YALE ALUMNI
W He KLY
YALE JOURNALISM.
How Heelers and Types Used to
Act—The Improvement.
At the Yale News banquet on Wed-
nesday of last week, the condition of
Yale journalism was discussed with
much freedom. Mr. Mason, in respond-
ing for the retiring board, indicated the
- different occasions on which the News
was called on to play a conspicuous
part in college matters. He thought
it had not always come up to its op-
portunity in taking the lead at critical
points, although those who heard Mr.
Mason, recall the very many instances
of the year in which the News, which
has been under his leadership, has been
very fearless and outspoken under cir-
cumstances which were trying to any
man responsible for the paper’s policy.
Mr. Day, in responding for the in-
coming board, struck a responsive
chord in the minds of those who have
given the subject of Yale journalism
thought, in asking for the paper the
same support, in its fields and the
granting to it of the same position as
is freely given any organization repre-
senting Yale. In the absence of Mr.
Camp, who was to have responded to
the toast of the ALUMNI WEEKLY, Mr.
Welch spoke and called attention to the
improved intercollegiate relations, and
attributed to the fair and dignified and
courteous attitude of the News a large
share of the credit for placing Yale in
a more natural and proper relation to
other Universities. He expressed the
hope, which had been strengthened
after hearing Mr. Day, that the News
would go even further than it had done
in its rapid editorial development in the |
last two or three years, in taking itself
a position which waited for it,—a posi-
tion where it was supreme in defining
and standing for the best Yale senti-
ment under all conditions favorable or
unfavorable within or without the Uni-
versity.
Mr. George E. Eliot, Jr., 86, of Clin-
ton, responding to Yale in the current
of “Life Outsidé,” said that Yale had the
best bunch of papers, not only of any
college in the country, but of any col-
lege in the world. He dwelt particu-
larly upon the condition of the News
and the Record.
The toast given to Mr. C. W. Wells
was “Faculty Doings.” He drew a
comparison between the Harvard Crim-
son and the Yale News. He considered
the latter a very much more interesting
paper, covering its field from a news
standpoint much more satisfactorily.
He believed, on the other hand, that the
Harvard Crimson was a better written
paper than the Yale News, and hoped
that the development of the News
would be, among other things, in the
line of more fit expression.
PROF. PHELPS MAKES A COMPARISON.
Professor W. L. Phelps spoke on
“Vale Journalism in the Past,’ and was
very emphatic in declaring his belief
in the great improvement that had been
made in most of the papers along nearly
all lines. He said that the News used
to be hopelessly inaccurate in statement
and ridiculous in typography. He
illustrated this by giving an imaginary
report of a meeting in Dwight Hall as
it might appear to-day, and as it would
have appeared ten years ago. The re-
port to-day would be something of this
sort:
“In Dwight Hall last evening the Rev.
G. Middleton Pratt delivered an address
on the subject of Christian fortitude.
He said among other things that youth
was the period of greatest temptation,
and that men in themselves were not
sufficiently strong to fight with their
sins. What was needed was additional
force, the force of Christianity. . Chris-
tianity is a perfect force. It is the only
safeguard for youth. :
Before the address, Mr. G. Parker
sang a baritone solo, “Calvary.”
One hundred additional names: were
added to the list. of. the Y. M. C. A.
Any student may become a member by
paying the initiation fee and by signing
the Constitution.” |
He then read the following as his
idea of how: it would have appeared in
the News ten years ago:
“Tn Dwight Hall last evening the Rev.
G. Middletown: Prance delivered a
dress on the subject of Christian for-
tunes. He said among other things of
youth that the period of greater temp-
tation was not those men who were —
efficiently strong to fight with their
sons. What was needed was additional
force, the force of Christianity. Chris-
tianity is a perfect farce. It is the only
signboard for South.
Before. the address, Mr. Grand
Ville Porker sang a baritone solo,
“Cavalry...
One hundred additional names were -
anted to the list of the Y. W. C. A.
Any student may became a member by
paying the initiation free and by sing-
ing the Constitution.”
Mr. Phelps said that the thing which
had bothered him about the News of
late had been a certain collocation of
names which flashed on his eye as soon
as he opened the editorial page, and
often jangled in his thoughts long after
he had vainly sought sleep. This was
the fretful combination of Gay-Jay-Day.
He had ventured to express his feelings
in a rondeau. Mr. Charles Merrill of
the Courant, he said, was the only man
present who knew what a rondeau was,
so he felt safe in perpetrating it. With
some difficulty it was extricated from
the speaker afterwards, the WEEKLY
agreeing to take the risk of libel:
R. Gay, J. Gay, and D. H. Day
Will form the subject of my lay:
I know that you will all agree
That in the lists of Chivalry |.
No Knight can equal glorious Day.
