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_ Jersey W. C. T. U. reminds me that
you can’t always tell by a man’s name
what manner of man he is likely to be.
I know a man who liked the raspberry
jam his grocer sold him so well that
he asked him to get the receipt. So
the grocer wrote to Boston, and the
Boston wholesaler wrote to Kalamazoo,
Mich., and the people in Kalamazoo,
being assured that the information was
wanted for domestic purposes only, re-
plied that the body of the jam was
tomatoes, the coloring was secured by
aniline dyes and that the seed was hay-
seed.
“I do not think that this story of
calumny will live long. It will be like
the man who was being treated by a
faith doctor. ‘What’s the matter with
your father?’ asked the doctor of the
man’s little boy. ‘Father’s got the
rheumatism, said the boy. ‘Oh, no,’
said the doctor, ‘he only thinks he has.’
Next day the doctor came and said:
‘How’s your father to-day, my little
man? ‘Father thinks he’s dead,’ said
the. boy. The Yale spirit is-to be
found in the seal of alma mater in the
words, ‘Lux et Veritas,’ and to these we
must add another word, and that is
‘fortitudo, which being translated
means ‘sand.’ Let us add, too, another
word, ‘fraternitas,’ and that’s the most
characteristic thing about the Yale
spirit.”
The address was an eloquent one and
“three times three,” called for by Mr.
Curtiss, was given with a will.
Prof. O. C. Marsh, being called upon,
made a few remarks regarding the
difficulties he had to meet and over-
come in acquiring the vast and rare
collections which he has recently pre-
sented to Yale University. He hoped
that before Yale’s bi-centennial had
come some money might be forthcom-
ing with which to build a structure
which would suitably and safely house
these priceless collections. Prof. Marsh
was warmly received.
DEBATING RESURRECTED.
In introducing the debaters, Dr. E.
V. Raynolds, who has been so active
in the revival of Yale’s debating powers,
said: “Those of you who are my con-
*temporaries will remember that some
twenty years ago we desecrated the
grave of Linonia, and, having produced
some galvanic activity in the corpse,
persuaded ourselves that we were
assisting at a joyful resurrection instead
of being merely resurrection men. I
do not know whether the remains were
ever decently re-interred, but, though
Linonia has been long dead debating
did not wholly die out at Yale. There
have always been there at least a few
enthusiasts, who either liked debate or
took it conscientiously like a cold bath
on a Wintry morning, and so, some
years ago, debating societies existing
both in Yale and Harvard, they began
to meet, to try each other’s skill in
argument. These first meetings were
hardly University affairs; they were not
competitive, no palms of voctory were
borne away with loud rejoicings, and
each side could felicitate itself at pleas-
ure upon its own strength and skill.
But soon these inconclusive con-
tests proved too tame and a new ele-
ment was introduced, a bench of judges
who inexorably adjudged success and
failure, the newspapers began to an-
nounce a victory for on eside or the
other—no, for one side only—and our
troubles had begun. A form of inter-
collegiate contest new in our experi-
ence was launched and under way, and,
contrary to all experience, Yale was not
in it, for Harvard won with a regular-
ity that grew monotonous. Five times
In sccession we heard the same old
story, and, as if that were not enough,
Princeton joined in the game and pro-
ceeded to administer the same medicine.
When Paul Jones, on a shot-riddled,
burning, almost sinking ship, was
hailed from the Serapis to know if he
surrendered, his answer was, “I haven’t
begun to fight yet.” ‘Yale hadn’t then
begun to fight, indeed hadn’t really dis-
covered that a fight was on. The news-
papers helped us—they often do. We
were in full career of glory on land and
water in athletics, but apparently
couldn’t debate. Sarcastic references
to Yale brawn, and Harvard brains
grew tiresome at last. It must’ be ad-
mitted that the University as a whole
cared little for debate, mourned little
over defeats, regarding them rather as
defeats of the small band of debating
men than of the University. Yale men
knew, if Yale’s critics did not, that foot-
ball, as well as debate, is won by brains.
