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64 Pe eee ee CS VIN ET WV fo 25 ee YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION, - $3.00 PER YEAR. Foreign Postage, 40 cents per year. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Single copies, ten cents each. For rates for papers in huantity. address the office. All orders for papers should be paid for in advance. Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to the Yale Alumni Weekly. All correspondence should be addressed,— Oyrate Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn. The office is at Room 6, White Hall. ADVISORY BOARD. H. C. Roptnson, 538. J. R. SHEFFIELD, ’87. W.W. Skippy, ’658. J. A. HARTWELL, '89 8. C. P. LInDsLEY, 75S. L.S. WELCH, ’89. W. Camp, ’89. E. VAN INGEN, ’91 5S. W. G. DaaGetTT, 80. P. Jay, °92. ————— EDITOR. Lewis 8. WELCH, ’89. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. WALTER Camp, ’80. ASSISTANT EDITOR. E. J. THOMPSON, Sp. NEWS EDITOR. FRED. M. DAvVIEs, ’99. ASSISTANT. PRESTON KUMLER, 1900. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTS. O.M. CLaRK, ’98. Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 10, 1898. TO THE TEAM. On the eve of battle, we beg to assure Captain Chamberlin and his men that Yale is with them. They are good Yale fighters. May their knees be no longer twisted, and may their ankles be like the ankles of dray horses; also like the ankles of the dun deer. Oh, may they be whole again! Then shall we see men who worthily wear Yale uniforms and we shall see a great fight. We shall see a great fight anyway. There are more than eleven good men at Yale. » Ss oa! ,™ Se alt a v FOOTBALL TICKETS. A number of people are now being disappointed, because they are asking for football tickets, through the agency of the WEEKLY, days after the closing of the applications. The notice and instructions about seats for both games were given in a double-headed “article, on the first column of the first page of the WEEKLY, of the last issue of Octo- ber. The article was leaded all the way through and was very explicit. Those who followed it have made good every chance which the situation offers for good graduate seats. <>». a All colleges are cursed with. misrep- resentation. Yale is supposed to have had more than her share of that sort of thing and may be a little callous now. She can, however, sympathize with a sister university when it is the subject of that kind of petty persecution, and she appreciates the sincerity of Cornell’s repudiation of recent pub- lished statements about her athletic policy. The article in question had to do with that university’s relation to Yale. It may be in order to assure Cornell that Yale will not look for any messages from Ithaca in anonymous newspaper correspondence. <> im» oe The illustrative art exhibition, now being given at the Yale Art School, is one of the many good things which that department of the University success- fully undertakes, not only to better carry out its own work with its own students, but also for the general good of the University. The drawings are - from the leading magazines and week- lies, and are intended to practically spondence BURNETT GOopwWIN, ’99 S. hundred seats: demonstrate some of the features of illustrative art. They were gathered at considerable cost and form a very interesting and instructive exhibition. > ~— - > tis os When the Yale platoon, on being mustered out, voted to its hospital stew- ard a few of its surgical instruments, to form a part of his personal equipment as a surgeon, when he should begin his work, they showed an excellent sense of the fitness of things. If every volun- teer organization had been blessed with an officer of similar sense, force and unselfishness, the death list of the last war would have been cut down by hundreds. > >» yy Yale organization would be made far more effective if some assured source of revenue, like a Class Fund, were behind the officers whose all important duty it is to keep up the class organiza- tion after graduation by frequent corre- and promptly published records. Ninety-Nine will be wise in taking up the scheme now and putting it through on a cash basis. <i ee The Yale University Club did a good thing in its recent revision of laws of government and choice of officers. Those in control of the Club are en- titled to the credit which should follow a long step forward, in the interests of all the members of the organization and therefore for the good of the Uni- versity. Correction, By an error in handling Mr. Phelps’ copy on the article for Troop A pub- lished in the WEEKLY, a few names which should have been included were omitted. In addition to the list printed as among those present at the first roll call should have appeared Allan Rob- bins, 93 S., E. O. Holter, ’94 and A. J. Slade, 92S. Fall Crew Work. The University Crew candidates were called out by Captain Allen on Monday. Practice on the harbor will begin at once and continue as long as the weather permits. The men will be coached by J. C. Greenleaf, ’99 S., who will be in charge, as Captain Allen will be obliged to give his entire attention to football this Fall. Last year’s Fresh- man Crew also reported for work, and will be in charge of J. A. Keppleman, 1901. The University candidates will work for the most part in pair oar shells, and the 1901 crew will use an eight- oared boat. This Fall practice is in- tended to keep the most promising candidates in trim for the work next Spring, although strict training will not be enforced. ~<t>Li vr More Seats at the Field. The management of the Football Association has made arrangements to build out