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NEW YORK LETTER,
WMiarvard Entertains Yale—Return
Reception Probable—Notes.
[Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.]
Perhaps the most pleasant and note- |
worthy of recent college happenings in
New York was the reception tendered
the officers and members of the Yale
Club by the Harvard Club at its house
on Forty-fourth street, last Saturday
evening. That the members of both
Universities appreciated the opportu-
nity of meeting one another was evi-
denced by the crowd present through-
out the evening, and it was at times
dificult to say whether Harvard or
Yale was more largely represented at
the gathering. From every standpoint
the affair must be considered to have
been a complete success, and anyone
who was present, even if only for a
short time, must admit that such meet-
ings are of undoubted value in cement-
ing the friendly and cordial feelings
now entertained by the alumni and
undergraduates of the two Universities
for one another.
What added in a great measure to the
pleasure of the evening was the entire
lack of formality. After a short busi-
ness meeting, President Carter, of the
Harvard Club, delivered an address of
welcome, and later on _ interesting
speeches were made by Mr. Beman, of
Harvard, Mr. Thatcher and Judge
Howland, of Yale, and one or two
others. Supper was served in one of
the rooms on the: second floor, and
afterwards a crowd gathered around the
piano on the same story to listen to
individual selections by various gradu-
ates and to join in Harvard and Yale
songs with equal enthusiasm. Outside
on the landing, an orchestra played
throughout the entertainment, while in
the billiard room on the third floor
there was singing by impromptu quar-.
tets mingled with cheers for Harvard
by Yale men and Yale cheers from
Harvard graduates. The management
of such a large reception must have
been a strain upon any club, and the
Harvard committee was with justice
highly praised for its effective work.
As a natural consequence of this
courtesy on the part of Harvard, there
is at present no little talk about a return
meeting at the Yale Club. Just what
steps, if any, have been taken by the
officers in regard to this are as yet un-
known, but it is conceded that if possi-
ble a similar invitation should be ex-
tended to New York’s Harvard colony.
It is, ef course, true, as is pointed out
in informal discussions among the
members, that the Yale house is smaller
and would not probably lend itself so
readily to a large entertainment of this
kind. Still it is urged, on the other
side, that the house is deep, and that by
opening the dining room and throwing
all the rooms on the first and second
floors into one, as far as possible, a °
fairly large floor space could be ob-
tained. Before long there is to be a
dinner and meeting of the Council at
the Club and, although there is no
authority for so thinking, it is believed
some definite action will be taken on
the matter.
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.
In connection with the discussions as
to the size of the present house, it is
interesting to look ahead to the future
of the Yale Club in New York. The
Harvard organization is, of course,
much older and now has a handsome
and well appointed house, while the
Yale Club in its first year has been
enabled to lease its attractive home on
Madison Square. As the Club grows,
it will necessarily feel the need of larger
quarters, and it remains to be seen
whether or not this need will manifesi
itself before the end of the three years
the lease has to run. At present there
are over seven hundred qualified mem-
bers, which is a splendid showing for
the few months the Club has been in
existence. From now on the rate of
increase in membership will be, of
course, less rapid, but from present
indications the Club should continue to
gain ground right along. If this pre-
diction is verified, and the interest
manifested by both the older and
younger members remains undiminish-
ed, there is no reason why the Club
should not, at no distant date, com-
mence to think of a newer and larger
home.
EVENTS OF THE MONTH. i
After the meeting of the Council,
already referred to, it is probable that
some announcement will be made as to
the next club night. Apparently the
committee have found these entertain-
ments are sufficiently appreciated, for
they have promised more of them from
now on to Spring. It is said that there
will be one of them about the twentieth
of this month, but beyond this indefi-
nite report and the rumors of some >
class smokers there is nothing to re-
cord. Some of the members of Ninety-
Six are now discussing a dinner or
reunion of their Class, it being some
time since they have gotten together as
a body. Ninety-Seven has been more
fortunate or enterprising in this respect
in its first year out of New Haven, and
the last of this month or the first of
next will see the second of its big meet-
ings. From time to time little crowds
from various classes gather at the Club
for dinners or reunions, but as they
often fail to announce these affairs very
publicly, it is hard to get reports of
them in season for the WEEKLY.