The same qualities of mind that have
by Isaac H. Bromley,
given to Yale a power and influence
out of all proportion to the number
of her sons; the trained intelligence, the
grit that never gives up, above all the
loyalty that makes the individual man
ready to spend himself to the last ounce
and the discipline that makes him do
his own part and back up his fellows;
these gave us victories on river and
field and were sure to give us victories
on the platform as well, if Yale only
cared. And then we began to learn
that Yale must care. Whether we liked
it or not, debating had become a Uni-
versity affair. It was not the Union
that was suffering defeat, it was Yale.
And then Yale began to fight. When
Clark, Rice, and McVey, the first of
our heroes of the forum to return with
their shields, heard the cheers that
greeted their victory, they had not won
for themselves; they had lifted a re-
proach from Yale.
“But I do not fear that we shall be
surfeited with victory. Our rivals will
take care that we do not get more of it
than is good for us. Princeton is to be
met next month and if Yale knows how
to send forth first-class fighting’ men, so
does Princeton, and knows how to back
them up. Those who basked in the
breezes of last November on the Yale
Field remember how Princeton backs
up her team. In this respect, as re-
gards the debating teams, Yale has
something yet to learn. They represent
Yale, their success or. failure is Yale’s
and is the concern of every Yale man;
they should be enabled to feel that on
that platform the whole strength of
Yale is concentrated in them. Not
every man should debate, any more
than every man should row, but every
student and every graduate should re-
cognize the value of the work the de-
baters have done. They have worked
hard and faithfully, unsparing of their
time and strength, resolute to do the
utmost that was in them for the credit
of Yale, and they have triumphantly
restored that credit where it was im-
paired; they have silenced the news-
paper cackle about Yale’s intellectual
inferiority. If earnest, strenuous, suc-
cessful effort for the honor of the Uni-
versity deserves the approval of its
members, the debater have fully earned
it. It is to the honor of the alumni of
New York that this Association has
recognized, fully and heartily what
Yale owes to her heroes of the forum.”
Mr. Fisher, one of the debaters, re-
turned thanks in a neat speech in be-.
half of his companions in the contest
and for himself.
NEEDED AN ANGEL’S QUILL.
“Heroes on the Field,” which intro-
duced the football Eleven of Ninety-
Seven, was responded to by Rev. Joseph
H. Twichell of Hartford. “Nothing
short of an angel’s quill,’ said Mr.
Twichell, “would enable me to do
justice to this toast. No other kind of
stationery would in the least be satis-
factory.” Continuing, he said, that
though great teams had been made at
Yale before last year, this team had
a peculiar greatness. With the odds
heavy against them and contending
small colleges scoring against them,
they fought on desperately. He was re-
minded of what his friend, Henry C.
Robinson, had written in a certain Col-
lege paper to the College at large last
Fall. “The time to strike 12 was at 12
o'clock.” The team had indeed struck
12 at the proper time and the sound
was heard at Princeton. He likened
their persistence and _never-give-up
spirit to the mouse that fell into the pan
of milk. A companion rodent had met
with the same mishap, and after strug-
gling a while without finding a footing
sank and drowned. The other, how-
ever, kept on paddling desperately and
in the morning “walked out on the
butter.”
Mr. Twichell concluded his address
by reading the letter which Mr. Adee
had read to the Eleven a few minutes
before the Yale-Princeton game last
November.
J. O. Rodgers of the Eleven, and
Capt. Chamberlin made short adresses,
giving the credit to the coaches, chief
among whom was Butterworth. He
told of the loyal sunport of the Univer-
sity through thick and thin, and _ pre-
dicted that a team could never loose
with that sort of feeling behind them,
and the harmony that existed now in
Yale athletics.
Other informal speeches were made
53, Walter
Camp, ’80, and Prof. Richards, ’60. The
latter was introduced as ‘“‘the father
of Yale athletics,” and spoke of what
was being done for Yale Freshmen in
the gymnasium that had been “practi-
cally built by the New York Associa-
tion.” Mr. Camp read a football poem
written for the occasion.
COL. OSBORN’S VALEDICTORY.
The valedictory address was delivered
by Col. Osborn, who said in part:
“I come from New Haven of which
I am a citizen—the town Yale has
ruined. Murray, the College hackman,
is dead and the police have been magni-
fied. I am connected with a paper in
New Haven. We have relations with
metropolitan and other papers which
compel us to suppress certain news.
