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Vou. - Vil: “No, 4: MODERN FOOTBALL. An Illustration of the Tackling Machine. ‘TACKLER ON THE DIVE. A MOVE FOR MORE SYSTEM, The University Raises a Committee to Consider the State of Athletics. On Wednesday, October 6, in mass meeting assembled, Yale students cre- ated a committee and instructed it “‘to consider plans to secure system and unity in the management of Yale athlet- ics and to report at a future meeting of the University.” »The committee is made up of the captains and managers of the University Eleven, Nine, Crew and Track Team, and a member each of the Academic and Scientific Senior Classes, who was chosen by the chair- man of the meeting. The make-up of the committee is given below. Mr. Julian S. Mason, ’98, Chairman of the News, presided and announced that the meeting had been called at the request of the captains to talk over the athletic situation and to see if something could not be done to bring a little better organization into the athletics of the University. They had asked one or two graduates to open the discussion and Mr. Julian W. Cur- tiss, °79, was thereupon introduced. Mr. Curtiss said he had felt a little reluctance about coming and then told a little story which was intended to show that he was obliged to look upon any such invitation from Yale as a peremptory manadamus. He had no plan to propose. He didn’t know what would be proposed. It was the business of the undergraduates to solve these problems, and he hoped they would always have this responsibility. What Mr. Curtiss emphasized was the need of resurrecting the ‘Yale athletic spirit, which had lain dormant for two of three years. Without it, Yale could not do anything. It was another name for pluck~ and determination backed by and inspired by the enthu- siasm of the entire University. En- thusiasm, Mr. Curtiss said, was neces- aaa sary for the success.of any enterprise, and enthusiasm was. a part of. the equipment of Yale athletics to which every one could contribute. The spirit ‘which animated the football work he described as a most cheerful factor in the present situation. He hoped he would hear no-more.of.a lack of ma- terial. There was plenty of material. It was only-a question of putting the right spirit back of it. The Freshman Crew of last year was picked out by Mr. Curtiss “as :an example of what he meant by the right spirit. It didn’t make any difference what was done to them, they couldn't be _ beaten. Robbed of two of their best men for the. University Boat, they were not dismayed, but rowed harder than ever. They simply determined they would not be beaten. They went at it in the right spirit, both as to learning and as to working. This and much else like it Mr. Cur- tiss talked to the students of Yale, and when he finished they applauded and continued to applaud, until they gave up hope of hearing more. Then Mr. Butterworth made the practical suggestion that things might be so arranged as to have some one who would watch athletics and athletes in their relation to the Faculty. Work on this line involved now an enormous amount of work in the part of the Captain, which embarrassed him much in the development of his team. Then people expected to hear the Captains talk, but they didn’t say any- thing, apparently thinking the ground been covered. So the meeting ended. The committee was announced in the News as follows:— Payne Whitney, ’98; G. C. Greenway, it.,. 6S $.:-E: ©. -Perkms,. 98: 20: _. Rodgers, ’98; Grenville Parker, ’98; F. H. Simmons, ’98; I. N. Swift, ’98; D. C. Twichell, ’98; A. Cheney, ’08 S.; T. R. Fisher, ’98.S.; H. F. Benjamin, ’98 ».; > ki, KE. -Stone,- Jr:, ’08,-Si> FW. Stewart, ’98 S.; R. T. Turnbull, ’o08 and D. F. Rogers, ’98. It will be seen that this committeee includes the Vice- Presidents of the athletic associations as well as the Presidents. - rison-on-the-Hudson, tary and Treasurer, Joseph Wright Al- a ‘SMAN” WELL DOWNED. No one knows what the committee will report, but it seems safe to say that they will assume as working premises the cardinal principles of Yale athletics in the past and that they will not try to introduce too much organization. ee er The Tackling Machine. The general structure of the tackling machine can be judged from the cuts. The “man” is stuffed with sawdust and gets his stability and power of re- sistance from a bag of sand, with which he is connected by ropes and pulleys. The arm from which the suspended swings horizontally in either direction, and the two men who work it, are thus able to keep the tackler guessing, as though he were operating on a dodging runner. The machine is located at the Field, north of the main gridiron. —_____+4—__— Sheffield Senior Class Elections. A meeting of the Sheffield Senior class was held on Monday, October II. The following officers were elected: President, Gilbert Christian Greenway, of Hot Springs, Arkansas; Vice-Presi- dent, Hamilton Fish Benjamin, of Gar- N. . Y.;.. Secre- sop, of Middletown, Conn. ——__+4____. The following Committee composed members of the Academical Freshman Class has been appointed by the Presi- dent of he Y. M. C. A. to carry on the religious’ work: of the class: R. K. Askew, A. B. Berger, S. L. Coy, L. E. Hemingway, H. P. Judd, P. D. Moody, A. H. Richardson, R. S. Spencer, B. P. Twichell and J. H. Wear. “haw 1s ~ Latest Registration Figures, The preliminary catalogue has not yet appeared, but the following compar- ison of the latest figures obtainable in the Academical and Scientific Depart- ments, with the two previous years, will give a nearly exact idea of the class numbers. The Scientific School figures may be changed very slightly. ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 1895-6 1896-7 1897-8 SeisOrd 6 wins eee 280 280 301 FUNIOTS< se. 45s eee: 281 2905 301 Sophomores 307 310 343 Hreshinetc wc utaeee 331 354 206 Totaled, (ols dea $100 4.1239 1241 SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT. 1895-6 1896-7 1897-8 2 Senne. 2 ee. oo 18 125 JURORS Sod share 205 133 165 Freshmen .........+.147 . 170 185 Votale: 3. cs. eee Si) AO ee ——_—__+0—___—- A Sheff. Department of the VY. WM. C. A. The new building for the Sheff. De- partment of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association of the University, located at 138 College street was opened on Friday evening, October 8th, with a reception to the Sheff. Freshmen. President Dwight was present and a quartet from the Glee Club furnished the music. Over half the Freshman Class accepted the in- vitations which had been sent out by the following Committee: ’98 S., W. F. Cochrane, Jr., Chairman; E. J. Drum- mond, G. C. Greenway, Jr., ’909 S.; A. M. Bell and E. E. Marshall. The building which was purchased last Spring for the use of the Associa- tion, by Mrs. Cochrane, of Yonkers, N. Y., has been thoroughly put in re- pair during the Summer.
