aculties, where as they believe, those
matters ought to reside; that. the
clergymen have given closer and more
loyal attention to corporative duties
than the lay members; that clerical
control draws students to the Univer-
sity from religious families and com-
munities, and has been marked by no
sectarian abuses or “sacerdotalism,”’
but, on the contrary, by the utmost
liberality; and that, if there has been
overmuch of deference to the Presi-
dent, centralization of authority has its
advantages. The opponents of the sys-
tem assert, on the other hand, that
Yale, which last year in the two lead-
ing departments together graduated
more Presbyterians and more Episco-
palians than Congregationalists, has
grown too big to be fettered by sec-
tarianism, even though such sectarian-
ism is merely formal; that the system
has been ultra conservative in too many
scholastic and administrative direc-
tions; that even abstract sectarianism
prejudices the University in the outer
world; that the lay members find no
encouragement to initiative and action
in the face of a clerical majority dom-
inated by the President; and that the
presidential prerogative “has increased,
is increasing, and ought to be dimin-
ished.”
The facts as to the present scope and
practice of presidential authority at
Yale are subjects of interest. Under
the laws of the Corporation, the Presi-
dent is the head of its prudential com-
mittee and ex-officio a member of all
its committees. In the Academic Fac-
ulty by refusing to vote or by his nega-
tive vote he has an absolute veto of a
majority measure, however large the
majority may be. He is President of
the departmental faculties and of the
Board of Managers of the Yale Obser-
vatory, but is not connected officially
with Peabody Museum. In the Aca-
demic Faculty during the last few years
there has been, from time to time,
complaint of the presidential preroga-
tive. It is stated, for example, that
President Porter adopted, as an ir-
regular form of veto, a refusal to trans-
mit to the Corporation votes of the
Faculty, and his controversy with a
prominent professor on the use of an
alleged heterodox text-book will be re-
membered.
tained, there is no presidential veto, in
the departmental faculties, but depart-
mental professors say that any meas-
ure opposed strongly by the Presi-
dent would probably be dropped. Dur-
ing the administration of President
Porter he made an attempt in the
Scientific School to compel chapel at-
tendance by the students, but was re-
sisted successfully by the Faculty of the
department—an episode which suggests
the limitation of the positive power of
the President, however large his veto
power may be. :
Bearing contingently on the question
of government of the University is a
paragraph of the charter of 1745, which
provides that the acts of the President
and Fellows shall be laid before the
State Legislature as often as required,
‘and may also be repealed or disal-
lowed by this assembly (the State Leg-
islature) when they shall think proper.”
Under this may arise, in times to come,
some interesting questions between the
Connecticut Legislature and the Uni-
versity.
———
The 1828 Class Book.
The last Class Book of the Class of
Twenty-Eight is a very unusual produc-
tion. It is written, compiled and edited
by the class secretary, Professor Oli-—
ver P. Hubbard, who was cighty-nine
years old last March. He has only re-
cently finished his work on the book
and published it. It has the usual valu-
able biographical material and, in addi-
tion to that, several pages of reminis-
cences of the College in the old days,
which are very readable. Besides, there
are copies of term bills in the old days,
when students weie charged for the reci-
tation room fire at the rate of about
fifteen cents per term, and an “average
damage” charge was laid for glass at
fourteen cents. Programs are also
given of the exhibition of Society of
Brothers in Unity.
Following are some of the extracts:
“The chapel had square pews along
the walls in the galleries for the Faculty,
which later gave way to ordinary pews.
A distinguished clergyman (Y. C., 1805)
preaching in the chapel on original
sin, uttered the following sentiment:
So far as can be ascer-.
YALH ALUMNI
““The fond mother does not realize
that the infant in her arms may become
a viper in her bosom.’ Dr. Nathan
Smith sat in the southwest corner of
the gallery, and at once, in protest, took
his hat and cane and left the house.
The preacher at noon cautiously in-
quired of his host, ‘What sort of a
man was that, who went out during the
service?’ and received in answer: ‘We
consider him a man of uncommon good
sense.’
“Dr. Fitch preached a very timely ser-
mon which was so universally appre-
ciated that a meeting of the college was
held and a copy requested for publica-
tion. The request was declined, “as, if
it were thus regarded, he would use it
at another time.”
