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ADVISORY BOARD.
H. C, Roprnson, °53. J. R. SHEFFIELD, ’87.
W. W. Sxippy, ’658. J. A. HARTWELL, ’89 §.
C. P. Linpsiey,’75 8. L.S. WELCH, ’89.
W. Camp, ’80. E. VAN INGEN, 79158.
W.G. DaaGceEttT, ’80. P. Jay, ’92.
EDITOR.
Lewis 8. WELCH, ’89.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
WALTER Camp, ’80,
TREASURER.
E. J. THOMPSON, Sp.
(Norr.—The assistants from the staff of the Yale
News for the current year have not yet been ap-
pointed.)
Entered as sccond class matter at New Haven P. O.
New HAVEN, CONN., Oct. 7, 1897.
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THE OPPORTUNITY OF 798.
The Senior class of Yale has an op-
portunity which has not been given
to any of its predecessors. Yale has at
last been made to realize some things.
It is admitted that Yale of to-day is a
very different place from Yale of ten
years ago. Besides, there is not the
same self-satisfied feeling that things
will care for themselves, and the lazy
trust that someone—just the right man
—is always sure to turn up at just the
right time to do just the right thing,
no matter how many people have been
doing just the wrong thing for an in-
definite time. It does not avail now
to say, let well enough alone, for well
enough refers to a state of affairs which
has begun to pass out of the memory
of the present college generation. It
at last dawns on the consciousness of
Yaledom, that Yale life needs a pulling
together—and that it will take a great
“pull together’ to make things as they
used to be.
And Ninety-Eight has its unusual
chance because some evidences of the
general spirit necessary for the renais-
sance are already seen. There is some-
thing in the air which makes one feel
that all are ready to do their part, and
await only direction. If the under-
graduates found, at their meeting on
Wednesday night (whose details are
received too late for publication in this
issue), any means for making effective
at once this feeling, they did well.
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A SMALLER CLASS.
We can say with all sincerity that we
are not in the least bit regretful that
the Academic Freshman class at Yale
is not any larger, but rather smaller,
than last year. Numbers do not indi-
cate strength, necessarily, and while
Yale has developed in these last ten
years in many of the features of a Uni-
versity to a wonderful degree, there
are some points in the life of Yale
which have at least been seriously
threatened by the tremendous growth.
It cannot certainly be denied that there
is less cohesive power in the institution
than there was a decade ago. We do
not believe there is any less of the
spirit which combined all parts of the
University harmoniously. It only seems
to us to need time and thought and
courage to adjust the old spirit and
ways of doing things to the new con-
ditions. The conditions are conducive
now to reflection and to reconstructive
action, and there is a good deal of both
YALE ALUMNI WwHREKLY
going on in a quiet way. Until things
are made over to a degree, it is just
as well not to have too big a problem
on our hands.
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THE “SHEFF.’? CELEBRATION.
There is a simplicity in the arrange-
ments for the semi-centennial celebra-
tion of the Scientific School which is
quite characteristic. The School has
always had a very straightforward, dig-
nified way of doing things, which has
indicated its strength and its confi-
dence in itself. It will round out its
first half century without the use of
many brass or wind instruments, but
in a way quite worthy. The exercises
promise to be most satisfactory and
interesting and we are much surprised
if the alumni and friends of “Sheff” will
fail to make the occasion a very con-
spicuous demonstration of their pride
in the School.
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THE BOATING POLICY.
“Mr. Whitney has gone ahead with
his eyes wide open, and after a liberal
use of his judgment and common sense.
Mr. Cook will take charge of Yale’s
oarsmen.
understand each other. Each knows
the conditions under which he can, and
the conditions under which he cannot,
successfully work with the other. If
any of these conditions fail of fulfil-
ment, the agreement is off by mutual
consent. °
We expect to see the arrangement
successfully carried through. There is
nothing which would give a keener
satisfaction to thousands of Yale men
than Mr. Cook’s perfect success, in
every way, in his conduct of the crew
of 1808. They remember his magnifi-
cent record of technical skill and unsel-
fish service. They feel a personal in-
terest in seeing that record fittingly
rounded out. To that end they will
ask of the oarsmen of -Yale that they
follow their leader loyally. They will
expect of that leader that he shall com-
mand the situation, so shaping his
course as to make it impossible that
any right-minded Yale man should fail
to follow with.enthusiasm and implic-
itly obey. They will be satisfied with
nothing less than this.
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Intercollegiate Tennis.
The Intercollegiate Tennis Tourna-
ment opened at the New Haven Lawn
Club ground here on Tuesday at 10
o’clock, with a good list of entries and
a fair attendance. A full account of the
tournament will appear in the next
WEEKLY.
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Steinert Scholarships.
The competitions for the Steinert
Scholarships, which were to take place
on Tuesday, October 5th, were post-
poned indefinitely, on account of the
illness. of Professor Parker. The
Scholarships offered by Morris Stein-
ert are for proficiency in organ, violin
and piano-forte playing.
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Yale Club Opening.
The Yale Club of New York City
will open its doors informally to its
members on Thursday, the 7th instant,
and on Friday, October. 15, the first
“Club Night” and general opening of
the clubhouse, at 17 East 26th st., will
be held. On this latter night a general
invitation to be present has been ex-
tended to all Yale men. The Council
are particularly desirous that as many
of the Faculty in New Haven as can
find it convenient and agreeable to be
present on this latter occasion should
be there.
