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ADVISORY BOARD.
H. C, Roprnson, 58. J. R. SHEFFIELD, ’87.
W. W. Sxippy, 658. J. A. HARTWELL, ’89 8.
C. P. LInDsLEY, 75S. L.S. WELCH, ’89.
W. Camp, ’80. E. Van INGEN, 79158.
W.G. DaaeertT, ’80. P. Jay, 92.
EDITOR.
Lewis 8. WELCH, ’89.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
WALTER Camp, ’80.
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
E. J. THOMPSON, Sp.
NEWS EDITOR.
FRED. M. DAVIES, ’99.
PRESTON KuMLER, 1900, Athletic Department.
Entered as sccond class matter at New Haven P. O.
NEW HAVEN, CoNN., Oct. 21, 1897.
DAY OF RECEIVING THE WEEKLY.
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Please write us at once, if it does not
reach you on time.
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WHERE ARE THE COACHES?
Where is the goodly company of Yale
coaches, who used to rally Fall after
Fall, particularly in such an emergency
as that of this season? It is quite un-
fair to Mr. Butterworth to leave this
load entirely on his shoulders. They
are broad and he is doing splendid
work for Yale. He is not complain-
ing, but Yale men are wondering why
he is not better supported. If it is un-
fair to Mr. Butterworth, it is doubly
unfair to Yale that anyone who can
be here now should be absent. We do
not criticise; we know the loyalty of
Yale’s football leaders. We do not
think they understand the situation.
They do not seem to appreciate that
the work at New Haven must be all
done over again. Princeton, with her
team of veterans, has a coach for every
man; Harvard, largely made up of
seasoned material, is abundantly sup-
plied with helpers. Rumors of possi-
ble visits of a day or two from football
men in the next week or so, do not
make one feel comfortable. Whether
the Yale eleven of 1897 makes a record
worthy of Yale will depend on the
coaching of the next four weeks. The
material is here; the spirit is here, and
we can hardly believe the Yale players
will have to wait very much longer for
teachers.
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YALE THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS.
It should be a source of very sin-
cere joy, on the part of the friends of
the Theological School, that a higher
standard of scholarship, set in the en-
trance examinations, has resulted as it
was hoped that such a plan would re-
sult. Considering that those times are
= Adie “ALLO Re WA BR ae
now a part of the past, it may be pro-
per to record in print, what has been
the common subject of conversation
and even the theme of platform utter-
ances on the Campus itself, that it has
been a source of wonder and keen re-
gret that the ranks of Yale ministers
were so numerously recruited from
such peculiar material. Why in the
world has this been so? Congrega-
tionalism in New England has been led
by men of princely parts. As far as
Yale has a sectarian character, it is
a Congregational institution. May the
grounds for the former criticism remain
only facts of history, never reappearing.
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INSTRUCTION IN INSURANCE.
An additional fact is in evidence in
relation to the proposal to secure in-
struction in insurance at Yale, an-
nouncement of which was made in the
WEEKLY of October 7. The plan, as
stated at that time, has been given up
for the present, the Yale Corporation
taking the ground that it did not care to
inaugurate such a course, until it could
be sure of its permanence. Such as-
surance, so those interested in the plan
were told, could not be had until the
College had a permanent fund, giving
a sufficient income to allow for a series
of lectures or for the salary of an in-
structor.
This being the case, those who were
advocating the plan proposed to bring
it to the attention of the officers of
another university. Just as this was
about to be done, the facts in the case
came quite by accident to the knowl-
edge of the WEEKLY. At this paper's
request Dr. Ward furnished the state-
ment of the case as it had been made to
the officers of Yale. It seemed to us
a good thing to have the graduates
and friends of Yale know of this plan.
Some of those who are best acquainted
with the facts and theories of insurance,
have very strongly approved the in-
stitution of such a course.
If it is a good thing to have instruc-
tion in insurance, it may pass without
contradiction that Yale should have it.
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Sharp Words for Ninety-Nine.
The Vale News prints the following
editorial on the marked decrease in the
Class scholarship as shown by the ap-
pointment list: _
“Tt was hoped that Ninety-Nine would
continue the advance made by Ninety-
Six, Ninety-Seven and Ninety-Eight in
the number of Junior appointments an
would come out with the largest list
ever published at Yale. This they have
failed to do.
