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VALE. ALUWNT WEEKLY
Published every Thursday during the College Terms
and conducted by a Graduate Editor and Associate
Editor, and Assistants from the Board of Editors of
the
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All. correspondence shouid_ be addressed, Yale
Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn.
ADVISORY BOARD.
For College Year, ’96-7:
H. C. Rosrnson, 753. J. R. SHEFFIELD, 87,
W. W. Skippy, ‘658. J. A. HARTWELL, °89 Ss;
C. P. Linpsuery, 758. L. 8. WELCH, 89,
W. Camp, °80. E. Van INGEN, 91 S.
W. G. Daaaerr, °80. P. JAY, "92.
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EDITOR,
Lewis 8S. WELCH, ’89.
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR,
WALTER CAMP, 80.
NEWS EDITOR,
GRAHAM SUMNER, ’97.
ASSISTANTS,
H. W. CHAMBERS, ’99.
D.: Bi Day, 88.
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TREASURER,
E. J. THOMPSON.
(Office, Room 6, White Hall.)
JOHN JAY, ’98.
Entered as second class matter at New Haven P20;
New HAVEN, Conn., May 13, 1897,
THE DEBATE.
Yale was squarely beaten in the de-
bate last Friday. Princeton is to be very
heartily congratulated. Her men routed
Yaletrom a position very strongly
taken. It was a victory of oratory. Yale
had better material. Princeton used her
'raterial better. Yale’s speakers were
men of brains. Princeton’s debaters
were prominent for their spirit and
“dash. The men from New Jersey were
good reasoners, but not invariably so.
A more resourceful foe would have
broken their line hopelessly at least at
one important point. The victory was a
good square debating victory and Yale.
has lessons to learn from it.
The College at large ought to be well
ashamed of itself for its indifferent sup-
port. There were lots of empty seats
in College Street Hall. Is the debating
interest quite as genuine and quite as
general as it was supposed to be?
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THE 2.25 RULE.
Some criticism has been expressed,
on an article in the last issue of the
Weekly, on the 2.25 rule, because suf-
ficient emphasis was not placed upon
the fact that this regulation placed the
responsibility where it belongs, to wit—
on the individual student. Its aim is
to benefit him. Its promoters say that
he must be taught to look out for him-
self. He must not depend on his Cap-
tain or his Division Officer. Of course
that is true, and yet in most things of
that sort, we never take facts in a
too coldly logical way. The Freshman,
for instance,( for he is the man most to
be csnsidered,) is liable to be tempted
not to look out for himself properly, by
conditions for which he is not responsi-
ble, and which are not, in themselves,
bad. The athletic system is as inex-
orable, in its way, as the Faculty sys-
tem. It takes a long time for a man,
‘even one who does not plunge _ into
athletics, to become accustomed to the
life here; to get on his “college legs,”
$0 to speak, How much more difficult
is it for one who is at once drafted into
the football squad for instance!
There is almost as much incentive,
from the standpoint of college reputa-
tion and the individual’s reputation, to
keep a man above the 2.25 mark, as
there used to be to keep him above the
common average. The aim of every in-
YALE ALUMNI
VW Ee ry
telligent system of discipline ought to
be to prevent trouble. A few exam-
ples may be necessary, but when this
line of examples gets very long
something about the system is wrong.
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It is reported from Easton, Pa., that
the Yale University nine attributes its
defeat at the hands of the Lafayette
nine, last Wednesday, to some unfortu-
nate kitchen complication with an ice-
cream freezer on the day before. It is
true that a good many members of the
Nine did not feel very happy fast week,
and the fact had its due place in the
small talk of the day; but we had to
learn from distant newspapers that any-
body here thought for a minute of excus-
ing their defeat on this ground. It has
not, as far as we can learn, been sug-
gested by anyone in authority or out of
authority, who had any means of know-
ing. We have not even heard of any
members of the nine intimating to their
friends that they considered the victory
of the visitors due to anything but su-
perior playing. We refer to the fact of
slight symptoms of tyrotoxicon some-
time last week, on the part of the ball-
players, merely to indicate the only pos-
sible source for this story. If they were
out of sorts from something which they
had eaten, it was their own fault, but
no one here even goes so far as to say
that that was the reason for their being
beaten. It was a case of straight defeat,
by a team playing a superior game of
base-ball, and it has not been considered
anything else. Any report to the con-
trary may be described by a short word
of three letters. —
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Phi Beta Kappa Banquet.
The annual banquet of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society was held at the New
Haven House last Monday evening,
May 10. Covers were laid for eighty-
five. The invited guests were: Prof.
Tracy Peck, ’61; Prof. A. M. Wheeler,
57; Prof. Simeon E. Baldwin, ’61; Prof.
George B. Adams, ’77, D. 8.; R. C. Lam-
phier,. ’97S.; and R.. L. Munger, OF.
Walter D. Makepeace, ’97, was toast-
master and the following toasts were
responded to:
Com. Clark.’ Wi,
ANCICOMUIC ies oo eg Ge ce See
“Thine, too, these golden keys, immor-
tal Boy?!”
RESPONSE. soc veh nic wiv ens ote S. BH. Bassett, ’98
“A good crier of green sauce.”
Phi Beta Kappa..... Prof. Tracy Peck, "61
“Mhink clear, feel deep, bear fruit well.’’
Chi Delta’ Theta.:....... Cc. P. Mitchell, ’97
“Te hath eat paper, as it were; he hath
drunk ink. Here will be an. old
abusing of God’s patience and the
King’s English.”
