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THE POOR STUDENT AT YALE.
Opportunities for Self Support which
the University Offers to Men
of Limited Means.
Much has been written and said of
late to imply that the democratic spirit,
which pervaded Old Yale when South-
ern gentleman and New England coun-
try boy roomed side by side in the Old
Brick Row, has disappeared within the
last decade of University expansion.
There are many tests of different value
which may be applied to undergraduate
life to prove the truth or falsehood of
this charge. Appearances alone, how-
ever, are not always trustworthy. The
well-lighted window seat and the open
fire-place have, it is true, superceded
in large measure the oil lamp and the
air-tight stove of our fathers; the Brick
Row is fast giving way to Vanderbilt,
Welch and White; but increased com-
fort does not necessarily bring ill re-
sults. The true test of college de-
mocracy is to be found in the social
position which the man of
means holds in the College community
together with the opportunities which
it offers him for development; and it
mav be safely said that never in the
history of Yale have there been more
chances for a poor student to work his
way, and never has there been greater
respect paid to an earnest man thus
employed, than at the present day. .
During the past few years of financial
depression many an alumnus has been
brought into such circumstances that
he must look forward with anxiety to
the time when his own son will enter
upon a college career, knowing that he
must call upon the young man to earn
a part of his expenses. He has no
doubt often wondered what chance the
boy would have to make his way, and
how he would be looked upon by his
classmates in a life so different from
that of years ago. It is in answer to
all questions often raised regarding the
opportunity for self-support that the
WEEKLY publishes the following ac-
count of the various means which pre-
sent themselves to the undergraduate
at Yale to-day. The list is not an ex-
haustive one, and is merely intended
to be suggestive. Ingenuity and the
ability to adapt one’s self to college
men and college customs will always
be devising something new. A brief
summary of the main lines of oppor-
tunity is all that this article purposes
to embrace.
The three heads under which the dif-
ferent means of self-support naturally
fall are—First, those offered by the Fa-
culty; second, those arising from dis-
tinctively student enterprises, and lastly,
those of a strictly business nature fur-
ears by enterprises outside the Col-
ege.
ABATEMENT OF TUITION.
Foremost among the aids offered to
worthy students by the College authori-
ties stands the remission of the charges
for tuition and incidental expenses.
Through this means all but $40 of the
term bill is cancelled, provided the ap-
plicant is regular in attendance upon
college exercises, and maintains a stand
of 2.50 in his studies. Over thirty
thousand dollars is applied annually for
this purpose by the Corporation.
There is also a small fund which is
loaned to those in need of financial as-
sistance, with the understanding that
it be repaid as soon as the circum-
stances of the recipient will permit.
PRIZES.
The prizes awarded each year to un-
_dergraduates along different lines of
study amount to over fifteen hundred
dollars. While the main object of these
is, of course, not beneficiary, they are a
powerful incentive to poor men of a
scholarly tendency. The Hugh Cham-
berlain Greek Prize at entrance yields
$50. The Woolsey Scholarship for ex-
cellence in the Latin, Greek and Mathe-
limited
Nee At MINT UW EE KEY
matics of Freshman year affords $50 a
year throughout the course, while the
competitors who are second and third
in this examination receive $50 each.
Berkeley Premiums are also given at
the same time to those who do superior
work in Latin composition. If the stu-
dent is proficient in English or Mathe-
matics he may try for the McLaughlan
($50) or the DeForest ($300) prizes.
Prizes are offered in Sophomore year
for Latin (Robinson $100), English
(Betts $50), and Elocution ($25). In
Junior year the Winthrop Prizes ($250)
are awarded in ancient languages, the
Scott in modern languages, the Ten
Eyck ($120) and the Thatcher ($150)
in speaking. There is also a second
set of Robinson Latin Prizes for Junior
and Senior years. In the latter year
the Townsend ($50) and the DeFor-
est ($100) are awarded for composition
and speaking. There are also under-
graduate scholarships, amounting to
$2,500 (the Scott Hurtt, Waterman,
Daniel Lord and Palmer), which are
given to men of unquestionable charac-
ter who have shown marked proficiency
in scholarship during the first two years
of the course.
