YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
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HARVARD'S SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL.
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Increased Attendance—The Debating
Season Starts—Football Victories.
[Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.]
Cambridge, October 25.—A mass
meeting was held in Sanders Theatre
last Friday evening to take action rela-
tive to the proposed memorial to Har-
vard men who took part in the Spanish
War. An urgent call upon the under-
graduates to be present, signed by the
presidents of the three upper classes,
was not effective in securing a large
attendance, but the meeting was earnest
and sympathetic. Introductory re-
marks were made by President Donald
of the Senior class. He then read the
following letter from Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt:
“Gentlemen: Will you tell the mem-
bers of the undergraduates’ meeting
that in all sincerity it is impossible for
me to leave this State now. That alone
prevents my being with them. I should
rather be with them than at another
meeting, because it does seem to me
that Harvard should take some such
action as is proposed. I feel closely
drawn to all Harvard men; and how
can I help feeling most closely drawn
to those who lay with me in the
trenches and who fought beside me at
Santiago? Surely Harvard will see that
some memorial is erected to those of
her sons who gladly gave their young
lives when it seemed to them that the
country called for the offering.
Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Following the reading of the letter,
President Eliot was introduced and
spoke in commendation of the spirit
that prompted the men who went from
Harvard to the front. He said that the
hope of those who wish to see the
nation hold its place among the first
powers of the world without a large
standing army and navy, rests in the
belief that when the country has occa-
sion to call upon the services of her
sons, the youth of the land will respond.
He urged that undue haste in determin-
ing the character of the memorial
should not be allowed to prevent a wise
selection.
President Eliot was followed by J.
E. Norton Shaw of the last graduating
class, who spoke feelingly of service of
the younger Harvard men in the war
and referred to the unselfish gallantry
of Stanley Hollister, who, although
twice wounded in the trenches at San
Juan, continued fighting throughout
the engagement. Major Higginson, as
the concluding speaker, alluded to the
services of many MHarvard soldiers.
The following resolutions were then
adopted by acclamation:
“Whereas, during the war with
Spain, many undergraduates and alumni
of Harvard, impelled by their sense of
patriotism, enlisted in the army and
navy of the United States, and
“Whereas, in the loyal performance
of their duty several met death,
“Therefore, we, their comrades and
friends, to express our love for them
and our pride in their happy memory,
do
“Resolve, That a committee be ap-
pointed by the chairman which shall
be empowered to take such steps as
may seem to it proper toward the erec-
tion of a worthy memorial at Harvard.”
The form that the memorial shall take
is being extensively discussed. The
erection of a memorial gateway is still
the plan most generally favored, but
there are many who think that the
names should be inscribed with the
heroes of the Civil War on the tablets
of Memorial Hall. To such as object
that the Hall was erected with money
subscribed for a memorial to the sol-
diers of the Civil War alone, reply is
made that the tablets may well be
erected in Sanders Theatre, which, al-
though a part of Memorial Hall, is
not a part of the structure built from
the Memorial Fund.
Two names have been added during
the week to the list of those who have
died in the service. Stuart Wads-
worth Wheeler, ’98, of Bryn Mawr, Pa.,
better known as “Beef” Wheeler of
football reputation, died at the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital from typhoid,
contracted at Santiago and Porto Rico.
Word has just been received of the
death of Roy Walter Stover, ’98, of
Marengo, Iowa, from typhoid fever
contracted at Manila. At the outbreak
of the war he enlisted in the First
South Dakota Infantry and his regi-
‘ment was ordered to the Philippines.
UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION,
The University Directory, which has
just been issued, gives the first informa-
tion of the total registration of the Uni-
versity. The list of students and off-
cers of instruction and government
contains 4,197 names, of which number
3,774 are enrolled as students; a net
gain of 35 over the number at this time
last year. The Law School shows a
slight gain in attendance over the Medi-
cal School, but the Medical School still
leads in point of numbers. The enter-
ing class in the college gains 10 over
last year, having 470 men now on the
list.
The debating season has opened with
the organization of the Sophomore and
Freshman societies for the year. The
Sophomore society starts the season
with the usual interest, but there is a
marked falling off in the interest shown
by the entering class, only thirty men
signing the membership book as con-
trasted with ninety-two members at the
opening meeting last year. The de-
cline in interest is probably due in no
small measure to the withdrawal of
Harvard from intercollegiate freshman
debates, which move was not popular |
with the undergraduate body.
The football eleven has continued its
good showing during the week, but the
weather has been such as to develop
proficiency in water polo rather than
Rugby, and the players have entertained
visiting teams with mud baths on Sol-
diers Field. On Wednesday the New
towne Athletic Club was shut out by a
score of 22 to o in fifteen and ten min-
ute halves, and Saturday’s game with
the Chicago Athletic Association, which
was expected to prove a close contest,
resulted in another easy victory by a
score of 39 to o in forty-five minutes
of play. Rain fell almost continuously
during both contests and the footing
for the runners was most insecure, but,
in spite of this, the Harvard backs
scored frequent long runs and the men
in the line showed improvement in
charging the opposing forwards. The
prevailing weakness behind the line is
a tendency to fumble and Daly at quar-
ter is not always prompt in getting the
ball to the runner. The scoring has
been mostly done by end plays, the
interference for these plays being un-
usually good for October. Rushes into
the line are not so effective and there
has consequently been a tendency to
neglect line bucking for the more at-
tractive end plays. Much will depend
on the Yale game in the success of the
Yale forwards in breaking through to
stop these plays before they begin.
Speculation on the outcome of the Yale
game rates the chances about even. It
is believed that the chances of winning
against the Quakers two weeks hence
is better than for some years.
The personnel of the team has been
changed in a few positions. Burnett has
been shifted from tackle to center and
Jaffray has entered the competition for
the snap-back’s position. These two
players have done more satisfactory
work than Sargent and are monopoliz-
ing the place. Boal and. Burden are
improving in the two guard positions,
Burden in particular showing the good
effect of vigorous coaching. Malcolm
Donald is now playing regularly at left-
tackle with Eaton as substitute. This
materially bolsters up the left wing.
Haughton and Mills are making an
even race for the other tackle position,
Haughton’s punting ability offsetting
Mills’ superior defensive game. The
remaining positions are unchanged.
D. C. Campbell, who captained the
Worcester Academy eleven last Fall,
has been elected permanent Captain of
the Freshman eleven. He plays on the
right-end.
J. WEsTON ALLEN.
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Athletic Calendar.
Saturday, October 29.—Yale-West
Point game at West Point; N. Y. Fall!
track games at New Haven.
Saturday, November 5.—Yale-Chi-
cago Athletic Club game at New Haven.
Saturday, November 12.—Yale-Prince-
ton game at Princeton.
Saturday,. November 19.—Yale-Har-
vard game at New Haven.
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