Here among friends, however, I can
read some letters which I have received
from acertain New York weekly written
to the editor thereof.”
Among others he read these:
Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 32.
Editor of The Squeak—Sir: I have a
son dropped from the Class Fifty-Three
in Yale. How glad I am he is now
safe behind the silk counter of the vil-
lage store.
Loving Father.
Burkstown, O., Feb. 3.
Editor of The Squeak—Sir: I once
knew a Yale man who did not drink.
Are you sure of your facts?
Extensive Traveler.
Concluding, Mr. Osborn said:
“I will not bid you farewell, guests of
honor of this evening. Come back and
build up the Yale before us and
strengthen the Yale behind us. And
you, fellow alumni, I will ask you to
bid all hail to the incoming Yale, Yale
strength, Yale democracy, and Yale
truth.” :
The meeting was adjourned by Mr.
Adee at 1.30 A. M., but many remained
for some time to meet friends and sing
over the old songs.
LIST OF GRADUATES.
The list of graduates at the dinner
arranged in order of classes follows:
’29—W. Watson.
"46—T. M. North.
’51—G. W. Mead. |
’*53—S. H. Tobey, I. H. Bromley.
°54—H. E. Howland, A. H. Stevens.
*57—L.. Holbrook.
*58—F. W. Stevens, R. M. Gallaway.
*59—A. J. Taylor. :
°6bo—W. H. Hurlburt, Prof. E. L.
Richards, L. B. Burnell, A. B. Ball, F.
Delafield, D. Cady Eaton, H. L. John-
son, O. Leach, T. H. White, N. Nor-
ton, H. E. Hawley, O. C. Marsh.
’61—Brayton Ives, G. B. Bonney, W.
H. Fuller He Hoks :
°63—L. T. Chamberlain, J. F. Kerno-
chan. 7
764—R. S. Ives, E. A. Anketell, L.
F. Whiting, F. H. Betts, C. L. West-
cott, D. J. Holden.
°65—E. H. Converse, P. Merrill.
"'660-—G. C. Holt,. E.. Coffin, C.F.
Brown, H. B. Barnes, M. D. Collier,
J. M. Hall, J. K. Creevy, E. R. Betts,
F. 8S. Salisbury, I. S. Van Valkenburgh,
HH. Pe Sloane’ C: A: -Collm.
’°67—G. A. Adee, W. B. Davenport,
J. F. Parmelee (S.), O. M. Harper, F.
H. Hartsorne, S. Keeler, I. S. Todd, G.
P. Sheldon.
°68—F. Wesson, T. I. Wentworth, J.
ia. Vanick.
*690—W. A. Copp, A. S. Thomas.
"70—C. W. Gould, W. C. Gulliver,
BH; Bement; B.oP.- Clark, W: J. Betts:
’71—T. Thacher, C. E. Beebe, H.
Baldwin, H. Mansfield, G. A. Strong,
F. Mead, Jr.
*"72—D. B. Delavan, F. S. Smith, D.
Wilcox, W. B. Wheeler.
'"73—F. Wade, A. W. Brown, (S.), C.
D. Ashley, G. T. Bliss, P. H. Adee, J.
B. Mills, D. Davenport, H. Lyman, C.
P. Latting, S. Merritt.
*74—G. E. Munroe, H. A. James.
*75—E. H. Weatherbee, J. Yard, H.
McL. Harding, T. J. Lee.
"76-—E. D. Worcester, Jr., F. Gay-
lord, A. H. Ely, O. T. Bannard.
‘77—J. S. Thacher, T. A. Hine, C.
M. Clarke, A. Wiliams, A. N. Thomas,
W. M. Barnum.
*78—C. H. Dilley, W. H. Law, G. C.
Wordin, H. E. Coe, S. W. Dexter, J.
P. Bartlette (S.)’
"79—M. Coxe, W. H. Smith, G. L.
McAlpin, H. W. Curtiss (L.S.), J. W.
Curtiss, L. A. Platt.
*80—J. A. Amundson, J. E. New-
comb, W. Jennings, M. Stern, J. B. C.
Tappan, H:; W. Tait; W.. H.Yale; Gel.
N. G. Osborn. |
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