“Comparisons are not at all times
profitable, but the difference between
this year’s figures and those of the Class
of Ninety-Eight is so astonishing that
a comparison may not be entirely out
of place. Ninety-Eight had thirty-one
Philosophical appointments, — Ninety-
Nine has sixteen; Ninety-Eight had
twenty-four High Orations, - Ninety-
Nine has eighteen; Ninety-Eight had
twenty-six Dissertations, Ninety-Nine
has nineteen, and almost through the
entire list Ninety-Nine is behind.
“It may seem hard on the members
of Ninety-Nine to make prominent their
deficiency by these comparisons, which
may seem only to discourage, D
them remember that their stand is low
not because of a lack of intelligence,
but because of a lack of work; that
their college course is only half com-
pleted and there is still time in which
to redeem themselves; that the coming
two years offer the same opportunities
for high-stand appointments which the
last two years have offered; that in a
single year, with a stand of 3.30, Phi
Beta Kappa may be won; that they are
held responsible as a class for what the
individual does, and if the individual
cares nothing for scholarship and acts
accordingly, his class will suffer; that
the men in the class who have worked
to keep up the scholarship at Yale,
suffer together with the indolent, and
that as Yale scholarship has been
lowered in the last two years by in-
but. let.
dividuals, so it rests with individuals
to build it up in the next two.
“We do not advocate working pure-
ly for high marks, but marks often in-
dicate whether the student is earnest in
his work or not. Whether, as has been
said, a Phi Beta Kappa key is ‘ one of
the things most prized at graduation’
or not, it certainly is a great source
of satisfaction in after life.”
Charles Anderson Dana, editor of the
Sun, died at his home on Long
Island Sunday afternoon, aged 78 years.
The Yale Spirit of To-day.
The Morning News of this city
prints an interview with Colonel N. G.
Osborn regarding his views on the
_ University spirit as presented in his
speech at the opening of the Yale Club
of New York last Friday. - In the inter-
view Col. Osborn is quoted as follows:
“The spirit of Yale College pro-
ceeded from interclass competition. By
interclass competition, I mean contests
in boat races, football games or in
whatever way it was possible to enlist
class feeling. Such feeling was also
shown by the class rushes or by the
contests over the carrying of canes, etc.
It was these events that made the col-
lege feeling as it existed under Presi-
dent Porter. Ina large university there
are a greater number of interests which
tend to divide the spirit which, in the
college would attach itself to athletics
alone. In the English universities,
for example, it is possible to retain this
college spirit. Each large university is
divided into a number of colleges, each
having the same number of students as
the different classes in’ Yale. By a
series of intercollegiate contests, simi-
lar to the interclass contests of fifteen
years ago, it is possible for this spirit
to exist. The American university is
an institution peculiar to this country.
“The Yale spirit of to-day is the same
as that of years ago, but under the Uni-
versity this spirit is much broader and
more comprehensive, attaching itself
to all the different departments of the
institution. It is a mistake for any one
to claim that the Yale spirit is waning.
It is not waning, but has merely under-
gone a change which was necessitated
by the growth of Yale from a college
toO'a university. This change is a dis-
tinct gain. Some of the students are
interested in athletics and some in intel-
lectual attainments. Each division has
enough supporters, but all are grouped.
under one head. It is this spirit which
no longer causes regret when Yale
loses the championship in a football
game, a boat race or a baseball contest,
so long as the intellectual spirit is kept
alive. When all of this spirit seems to
have been lost, then is the time to ques-
tion the lack of Yale enthusiasm. The
kind of spirit which the undergradu-
ates of fifteen years ago look for is not
the American university spirit of to-day,
but it is the athletic spirit of the Eng-
lish universities.”
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Generous Gifts of Undergradu-
ates for New Stand,
It is not generally known that the
expense of erecting the so-called East
Stand, at the Yale Field, was borne by
a few undergraduates. This stand is
the one first built. It if so constructed
as to allow its transfer to the side of
the baseball diamond.
The total cost of its erection was
$5,000. Considerably more than half of
this sum was given by E. Harkness,
’97; D. Byers, 98; A. G. Vanderbilt,
’99, and P. Rockefeller, 1900, who con-
tributed in equal amounts a very large
total. Those who added other gener-
ous subscriptions to make up the full
amount were: C. Tiffany, 1900; H. O.
