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C. P. Linps.ey,’5S. L.S. WELCH, ’89.
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W. G. Daaertt, 80. P. Jay, 792.
EDITOR.
Lewis 8. WELCH, ’89.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
WALTER Camp, ’89.
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
E. J. THomMpsoN, Sp.
NEWS EDITOR.
FRED. M. DAVIES, 799.
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
E. J. THomMpPson, Sp.
NEWS EDITOR.
FRED. M. Davrizs, '99.
Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O.
New HAVEN, CONN., SEPT. 29, 1898.
AXIOMS.
It will not be very long now before it
can be definitely reported whether or not
Yale is taking up the new year in the
good old way. There is no reason to
believe that she will not; there is every
reason to expect that she will. But we
prefer not to report on the situation
until the term is under way and the
spirit of the year comes out.
The Fall term of the College year
1897-8 was hardly open before strong
evidence was given that the old idea
still prevailed, that Yale was a great
organization and society, with which
each member had a vital connection and
to which each member owed certain
duties, that is, owed all that he could
give to the general good. ‘That idea,
as expressed in the athletic work at the
Field, ran through the whole University
and from the University radiated to all
the parts of Yale.
For the ninety-eighth time we would
like to observe that Yale “got together”
last year. That was the spirit of the
Fall term, and the mere winning of the
football championship was only a small
part of its results. Yale not only does
the most for herself as an organized
community when she is together, but it
is then that she does the most for the
individual. But that means that the
individual must do his most and his
best for Yale.
We commend these axioms of Yale
life as controlling principles of action
for the new members of this organiza-
tion who come in this Fall.
There are still plenty of opportunities
to forward information about the Yale
men who served in the war and whose
records with us are not yet complete.
Please notice the list on another page
and do what you can. There is a great
deal to be said about the record of Yale
in the war, and the immediate connec-
tion of the University and her sons with
the struggle, which was set forth at
some length in the last paper, comes
out still further in this issue in tthe ac-
count of the cruiser Yale furnished us
by a Yale officer who was on board.
But the indispensable record, which must
be made up at the earliest moment pos-
sible, is the record of each individual’s
military or naval career. Please, there-
fore, help in this.
The temptation has been very great
to try to add something to what has
already been written and said of the
Yale men who gave their lives for their
country. The temptation has been and
will be resisted, because the audience of
the WEEKLY is made up of those who
think and feel more than can be said
when the facts are so plainly before .—
them. ‘There was something so char-
acteristically direct and simple, unsel-
fish and loyal, about the Miller diary,
that we were more than ever glad to
be able to print it as a record of a
typical son of the place through scenes
which show a man’s soul.
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HARVARD'S FOOPBALL OUTLOOK.
Vacancies in the Line Hard to Fill—
Light Practice.
[Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY ]
Cambridge, Mass., September 27.—
The football season opened at Harvard
last Monday and the week was spent in
preliminary practice without any scrim-
mage work, the only line-up being for
practice of signals or breaking through.
Harvard teams for several years past
have started in slowly. This year the
work has been more vigorous for the
first week than a year ago, but it is not
by any means as severe as the work cut
out for Yale teams.
Thirty men presented themselves to
Captain Dibblee 1on the first day and
there have been some additions to the
squad during the week. The season
opens with fewer veterans on the list
of available players than for several
years. Captain Dibblee is the only man
behind the line who played constantly
last year. Haughton, the full-back,
will try for the position again. Warren,
who played at half in some of the im-
portant games last year, will try for his
place, and Sawin of last season’s second
eleven is at work. Cochrane, who has
tried and failed for three years to make
the University as quarter-back, is on
hand, but will probably try for one of
the end positions. .
IN THE LINE.
In the line, Boal, who pressed Bouveé
hard for jJeft-guard last Fall, is now
playing in that position, and Swain of
last year’s eleven is out for his old place
at tackle. Donald will probably put in
an appearance soon to try for the other
tackle position. Both men, however,
are lame from former injuries and may
not keep on through the season. «Mills,
who stepped in last year when Donald
gave up, is also on the list. Richard-
son, Lewis and Grey, substitute ends
last season, are ready to contest these
positions with any new comers.
The men who are missed among the
forwards are Doucette at center, Bouvé
and Haskell on the guard positions
and Moulton and Cabot on the ends.
The vacancies caused by the retirement.
of Doucette, Bouvé and Moulton will
be the hardest to fill. There is a rumor
now that Bouvé will return to the Law
School and play his old position.
The men for the center positions, who
received practice on the University
squad last season, include A. Sargent
and Burden.
THE NEW MEN.
Six members of last year’s Freshman
team are likely players. Reid, who
proved an excellent backstop for the
Ball Nine last Spring, has a good
chance of displacing Haughton at full-
back, and Ellis is playing now as Cap-
tain Dibblee’s running mate. Daly is
the first choice for quarter-back, while
Fincke, also of 1901, is trying for the
same place, Burnett and Lawrence,
tackles, and Hallowell, end, are the
other comers from the Freshman
Eleven.
Oi the new men, C.. Sargent and
Eaton from the Boston preparatory
schools are already pitted against each
other for the honor of stepping into
Doucette’s shoes. Both men weigh
over 200 pounds and have had consider-
able experience. Sargent seems to have
the preference on his previous record.
