Plans for Yale Baseball.
The plans for baseball work this Fall
are not yet announced, but it is under-
stood that there will be a good deal of
Fall practice, especially among the
members of the entering class. The
idea will be to discover the best men as
early as possible in the year and have
the material well in hand when the
serious Winter and Spring practice
begins.
It goes without saying that especial
attention will be directed to the battery
and to the development of one and two
and three, if possible, reliable pitchers.
The feeling is general that Yale Uni-
versity cannot afford to depend on one
man for this position, and that in the
past there has not been enough plan-
ning for the work of two and three
years in advance. In that way, a
season has sometimes opened with a
limited amount of material, the issue
depending on the endurance of one or,
at the most, two or three especially
good men. It is not only felt to be a
necessity for successful athletic man-
agement to change this custom, but it
is thought to be a need in the general
conduct of athletics here to draw more
men into practice and training.
As to pitching, of course it is hoped
that Fearey will show a great deal of
development next year and be a steady
and effective man in the box.
Of the new material, it is hard to say
much at present, and the Fall work will
be little enough to show what is in the
Freshman class.
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The Wale Review for August,
1897.
The August Yale Review discusses
editorially the causes of bad legislation
anent the recent session of Congress
and its tariff legislation and failure to
pass any currency reform measure;
it also discusses the questions at issue
in the resignation of President An-
drews. The body articles cover a wide
feta = er SP. CC.  E- yor; an’ official in
India, outlines the measures to prevent
and relieve the famine in that country.
Professor Fiamingo, the Italian sociol-
ogist discusses the reasons for the
great increase of public expenditure in
Europe of recent times. The new
Liberal administration in Canada under
Premier Laurier and its measures in
the Dominion Parliament are examined
by Mr. Edward Porritt.
social and economic laws passed by our
State Legislatures, especially the novel
and radical ones, are enumerated by
Mr. F. J. Stimson, the authority on
American Statute Law. Finally, the
“Sociétés de secours mutuels’ of
France are described by Mr. W. F.
Willoughby of the U. S. Department of
Labor. The editorial notes cover
recent literature on the Liquor pro-
blem, lynchings in the South, and some
phases of the Silver question. The
book reviews are numerous. Among
them is particularly noticeable one on
Lowell’s recent book.on parties in
Europe.
ee
Wale Professors at the Inter-
national Geological Congress,
Professors Pirsson, Marsh and Pen-
field have attended the International
Geological Congress in St. Petersburg
this Summer. Prof. Pirsson during
July was traveling with Nansen in
Norway, Sweden and Finland, and will
not return to New Haven until about
Nov. tst. Prof. Marsh will return
some time in October, and Prof. Pen-
field will be here on the 24th of this
month. :
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A Gift to the Museum.
Dr. Jackson, recently appointed con-
sul at Cognac, France, has presented
the Peabody Museum with a collection
of war implements, idols and various
articles of manufacture of certain of
the Central African tribes, among
whom he has been a missionary. Dr.
Jackson was educated in the Yale Med-
ical and Yale Theological Schools.
ae
The August number of the Cosmo-
politan Magazine prints an article by
President Timothy Dwight on modern
education.
The recent.
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English at Entrance.
The report of the inspector of litera-
ture, who has been looking over the
requirements for admission furnished
by the various universities and col-
leges, in response to the circular letters
sent out by the regents of the Univer-
sity of the City of New York about a
year ago, has made his report, which
contains the following passage:
“The replies. herewith published in-
dicate a wide diversity of opinion
among college and university men as
to the nature and extent of the prepara-
tion on these uniform texts which may
be required of candidates for college.
Indeed, it would appear impossible at
present for any secondary school to get
into consonance simultaneously with
the college systems of the country. ...
Thus at Harvard they will be required
chiefly to demonstrate their ability to
write English; at Cornell to give the
action of Comus in about 150 words ar-
ranged in two paragraphs of seventy-
five words each (a requirement which
would make Andrew Lang gasp and
stare); in the University of Pennsylva-
nia to give the lesson of Comus and tell
in what act and scene the chief char-
acters of the ‘Merchant of Venice’ ap-
pear together and why they do not ap-
pear together in any other scene (a
question which no one but William
Shakespere could answer and he would
say that he had forgotten;
still others will indicate the correct and
incorrect pronunciation of a list of
words. At Rochester candidates will
define and give the etymology of many
words and will show definitely why the
following statement is true, ‘as civiliza-
tion advances, poetry almost necessa-
rily declines’ (which is rather hard on
the boys because it is not true). At the
University of Indiana they may be
asked to explain ‘foreshadowing,’ ‘local
color’ and ‘dramatic suspense,’ and to
discuss the fifth act of the ‘Merchant of
Venice.’ At Wesleyan, in addition to
minute questions on the prescribed
texts, candidates may be asked whether
they think Rosalind overbold and un-
womanly in her talk with Orlando, and
whether Portia gives Bassanio any clue
-to the right casket when he makes his
choice, a qttestion set by Johns Hop-
kins also. (And one which has the
great advantage that it may be answer-
ed yes or no with equal correctness.)”
Among the replies received was the
following:
“Yale University,
“New Haven, Nov. 23, 1806.
“Professor Richard Jones.
“Dear sir—I am opposed to any en-
trance requirement in English. The
vote establishing such requirement at
Yale was passed over my head, and I
have had nothing to do with the exami-
nation, which I consider useless. [
have therefore pased your letter of
inquiry over to Professor Cook, regret-
ting that I have no light on the matter.
“Very truly yours,
“Henry A. Beers.”
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The Lampson Estate Contest.
Yale’s interest in the Lampson estate,
in the legal proceedings which are
threatened against the will, will be
represented by ex-Postmaster-General
Bissell, 69. There is much confidence
on the part of Yale that the effort to
break the will has no legal strength.
It will be stoutly resisted by Yale and
there is no thought of compromising
the University’s position.
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F. G. Beck, ’99, took the 16-pound
shot and was second in the 56-pound
weight and the hammer throw at the
games of the New Jersey Athletic Club
in July.
At the Newport tournament, Robert
D. Wrenn maintained his position as
champion of America, defeating W. V.
Eaves of London, Enoland, in a close
and very exciting match, by the follow-
ing score: 4-6, 8-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
George W. Stoddard, for many years
a janitor in the Scientific School, died
suddenly August 25th. He was 65
years old.
R. Sheldon, ’o8S., was second in the
shot-put in the games at Manchester,
England, July 3d, with a put of 44 feet
544 inches.
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