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In order to meet the extraordinary
expenses of the season, the Football
Association has raised the price of ad-
mission to ordinary games from thirty-
five to fifty cents. :
The Captain and the Coach:
MR. COOK WILL COACH.
Captain Whitney finally settles the
Matter.—_A thorough mutual
Understanding.
On Monday of this week, Mr. Robert
J. Cook, Yale ’76, and Mr. Payne Whit-
ney, captain of the Yale University
Crew, held a final conference in regard
to the coaching of the eight for the com-
ing year. After the situation had been
thoroughly discussed and understood
on both sides, Mr. Cook was invited to
take charge of the coaching and he has
accepted the invitation.
It is apparent that Mr. Whitney and
Mr. Cook fully understood each other,
and that the lines which they have
mutually agreed upon for the develop-
ment of the Crew are those which come
as near to assuring a successful hand-
ling of it as any which could be laid
down at the present time. Mr. Cook
feels that there have been certain con-
ditions in the work for the last two or
three years which have not offered the
freest opportunity for the working out
of the ideas of rowing in which he be-
lieves. He is therefore anxious to
make another test under the best con-
ditions possible before he closes his
long connection with Yale’s boating
interests. While Mr. Cook insists on a
fair opportunity for the application of
pure rowing principles to Yale’s ath-
letics, he also appreciates the difficul-
ties which have been thrown in the
path of both Captain and Coach,
justly or unjustly, from causes in which
the personal-equation plays an impor-
tant part. It is thoroughly under-
stood and emphatically stated that all
these causes of criticism and trouble
shall be absolutely removed.
Besides things already mentioned, it
is known that the lack of unity of
action among boating men has been
one of the principal causes of weakness
in the Yale Navy and has undermined
the general confidence in the work of
the crew. While Mr. Cook believes
that it.is absolutely necessary that one
man shall apply the principles of row-
ing as they are understood to-day in
the final effort to establish a definite
system, he has directly expressed in a
recent conversation his desire for, and
his purpose to seek, the co-operation of
many of the younger boating men.
In the University itself and among
graduates, so far as their sentiment has
been sounded, the majority opinion is
strongly to the effect that Mr. Whit-
ney has chosen the best course possi-
ble, and the almost universal feeling is
a perfect willingness to wait for results
before passing any judgment:
When Mr. Whitney was in England
last Summer he met Mr. Guy Nickalls,
probably the first oarsman of England,
who as stroke of university and Lean-
der eights, and as a participant in al-
most every other rowing event, has
won a roomful of trophies in the last
few years. Mr. Nickalls quite liked
Yale from what he saw of her at Hen-
ley two years ago. In talking with Mr.
Whitney, he said that he wanted to
come to America this Fall. The Yale
Captain said that he hoped very much
that if he were in this country he would
visit New Haven and Yale, and that if
he were here he would certainly ask
him to take a look at the Yale candi-
dates for the crew. Mr. Nickalls ac-
cepted the invitation.
come or how long he will stay, and
emphatically denies the report that he
will in any sense take charge of the
crew coaching. Mr. Nickalls and Mr.
Cook know each other, and it goes
without saying that all the advice which
the Englishman can give will be very
gratefully accepted.
The arrangements for the Fall Re-
gatta are not complete as the WEEKLY
goes to press. It will probably be held
on Saturday, October 16th, or on the
following Wednesday. The getiget Se
the
and Scientific Freshmen and
Classes of Ninety-Nine and 1900 will
enter a crew. Some so-called “scrub
crews” may also be entered.
Yale Law School.
For circulars and other information apply to
Prof. FRANCIS WAYLAND,
‘Dean.
‘Mr. Whitney .
does not know either when he will-
OPPORTUNITIES.
The late mythical Mr. Micawber, of pleas-
ant memory, was described by the parent Of
his being, as of a cheerful and hopeful dispO-
sition, which contented itself ina willingness
to wait for something to turn up. That easy-
going, easy-spoken creed has many followers
to-day. Good-hearted men they may De;
short-sighted they must be. Dodging the
actual question year after year, they wait for
that improbable something to turn up, and
awake at last to find life all but past.
This is the sort of man who refuses to SE©
that “opportunity ” is generally only another
name for determined and consistent effort-
Not one of them would admit that more men
have neglected opportunity than lacked it-
They come to us and say: “What if a man
is possessed of a steady will and patience and
common sense’’ (qualities as good as a for-
tune to their possessor), “they all count for
nothing. Something must turn up !”’
Take our word for it, nothing ever ‘‘ turns
up.’ What a world it would be! Things
then would “turn down,’’ doubtless, with
equal facility. All true manhood, all striving
and energy, and freewill itself—all would be
eliminated from the life equation, and leave
A = Success, B = Failure, with nothing to
lift us from the deadly level of mere machines.
Nothing, we repeat, ever “turns up’?! It must
be turned up, and you must do the turning-
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WALTER CAMP ON FOOT BALL
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FOR OCTOBER,
Is the leading feature of the number, and is full of
interest to college men.
No less interesting to the cyclist is A. H. God-
frey’s illustrated article on ‘‘ THe PuoiLa. MEET OF
THE L. A. W.’’
Matcotm Forp writes on all-round Champion-
ships under Past and Present Conditions.”’
OTHER FEATURES
of the strongest number of the year:
Fox-hunting in America— The American Cana-
dian One-Rater Contests — The International Ten-
nis of 1897— An Adirondack Buck—Four Days on
the Prairie—Lullaby Mullen of Porphyry Guich—
A Day with the Cotton-tails —-and the Montruiy
REVIEW OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES, conducted by
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