SUZIND, GNA «psec eons R. C...Lamphier,. ‘978,
“Bair Science frowned not on his hum-
ble. birth.’’
Kappa Beta Phiii.....is.
‘Fe doth nothing but talk of his horse.
Yale Tradition..:Prof. A. M. Wheeler, bY
R. L. Munger, ’97
“Moribus antiquis res stat Romana
virisque.”’
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University Notices.
The examinations in competition for
the Woolsey Scholarship will be held
in Alumni Hall on the mornings of
May 17, 18 and 19, beginning at 9 o’clock
—in Greek on Monday, in Latin on
Tuesday, and in Mathematics on
Wednesday.
The examination in competition for
the Berkeley Premiums for excellence
in Latin Composition will be held in
Alumni Hall on Tuesday morning, May
18, beginning at 9 o’clock.
Members of the Class of ’98 intend-
ing to enter the examination for the
Scott Prize in German, are requested to
leave their names with Prof. Palmer,
not later than Wednesday, May 19.
Those who intend to compete for the,
Scott Prize in French are requested to
leave their names with Professor Lu-
quiens, on or before the same date.
The examinations in competition for
the Winthrop Prizes will be held in
Alumni Hall on the mornings of May
17 agd 18, beginning at 9 o’clock—in
Greek on Monday, and in Latin on
Tuesday.
Members of the Junior, Sophomore
and Freshman classes who wish to re-
tain for another academic year the
College rooms which they now occupy,
must sign a new-room agreement and
leave it at the Dean’s office on or be-
fore Saturday, May 22. No student
is allowed to retain or choose a room
in the College buildings whose dues
at the Treasurer’s office, including the
eee the present half-term, are un-
paid.
YALE-HARVARD DINNER.
San Francisco Alumni to Join Forces,
Yale California Banquet.
The Yale Alumni Association of Cali-
fornia held its annual meeting, Satur-
day, May 1, at the Cafe Zinkand, San
Francisco. The President of the As-
sociation, Prof. Thomas R. Bacon, in
the opening address, expressed the grat-
ification of the alumni on the Pacific
Coast, at the renewal of athletic rela-
tions between Harvard and Yale. At
the conclusion of his address, he laid
before the Association an invitation
from the Harvard Club, of San Fran-
cisco, to unite with them in giving a
dinner as a pledge of the fellowship
which subsists between the graduates
of these two Universities. The fears
of the timid were quieted by the assur-
ance that a joint committee would se-
lect the songs, and that the banquet
would be held before the foot ball game.
The invitation was enthusiastically ac-
cepted. The two associations have nev-
er met in this way before, and, though
the most cordial relations exist between
them, it is not likely that the practice
will become permanent, as each has a
large and enthusiastic membership.
Prof. Edward B. Clapp, now of the
University of California, formrly of
Yale University, rendered his report
as Chairman of the Committee appoint-
ed by the President of the Association
a year ago to procure funds by sub-
scription from the members of the As-
sociation, and to devise ways and means
of maintaining, at Yale University, a
graduate scholarship, the annual in-
come of which was to be at least three
hundred dollars. He stated that the
efforts of the Committee had met not
only with entire success, but with the
cordial approbation ~ of President
Dwight, speaking on behalf of Yale
University, and that a further most
welcome result of this action on the
part of the Association was the in-
creased interest manifested by the stu-
dents of the University of California in
Yale University as a place for ad-
vanced study and investigation. Upon
the conclusion of this report, Prof. Ba-
con read a letter lately received from
Prof. A. W. Phillips, Dean of the Grad-
uate Department of Yale University,
offering to the recipient of the graduate
scholarship established by The Yale
Alumni Association of California, an
- additional scholarship: of the value of-a
year’s tuition in the Graduate Depart-
ment at Yale.
The Association thereupon unani-
mously adopted a resolution to maintain
a scholarship upon the same footing
as last year. A subscription: was ta-
ken among the members present in
support of the scholarship;the amount
realized was. $162.50. Prof. Bacon re-
ported that absent members had agreed
to contribute approximately one hun-
dred dollars more. The President of
the Association was authorized to ap-
point a Committee to complete the fund.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are: President, Mr. Charles Page,
68: Vice President, Mr. Gordon Bland-
ing, °’71; Secretary, Mr. Edward L.
Brayton, 794S.; Prof. William A. Setch-
ell, ’87, and Mr. William B. Pringle,
795S.. additional members of the Exec-
utive Committee.
After the transaction of business,
supper was served, and was followed
by informal speaking. T. R. Bacon,
"72, described the old Sophomore socie-
ties, and gave an account of their de-
mise. Inquiries as to the decline of
the Freshman societies failed to elicit
a response. J. R. Folsom, ’698., gave
some recollections of Prof. Mark Bail-
ey, and told of his dispute over the
question of emphasis with the theo-
logical student who was going to put
his head in the lion’S mouth. W. A.
Setchell, ’87, explained the four-year
question in the Scientific School, and
We Tho CIADO,. FOLD: 88;
of President Woolsey, paid a tribute to
Martin Kellogg, ’50, President of the
University of California.
The past year has been one of the
most prosperous in the history of this
Association. Its meetings have been
well attended and the natural result of
efforts on behalf of Yale University
have followed—increased interest in her
success and more cordial relations be-
tween the alumni.
Che Ruchelor 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. It 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. College papers are usually prejudiced,
but the Bachelor of Arts is not in this sense a College
paper. Itis out of College.”’— Huchange.
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