STATUTES.
“The Class of Twenty-Seven having
had Johnson’s colored band from Phil-
adelphia for Commencement. and at a
reported cost of $800, the trustees
limited the cost of music to $50, and on
this meager sum Bartlett got up the
music, vocal and instrumental, and from
college resources. The class felt much
disquieted.
“Each division of the Freshman class,
on entering, presented to. its tutor a
handsome velvet upholstered arm chair
with table on the right and at his leay-
ing a gift of valuable books.
“The trustees subsequently ordered
that no class should give presents to a
tutor. He received it ‘all the saine’
when he demitted his office.
“Another statute that no student
should give more than $1.00 to any col-
lege object. This was charged to a
reverend trustee who afterward sent
three sons through Yale.
SERMON READING.
“At the close of senior examination,
the junior class occupied their seats in
the chapel.and the other classes moved
up. Six juniors, according to a custom
that came down from a former century,
were selected to read. printed sermons
at prayers on Sunday evening.
“The senior tutor would summon No.
1 to his room aftef Pp. M. service and
hand him a printed sermon. He would
take his place in the square pew north
of the pulpit and after the invocation
rise up on a candle box and read ‘ore
rotundo.’ Toward the close of senior
year, a reader with a voluble tongue
and a high-keyed voice raised it to an
extraordinary pitch, when a loud whistle
was heard pitched on the same note
‘that brought down the house.’ The
custom ceased in 1828 and its memory
perished.
“In the early part of the century an
English traveler visited Yale cabinet,
and noticed among its curios a two-
headed snake, but spoke respectfully of
the institution. It was discovered that
all the specimens of the mineral king-
dom could be packed in a candle box
and only Adam (as of old) Seybert in
Philadelphia could give names to them.
“Chemistry, or ‘the black art,’ was a
nonentity, and a dark underground
laboratory, with groined arches to con-
fine the explosions, was built in 1802
under the west end of the Lyceum and
the Freshman recitation rooms. <A
young man of parts, Benjamin Silliman,
a representative of East and West
Rocks, was sent to Edinburgh to light
a torch at Arthur’s seat and Salisbury
Craig, and ‘he brought back the correct
Huttonian theory of their igneous
origin. He worked fifteen years in this
laboratory, which was. in 1822 trans-
ferred to the old Commons of 1782, to
which 30 feet were added on the south,
making the length 90 feet. The Col-
lege History: -V..4, p. 45a Says: ie
same year a wing was added on the
west for ladies... Not so.. It was added,
33 ft. x 14 ft. in 1835, at the suggestion
of Prof. Silliman’s assistant. Fifty-one
ladies attended the lectures in 1836, and
the ticket-fees amounted to $510, which
was equally divided to Prof. Silliman
and College, according to custom.
“About 1824, the professor of Rhet-
oric went abroad to gather a harvest
in the foreign field. He returned, like
the bee, with acquisitions, one of which
was a new pronunciation. The estab-
lished one of ‘natur,’ ‘futur,’ ‘creatur,’
was vigorously assailed, and substitutes,
as ‘nat-yer,’ ‘fut-yer, ‘creat-yer, urged.
The contest waxed warm—the Professor
of Ancient Languages was firm, and
in his lectures in 1827 ridiculed the in-
novation, saying he saw no more reason
for saying ‘t-ube’ and ‘c-ube’ than ‘t-ub’
and ‘c-ub.. The new won.”
MF HOH Ly
GLEE CLUB TRIP.
An Artistic and Financial Success—
Entertainments.
Well-filled houses were the rule dur-
ing the Christmas trip of the Yale
Glee and Banjo Clubs, which ended on
Saturday night, Jan. 7, at Brooklyn,
N. Y. The chorus sang well and the
solos of Mr. Schneelock, Mr. Simmons,
and Mr. Sheehan, and the work of the
Sweep Quartet were received with
many encores.
The first concert was given in Plain-
field, N. J., where a dance was given
alter the concert at the Country Club
Casino. The men stayed at private
houses during the night and left for Al-
bany in the morning. In the afternoon
a dance was given at the Albany His-
torical and Art Society and after the
dance a smoker was given at the Fort
Orange Club.
