VTALRM ALUMNI OWES
“Wurray, The Hackman.”
[N. G. Osborn in New Haven Register. ]
He was a jovial representative of
that class of student purveyors who by
a natural process somehow became
absorbed into the life of the student
world itself. It is a fact that he car-
ried in his “hack” more students, rep-
resenting more generations, and a
greater number of graduates than any
man who preceded him in that business
or who will follow him.
If we were to account for Murray’s
particular position at Yale, for he
must be located as a limb at least of
that institution, we should say it orig-
inated with the historic Yale Fence.
He was the product of it. The artist,
Howland, whose portrait of the fence
hangs in the new Gymnasium, so far
realized this fact as to give him and
his conveyance as conspicuous a place
there as he did Chauncey Depew,
George Adee, Frank Jenkins, Hart
Lyman, or any of the other chaps who,
in one way and another, added to the
variety of life during their administra-
tion, and made them joyous. Even
when it became advisable for historical
accuracy and sentiment to “rub” Mr.
Murray and his hack out, in order to
introduce an eligible figure, the verities
of art demanded his reinstatement,
white horses and all, a few feet further
back. There was no thought of any
other hackman, or even College land-
mark of the human species. By the
laws of faithful service, College tradi-
tions, and natural selection, Murray
was selected for immortality.
We have no intimation as to when
“Murray, the hackman,’ began busi-
ness. He had certainly established his
stand in the earliest seventies. There
were men frequently returning to New
Haven from the classes which gradu-
ated in those years, who, without hav-
ing previously engaged a conveyance
to the ball field, felt such a confidence
in their relations with Murray that they
pooh-poohed all advice as to the wis-
dom of immediate barter with another
man in the same business. ‘Oh! we
will see Murray, the hackman, he'll fix
us out,” and when one looks back over
the great expanse of years during which
this confidence in him, as in Dollinger,
was undisturbed, it is remarkable how
few found it wrecked upon the shores
of disappointment. Murray could ex-
tract every sort of a hack out of the
clouds, very much as Cinderella’s coach
and six were snatched from a pumpkin
and attendant rats, or eggs are plucked
from the mouth of an accommodating
confederate by the process of presti-
digitation.
Upon second thought, we may per-
haps be a bit rash in asserting that
Murray’s place will not be filled. It
not only runs counter to the very seli-
depreciating fact that however round
or square the hole left may be, a snugly
fitting plug almost immediately pre-
sents itself to fill it, but it also runs
counter to history: It is rarely given
perhaps to one man to administer to
the transportation needs of so many
successive generations of students,
which was Murray’s experience, but it
is impressively true that out of the
good nature and harmless recklessness
of student life a number of unique
figures gradually emerge. They fit
into the standard of specific epochs by
adapting themselves to- the shifting
conditions of an ever-changing college
life, but no one of them can possibly
develop safely that tone of personal
intimacy and amusing impertinence
which rather attracted than repelled
Yale men from Murray, in and out of
college. An example of this occurred
only a few weeks ago. A graduate of
some twenty years’ standing, who was
prominent as an oarsman in his time,
happened to revisit New Haven, and
when passing the New Haven House
was accosted thus by “Murray, the
hackman,” “Helloa! Give away, all.”
It was a startling salutation, calculated
to offend a man made dignified by pro-
fessional success and heavy responsi-
bilities, but coming from Murray it
was a most cheerful reminder of col-
lege days and served simply to open a
protracted conversation, which bore
the trademark of a congenial exchange
of old memories. Murray could do
that sort of thing, and because he
could, without giving offense, he re-
tained his position as purveyor extra-
ordinary in waiting.
“Murray, the hackman,” was unques-
tionably an unique character, and de-
served the immortality Mr. Howland
has so faithfully secured for him. It
was known to few that his name was
Patrick, or that he had a given name
at all, for it served no purpose. He
lived as “Murray, the hackman,” and
he died as “Murray, the hackman.”
His advent was cordially hailed, his
reign respected, and his death re-
gretted. That is, after all, a satisfac-
tory record.
i Be ee
Chief Justice Andrews of the Court
of Appeals of New York: will deliver
the annual class day oration before the
graduating class of the Law School
next June.
