Vou. Vil. - No. 42.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., THU
RSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1897.
Price Tren CeEnts.
YALE AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Defeats Harvard for the Third Suc=
eessive Time in Debate—Her
Position More Logical.
It was a well fought contest, but Yale
gained the victory squarely on her
merits, though there were a few wise-
acres who had ominously whispered it |
about that Yale never won on a stormy
night and that victories in football and
debate in the same year were unusual
in her annals. It is doubtful whether a
more enthusiastic and representative
dudience has ever greeted the rival de-
bating teams of the two universities
than the one which filled College Street
Hall last Friday night. Faculty, alumni
and students were out in full force and
those who came late without tickets,
expecting to find plenty of seating
room at the last moment, were lucky if
they obtained anything better than the
back rows in the gallery, so large had
been the advance sale of seats.
It had been expected. that the Univer-
sity football team would occupy seats
together in the center of the house, fol-
lowing a custom inaugurated at San-
der’s Theatre last Spring, but the ab-
sence of several members from the city
rendered this plan impracticable at the
last moment. Shortly after eight
o'clock the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew,
56, the presiding officer of the evening.
entered from the right of the platform
followed by the Harvard and Yale
representatives. Their appearance was
the signal for a long continued round
of applause from all parts of the house.
Meanwhile the judges of the debate,
Hon. William B. Hornblower of New
York, Hon. John J. McCook of New
York and Professor Nicholas M. Butler
of Columbia University, took seats
among the atdience. )
MR. DEPEW’S INTRODUCTION.
When Mr. Depew arose for his intro-
ductory remarks he was greeted with
an ovation which showed at once that
the audience fully appreciated the treat
which was in store for them. He ex-
pressed his gratification at being
allowed to preside on such an occasion
and then showed the part intercol-
legiate athletic contests had played in
the revival of debating. In the course
of his remarks he said:
“There is, and there always will be
just as great a demand for public
speaking, and just as great an oppor-
tunity for it, as was the case in what
is known as the ‘days of the great ora-
tors’. But the last twenty years of col-
lege history has not produced a single
famous orator in the United States.
This is seen mostly in our courts, upon
the political platform, and in the de-
cadence of popular oratory in the
Senate, in Congress, and in the various
halls of legislation of our country. But
I look forward to the revival of the de-
bating society with the expectation of
seeing a new generation go forth from
our colleges, not only panoplied with a
magnificent and superb education but
able also to utilize it in the thousands
of places where the educated man is
called upon to make use of his power in
the defense of right and securing of
justice, in the directors’ meeting, in the
courts of law, in the pulpit—everywhere
and anywhere—lucidly and carefully ex-
pressing the judgment he has formed.
“To-night we have a brand new ques-
tion; it is not threshing out the old
straw nor the reproduction of things
that can be found in the libraries, but it
is one that has not yet been thoroughly
discussed. It will be of vital import-
ance in the press and in Congress for
years to come. The history of the
United States in time past has been dis-.
tinctively that of internal development,
but now we depart and are to discuss a
new policy with arguments for and
against, and I hope that when the ques-
tion comes before Congress it will be
debated as ably and as earnestly as it
will be discussed here to-night.”
He then formally announced the sub-
‘ ject for the evening’s debate. Resolved,
That the United States should annex
the Hawaiian Islands.
The audience were not deceived in
PROFESSOR A. T. HADLEY.
their expectations of a lively and
spirited discussion. There was none
of the indefiniteness or ambiguity about
interpretation which characterized last
year’s contest at Cambridge, and from
the very outset there was a constant
clash of argument. The opening
speeches were marked by the large
amount of rebuttal indulged in on both
sides. Indeed Jump, the first Yale
speaker, spent several minutes in an out-
and-out attack on his opponent’s posi-
tion before outlining his own side of
the case. All of this tended to keep the
audience on the qui vive. Harvard,
_upholding the affirmative as she has for
three successive years, had the burden
of proof, but she placed confidence in
having the popular side of the question.
Yale relied upon her ability to prove
that the negative was more logical.
HARVARD OPENS THE DEBATE.
Wilbur Morse, 1900, of Pennsylvania,
was Harvard’s first speaker. His form
and the polished manner in which he
expressed himself gained the attention
of the house at once. He stated the
position of the affirmative with direct-
ness—the United States should annex
Hawaii because it was for the best in-
terest of both nations; because it was
the consummation of our past policy;
because it was the sole guarantee to the
perpetuation of American civilization
and American supremacy in the islands;
and, lastly, because it was the only final
solution of the Hawaiian problem.. He
argued that important commercial and
strategic advantages would be secured
by annexation, since a stable form of
government would greatly increase the
trade of the islands with the United
States; while from a naval standpoint
we would obtain a permanent coaling
and naval station in the Pacific. He an-
ticipated the argument of the negative
regarding the present right, by treaty,
which the United States possesses of
fortifying Pearl Harbor, and showed
that the foundation on which it rested,
the Hawaiian-American treaty of 1897,
might be abrogated by either party on
twelve months’ notice.
MR. JUMP REPLIES FOR YALE.