Cleveland was reached the next noon
and after a rather poorly-attended con-
cert the Clubs were entertained at the
Tavern Club and at the Cleveland Golf
Club hall.
At Toledo, the next stopping place,
a tea dance was given at the home of
Mrs. A. L. Spitzer, and after the con-
cert there was a smoker at the Univer-
sity Club.
The Clubs arrived at Chicago Christ-
mas afternoon and the day following
was one of the pleasantest of the trip.
A stag breakfast was given by Mrs. A.
E. Clark at the Hotel Metropole at
noon and in the afternoon Mrs. Robert
S. McCormick gave a tea at her home.
After an unusually well-attended con-
cert in the evening at Studebaker Hall,
the Clubs attended a dance at the Hotel
Metropole, which was-given by Mrs.
W. E. Kelly.
The Clubs left Chicago early the next
morning and arrived at Springfield at
8 A. M. Here the concert was given in
the afternoon, and afterwards the men
attended a tea given by Mrs. D. O.
Hayes. In the evening a large dance
was given im their honor at Odd Fel-
lows Hall.
At St. Louis the men were privately
entertained at lunch after giving a short
introductory concert by request to the
Merchant’s Exchange. After the regu-
lar concert in the evening a smoker was
given at the University Club.
Memphis was reached the next after-
noon, where the Clubs were royally en-
tertained at a dance given at the Hotel
Gayoso after the concert at the Au-
ditorium Theater.
Memphis was left the next day and
the Clubs reached New Orleans in the
afternoon, when a tea was given by
Mrs. Matthews. The concert in the
evening was at the French Opera
House. The Clubs remained at New
Orleans for two days and spent a very
enjoyable time.
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They left for Nashville on New
Year's Day, where a tea and a dance
were given for the men before and af-
ter the concert. 3
The next ston was at Cincinnati,
which was reached on Tuesday. In the
afternoon a reception was given by Mrs.
J. W. Warrington, and after the con-
cert in the evening the men attended a
very enjoyable smoker given for them
at the Grand Hotel by the Cincinnati
Yale Alumni Association.
The next concert was given at Pitts-
burg on Thursday evening at Carnegie
Hall. In the morning Mrs. George
Oliver entertained the men at breakfast
and after the concert a smoker was
given at Schenby Hall.
Pittsburg was left the next day and
Baltimore was reached the same day
at 6 P. M., where a concert was given
at. Liehmann s.. Hall,
The last concert of the trip was given
at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn
on Saturday evening. After the con-
cert a smoker was given at the Brook-
lyn Club and in the morning the men
returned to New Haven.
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To be had of all A 1 booksellers.
There are two stories by New Haven
Women in this issue:
“Florida Fishing
MARY T. TOWNSEND.
‘A Fox Hunt on the Pedee,” by
JANE MARLIN.
Other articles of interest on seasonable
topics may be:‘ found under the following
heads:
SHOOTING.
Those to whom the study of game in its
natural haunts is of more importance than
the killing of grand animals for the head as
a trophy, will follow with pleasure Ep. W.
SANDyYs over the snowy trails of his Xmas
in Moose-Land.
When that New Brunswick sportsman,
FRANK RISTEEN, undertakes to tell of an
adventure with big game, usually he has
something to say worth listening to. In
A Christmas Caribou Hunt he well
describes a fascinating form of sport as it
is followed in the provinces down by the
sea.
Our new possessions in the Spanish Main
open fresh fields of winter recreation, as
all who have experienced A New Wear’s
Day West Indian Sport can testify.
ICE YACHTING.
To outpace the wind and ind in mid-
winter all the exhilaration Of the high
seas is left to the owners of the Iee=
Yachts of To-Day, by H. PERcY
ASHLEY. :
CYCLING.
The glamour of the far Orient touches
with poetic instinct the pen that describes
Through Lotus-Land Awheel.
WINTER SPORTS.
Still holding a vivid place in the imagina-
tion, The Passing of the Ice Carni=
val is a memory happily revived.
TRAVEL.
WILLIAM B. CAMERON has found much
_of interest in the great lone Northwest,
but some of his best descriptive matter is
embodied in his story of what happened
during A New Wear’s Day ata Hud-
son Bay Trading-Post.
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200d things to be found between the white and
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