University Athietic Club.
The University Athletic Club of
New York City was founded in 1801
by prominent college athletes, to create
a headquarters for college athletes and
a point from which might spring the
best things from collegiate sports.
-letic facilities for its members.
-well-arranged gymnasium
The prospectus said that the object
of the Club would be to cultivate the
love of athletic sports in the amateur
spirit without a trace of professional-
ism, and incidentally to furnish ath-
Prob-
ably no club in the country exercises so
much influence in its line as does th
University Athletic Club. :
Most of the founders were members
of other clubs where they could enjoy
all the ordinary club advantages, but
had another object at heart—the ad-
vancement of undergraduate collegiate
athletics in general.
The founders of the Club were,
George A. Adee, Yale 67; William W.
Skiddy, Yale ’65S.; William H. L.
Lee, Yale 69; Henry S. Brooks, Yale
86; Olin G. Jennings, Yale ’87; from
other colleges, C. . Mathewson,
W. S. Tod, Edward S. Rapallo, Cor-
nelius C. Cuyler, Evert J. Wendell,
Tracey H. Harris, Wendell Baker, Guy
Richards, Richard Trimble, Edward D.
Appleton, George W. Green, Henry S.
VanDuzer, Robert C. Cornell, Henry
W. Banks, Jr., and Collin Armstrong.
Mr. Adee was the first president and
held this position for four years. The
prominent amateur college athletes all
over the country were asked to join
the organization, and in that way the
list of members soon embraced the
names of the best men in the country.
THE PRESENT CLUBHOUSE.
The Club rented the old clubhouse
of the Racquet and Tennis Club, in
Sixth av. and Twenty-sixth st., for a
term of five years, *and last May took
possession of the present clubhouse,
No. 19 West Thirty-fourth st. This
building is connected with another
house, which is large enough for a
and _ five
courts, and it is the object of the Club
to make the changes, in order to sup-
ply athletic facilities to those members
who are members cf no other clubs.
The Club members are college men,
the requirements for admission being
similar to those of the New York Yale
Club. Of its 400 members, about 300
are residents of New York. The en-
trance fee to the Club is only $so, and
the annual dues are $50, while non-
resident members pay only half of these
amounts.
The University Athletic Club is
being looked upon more and more each
year as a mediating body in case of
disputes, and the fact that all colleges
are represented makes each feel sure
of impartial treatment. The Club has
acted as a Board of Arbitration be-
tween Yale and Princeton in a minor
baseball controversy, and in a baseball
misunderstanding between Harvard and
Princeton. The recently revised foot-
ball rules were prepared by a commit-
tee from the Club, who this year have
been informally requested to call the
rules committee together, but no action
will be taken until an official commu-
nication has been received from the
larger colleges.
The committee consists of Paul
Dashiell of Lehigh, Sears of Harvard,
Walter Camp, ’80, of Yale, Bell of
Pennsylvania, Moffatt of Princeton and
Dennis of Cornell.
The present officers of the Club are
C. C. Cuyler, Princeton, President:
Lawrence E. Sexton, Harvard, Vice-
President; Clark Williams, Williams,
Treasurer}. + Sanford. Barnes, ~ -Jr.,
Yale ’o1, Secretary. The Athletic Com-
mittee is composed of the following
members: George A. Adee, Yale ’67;
Walter Camp, Yale ’80; Lawrence E.
sexton, Harvard; Evert J. Wendell,
W. A. Meikleham, Tracey H. Harris
and C. F. Mathewson.
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University Library the week before
vacation, by which a person unable to
find the answer to a question can put
the same on a bulletin board, and any-
one knowing the answer or references
to authorities on the subject is request-
ed to write the information below the
query.
A bulletin board with printed slips
has been provided for this purpose at
the left of the long desk in the Chit-
tenden Library. It is requested, that
the answer (or references. to authori-
ties on the subject) be written below
the query; that both query and answer
should be signed with the writer’s name;
and that the inquirer will please re-
move the slip when his question is an-
swered.
Although anyone is invited to answer
the questions, it is expected, as most
of the queries will no doubt be histori-
cal, that the librarians and professors
will give much of the information.
This system has met with the greatest
success in the Harvard Library, as well
as in the Boston Public Library.
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