The title of ‘‘New England’s Greatest
Newspaper” has been ably earned by
The Boston Herald. It is a newspaper
all the time, and while it is first and fore-
most aNewEngland newspaper, made for
New Englanders, the news of the world
is fully and accurately reported in ad-
vance of all other papers. It maintains
departments covering finance and poli-
tics, markets and marine affairs, religion
and education, music and drama, ama-
teur and professional sports, secret so-
cieties and social life, etc., etc. - Every
topic of local or national interest is
ably and brilliantly discussed. Its illus-
trations are fitting to the tone of the
paper, and in advance of any other
newspaper in New England. Its 10 daily
editions enables The Boston: Herald to
reach the people at all times with the
very latest news. The Sunday Herald,
besides being a great newspaper, is an
epitome of the week in the social affairs
of New England, a magazine appealing
to the intelligent classes. Every reader
of this paper should have as well The
Boston Herald in its Sunday, morning
er evening editions.
ESSEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION.
[Continued from rst page.]
bring to the notice of those who are
soon to be graduates that as soon as
they receive their degrees they become,
ipso facto, members of the Association.
If there are any Yale men residing in
Essex County who do not receive the
notices of the meetings, it is because
their addresses are not known to the
secretary. If they will communicate
with Mr. Charles A. Mead, 172 Willdam
st. Orange, N. J., he will be glad to
7 that their names are put upon the
ist. |
After the business meeting, the com-
pany sat down to an informal supper
consisting of raw oysters, shrimps a la
Newburg, grouse and jelly, celery ma-
yonnaise, ice cream, Roquefort cheese
and coffee. Judge McCarter of New-
ark spoke for Princeton and told of
the strong feeling of good will toward
Yale that prevailed there. He made an
earnest plea for the freedom of both
Universities from ecclesiastical interfer-
ence of whatever denomination. Yale
and Princeton must work out their
own salvation, undisturbed by the
threats of the “Voice,” whose batteries
are just now turned upon New Haven.
Mr. Sidney M. Colgate gave some
account of his experience in Europe last
Summer. Mr. Malcolm MacLear re-
ported on behalf of the Newark Alumni
Association that one meeting had been
held and that they are proposing to
have a dinner some time after that of
the Essex County Association. It was
agreed that as many as possible from
each Association should attend the
banquet of the other.
There were no other speeches, but
with College songs and reminiscences
a very enjoyable evening was spent.
Soon after midnight the company gave
“three times three for Yale’ and
dispersed.
Oregon Alumni Association,
The Yale Alumni Association of
Oregon held its second annual smoker
at the Portland Hotel, Portland, Ore-
gon, Saturday evening, January 22.
A short business meeting was held
in the parlor of the hotel, at which B.
B. Beekman, ’88L.S., was elected
President; Rodney C. Glisan, ’90, Sec-
retary; and C. F. Adams, 81 S., a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee, for
the ensuing year. At the conclusion
of the business meeting an adjourn-
ment was had to the private dining
room of the hotel, where light refresh-
ments were served, and the evening
was spent in an informal manner.
There were present several invited
guests representing other colleges, and
during the evening a discussion was
had as to the advisability of organizing
a University Club. A committee was_
appointed to consider the matter, and
to take such action as should be
deemed expedient. There were twenty-
six men present.
A meeting of students at the Law
School was held on January 28th for
the purpose of deciding on the forma-
tion of a baseball nine for the coming
season. No definite plans have yet
been made, but when completed will
be announced in a later issue of the
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Yale Union Officers,
The semi-annual election of officers
of the Yale Union was held on Friday
evening and resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Herbert Westcott Fisher, ’98, of
New Haven, Conn.; Vice-President,
Charles Leroy Darlington, ‘99, of
Xenia, Ohio; Secretary, Fred Erwin
Richardson, ’98, of Lancaster, N. H.;
Treasurer, Winchester Noyes, 99, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Executive Commit-
tee, Chairman, George M. Ripley, ’98;
from ’99, John K. Clark; from 1900,
Eugene Ong. ;
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