Havemeyer, 1900; H. Boocock, 1900;
a? Meceorniiek, ~ro00S He. TE -Tent: 58
SS; J. E. Bulkley, ’99;°'S.-A. Smith, ’99;
W. B. Smith, ’99; L. D. Armstrong,
90; °C... Doyle, 99,
Yale Law School.
For circulars and other information apply to
Prof. FRANCIS WAYLAND,
Dean.
~*Insurance in force
Junior Prom. and Sophomor©€
German Committees.
Meetings of the Junior and Sophe-
more classes were held on Friday 2
Thursday, October 15 and 14, respect-
ively for the purpose of electing thet
Junior Promenade and Sophomore
committees. At the Junior meeting,
on the preliminary ballot the fol-
lowing men were nominated: W.- a
S. Griswold 151, F. H. Brooke 97,
F. Whitehouse, Jr., 94, J. M. Magee 83>
H. C. Cheney 79, C. A. Brayton 75, C.
F. Sweet 67, A. G. Vanderbilt 59, C- A-
Powers 67, i T.. Noble 57, H-
Bowles 47, H. W. Chambers 46, C- H-
Welles, Jr., 45, J.. Brown . 44, : -
Day 42. On the final ballot the follow-
ing were elected and will compose the
Junior Promenade Committee: LE
liam Edward Schenck Griswold of Erie,
Pa., 179; Frederick Hiester Brooke of
Birdsboro, Pa., 170; William Fitzhugh
Whitehouse, Jr., of New York City,
145; James McDevitt Magee of Pitts-
burg, Pa., 142; Carroll Fuller Sweet of
Grand Rapids, Mich., 143; Henry
Thornton Bowles of New York City,
131; Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt of
New York City, 123; Charles Hopkins
Welles, Jr., of Scranton, Pa., 120, and
Harold Clark Cheney of New Haven,
Conn., 118.
At the Sophomore meeting the fol-
lowing men were nominated on the pre-
liminary ballot: W. L. Chittenden 83,
B. Wi One 73,2); Cteteciway 71,22
B. Adams 6s, P. A. Rockefeller 46, S.
B. Camp 39, B. Johnson 34, M. Doug-
las 27, J. D. Dana 26, GC. E. Sullivan
23, and F. Allen 22.. On the final bal-
lot the following men were elected and
will constitute the Committee: Stuart
Brown Camp of West Winsted, Conn.,
134;. James Cowan Greenway of Hot
Springs, Ark., 133; Frederick Baldwin
Adams of Toledo, Ohio, 130; Percy
Avery Rockefeller of New York City,
108, and Walter Lyon Chittenden of
Binghamton, N. Y., 104.
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Co-operative Report.
The regular annual meeting of the
directors of the Yale Co-operative Cor-
poration was held last Wednesday in
the Superintendent’s office. Assistant
Superintendent W. J. Tilson resigned
_ his. position and F. O. Robbins was
chosen as his successor. A. F. Judd,
30.1.5, iy LOY, -0.0.,, ate. a>.
Twichell, 1901, were elected to fill the
vacancies in the board. Superintend-
ent Vincent rendered the following
report:
RESOURCES.
Merchandise; $5,436.78
Consigned stock on hand, 779.03
Office furniture and fixtures, 415.60
Accounts receivable, 735.903
Cash, 728.34
$8,095.68
LIABILITIES.
Accounts payable, including consign-
ments, 1,894.29
Net resources, 6,201.39
Net resources at last report, 4,504.82
Net profits (1896-7), $1,696.57
‘94-05 95-90 96-07
Net profits, $1,239.49 1,364.10 1,606.57
‘Lotal,.cash
business, 28,389.26 32,136.32 32,130:04
NEW-YORK LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
JANUARY 1, 1897.
ASSETS 2% $187,1 76,406
_ LIABILITIES 160,494,410
SURPLUS | $26,681 ,906
INCOME $39,139,558
*New Business 121,564,087
paid for in 1896 904,987
826,816,648
* No policy or sum of insurance is included in
this statement of new business or insurance jn
force, except where the first premium therefor, as
provided in the contract, has been paid to the Com-
pany in cash.
Joun A. MCCALL, President.
HENRY TUCK, Vice-Pres.