Mr. Morse’s argument was a direct
and open challange to Yale, and Har-
bert Atchinson Jump, ’99 T.S., replied
on Yale’s behalf with an earnestness
which carried with it great conviction.
His gestures were few but exceedingly
emphatic and he seemed to feel deeply
the force of every point he made. He
replied to Mr. Morse that the question
was not primarily one of the interests
of the islands: we were concerned with
the direct effects on the United States.
He then presented the first phase of
Yale’s three-fold argument, the political
results of annexation. The population
of the islands were undesirable, they
were undemocratic by nature, of five
difficult nationalities, and did not them- _
selves desire annexation. Mr. Jump’s
description of the political corruption
which must arise from the admission of
unintelligent voters was especially tell-
ing, and he closed by saying that our
political system was strained enough
already by class conflicts, race prob-
lems, bribery and ring rule, and the
un-American immigrant. We had no
right thus to add new or aggravate old
problems by the annexation of a trans-
oceanic appendage. 7 |
MR. KEITH'S ARGUMENT.
Harvard’s second speaker was John
Alexander Hull Keith, sp., of Illinois.
His manner was easy and graceful, al-
though at first his words could scarcely
be heard. His preliminary rebuttal was
keen and sometimes verging on the sar-
castic. It was his purpose to show the
imminent danger of the seizure of
Hawaii by some other strong power
or the possibility of the islands seeking
another sponsor if the United States
delayed immediate action. The two most
probable powers to attempt this, he
thought, were England and Japan, his
assumptions being based on the views
of ex-minister W. R. Castle and Rev.
D. C. Greene of Tokio, Japan. Eng-
land had already refused to admit that
the interests of the United States in
Hawaii were greater than her’s. Japan
had made urgent demands for the
suffrage of her subjects in the islands;
indeed if annexation were refused there
was every reason to believe that Japan
DR. E. V. RAYNOLDS.
would encourage the emigration of her
subjects, demand the rights of citizen-
ship for them, and when her interests
should predominate in Hawaii, protect
those interests by extending her sove-
reignty to the islands. It was for the
United States to decide the destiny of
Hawaii.
STRATEGIC ARGUMENT ANSWERED.
Harvard’s preceding speakers had
dwelt at some length on the value of
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DELTA PSI ELECTIONS.
Names of the Men Chosen from the
- Freshman Class.
The following members of 1900 S. re-
ceived elections to the Delta Psi Society
on December 4th. | :
William Roscoe Bassick of Bridge-
port, Conn.
oe Rockwell Cluett of Troy,
Eliot Cutler of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edward Layton deForest of New
York City. = |
Charles Tarbell Dudley of Washing-
ton, D. &.
Carl Brandes Ely of Philadelphia, Pa.
Henry Stuart Hotchkiss of New
Haven, Conn.
ao Hammond Inman of New York
ity.
Charles Bispham Levey of Elizabeth,
aad
Eugene Treat Savage of Bangor, Me.
Edwin Allen Strong of Hartford,
Conn.
Raynham Townshend of New Haven,
Conn.
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Chamberlin Elected Captain.
At a meeting of the football team
held’ Tuesday evening, Burr Clark
Chamberlin, Post Graduate, of Dalton,
Mass., was elected Captain of the foot-_
ball team for next year.
He prepared for college at. Phillips
Andover Academy, where he played on
the School team. He entered Yale with
the Class of Ninety-Seven S. Cham-
berlin was substitute tackle in 1896, and
last year he played center on the Uni-
versity team. The past season he was
tried at full-back and end, but it was
found that tackle was the position best
suited to his abilities. He played right-
tackle in all the important games.
Chamberlin is now taking a two-year’s
post graduate course in the Sheffield
Scientific School.
In a review of the season by Walter
Camp, Chamberlin was styled the
surest and hardest tackler on the grid-
iron. He weighs 180 pounds, is five
feet ten inches tall, and is 21 years old.
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All America Elevens.
Walter Camp, in the current issue of
Harper's Weekly, makes up the All
America Teams. He has made three
elevens which are as follows:
First eleven—Cochran, Princeton;
Chamberlin, Yale; Hare, Pennsylvania;
Doucette, Harvard; Brown, Yale; Out-
land, Pennsylvania; Hall, Yale; de-
Saulles, Yale; Dibblee, Harvard; Kelly,
Princeton; Minds, Pennsylvania.
Second eleven—Boyle, Pennsylvania;
Rodgers, Yale; Chadwick, Yale; Cad-
walader, Yale; Rhinehart, Lafayette;
Scales, West Point; McKeever, Cor-
nell; Young, Cornell; Nesbitt, West
Point; Fultz, Brown; McBride, Wate.
Third éleven—Moulton, Harvard;
Hillebrand, Princeton; Bouvé, Har-
vard; Overfield, Pennsylvania; Mc-
Cracken, Pennsylvania; Donald, Har-
vard; Tracy, Cornell; Baird, Prince-
ton; Bannard, Princeton; Walbridge,
Lafayette; Wheeler, Princeton.
The positions begin with left-end and
run through the line in their regular
order..
This yeat’s Pot-Pourri will be edited
by R. M. Crosby, ’98; P. W. Hamill,
98, and M. Mullally, ’98.
