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4 YALE ALUMNI W EEK LY | TI dent which is awaited with the intems- born in New York on the 14th of Sep- A UA DG }Gi— ~~: A] T ALMA] W NKLY est interest. The John A. Porter Uni- tember, 1872, and was the son of Will- ery aa IE INCog eS U € versity prize of $250, open to all candi- oid egagl and Helen M. Pierson Ham- (esti HOUSE: Dy. 89,7 ; ‘ f - : AS x 78, Ags Wo = ; dates for a degree ‘has developed an in- His preparation for college at St. Sok) 9 eae eee, Ss Payan-4 agi ubitshed every Thursday de the College Terms creasing number of essays of much Senkg School and the interesting inci- pene = “SS cond a a oeats merit in latter years. ents of his life at Yale, including his ee -& Ediwr, and Assisiants from the Board of Editors of ‘membership «? the Junior Promenade 0 GE H. For D *< YALE DAILY NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION. ~ $2.50 PER YEAR. Foreign Postage, 85 cents per year. PAYABLE Iv ADVANOE. . Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to the Yale Alumni Weekly. ond All correspondence should be address Yale Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn. i ADVISORY BOARD. For College Year, '96-7: H. C. Rosrnson, 53. J. R. SHEFFIELD, °87, W. W. Skippy, 658. J. A. HARTWELL, °895S. C. P. Linpsiry, 7S. L. 8. Wetcn, ’89. W. Camp, °80. ' EK. Van INGEN, "91 &. W. G. Dacaett, 80. P. Jay, 8 ‘EDITOR, Lewis 8. 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, EK. J. THOMPSON, Sp. (Office, Room 6, White Hall.) Entered as second class maiter at New Haven P. O. NEw HAVEN, CONN., APRIL 15, 1897, “ An institution with two thousand students and two hundred teachers’ which moves on its course along the lines of advance in education, is to grow into an institution having four hundred instructors and four thou- sand students, and having its move- ment into new fields of study and in the sphere of higher ideals and higher possibilities. The thought that the demands of such an insti- tution can be supplied from the resources already at command, or from the gifts which will be received in the early future, is an idle thought for which there is,no foun- dation. The law of all growing life is, that it continually asks for more. When the asking ceases, the life begins to decline and decay,’—rom President Dwight’s Report. a> Le» Men Men ere : THE NEXT WEEKLY. The next issue of the Weekly is on April 29. This. is in accordance with the custom of the paper at the time of the Easter recess. SCHOLARSHIPS VS. PRIZES. Scholarships seem to be better appre- ciated in the universities to-day than prizes. Harvard has quite an abund-- ance of attractions for special work of the latter kind, which are quite indif- ferently competed for. The report for the last year shows that some of the best of the prizes there in various branches had very few competitors and that a number of them could not be awarded on account of the quality of the work. Yale is not overburdened with prizes, and the best of them here retain their attraction for the students. Some are even more earnestly competed for than ever. The Ten Hyck competition con- tinues keen and the honor of award in this competition of oratory and writ- ing has placed it very high in the list of college honors. The Deforest winner is also a man much envied in the eyes of his fellows and succeeding classes show, if we are correctly informed, no less zeal in their work for this prize. The announcement of awards at Com- mencement seems to be the piece of in- formation in possession of the Presi- The conspicuous announcement of the award of more important prizes at Yale makes the general interest probably all the more keen. The Harvard corre- spondent of the New York Evening Post gives as one of the reasons for the falling off of the interest there, the for- mal, very quiet way in which the an- nouncement is made. It does not yet seem to be the case that there is an excess of prizes at Yale. However, we can learn from Harvard’s experience. As long as there is doubt as to just how far one kind of stimulus to special effort may be ap- preciated, it is not well to hazard all — too scanty resources. There is a way of stimulating study and of giving men of brains and limited means the best opportunities for study along their own lines, which is never in danger of being unpopular. This means is by scholarships. has not enough scholarships and rather than to increase her prizes, excellent as they are, it is right to urge those who wish to stimulate the best work here by the best men, to give their means to the founding of scholarships. After most serious and active effort on the part of the friends of the school, the William ‘Wirt Winchester fellowship prize was established in the Art School. There is no doubt about its popularity. Competition this year is keen. The fel- — lowship prize is $1,500, and gives the winnertwoyears’ study at Paris. Yale’s splendidly successful Musical Depart- ment needs such aid more than any- thing else now, to make its work most effectual. Three good scholarships, to allow their winners to spend a year or more in Europe,where a musical educa- - tion can be best perfected, would have an immediate effect in original and earnest work. But this is only a sug- se eR. gestion. ~~ : Scholarships are needed in almost every line of liberal study here. They form the logical way of advancing edu- cation and developing the very best scholars. By their means a man with little or no money can begin -his life’s work as well equipped as he whose al- lowance is unlimited. The winning of a scholarship is the winning of an hon- ored position, and not the securing of beneficiary aid. Yale’s University de- velopment should be marked by a large increase in scholarships. ——-----# ¢ 6 Our rowing expert has it on the very best authority that it is the high aim of the Yale oarsmen to “.rip the catch through.’”’ Wehave never seen the catch ripped through, but it has been carefully observed by men of high reliability, who assure us that we should not take undue alarm. Every one used to be a good deal disturbed to learn that the Univer- sity oarsmen “fell over on the finish,” or at last report had ‘** hung on the catch.’’ But the monotony of these dramatic experiences some- what blunted the keen edge of anguish. This latest sensational report has, it must be ad- mitted, stirred people up a good deal, but until more is definitely known, we urge all to keep perfectly cool. a SS 3n Memoriam. To the Editor of the Yale Weekly, Sir:— One or two inaccuracies in the notice of the death of Laurens Hamilton, in a recent issue of The Weekly, perhaps do not ‘necessitate reproducing the facts of his short life and his most untimely death. At the same time, I wish to see the record in this paper complete and accurate in all details, of one who had to do with important steps in the pa- per’s development. Laurens Hamilton was less than twenty-five years old when he died on the 19th of last month, in New York, after a week’s illness, which was pro- longed for this brief time only by the splendid spirit with which its fierce at- Alumni tack was met, and the excellent consti- tution which resisted for a time a dis- ease that promised from the start to be swiftly fatal. Laurens Hamilton was Yale Committee and his editorial position on the News Board have been set down in these columns. An error occurred in noting the place of his business since leaving college. He was connected with the Manhattan Trust Company, of New York City. And a second reference to this very sad event is not made because it is hoped after recovery from the first sharp sense of loss to be able to indi- cate in any satisfactory way just what that loss means to those who knew well Laurens Hamilton. It was, how- ever, impossible to refer to it at the time. _ Now, when one has time to think quietly of his association with this young son of Yale, it is possible to touch a single point which, from the Yale and general, college standpoint makes the life and death of such an one of significance. He typified college character in perhaps its most attract- ive and ‘most excellent forms. One hears in the life in a college community of many a popular man. One also not infrequently meets directly, or through his friends, those characters that are correctly described as lovable. But pop- ularity is not the term with which one is satisfied when he wishes to learn what a man really is, and the word - Jovable does not carry with it the high- est points of character. The one may mean a mere compliance with environ- ment. The other may mean a warm- heartedness that is often unaccompan- ied with positive force. a When, however, one of whom his classmates use both these words always in speaking. is known also to have his own clear ideas of the right way to live and to hold to them, and, in matters practical, shows clear judgment and good sense and ability to do those things which are given him to do,.when placed in any position of responsibility, then there is a kind of man whose high rating as a friend is easily understood and for whom the general good will is a strong compliment. I believe it was because of this very havpy combination that all those who knew Laurens Ham- flton had invariably such a good word for him. His gentlemanliness was genuine and hence his courtesy invariable in all his dealings with his fellows. His short record in the service of the comvany with which he was connected since eraduation demonstrated still further the more substantial qualities which he had shown in college. It is due to the influences of such lives as men live who are of such grain and fibre and spirit, as was Laurens Hamilton, that college life has such . a strong hold on all who take it in the right spirit, leaving with them a memo- ry and an influence, which experiences most adverse do not weaken, and by means of which they hold their faith in their fellows. % *¥ & % Professor Eugene L. Richards who has been away during the entire college year owing to illness, has returned to New Haven. His leave of absence was for the period of an entire year, how- ever, and he will not resume his classes until next September. The Buchelor of Arts, Is praised by all Yale men, and is the mouthpiece-of the Alumni. ‘«“*¢The Bachelor of Arts’ pursues a commendable policy of conservatism. Tt is always on the side of the RIGHT, and is growing to be regarded as containing the best general Alumni sentiment in regard to Col- lege matters. 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