HARVARD LETTER.
A University Club—The Debate with
Yale—Relative Strength of Har-
vard and Yale Elevens.
Cambridge, Oct. 18—With the influx
of new students, which marks the open-
ing of the college year, the question
repeatedly arises “How can the new-
comers be made to feel at home and
the forming of college friendships be
fostered?” This is a live question at
Cambridge more than at New Haven,
because of the more loosely organized
college life.
During the past week the project of
forming a University club, which was
agitated a year or more ago and then
temporarily dropped owing to unfavor-
able financial conditions, has been re-
vived. The Harvard “Crimson” has
taken up the subject and is seeking to
arouse undergraduate opinion and se-
cure an expression of interest which
shall warrant the alumni who are be-
hind the scheme, in urging it upon the
consideration of the graduates and the
Harvard clubs. It is believed that the
opportunity for raising the needed
funds is now more favorable. More-
over, it is proposed that the $60,000
which has been raised for the erection
of the Brooks House be diverted to a
building for more general purposes. |
The Brooks house was to be erected at
a cost of $300,000, as a memorial to
Phillips Brooks, to furnish a home for
the religious societies of the University
and a center for the religious activities
of the undergraduate body. A _ fifth
part of the desired amount was quickly
YA ALU DNS
Saturday furnished an excellent opppor-
tunity for those familiar with Harvard's
game to compare her eleven with that
of Yale. The Yale team is not so far
advanced as Harvard in any depart-
ment of the game. Team play is no-
ticeably less advanced, particularly in
the line. The Yale players are exceed-
ingly promising, but they are yet green
in many points of the game. There
ought to be a prompt response to the
call for coaches to assist in the work
at New Haven. Among the forwards,
noticeably Cadwalader, there was a ten-
dency to play too high and this enabled
Newton to force the Yale line back
repeatedly near the close of the first
half. Harvard has more team play,
keeps a stiffer line, makes better holes
for the backs, and has much more ef-
fective interference than Yale. The
Yale team surpasses only in its quicker
play. The Yale men line up quicker,
and the ball is put in play more rapidly.
Similarly, the Yale forwards are quick-
er in breaking through. In punting
there is little choice as to distance be-
tween the punting of Haughton and
McBride.. The latter is liable to punt
to one side, but he sends a low twisting
ball that is difficult to handle. As in
other features of the game, Yale is
quicker than Harvard in getting the
ball away on a punt.
Harvard’s superior team play is ex-
plained by the fact that the men have
had the advantage of practice in previ-
ous years, and the line has played to-
gether without much change through-
out the Fall. The time is growing
short, however, for the Yale coaches to
overcome the advantage of the Crim-
son in this respect.
| J. Weston ALLEN.
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building be erected which will house
the religious societies, and at the same
time furnish a home for the social life
of the University. The plan of the
promoters of the University Club was
to model it upon the lines of Houston
Hall at the University of Pennsylvania.
QUESTION FOR DEBATE.
The announcement of the question
to be discussed at the annual Harvard-
Yale debate, to be held at New Haven
next December, has already started the
interest in debating which this contest
arouses. The question, as announced,
reads: “Resolved, That the United
States should annex the Hawaiian Is-
lands.” In view of the failure of the
two debating teams to meet squarely on
the issue last year, the wording of the
question is being discussed with a view
to avoiding any recurrence of misun-
derstanding. As the question is framed
it would seem that there is room for
the same double meaning which kept
the two teams apart last winter. The
question can be taken to contemplate a
definite legislative act on the part of
the Government at once, or the ulti-
mate policy of the United States in re-
lation to the Hawaiian Islands without
regard to time. There should be no
excuse for a failure to meet squarely on
the issue this year. Yale proposes the
question and her opponent will be en-
titled to any interpretation of the ques-
tion which the wording will sustain.
THE WEEK IN FOOTBALL.
The Harvard football team has made
a distinct advance over a week ago in
perfecting its offense. The improve-
ment has been along two lines, a
greater dash and spirit in the play, and
a better organized interference for the
runners.
The work of the line has not shown
much change except that the men have
quickened the pace a little. Wheeler
at left-tackle is still slower than the
others, and in the West Point game
on Saturday Donald, the other tackle
proved weak in defensive play. Dou-
cette has returned to his place in the
center.
Behind the line, the coaches have
tried a new combination which thus far
has been quite satisfactory. W. L.
Garrison, Jr., has replaced Cochrane
at quarter and Dibblee and Sawin are
playing the half-back positions. Haugh-
ton is still retained at full, but is being
pressed by Warren.
HARVARD STRONGER THAN YALE.
The showing of Yale in the game
with the Newton Athletic Association
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Superintendent ..5...5...5.664 $600.00
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Remainder due on Mortgage loan,
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new fence around the Field have al-—
ready been finished and paid for. The
stand on the West side, now under con-
struction, will be finished on or before
November ist and the Northerly and
Southerly stands, each to have a seat-
ing capacity of about 2,500, are con-
tracted for and will be finished on or
before the 15th of November. The to-
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unless larger amounts are subscribed |
to meet these expenditures there will
not be enough money, in the treasury
to accomplish the further improve-
ments contemplated calling for about
$5,000.
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