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234 — Aree AT TNL oOW’WHERILY 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 poeatity, 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,— ee PYale Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn. The office is at Room 6, White Hall. ADVISORY BOARD. H. C. RoBinson, °58. J. R. SHEFFIELD, ’87. W.W. Sxippy,’658. J. A. HarRTWwELt, °89 5. C. P. LINDSLEY, 7% 8S. L. S. WELCH, 89. W. Camp, ’89. E. VAN INGEN, ’91 8. W.G. Daaaett, 80. P. JAY, °92. EDITOR. Lewis 8S. WELCH, ’89. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. WALTER Camp, *80. ASSISTANT EDITOR. E. J. THomMPsoN, Sp. NEWS EDITOR. FRED. M. DavriEs, ’99. ASSISTANT. .- PRESTON KUMLER, 1900. Advertising Manager, O. M. CLARK, "98. Assistant, BURNETT GOODWIN, ‘9958. Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O. NEw HAVEN, CONN., MARCH 29, 1899. INDEXES AND BOUND VOLUMES. The indexes of the Y ALE ALUMNI WEEKLY have now been sent to those who applied for them. These indexes are sent free to every present subscriber to the paper for as many years back ashe desires them, Orders can now be promptly filled, With the completion of the indexes it has been possible to begin the publication of the different volumes in a regular system of binding. In the earlier years little attention was paid to the preservation of the complete files and the number is very limited even up to this year. 2% he number of volumes for each year to date, which we can offer for sale, and the prices, areas follows : Vol. II. (92-3) 5 Copies—Price $6. weak tees Od Bee a6. Ba EVES OME RY tO oF aol ae Reinke Woe ee te ee pease A goal, a Gone Re Praia ‘4. seal, | Copmey t es 1 itt rea Volumes II and III are without Com- mencement issues. There was no special Commencement tssue of the WEEKLY at that time and no Comméncement issues of the News were saved. The binding ts very strong. The material is heavy, blue-black buckram, with leather corners and back. The index is bound at the back of each volume, The first lot of bound volumes will be Those de- siring any of these volumes are asked to send im their orders at once, as the WEEKLY in- ready for delivery on April 20. tends to dispose of these back volumes soon. This last statement ts not made for adver- tising purposes, but in order to make the situation clear. <> St THE TENEYCK SPEAKING. The decision in the awarding of the prize at the TenEyck speaking was, as usual, accepted with conflicting feel- ings. No decision was ever made that pleased more than a portion of the au- dience. But the differences of opinion centered about different points of view and no one has doubted that the prize was given to a man who showed he was very worthy of it. This judgment does not rest on his own personal popularity, but on the work he did that afternoon. Since this is the fact, and since inter- est is growing in this subject of speak- ing, a word is in order on the present méthod of awarding these prizes. It may be true that on the whole you could not find a body of men who would look at speaking of that sort in a fairer and more intelligent way than the Yale Faculty. But it is a fair ques- tion whether it is wise to leave the de- cision to stich members of the Faculty as happen to attend. There does not seem to be any sense of responsibility in the matter about it, except on the part of a few who are always where they are expected to be. The system is haphazard and the ef- fect on the College is not good. The whole Academic Faculty, with due de- liberation and discussion, might come as near a perfect decision in this matter as any body that could be chosen. But it ought to be the whole Faculty, or else a fairly large committee chosen by them for this express purpose. This committee could come from outside, or could, if thought advisable, come from the Faculty. There ought not to be a thing left undone to accord the matter the full weight which is its due, and to provide a result which would be ac- cepted as coming from a body peculiarly chosen on the ground of ability in this line of judgment. The matter ought to be well threshed out, and certain per- tinent questions answered. Is it well to eliminate the personal equation? Are scholars and teachers the best judges of the art of oratory? Is it practical to get any better judges than they? Are we trying to encourage oratory? Is there any chance of developing it under present conditions? The mere fact that this year’s deci- sion was an excellent one does not lessen the importance of attending