But hold, my muse! now don’t get Gay;
Don’t be a smiling, blooming Jay;
Your hero is not one, but three—
RK. Gay, J. Jay, and “D-- it Day.
Soon: Ninety-Nine will have its Day,
And then will Nineteen Hundred say
‘““Have you observed our family tree?
J. Day is on the paper—see?
Remember the Big Four: J. Day,
RecGay, J: Jay;cand: Ds HezDay.
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New York Affairs,
{Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY ]
New York, March 9, 1898.—The pro-
gram of the March “Club Night” of the
Yale Club, which was not ready in time
for insertion in the last issue of the
WEEKLY, has recently been given otit;
and March 11th is the date set. The
exercises will begin at nine o'clock
and the speaker of the evening will be
Dr. William Lyon Phelps of Yale. The
circular issued also promises. that
“vocal selections will be rendered by a
chorus of twenty College graduates.”
The next “Club ivight’” following,
in April, will be the most important
of the year, inasmuch as it will be the
annual meeting of the Club. At this
meeting trustees and members of the
Council will’ be voted for, the latter
body electing the officers of the Club
for the ensuing year from among its
own members at a later date, as pro-
vided in the by-laws.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CIRCULAR.
The officers of the Alumni Associa-
tion have now in preparation a circular
relative to the affairs of the Associa-
tion and the Yale Club, discussed in the
last issue of the WEEKLY, which will
be sent out to the Association’s mem-
bers before the meeting at Sherry’s on
March 18th. In regard to the article
in the last WEEKLY it may be well here
to correct a wrong impression which
some graduates may have gathered
from simply reading the head-lines of
the article in question. The Club will
not in the strictest sense of the word
absorb the Association, nor will the
vote be on this question. The meeting
will simply decide as to whether or not
it is best now, with the foundation of
the Club so securely laid, for the Asso-
ciation to dissolve, leaving the Club to
perform its duties in the way of holding
meetings of the alumni, etc. Should
the Association vote to dissolve it will
probably take no action beyond that,
but leave its members free to act as they
individually think best as regards join-
ing the Club. eee. :
———_—_¢-§ 0—__—__—__
Spring football practice will be com-
menced at the Field as-soon after Eas-
ter as the ground becomes hard enough.
This practice will be for the backs only
and to encourage it two cups will be
offered for excellence in punting. W.
T. Bull, ’88 S., is expected to be here
for a time to coach the candidates in
kicking.
MW. Doumic at Yale.
M. René Doumic, the French critic
and lecturer, delivered a lecture on
Alphonse Daudet last Monday evening
under the auspices of the French De-
partment of the University.
M. Doumic is a man of the same type
as M. Brunetiere, who met with such
success in his lectures in America last
year and belongs to the same critcal
school. He was born in Paris in 1860.
He was educated at Condorcet Lycee,
‘one of the best of the Paris secondary
schools, from which he was graduated
with the highest honors, and in 1882
_was graduated with distinction from the
Superior Normal School. From 1882
to 18906 he taught literature in the
lycees of the provinces and Paris. In
1887 he began to contribute to news-
papers and periodicals and was made
dramatic critic of the Momiteur Univer-
sel. During 1804 and 1895 he had
charge of dramatic criticism in the
Revue des Deux Mondes, and since that
date has conducted in this paper the
chronique litteraire, succeeding in this
department M. Brunetiere. Three years
ago he was chosen chevalier of the
Legion of Honor.
M. Doumic is giving the first annual
course of lectures before the Cercle
Francais of Harvard University. He
will also lecture before Columbia, Uni-
versity of Chicago, and probably Cor-
neu. a<%
A Permanent Debating Team.
[Editorial in Yale News.]
The greatest advance which has been
made in debating at Yale for some time
has just been accomplished by the ap-
pointing of two men as a permanent
team to debate against those who will
represent the University in the Prince-
ton debate this month. For some time
the question has been agitated as to how
the training for intercollegiate debaters
could be most advantageously carried
on. Several plans have been suggested;
that of two distinct teams of three men
each who would debate for the final
places, seemed the most feasible. How-
ever, with two men who will take-entire
charge of the opposition, choose a third
man to make up a complete team, and
now and then appoint three men to
take their places, the negative will be
well organized and will render invalu-
able assistance in perfecting the argu-
ments of the regular representatives.
The men who are to have the matter in
charge—Mr. Gaines, ’98, and Mr. Lea-
vitt, r900—were selected because of
their excellent work in the trial debates;
by accepting this resnonsibility they are
not only helping to develop University
representatives, but are materially
strengthening debating at Yale. .
The second meet of the Yale Gym-
nastic Association, which was held on
Wednesday, March 2d, was won by
W. L. Otis, 1900, who is thus entitled
to wear a University “Y,” having
scored the highest number of points in
_ the two meetings.
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