletics.
The Crew Candidates.
The University Crew candidates be-
gan training January 20, and practiced
in the tank until February 11. This has
been an unusually short season in the
tank, and the crew was very fortunate
in being able to take to the water a