MONITORSHIPS AND CHOIR WORK.
A fairly large number of men are
appointed each year to mark the attend-
ance at chapel and in the lecture
rooms. This work of course necessi-
tates that the monitor be'always pre-
sent, and is a trifle confining. Moni-
tors are paid about $30 each, and are
selected from the application list. If
a man has sung in the College choir
for the year preceding, he also receives
in his Senior year a small salary for
his services to the College along that
line.
TUTORING.
Perhaps the surest and _ steadiest
means of self-support, if one is capable,
is tutoring. Efficient tutors often re-
ceive as high as $2 to $3 an hour for their
services. This work, however, is mostly
confined to the lower classes, and those
preparing for the entrance examina-
tions, for of late years the issuing of
digests and summaries of lecture notes
has almost put a stop to tutoring in
philosophy, history and political sci- ©
Enterprising students have also,
ence.
at times, given lectures at which a
small admission fee was charged, re-
viewing the notes of the year or read-
ing rapidly over the text covered in
Greek and Latin.
MEANS OF REDUCING EXPENSES.
There are several ways of reducing
the ordinary College expenses. The
College Dining Hall offers board at
$4 per week, but the waiting list here
is so large that applications must be
made early to insure seats. The Co-
operative Association, managed by a
governing board of undergraduates, has
a large assortment of books and stu-
dent supplies which it sells for a trifle
less than the ordinary cost at the city
stores. There is also the Andrews
Loan Library under the charge of the
University Librarian, from which needy
students by permission from the Dean
may draw many of the text-books, sub-
ject to return in good condition.
So much for the opportunities which
the College itself offers to needy under-
graduates. Many of these are of course
dependent upon the maintaining of a
high stand, but nearly all are within the
reach of conscientious students of fair
ability. There are, however, a multi-
tude of chances presented by the stu-
dent community which allow scope for
very different types of ability.
PUBLICATIONS AND WRITING.
All of the undergraduate publica-
tions are managed on strictly business
lines, and any surplus remaining alter
the expenses of publication are met is
divided among the Senior editors.
There are 29 editorial positions on the
four college papers (9 on the News,
9 on the Record, 6 on the Courant, and
5 on the Lit.) and these are filled by
competition which is open to all. The
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HR, LEHMANN HONORED,
Complimentary Dinner at Washing-
ton—Yale Representatives,
A complimentary dinner was given
last evening in Washington, to Coach
R. C. Lehmann of the Harvard crew.
Among the Yale graduates present
were: Representative Charles A. Rus-
sell, *73, who was a member of the
champion Yale crew of ’73, Justice D.
J. Brewer, ’56, and Robert 3s *4500K,
‘76. Harvard was represented by Se-
cretary of the Navy Long, Senators
Lodge and Penrose and Representa-
tives Litauer of New York an
of Massachusetts. sigs
During the course of his remarks Mr.
Cook spoke as follows:
It is a matter of congratulation that
Yale and Harvard are again together
in sports with a spirit of friendly rivalry.
It seems to me that any agreements to
compete with each other for a term of
years 1s contrary to the proper confi-
dence which should exist between them,
that they should be drawn together by
a common interest in all sports, and
on the same broad basis on which Ox-
ford and Cambridge meet each year. I
believe that it is bad for the student,
and for true college sport, to have more
than one competitor at a time. When
great numbers are brought together as
was the case years ago at Springfield
and Saratoga, the college flavor of the
contest is too much absorbed by the
great public.
“I believe that the policy of Yale
should be to claim no championships,
to fear no defeats, nor to wish for any
victory that is tainted with either jingo
or speculative competition.
“Yet if in the natural order of things
the opportunity broadens‘so as to invite
others into temporary relations, it ought
to be the policy to welcome such a con-
test. But this condition should spring
from natural growth and should at no
time involve one or the. other longer ~
than the taste of each would desire.”
genome as Scr
Track Team Prospects.
