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WHREKLY
:
A SUCCESSFUL REGATTA.
Spring Races Well Contested by Large
Number of Crews.
The efforts of the Yale Navy Man-
agement to create a more general inter-
est in rowing among the undergradu-
ates, outside of the annual University
and Freshman contests, appear to be
very successful, judging from the
Spring Regatta which was rowed on
Friday and Saturday of last week. No
less than fourteen crews were on the
Lake during these two days, including
the class crews. With few exceptions
the eights rowed in good form and
made excellent time, considering the
adverse wind. The scrub crew cham-
pionship was won by the Coystrels,
composed of Seniors, with one excep-
tion; and the Class championship went
to the Second Freshman crew, which
beat Ninety-Nine out after a _ hard
fought race. ;
The origin of the scrub crew dates
back three years, when a number of
men from the Class of Ninety-Eight
formed the Eight which was called the
“Gentleman’s Eight.” As it was quite
necessary that some other agere-
gation should exist for the purpose of
racing, the “Coystrels’ were formed
from the same Class, these two rowing
in the tanks from time to time and
later going to the harbor. The race
was rowed at Lake Whitney in barges
over the short course and was won by
the Coystrels after a killing struggle.
Ralph Treadway and W. P. Cross, ’96,
did much to help this scheme of row-
ing to a recognition and to perman-
ency.
So much interest was shown by the
oarsmen themselves. and the crew
partisans that the Navy management
last winter made the offer of boats for
any crew that might be formed in any
of the classes, and indicated their
intention of giving distinctive caps to
those crews whose training had been
genuine and whose speed and form
watranted such a reward. Early in
March, or as soon as the University
squad leit the tank, hours’ were
assigned to about a dozen scrub crews,
and more or less regular training was
begun. At first there were two and
three candidates for every seat in the
different boats, but these were grad-
ually thinned down till only the eight
and a few substitutes were left. Thus
it will be seen that almost a hundred
men were brought into regular training.
Several crews took their material from
the dormitories after which they were
named. These included Pierson, Law-
rance, Farnam, and Hutchinson. __
Since the Easter recess diligent work
has been done daily, and the College
has been canvassed for coaches to give
advice and to correct faults. Some
good men were found who knew the
stroke and were willing to teach it
and risk their reputations on the
prowess of their pupils. One crew
even remained in town through the
Easter recess in order to take advan-
tage of every hour. The last week
before the races saw all the Eights
working on the Lake and there were
many sharp brushes when opportunity
offered, in an endeavor to find out the
strength or weakness of the other.
An additional incentive to winning
the regatta was added by the presenta-
tion of a magnificent silver loving cup
by W. W. Scranton of Scranton, Pa.,
himself a member of two Yale Univer-
sity Crews of 1864-5, to the Dunham
Boat Club, on the side of which was
to be inscribed the names of the scrub
crew champions.
The weather on Friday and Saturday
was ideal from the spectator’s stand-
point, being bright and warm, but the
wind, which was directly up the Lake,
spoiled fast times. Every pleasure boat
obtainable had been pressed into service
for the two afternoons, from the flat-
bottomed box-like affair to the cranky
wherry, and these, loaded with friends
of the oarsmen, were scattered along
both sides of the lower course for an
eighth of a mile. The shaded right
bank was crowded with people and the
road and bridge offered an excellent
vantage ground for carriages, of which
there were a great number. It is safe
to say that the picturesque Lake never
before witnessed so animated a scene.
One of the most interesting of the
races was that between Pierson Hall
and Hutchinson on Saturday. Both
crews were very evenly matched, and
for half the distance neither had the
advantage. From then on Hutchinson
by raising the stroke gradually forged
ahead and won by the small margin of
a quarter-length. The Coystrel-Har-
lequin meeting in the finals caused con-
siderable speculation, but the former
held their reputation and won handily in
the best time of the day. The fastest
time of the regatta, 4-50 for the
seventh-eighths of a mile, was made
by the same crew, which owed its good
work to the coaching of Jay Chandler
McLauchlan, ’o8.
One of the surprises of the regatta
was the bad defeat of the First Fresh-
man by the Second Freshman over the
mile and an eighth course. The latter
crew also beat the Ninety-Nine class
crew in the finals, thereby becoming
the class champions. The University
Eight was present, but rowed only
short exhibition stretches. The ma-
chine-like precision of their body-
swing was greatly admired. The per-
sonnel of the various crews was given in
the last issue of the WEEKLY. A com-
plete summary of the races follows:—
Friday.—Preliminaries of the scrub
crew contests:
Pierson Hall defeated Farnam Hall
by three lengths: in 5 minutes and 7
seconds. ) :
Hutchinson defeated Lawrance Hall
by three quarters of a length in 4 min-
utes and 55 seconds.