the corners of the stands at Yale Field, thereby increasing the seat- ing capacity by a little over twenty-one Entrance to the stands will be under the north-east and north- west corners. The new stands will be completed in time for the Harvard game. th i me Fe ea Ninety-Nine Class Fund. The Class of Ninety-Nine, at a meet- ing last Monday night in Osborn Hall, decided to establish a Class Fund, such as that established by Ninety-Eight, and chose the following committee to canvass the Class for subscriptions: T. Wright, C. H. Walker, A. F. Way, mee Daring As: Sactiamling: F,.: D: Hewett, F. R. Parks, D. R. Hooker, N. C. Holland. | A PROGRESSIVE DEPARTMENT. [Continued from 61st page.] professors and instructors on the Eng- lish staff, a gain of six men in seven years. Perhaps no other Department can show a steadier growth in the num- bers of its teaching force. English has been introduced in the Freshman curri- culum and continued throughout Sophomore year, a Department of Rhetoric has been established, and the number of Junior and Senior electives has risen from eight to fourteen with an aggregate of twenty-six instead of fifteen hours. The work has been well systematized, the various courses ar- ranged so as to form an harmonious plan, and the Graduate Department placed on a firm and substantial basis. THOMAS R, LOUNSBURY PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. While this brief statement shows the rapid development of the Department, the number of courses does not indi- cate the effectiveness of its work. <A glance at the personnel of its force will give a better appreciation of its real strength. The senior professor of English is recognized as one of the most distin- guished American — scholars. Prot. Lounsbury, the head of the English De- partment in the Scientific School, was apopinted Instructor in 1870. His writ- ings have won universal recognition for English studies at Yale, while his stim- ulating and inspiring teaching is well remembered by those who have at- tended his courses. lish Language,” his “Life of Cooper,” and above all, by his “Studies in Chaucer.’ . In: his . article on. rot. Lounsbury, which appeared in the Cen- tury Magazine for February, 1898, Prof. Brander Mathews, speaking of the ap- pearance of this latter work, says: “By all, it was accepted as the most im- portant contribution yet made by an American scholar to the great unwrit- ten history of English Literature.” To quote further: “A professor of English NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. JOHN A. MCCALL, PRESIDENT. 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As a writer he is . best known by his “History of the Eng- > is rare who has both philologic train- ing and aesthetic perception as Prof. Lounsbury has, and he has also a rarer quality, the temper of the true scholar * * * In fact, whether the subject he is teaching be linguistic Of literary, whether it be spelling reform or the English language, whether it be the prose novels of Cooper, or the poetic tales of Chaucer, Prof. Louns- bury handles it with the same firm grasp, with the same understanding and sanity, with the same wholesome good humor. ‘This high praise is not un- deserved, and in Prof. Lounsbury Yale has one of the foremost critics this country has produced. He has taken an especial interest in the University Lib- rary, and it is due largely to his efforts that the English library is such a valu- able one. The books have been judici- ously selected and the collection of dramatic works is especially complete. Prof. Henry A. Beers began his work at Yale as Tutor in English in the year 1871. He has taught so many college generations that comment on his work is hardly necessary. Perhaps the best testimony to the quality of his teaching is the appreciation and gratitude which his pupils have always shown him. As an author, his short stories and sketches have been unusually well received, and it is to be regretted that he can not de- vote more of his time to creative work. For some “years, he has made a study of English Romanticism, and it is a pleasure to announce that he is soon to publish an account of this movement. The first volume, a “History of Ro- manticism in the Eighteenth Century” is already in press, and the second vol- ume on the “Romanticism of the Nine- teenth Century” will appear later. This work is anticipated with great interest, and will undoubtedly prove to be a valuable contribution to the history of English Literature. As a teacher, Prof. Beers has an unusually wide knowledge of this sub- ject and offers a variety of courses, changing them from year to year. Those announced for this year are Shakespeare and the Modern Drama, Milton and his Contemporaries, Vic- torian Literature and Theories of Metri- cal Translation. Prof. Albert S. Cook was called from the University of California, and as- sumed his duties at Yale in the Fall of 1889. He is a most indefatigable worker and his labors have been partic- ularly conspicuous in the field of Old and Middle English. His translation and adaptation of Siever’s Grammar of HENRY A. BEERS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. Old English and his own first book of Old English are standard works on the subject. As Prof. Cook is occupied in the Graduate School, he is not so well known by the undergraduate body as are other members of the Department, [Continued on 65th page.| Yale Law School. For circulars and other information apply to Prof. FRANCIS WAYLAND, Dean. JOHN CORNELIUS GRIGGS, *89, Late Director Metropolitan College of Music. SONG RECITALS and VOCAL INSTRUCTION. Carnegie Hall, New York City.
