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THE ROWING SITUATION.
Nothing Decided Vet—Graduate Opin-
ion Against Poughkeepsie.
No action has been taken yet by the
Yale University Boat Club managers
towards the settling of the boat race
question for next June. Graduate
opinion is strongly in favor of a trian-
gular race between Yale, Harvard and
Cornell which shall be rowed at New
London. No one can be found who is
satisfied with the proposition to go
elsewhere. Below is quoted the opin-
ion of Julian W. Curtiss, 79, which ap-
peared in the New York Sun some
days ago, which fairly indicates _grad-
uate sentiment on the course question:
“All the Yale graduates are unalter-
ably opposed to Poughkeepsie or any
course other than the Thames at New
London. If the Yale navy should take
it upon itself to go to Poughkeepsie for
a race on any kind, it would incur the
displeasure of the alumni. No fault was
found with New London last Summer,
all of the crews expressing satisfaction
with it. Therefore there is no good rea-
son why a change should be made.
New London is an ideal place for a
big University boat race. It is posst-
ble to get plenty of smooth water there
for practice, and the climate is just
right for training purposes. It was
conclusively shown last June. that the
course is wide enough for three crews,
even though it is laid out in a shape of
the letter ‘S.. In all the years that
races have been rowed on the Thames
there has been only one postponement,
and that was last Summer, when a
thunder storm made it impossible to
ull the event off.
3 “Poughkeepsie, on the other hand,
has been put to the test and found
wanting. It is almost impossible to
avoid rough water, and it is also a fact
that a crew cannot go two miles away
from a float without encountering dan-
ger. The river boats are constantly
churning up big seas, and the shells
cannot escape being severely strained.
It is also hot there. The. mosquitoes
are everywhere at night and the drink-
ing water is not of the best. The Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania crews know
what rough water means on the Hud-
son, for they have had their shells
swamped on more than one occasion.
Other crews have suffered similarly.
Another objection to Poughkeepsie can
be filed because of the motley crowd
that generally goes to the place. It can
be recalled how the town was infested
with shell-game workers, thimblerig-
gers and fakirs of all kinds when the
last race was rowed there, and how
these individuals were kept out of New
- Jgondon:
“So far as Saratoga Lake is con-
cerned the crews that rowed there last
July found out that it was not desira-
ble, owing to the rough water and the
fact that the races were witnessed by
a mere handful of spectators. Com-
pared with New London, the courses
at ‘Poughkeepsie and Saratoga do not
figure. The events on the Thames have
always -drawn typical college crowds,
which help to make intercollegiate row-
ing what it should be, thoroughly
sportsmanlike and clean.
. “There is ‘not a Yale graduate with
whom I have talked who wants to have
the races taken away from New Lon-
PROM WEEK AHEAD.
Something on the program
for every afternoon and
evening. It’s a_ frock
coat, or a dress suit all
the while, and a Knox
silk hat, of course.
don. We do not know how Harvard
stands in the matter, and have not
heard from Cornell, but we are hopeful
that they will agree with us in our sen-
timents.”
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ALUMNI MEETINGS.
Association of the Northwest.
The Yale Alumni Association of the
Northwest held its fifteenth annual
meeting and banquet at the Minneapolis
Club, Minneapolis, Friday evening,
Dec. 30.
At the business meeting preceding
the banquet, C. S. Jelley ’71 was elected
President, and W. R. Begg ’93 Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the Association.
A committee consisting of Burnside
Foster: 2, 1. K. Hult “63. and: F...5.
Jones ’84, having been appointed to pre-
pare resolutions concerning the death
of Samuel A. Booth, reported with a
fitting preamble the following resolu-
tions: |
“The Yale Alumni Association of the
Northwest is deeply sensible of the loss
it has sustained in his death. He was
a man who by his loving, honorable
and noble nature had endeared himself
to all of us, and to each one of us the
loss has come as a personal affliction.
As a friend he was devoted, unselfish
and true; as a citizen he was public-
spirited, high-minded and faithful to
every duty; as a Yale man he was abso-
lutely loyal, in all that that ‘word im-
plies. :
“Be it further resolved, that these
resolutions be spread upon our minutes;
that a copy be furnished to the YALE
ALUMNI. WEEKLY, to the daily papers
of this city, and that a copy be sent to
his family, to whom we extend our true.
and sincere sympathy.”
Preceding the report of the Commit-
tee, Mr. Foster spoke as follows:
“T arise to perform a sad and pain-
ful duty, although, since the neces-
sity for its performance has come, it is
in some sense a pleasure to me that I,
rather than another should perform it.
“I wish to remind you of the death
of our beloved friend and fellow mem-
ber, Samuel A. Booth, which occurred
in this city on the morning of Dec. 3.