Spier, of Worcester Academy, played
tackle on his school team and will try
for a end position, Farley, a senior,
who has played on his class team, is
trying for right-end.
The coaching this year, as last, is
under the direction of Mr. Forbes.
He has been assisted during the week
by Dr. Brooke, “Dud” Dean, W. H.
Lewis, Guy Murchie and G. B. Waters.
Trainer Lathrop will not have charge
of the physical condition of the team
this Fall, and, as yet, no one has been
appointed to replace him. The open-
ing game will be played with Williams
next Saturday. |
J. Weston ALLEN.
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Christian Work at Yale.
The past week has been an unusually
busy one for the College Y. M. C. A.
Dwight Hall was opened on September
20th, nearly a week earlier than usual,
and its information and employment
bureau has been daily consulted by
members of the incoming class in search
of rooms and boarding places. An
unusually large number of men have
made application for work and already
some five or ten permanent positions
have been secured through the employ-
ment agency. The Association hand-
book which was published in August
and mailed to all who had passed their
entrance examinations to the classes of
1902 and 1901 S., was modeled closely
after that of the preceding year, with
the exception of two new cuts of the
Academic and Sheffield Y. M. C, A.
buildings, and additional information
regarding city bicycle’ regulations,
ignorance of which has, in several in-
stances, caused embarrassing complica-
tions during the past year.
NEW MISSION BUILDING.
The new mission building in process
of erection by the Association on
Franklin street, just off of Grand ave.,
is well under way and the bids call for.
its completion by the middle of Novem-
ber. Sperry of New Haven is the
builder. It is to be a brick structure
of three stories with brown stone trim-
mings containing a fair-sized audience
room, a boy’s club, reading room and
library, together with the Superinten-
dent’s apartments. The lodging house
scheme connected with the East street
Mission has been entirely abandoned.
On Friday evening the annual recep-
tions to the incoming Freshman classes
will be held, to the Academic Fresh-
men in Dwight Hall and to the Sheffield
Freshmen at 138 College street. Presi-
dent Dwight and the two Freshman
Faculties will be present and the Glee
and Banjo Clubs will render selections.
President Dwight will occupy the Col-
lege pulpit on Sunday and will also
speak in Dwight Hall in the evening.
A service preparatory to communion
will- be held at 9.45 a. mM. in Dwight
Hall, and at 7.30 Pp. mM. the Academic
and Scientific Freshman class will
hold their first class meeting in the 1902
Room Dwight ‘Hall. The Bible Study
work will start on Wednesday evening,
Oct. 5th, under tthe charge of D. H.
Day, ’99. Dr. Riggs of Auburn will
deliver the address on Bible study on
the following Sunday.
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No Disposition Yet Made—Further
Information Refused.
No disposition has yet been made of
the two silk flags which belonged to the
set of colors given to the U. S. S. Yale
by the students and graduates of Yale,
and which were recently sent to Mr.
Farnam, Treasurer of the University,
by Mr. Ernest Carter, 779.
The WErEKkty asked Mr. Farnam to
allow it to print the letter which it
assumed had been sent to the navy,
acknowledging the flags. It seemed to
the paper a matter of interest to the
people who had given the money for
the flags and who had carried out the
project of placing both guns and
flags upon the cruiser. Mr. Farnam
declined to see the representative of the
WEEKLY, but sent out a simple “No.”
YALE’S SUMMER TENNIS.
Miackett, Sheldon, Hooker and Allen
Follow the Tournament Circuit.
During the past Summer the circuit of
tennis tournaments has been. followed
by four Yale players who on the whole
made a very creditable showing. They
are:..G,- P.. Sheldon, “éx-tooo, “H.-H.
Hackett, 1900, Richard Hooker, ’99,
and J. A. Allen, 1900S. Sheldon and
his partner, L. E. Ware, Harvard, ’99,
doubles champions in 1897, successfully
defended their title against the chal-
lengers Ward and Davis. The victory
was largely due to Sheldon’s magnifi-
cent plays, as Ware did not play his
usual good game. Sheldon’s smashing
was terrific and practically saved the
day, for the challengers were three
times within one point of victory. At
Newcastle two weeks before, Sheldon
and Ware had won second place in the
doubles, being defeated in the final
round by Budlong and Fischer.
Hackett won second prize in singles
at Newcastle, first prize at Sorrento,
where he also defeated J. P. Paret in
the challenge round for the Cochrane
Cup, and in the early Fall he won the
Tarrytown tournament and the Tarry-
town cup by default from E. P. Fischer.
In doubles he played with Hooker until
the latter’s injury at Newport.
In the final round of the Consolation
Hooker fell
and broke his leg, defaulting the match
to E. R. Marvin of Harvard. Hooker
will be prevented in consequence of his
injury from taking part in the Inter-
Collegiate Tournament.
Allen won the doubles at Tarrytown
with Hackett, and afterwards a tourna-
ment of the Lenox Tennis Club in New
York.
Yale’s. representatives in the Inter-
Collegiate Tournament which begins
October 4th, in New Haven, will be
Hackett, and probably C. P. Dodge,
°99, Winchester Noyes,’99, and Allen,
1900 S. Harvard is considered a certain
winner. ;