Coystrel defeated Gentlemen’s Eight
by two lengths in 4 minutes and 50
seconds.
Harlequin defeated Nautilus by two
lengths. in 5 minutes and 2 seconds.
Meander defeated Wyandottes by one
length. No time was taken, as it was
too dark to see the crews start.
Saturday:—Semi-finals of scrub crew
races :—
Hutchinson defeated Pierson by half
a length in 5 minutes and 45 seconds.
Harlequin defeated Meander by half
a length in 5 minutes 31% seconds.
Coystrel defeated Hutchinson by one
length and a half in 5 minutes 30%
seconds.
Final heat—Coystrel defeated Harle-
quin by two lengths in 5 minutes 19
seconds.
Class Championship Events—Second
Freshman Eight defeated First Fresh-
man Eight by two lengths in 7 min-
utes 5% seconds.
Junior Eight defeated Sophomore
Eight by two-thirds of a length in 7
minutes and 15 seconds.
_ Final heat—Second Freshman de-
feated Juniors by three lengths in 7
minutes 83% seconds.
Mr. J. T. Whittlesey, ’67S., acted as
referee, and Mr. George A. Adee, ’67,
as time-keeper.
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ee es:
“WW. A.’s” Criticism Resented.
To the Editor of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY:
Sir: While the whole cotintry has
bowed in recognition of the patriotism
and segvice of Fitzhugh Lee, and while
he is on the eve of leading a host of
Southern men against the Spanish
butchers, your correspondent in the
May 12th number takes occasion to
‘make a misguided comparison between
the other Lee and the leaders of the
Spanish army.
I wish but to resent a narrow-minded
criticism, which vandalized the first ivy
planted from Lee’s grave, and which
is still rampant in aspersing the pur-
pose, the valor, the broad-mindedness
of these vanquished Southern men, who
with their sons were among the first to
volunteer in the present crisis, notwith-
standing the sentiment of your cor-
respondent ‘“W. A.,” who appears to
lack the spirit of generosity, if not more.
IsADORE Dyer, M.D., ’87 S.
New Orleans, La., May 15, 1808.
Omega Lambda Chi.
In spite of the rainy weather which
prevailed last Monday, a large crowd
of undergraduates assembled on the
Campus at the usual time to celebrate
Omega Lambda Chi.
The four classes in order, Seniors
first, Juniors next, then Sophomores
and Freshmen, formed in procession at
seven o'clock in front of the fence, and
beginning with Durfee made the cus-
tomary round, cheering each building
separately.
The Freshmen then ran _ between
Lyceum and South Middle.
Owing to the disagreeable weather
but few people witnessed the celebra-
tion.
1898, was a member of the Yale Alumni
Amendments to Yale Club
By-Laws. Ss
[Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY. ]
New York, May 23, 1898.—Notices
have been sent out by Ashbel Green,
Jr., Secretary of the Yale Club, calling
for a special meeting on Monday, June
6th, at 8.30 P. Mm. by order of the Coun-
cil, for the consideration of certain
amendments to the By-Laws proposed
by that body. These amendments are
the result of the negotiations recently
held with the Yale Alumni Associa-
tion of New York, and read as follows:
(1) Add after Section 31 the follow-
ing:
31a. Any person who on May 1,
Association of New York, not a mem-
ber of the Club, may become an Asso-
ciation member by paying to the
Treasurer, on or before July 1, 1898, or
within such further time, not exceeding
one month, as the Council may allow
for the purpose, the annual dues for the
current year. The privileges of Asso-
ciation members shall be attending the
social meetings of the Club outside of
the Club-house and attending. and vot-
ing at annual meetings.
All money received from the Yale
Alumni Asseciation of New York, to-
gether with all dues of Association
members, shall be set apart as a fund
to be used only for expenses of social
meetings outside of the Club-house,
three such social meetings of the charac-
ter of the meetings of said Association
in recent years to be held each year,
so far as the money in this fund from
time to time will suffice to meet the
expenses.
The annual dues of Association mem-
bers shall be five dollars. They shall
not be required to pay any entrance fee.
31b. Any person qualified for member-
ship as herein provided may be elected
an Association member in the same
manner as resident and non-resident
members.
(2) Add at end of Section 39 the fol-
lowing:
But neither Section 31a nor Section
31b shall be changed before the annual
meeting in 1900, except to limit the
number of Association members to 200
or some higher figure, without the
written consent of two-thirds of the
' Association members; and at and after
the annual meeting in 1900 Section 31a
shall not be changed without the written
consent of two-thirds of the Association
members, unless the number of such
members is less than one hundred, ex-
cept to substitute or authorize the
Council to substitute a meeting in the
Club-house for any one of the meet-
ings outside of the Club-house which
the Association members may attend.