For eleven years he had been a mem-
ber of this Association and had never
missed a meeting. Indeed he has been
more than anyone of us the life of every
meeting, and I believe you will all agree
with me that there has not been one
of us more unusually loved, or one
whose loss could be more universally
felt. To those of us who knew him best,
his death, though not unexpected, has
come as a terrible shock, a shock than
which there could scarcely be a greater;
a shock such as comes but once or
twice in a lifetime. For my part I can
scarcely realize even now that he has
gone, never to return to us; that we
shall never see his face again.
“There was not, there could not be
a more loyal Yale man than Sam; and
no man ever had a truer friend than I
had in him. His was one of those rare
natures that inspired the love and re-
gard as well as the esteem of all people,
of all classes, who knew him. He was
one of those absolutely unselfish men
who always, under all circumstances,
thought of himself last. Even during
the last hours of his life, when he knew
that he was dying—and I never saw a
man look death more unflinchingly in
the face—he thought rather of his
friends and of their sorrow and of how
he could make the end easier for them
to witness than for him to bear.
“It may some time be explained to
us why such a man should be cut off
in his vigor and in his prime, while
others, infinitely less worthy, should be
allowed to live and encumber the earth.
For my part, however, I. doubt if the
explanation will explain.”
As to Yale men in the army the
Association expressed itself as follows:
“The members of the Yale Alumni
Association of the Northwest, at our
fifteenth annual meeting, assembled at
Minneapolis, December 30, 1898, take
this opportunity of expressing and do
hereby express our admiration of the
services rendered to the country by our
fellow Yale men during the late war
with Spain, and, while their pluck, their
valor, and their heroism have been only
what might have been expected of any
true son of Elihu, and while we esteem
and honor every Yale man who served
W HK LY
in the war, especially are we proud of
the members of this Association, Brig-
adier-Gen. Charles M. C. Reeve, and
Harry P. Ritchie, Surgeon of the 13th
Minnesota Regiment, both of whom are
still on duty at Manila, and Lieutenants
Theodore Griggs and David D. Tenny,
of the 15th Minnesota Regiment, now
in camp at Augusta, Georgia.
“To them we send our most cordial
greetings, our deep regrets that they
cannot be with us on this occasion, and
our wishes for their health and safe
return to home and friends.
~“To them our thoughts turn to-night.
And now, in a bumper of flowing ale,
Let’s drink to the soldier boys of dear
old Yale, |
True blue in peace; true blue in war,
True blue, be sure, wherever they are.”
The toast list and the songs were as
follows, D. W. Lawler, ’83 S., acting as .
toastmaster:
“Son of a Gambolier”
Yale in War Thomas Hedge, ’67
“Here’s to Good Old Yale”
Expansion ° Cyrus Northrop, ’57
“Amici” :
Yale in Peace -. vo We A. Bema. os
“Wake, Freshmen, Wake”
President Dwight and his Successor
5; Gi Gale; Aba
“Bingo”
Two Wars Samuel Appleton, ’63
“Gaudeamus”’
Yale Friendship—the same East and
West ‘ J. Loman, ’85.
“Lauriger Horatius”
Toast (in memoriam) |
“sore bs DOUgIAS, OO
“Landlord, fill the flowing bowl”
The following were present:” S. C.
“Gale, 54: CC. Northrop, "573" E77. Be
liott, “ss: G:C... Ripley. ‘Ger -W, . Hi
Bennett, 66; Thomas Hedge, ’67; H.
5. Béard,: *67%). CS) Jeley 91s CE.
Spencer, °°78* “As Tighe 9o:) “Ee Is
Haynie, 779; P. King, ’80; E. B. Graves,
"S15: O2 Hi Briggs, Sr; B. Foster, *S2:
L. KK. Hull783; 2D. We Lawier, 83:1..5.-;
FS; -jones;> 84r0 HG Gate <6a7 f-
Loman, °85: -J.. Jc: lather: (63 S.; W.
H. Goodyear; 86; W. S:; ~Williams,
86 S.; W. M. Babcock, ’87; F. Berg-
strom, O62 #152 arin Ge 9.27. Gi P:
Douvclas: 80." 72 Crosby, 907) -C. ©
Bovey, 90; W. S. G. Noyes, ’o1; W.
W. Heffelfinger, ’91S.; W. S. Telford,
“G@iok! Ia. WV Day,193 Sis WR Bege:
"03% ©€.-S; Gale, 05: °H. T.: Halbert, ’os:
D. D. Mitchell, ’95; C. W. Halbert, ’95;
F. M. Crosby, ’97; C. E. Heffelfinger,
O70) oth. “Shaw, “G75. ;) By -Parkittirst
C654 dh. Le Evans,.’08; A. W.*Glapp:
"903; Wink. Chisholm, 4083" HM? Se Chiis-
tian; gor,
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Cleveland Alumni Banquet.
The banquet of the Yale Alumni As-
sociation of Cleveland was held on
Tuesday evening, Jan. 4, at The Still-
man. The banquet room was decorated
with the college colors, blue and white.