Yale’s success in football this Fall
has given new vigor to all branches of
athletics and the ideas uppermost in the
undergraduate -mind now are how to
beat Cornell in the boat race and how
to win the Mott Haven games. That
Yale will have a strong team is certain,
but whether it will be strong enough
to beat out the University of Pennsyl-
vania for first place is a question which
will not be settled until the meet comes
off. Last year Yale was defeated on
account of her weakness in the field
events (except pole vault). Special ef-
forts will be made to strengthen these
weak points. Yale suffered the loss
of several sure point winners by gradua-
tion.. The members of the team who
graduated were:-R. C. Merwin, ’97 S.;
E, Hill, dr... o7- &. B. Garvan, 07; J.
Thompson, ’97; P. VanIngen, ‘97; S.
K;° Gerard, .’o7: B. 3B: Hinckley, ’07; C.
T. VanWinkle, ’97 S.; W. Darrach, ’97
and C. Chadwick, ’97, who has entered
the Law School and may compete in
the Harvard Dual Games, but not in the
Intercollegiate meet.
The policy which was employed last
year of keeping many men who, al-
though not able to make the team that
year, might develop in time, in train-
ing all the season will be of great
advantage to the team this year. This
plan, by: the way, will be continued.
The showing made in the Fall game
was encouraging. Among the new
men, A. H. Richardson, 1901, and E.
Waller, ’909 S., who entered with the
Class of Ninety-Eight S., and has been
out of College a year, are the most
promising. The hammer throw, which
posponed at the time of the
Fall Games to allow the football men
to participate, was held last Satur-
day, in the Gym. lot, and was won by
S. B. Sutphin, ’99 S., with G. Cadwala-
der, 1900, second, and E. E. Marshall,
’99 S., third. Sutphin’s throw of over
119 feet was very good, considering
that he had trained only two days.
Although it is still too early to judge
accurately, Yale will probably be strong
—
BROUGHT OUR
HEATH HATS.
‘Remember they are the Henry
Heath hats. (The word
Henry is important.) The
Royal families of England
and Russia, and half a
dozen other countries,
and gentlemen all over
the world wear these
hats.
CHA a UO,
NEW HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK.
NEW YORK ALUMNI
Who bought their clothes of Mr.
Corbin, while in New Haven, in
many cases are continuing this col-
lege custom, which seemed to them
a good custom, by meeting him on
Thursdays at the ASTOR HOUSE,
between 12 and 4 o’clock.
The New Haven address is the same—
FRANK A. CORBIN,
4000 CHAPEL ST.
in the pole vault, high and low hurdles,
and shot put; and weak in the broad
jump and long distance runs.
The most promising candidates in the
various events are as follows:
Sprints—R. M:. Graff, 66 S.; T. R.
Hisner, 96 9.2 D: C2 avers 95; F.. V.
Chappell, ‘08 S.: E. Richards, 1900 S.;
Warren, “90:5, and-& M. Byers,
1901.
Hurdies—E. CC. Perkins, ‘908; F. T.
VanBeuren, ’98 S.; W. F. B. Berger,
.’99; J. J. Peter, 1900 S.; J. L. Fewsmith,
‘Oo,-and i. L.. Davis, 90 S.
- Quarter-Mile—T. R. Fisher, ’98 S.;
© Lice, 1900; GK. Palmer, 99. S.; A.
H. Richardson, 1901, and W. S. John-
son, ’90.
Long Distance Runs—H. Speer, 1900;
C. E. Ordway, 1900; D. F. Bucking-
han 90. 5.24 B.- Spizer, 9090; A. H.
Richardson, 1901; C. K, Palmer, J. W.
Falls, 1900 S., and E. Lewis, ’go.
It has not yet been decided what
men will run in the half, and in the
mile.
High Jump—E. Waller, ’o9 S.
Broad Jump—C. D. Cheney, ’98, and
H. T. Weston, ’98 S.
Pole Vault—Bascom Johnson, 1900;
W. E. Selin, ’98, and R. G. Clapp, ’g9 S.
- Hammer Throw—C. Chadwick, 1900
L.S.3-F; Ge Beck, ’09; E. 1. Marshall,
09 54-8, “Be Satpnin, 09. S., and E.
O’Donnell, M. S.
Shot Put-—R. Sheldon, *98 S.; F. G.
Beck and E. E. O’Donnell, M. S.
Full-grown Men
Lie
THE SUN.
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