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that, the careful training under efficient
direction, a thing invaluable in itself
wholly apart from its particular bearing
on the contest. Yet in the past with=
a few exceptions the privilege of re-
presenting Yale in debate has been re-
garded as an honor merely and not in
the light of a service to the University
as in other intercollegiate meets.
If it is solely a personal honor to re-
present Yale in debate against Harvard
or Princeton, it is highly commendable
that those who have once spoken on a
victorious trio should step aside at suc-
ceeding competitions and allow new
men who are not their equals to receive
the distinction. From the same point
of view it would be well and good that
the Thatcher prize
awarded twice to the same man. If,
however, debating is to be put on a par
with other intercollegiate contests, as
a struggle where undergraduates may
feel sure that their strongest team is
always. entered, such a policy is disas-
trous. The work of preparation for a
University debate is undoubtedly a
severe strain, but _not greater propor-
tionately than is called for along other
lines of intercollegiate rivalry. Mr.
Fisher deserves the highest praise for
again entering the competition this Fall
after debating against Princeton last
Spring, and we congratulate him on
having received for a second time the
Thatcher prize.
It lies with the veteran debaters
now in the University who have repre-
sented Yale on victorious teams against
Harvard and Princeton, or who have
had experience in intercollegiate Fresh-
man contests, to decide the future
policy of Yale in debating. Ifa green
and inexperienced team is sent against
Princeton next Spring, this continuance
of last year’s plan will undoubtedly re-
sult in defeat, for Yale will have to meet
Princeton’s veteran debaters. On the
contrary, a competition for places on
this team which included the majority
of the men already experienced in Uni-
versity contests, with the certainty of
only four being chosen, would give un-
told impetus to our debating prospects
and the final selection could not fail to.
arouse the desired interest in the Uni-
versity at large.
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THE ACADEMIC PAMPHLET.
The Academic .Pamphlet for ’97-’98
was issued Saturday. This contains
the first official publication of the regis-
tration of the Academic Department for |
the present year. Comparing it with
the Pamphlet of ’96-’97 it is apparent
that, while the Freshman class has
fallen off by more than fifty, yet so
many have been added to the other
classes that the number of students in
the whole Department is a trifle larger
than last year. There is an apparent
decrease in the registration from New
England, outside of Connecticut, but it
must not be forgotten that the number
of such students entering in ’96 was
nearly double that of any preceding
year. The representation from the
Western and Southern States continues
to increase. The only change in the
composition of the Pamphlet is the
arrangement of the names of the in-
structors on page 8-11, in alphabetical
order, an innovation which will be
gratefully appreciated by anyone who
has ever attempted to find the addresses
of these officers in the earlier pamph-.
lets.
paises kt ee
Mr. George L. Fox, delivered an in-
formal address before the members of
the Graduate Club, last Saturday even-
ing. His subject was, “Norway,” and
a number of stereopticon views were
shown.
should not be
MORE ROOM NEEDED.
A Plea for Adding to the Scope of
Yale Field.
_ To the Editor of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY:
Sirs
As a member of the Committee in
charge of the Yale Field, I have had
it on my mind for some little time, to
refer in your columns to a matter which
for years has been approaching a crisis,
that crisis now having arrived.
I believe no one will dispute the
statement, that the proper object of the
cultivation of athletics in our col-
leges, is to give agreeable and stimulat-
ing out of doors exercise to the largest
number possible. For some years, at
our athletic Field, this ideal was fairly
well realized. The track had its vo-
taries; two ball fields served the two
nines; and two football fields gave
practice to the University and Fresh-
man elevens, without interference with
either diamond. There was also op-
portunity, though not as ample as
could have been wished, for inter-class
contests in baseball and football. But
the wear and tear upon a much used
football field is tremendous, and when
the turf wears out, the casualties to
players from holes and from slippery
ground, are a costly matter, as our ex-
perience shows. This made a change
of the University field necessary, and
damaged the baseball outfield. It also
curtailed in a measure the space availa-
ble for play. By expensive returfing
and constant shifting of the fields, these
evils have been lessened. But now the
time has come when the Field Com-
mittee cannot see its way. The demand
that college games shall be played on
college grounds has prevailed, and this
Autumn, as every one knows, stands to
seat fifteen thousand people have been
erected. A quarter of the cost of this
has been borne by the generosity of
certain undergraduates, and this should
receive public acknowledgment. To
pay the balance will be a heavy drain
upon the resources and credit of the
Field Corporation and the Financial
Union. But this is not the most seri-
ous result of the new era. These
enormous stands, (in spite of the fact
that a strip of adjoining land was
bought, without which they could not
have been erected,) have consumed so
much of the available playing space, as
to entirely destroy. the old Freshman
diamond, and no proper ground re-
mains for Freshman baseball. More-
over these stands forbid further shift-
ing of the football field to rest the
worn spots.
The situation, then, is this. Every-
thing has become subordinated to the
uses of the two University teams. Of
these the Nine is well looked out for.
So is the Eleven, except that it should .
practice elsewhere than on the exhibi-
tion field, where the matches are played,
to keep that in good condition. But
the Freshman football field is a rough
makeshift; no Freshman diamond can
be located without crowding; and there
is no provision for those inter-class and
inter-club matches, and other informal
but most desirable games, which are
really what the Field is for. These
often bring out crack players, and cer-
tainly give the maximum of fun and
exercise at the minimum of cost. They
are demanded by the policy of the
athletic associations.
What, now, is the remedy for this
lamentable condition? It is perfectly
simple, and yet all these years, it has
been out of our reach on account of
our poverty. We have an unused por-
tion of the Field, rough, unlevelled, in
fact upon a slightly lower level. Five
or six thousand dollars, according to
the estimate of our engineer, would
bring this tract into the same level as
the rest of the Field, provide loam, and
seed down. This with the scraps of
space adjoining, now unavailable, would
give three football fields or two base-
ball fields for general use. feo
Unless our athletics are to consist in
the training of one University team
each season, to the neglect of general
college exercise in field sports, we are
in absolute want of this extra space,
and we want it at once. Who will
grade it for us?
Very truly yours,
THEODORE S. WOOLSEY.
Yale University, Dec I.
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