A special menu card was furnished by
The Stillman. It was covered with
Yale blue paper and tied with white
ribbon. A portrait of President Dwight
surrounded with a gold wreath adorned
the first page of the menu card. The
banquet was in charge of a committee
composed of L. A. Johnson and E. M.
Williams. :
Mr. George H. Ely, 65, presided.
Speeches were made by Professor
Southworth, *63; Horace E. Andrews,
‘S20.;. James FE. Parmer, “ol: Cape.
McBride of the football eleven of 1899,
and others. A. S. Chisholm read a let-
ter from President Dwight.
The following were present: ?
George H. Ely, 65; W. S. Kerruish,
55; George C. S. Southworth, ’63; E.
He. ifacy. oe: atte. Taylor, os.
Charles R. Smith, ’80; H. S. Curtiss.
1901; John H. Hord, 1901; Edwin H.
Brown, 1901; Henry Chisholm, 1901;
Eugene W. Ong, 1900; Henry W.
Chambers, ’99; C. A. Powers, ’99; Will
S. Hannon,’99; M. L. McBride, 1900;
GC. ... Sullivan. 1900; C. Chistes
1900 S.; G, A. Welch, 1901; Fred Gould
Harris, 1901; Robert C. Norton, 1902;
Henry S. Sherman, 1902; J. M. Pick-
ands, 1002: Paul B.. Condit.ag095.;
Frank R. Herrick, ’88; Kenyon V.
Painter, ’89 S.; A. S. Chisholm, ’93; A.
F. Harvey, ’93; S. A. Raymond, ’70;
Charles A. Otis, ’90S.; Horace E.
Andrews, ’82S.; Addison H. Hough,
Acapemic Tastes
Make New Haven’s standard
in materials and styles of
personal attire at least as
high as that of any city in
the country. We realized
that when we came here.
We have worked to meet
and to anticipate the exact-
ing demands. Yale men
have generously responded
to these efforts on our part.
We reciprocate with still
more zealous endeavor.
CHASE & CO.,
New HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK-
Henry Heath Hats.
FRANK A. CORBIN,
TAILOR
10 THE
SIUDENTS OF YALE
AND TO THE
GRADUATES
in all parts of the country
Address :
1000 Chapel Street,
New Haven, Conn.
’90; W. L. Harkness, ’81; P. W. Har-
vey, ‘91; James Eugene Farmer, ‘91;
Sheldon Cary, ’93S.;. Edwin M. Wii-
liams, “93; Levi A. Johnson, ’95S.; J.
Po Burton, Jr., “06308. A’ Brayton,
Ir 99; oC”, -Pigeee og EK CFL.
Crowell, ’98; Henry S. Pickands, ’97 S.;
COW Biitehcock,: 25.
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Colorado Association.
The Colorado Yale Association held
its eighteenth annual banquet at the
University Club, Denver, on Saturday
evening, December 31.
At the business meeting the following
officers were elected for 1899: Presi-
dent, Henry Lyne, ’87; Vice-President,
William A. Otis, ’86; Secretary and
Treasures, -GeorgeP: Steele, 92 L.S.;
Executive Committee, Major William
Cooke Daniels, ’92; Leonard H. Eic-
holtz; Jr.5:’ 05 S:
At the banquet table, covers were
laid- tor i.36.- dey2. David. Utter -of
Harvard and Dr. W. A. Jayne of Co-
lumbia were guests of the Association.
‘The following toasts were responded
to: “The President’s Message,’ O. S.
Isbell, °88; “Harvard,” Rev. David
Utter; “Columbia,” Dr. W. A. Jayne:
“Yale in the War,’ L. R. Yeaman, ’96;
“Alma Mater,’ Nathan B. Coy, ’7o:
“That Midnight Call,” Ernest Knaebel,
The following members of the Asso-
ciation were present: Henry T. Rogers,
66, Henry R. Wolcott, ’96 hon., A. J.
Reynolds, ’73 of Ouray, Nathan B. Coy,
70° William R. Barbour, ’80, Thomas
Ward, dienry E.. Wood, °768., A. T.
Batch. 73... 5. tspell, “88, E. B.:
Morgan, *86, Theodore Holland, ’82
George P. Steele, ’92, Clayton C. Dor-
sey, oo, George B.. Berger,. 88 S.,
Charles W. Mills, ’93, L. R. Yeaman,
’96, Pierpont Fuller, ’92, David Pless-
ner, ™85, Ernest Knaebel, ‘94, J. D.
Skinner, ’04S., John E. Field, ’88 S..
W. B. Sheppard, ’87, P. H. Holme, ’o8.
Arthur W. Pearce, °06S., and L. H.
Eicholtz, Jr., ’95 S.
The following undergraduates were
also present: Augustus B. Berger, roor,
Frederick W. Struby, 1901, John W.
Morey, 19008., and J. Foster Symes,
1900 S.
