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YALE ALUMNI WERKILY Rich Plates Tiffany & Co. are now dis- playing a collection of dinner, game and dessert plates equal- ing in richness and variety any similar display abroad. The collection includes many exclusive decorations from the world-famed factories of Eu- rope, fish and game studies by Mitchell, and other subjects in figure painting by Boullemier, Sieffert, Alcock, Wilson, Bir- beck, Pilsbury and other noted artists. : ‘Tiffany & Co. UNION SQUARE NEW YORK BROOKLYN MEN MEET. English Literature, War, and Poetry. Football The Yale Alumni Association of Long Island held its annual Fall meet- ing at the Brooklyn Club on November 1oth. The attractiveness of the pro- gram brought out an unusually large and enthusiastic attendance. Prof. Wm. L. Phelps discussed the work and methods of the English Department of Yale University, presenting proof of its growth and development, and show- ing his hearers the conviction that many and varied advantages are offered the student of English at Yale. Dur- ing the later exercises in the grill room, Mr. Edw. N. Loomis, ’91, of Troop C, spoke of the troop’s operations in Porto Rico. Mr. Loomis so cleverly alternated humor with a description of the seamy side of a soldier’s life that he carried the absolute attention of his listeners all the way from Camp Black to Coamo, and the alumni were as sorry as Troop C at Porto Rico over the sudden cessa- tion of hostilities, which brought Mr. Loomis’s remarks to a close. Mr. Yandell Henderson, ’95 followed with an interesting account of the cruise of U. S. S. Yale, both as transport and prize winner. During his story Mr. Henderson ventured the remark that at no other time in his life had Handsome Dan barked so lucratively as when the $150,000 Spanish prize ship Rita rounded to, in answer to his summons. As Mr. Burr expressed it, the digres- sion from cannon ball to football was easy and Mr. Harry Beecher, ’88, was called upon to discuss the “Probabili- ties of Nov. 12th.” With the prophetic power of a seer who admits no ele- ment of doubt in his predictions, he foretold the exact score of Yale’s victory over Princeton, which confi- dence was entirely worthy a former Yale captain and born of his un- shaken belief in the prowess of every Yale eleven. Before calling upon Mr. Beecher, the president of the Associa- tion, Mr. Jos. A. Burr said that he was generally averse to reading anony- mous communications, but that he had found upon his desk an anonymous manuscript which he would take the liberty of presenting. This was the manuscript: THE “ANONYMOUS MANUSCRIPT.” In the Spring a young man’s fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love. In the Fall he asks the question,— How doth Yale the pig-skin shove? Is the blue line firm as granite? And the backs do they gain ground? Is the interference ready When the ends they’re running ’round? Can Yale meet the crimson onslaughts Break up holes in Harvard’s line? Is the Tiger Eleven “easy” As the black and yellow Nine? From New Haven comes the answer,— City of the Elm tree fair— And except in hearts of Yale men ’Twould awaken grim despair. Listen to the mournful tidings, Listen to the sad report, Yale has naught but helpless cripples, Crutches are her chief support. Ankles sprained and knee-caps twisted, Tonsilitis and sick gowns— Till the Doctors have insisted Downy beds succeed four downs. Chamberlin must feed on gruel, And deSaulles can’t stand alone; _ Dudley’s suffering from consumption And McBride has broken down. | Marvin’s blind and Wear is worn out, And the ends are rather Coy; Corwin’s ceased to be a winner, Old man Allen’s but a boy. Benjamin can jam no longer, Hubbell’s laid out stiff and cold; “Cutten” prayers, not “Cutten” muscles Seems the center’s strongest hold. But methinks my memory tells me I have heard such things before, And in bygone days I’ve listened To all this and something more; But when dawned the day of struggle, When the crimson faced the blue, Lo! a miracle of healing, Lo! the weak their strength renew. Cripples throw away their crutches, Invalids forget they’re sick; And Yale grit and sand together Spoil the neatest Princeton trick. So this greeting to our Eleven, We to-night beg leave to send, Take a brace and get together Fight for Yale until the end. Difficulties fire her ardor, She forgets what ’tis to fail, Craven is a word that’s never Taught by any one at Yale. Out of darkness -comes the sunlight, After night comes glorious day; And intensified the brightness, When the clouds have rolled away. When the Princeton tigers face you, Show that Yale men know no “can’t,” Though the Rev. Mr. Cutten Stands for the Church militant. And when later Harvard lines up,— Harvard fair though somewhat frail,— Once again teach her the lesson What it is to meet old Yale. Buck her line, break its foundation, Pound it till the latest down, Thus when Yale her forces Marshall, She will do the Crimson Brown. Mr. Burr was voted the poet laureate of the Brooklyn alumni. <> <> Pn A. est Obituary. CHARLES H. CLARK, EX-’62. Charles H. Clark, ex-’62, died at his home, 18 Garden street, Hartford, on Monday, October 31. Charles Horace Clark was born in East Granby, Conn., March 9, 1830. He prepared for college at Williston Seminary, and entered Yale in the Class of Sixty-Two, but was compelled to leave during his Freshman year on account of a serious illness. He en- gaged in the tobacco business at Suf- field, Conn., and remained in that occu- pation until 1877, when he took up the study of Law. Three years later he was admitted to the Hartford County Bar, and continued to practice his profession at Hartford until his death, at one time holding the office of County Prosecut- ing Agent. Mr. Clark was married in 1889 to Miss Henrietta Adams, of Wallingford, Conn., by whom he is survived. He left no children. JOHN JAY DUBOIS, 67. John Jay DuBois died at Lakewood, N. J., on Tuesday, Nov. 11th, in the 53d year of his age. Dr. DuBois was born at Newton Falls, Ohio, June 6, 1846. After grad- uating from Yale in 1867, he entered the Columbia Law School, getting the de- gree of LL.B. there in May, 1860. During the year 1876, in company with the late H. Croswell Tuttle, he opened a law office at No. 30 and 32 Park Place, New York City, but in the latter part of 1877, he was stricken with a severe illness which affected his head and made the continuance of his professional work impossible. He then went abroad and remained there for two and a half years. Since his return to this country in 1880, he has lived much in New Haven, attending to his father’s estate and the management of his property, From one end of the land to the other, wherever men who demand the best are found, Fownes’ Gloves are the recognized standard of merit and fashion. They are - ‘best for dress, for the street, for riding, driving, or golfing — for all occasions and all purposes. rectly gloved. sell them, To wear them is to be cor- All leading haberdashers indulging in literary pursuits and in philosophical research. He was a mem- be of the University Club, New York ity. Dr. DuBois was a brother of Profes- sor Augustus J. DuBois, Professor of Civil Engineering in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale. DR. LEWIS F. REID, 775. Dr. Lewis Fuller Reid, ’75, died of apoplexy at his home in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, Nov. 12, aged 45 years. | Dr. Reid had been prominent in edu- cational circles in Connecticut for many years. He was the eldest son of the late: Rey, Dr. L..H. Reid, who was as- sociated with him in several prominent educational institutions, notably in Lakeville and Hartford. He was grad- uated at Yale in 1875. Two years ago, Dr. Reid gave up the principalship of the Collins Street Classical School, of Hartford, and accepted an appointment as Adjunct Professor of English in Trinity College. This year he was ap- pointed lecturer in English at Yale Uni- versity, and was preparing to deliver a course of “Phrase Studies in English Poetry of the Nineteenth Century,” at the time of his death. The funeral will take place in Hartford to-day. 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