(3) In Section 30 strike out ‘whether
resident or non-resident.”
(4) In Section: 31, after the words
“but candidates - elected,” insert the
words “otherwise than as Association
members.” - AMAR SH ew ay 8!
(5) Add to Section 32: “This section
does not apply to Association mem-
bers. -<% oO 3 po
Section 30 now reads, “No person
shall be considered for election to mem-
bership until he shall be proposed by a
member and seconded by another mem-
ber in writing, nor until his name, the
kind of membership desired—whether
resident or non-resident * * * * *
have been entered in a book to be kept
for the purpose, etc.” - 7
Section 31 provides that “Candidates
so qualified shall be referred to the
Committee on Admissions, and, if
elected by such Committee shall become
members upon payment of the entrance
fee and of the dues for the current fiscal
year; but candidates elected after the
first of October in any year shall pay
but half such dues, in addition to the
entrance fee. * * * * *”
Section 32 fixes the entrance fee as
ten dollars for all members, annual dues
as twenty dollars for resident members
who have been out of college for five
years and ten dollars for all others, in-
cluding non-resident members.
Section 39 provides for the amend-
ment of the By-Laws.
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—
Obituary,
JONATHAN STURGES ELY, 45.
Jonathan Sturges Ely, who died in
New York City on May 19, 1808, was
born in Fairfield, Conn., on September
9, 1822. He was the son of David Ely
and Priscilla Sturges, and grandson of
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the Rev. David Ely, D.D., of Hunting-
ton, Conn., and of Judge Jonathan
Sturges, LL.D., of Fairfield. He pre-
pared for college at Manlius, N. Y., and
entered Yale in 1841, graduating with
the Class of Forty-Five. He was a
lawyer by profession, and practiced for
some years in New York City, where
the greater part of his life was spent
and where he was well known. He was
twice married, but had no children.
Mr. Ely belonged to a family whose
connection with Yale now reaches
to the sixth generation. His three
brothers were graduates of the Univer-
sity, Dr. William W. Ely, ’34 M.S.;
Rev. Isaac M. Ely, ’43, and David Jud-
son Ely, ’43. His father, David Ely,
1800, was followed at Yale by two
brothers, Elisha Ely, 1803, and Isaac
M. Ely, 1806. His grandfather, Rev.
David Ely, D.D., 1769, was for twenty-
eight years a Fellow of the College,
and twenty-four years Secretary of the
Corporation. He also had a brother at
Yale, Rev. Richard Ely, E754: Mer.
Ely’s mother was the sister of Hon.
Lewis Burr Sturges, 1782, and daughter
of Judge Jonathan Sturpes.: obi Py
1759, who was a member of the Con-
tinental .Congress, and first United
States Congress, and a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Connecticut. Cap- —
tain Samuel Sturges, his great grand-
father, graduated in 1732. Mr. Ely was
the great great grandson of Rev. Jede-
diah Mills, 1722, whose brothers were
Rey.” Gideon, * Mills*'.1739 and Rev.
Ebenezer Mills, 1738. .
Mr. Ely was a man of exceeding
courtesy, a gentleman of the old school,
of scholarly tastes and wide informa-
tion, of great brightness of mind and
charm of manner, making him in every
circle an entertaining companion and a
valued friend. It might be truly said
of him that none knew him but to love
him, and the news of his death will
pane to many a sense of sorrow and
Oss.
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Athletic Calendar.
“May 27 and _ 28. — Intercollegiate
games, New York.
May 30.—Yale Freshman-Harvard
Freshman baseball at Cambridge.
June 4.—Yale-Princeton baseball at
New Haven.
June 4.—Yale Freshman-Princeton
Freshman baseball at Princeton.
June 11.—Yale-Princeton baseball at
Princeton.
June 18.—Yale-Princeton baseball at
New York, if necessary in case of a tie.
June 23.—Yale-Harvard baseball at
Cambridge.
June 28.—Yale-Harvard baseball at
New Haven.
July 2—Yale-Harvard baseball at
New York, if necessary in case of a tie.
August 16.—National Interscholastic
Tennis Tournament at Newport.
Race Date will be Settled.
There is no reason to believe that the
boat race at New London will be rowed
without Cornell, notwithstanding the
reports in the daily papers which de-
clare that Yale has refused to row the
Ithacans. It has been found difficult
to set a date suitable to the three col-
leges, but there is every probability that
the captains will have a conference in
a day or two, at which the matter will
be amicably settled.
Raymond G. Clapp, ’98, broke the
world’s record for pole-vaulting in the
American style, vaulting 11 feet 9 inches
in practice at the Field last week. This
is three inches better than his own
record, made in the Harvard dual games
at Cambridge. :
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