to this matter and that promptly. y= rr - we _ The American Biographical Publish- ing Company of Chicago announce a Biographical Encyclopedia of the United States. A friend has been kind enough to send us a copy of one of the advance sheets, which is offered to those whose biographies are desired, as a sample of the quantity and quality of the sketches which the Encyclopedia puts forth. From this “invaluable work of refer- ence’ we learn that the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt of New York graduated from Yale University in 1880. We thought our list of Yale governors published soon after the Fall election was com- plete. It was fairly long and had good timber. But it was easy, of course, to pass over the inconspicuous state of New York and the comparatively young man who happens to be in charge of it at present. We wish to make our sta- tistics complete. If we really hada chance to do it, how we would welcome the “Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Yale 1880,”’ to the list of Yale graduates and the company of Yale governors! ys i, & a> > a DINNER BY MR. SRARS. Money Raised for Bi-Centennial—Mr. Ripley’s Corporation Candidacy. At a dinner given to President Dwight by Mr. J. Montgomery Sears, Yale ’77, at the Algonquin Club, Bos- ton, March 23, the first-active steps were taken towards raising a fund to build the new alumni hall for Yale’s Bi-cen- tennial in 1902. The need of promptly subscribing for this fund was the theme of most of the speakers. Attention was called to the fact that $750,000 must be raised soon, or the building could not be completed in time, and all were urged to give as much as possible to the fund. Subscriptions made before the dinner for the hall, had amounted to $25,000, mostly from the Committee in charge. Mr. Sears, is credited with $10,000 subscription. A paper endorsing Alfred L. Ripley, Yale ’79, for the Edward G. Mason vacancy in the Corporation was cir- culated and almost unanimously signed by the 100 guests present. ; The speakers of the evening were: President Dwight; Alfred Hemenway, ’61; Prof. Andrew W. Phillips; Samuel J. Elder, ’73; Hon. Isaac K. Stetson, 79 S.; Judge M. P. Knowlton, ’60; E. P. Howe, ’76. Besides the speakers already mentioned the following guests were present: Judge Baldwin; General Rockwell: Frank Allen; A. L. Aiken; B. K. Anthony; Dr. Geo. S. C. Badger; Hezekiah Bissell; S. Arthur Bent; Geo. E. Bowman; Howard A. Bridgman; N. Willis Bumstead; Walter I. Badger; John H. Butler; H. A. Buffum; A. J. Copp; Malcolm G. Chase; Dr. Joshua Coit; Rev. Mr. Calkins; W. R. Callen- der; C. F. Chapin; Rev. Chas, O. Day; Morton Dexter; H. B. Durfee; S. C. Bushnell; Robt. K. Dickerman; W. E. Decrow; Henry Dunnell; Samuel P. Darling; Hon. Asa French; Abner Post;: H. S.. Fraser;"- Asa P.: French: Reginald Foster; James Foley; Ed. H. Gilbert; Rev. Theo. J. Holmes; Henry R. Hinckley; Allen Hubbard; Fred S. Hoppin; John J; Hall: Chas fe ae lier; L. L. Hopkins; Sidney Hosmer; Chas: FE. Hubbard: Z L.. Holbrook; Amos L. Hathaway; W. A. Houghton; E. P. Howe; Geo. L. Huntress; C. M. Ipeersoll: (Dro i. 2: fosline Be ow, Kitredee: Dr KRaight’: Dr. Sv Kimball; Daniel S. Knowlton; W. M. Loverine: F.C... Lambert; - Robt: :G. McClung; Rev. Ellis Mendell; F. T. Murphy; Marcus Morton; Rev. Ed. M. Noyes; Prof. Wm. H. Niles; Ed- ward P. Noyes; John C. Olmsted; Henry CC. Ordway: W.G, Peck: (FB. Perey; Chas: ~P: | Pheips> Chas. oa Payne; G. D. Pettee; General Rock- well; A. L. Ripley; G. P. Richardson; Arthur J. Richmond; Jas. O. Rodgers; G. W. Rollins; Hon. Isaiah K. Stetson; J. M. Sears; Wm. T. Sedgwick; Gra- ham Sumner; Chas. P. Stetson; Henry -C... Stetson; . Dr... M. Seely: W. G. Seeley; Joseph C. Smith; Dr. Chas. L. Scudder: “Daniel. L. Santortd; ~ Dr. Doremus Scudder; Rev. C. M. South- gate; Chas. L. Thomas; Samuel Thorne. ty Lin v> Professor George Adam Smith’s Subjects. The subjects for the full series of the Lyman Beecher course of lectures this year, to be delivered by Professor George Adam Smith, have been re- ceived by Professor Fisher and it is now possible to announce _ them. Should any rearrangement be found necessary, it will be promptly and con- spicuously announced. The general subject of the course is “The Preaching of the Old Testament in the Light of Modern Criticism.” The lectures are to be delivered in College Street Hall, and the hour in each case will be 3 o’clock in the after- noon. The different subjects, as now ar- ranged are as follows: April 6—“The Liberty and Duty of Critcism,” - April 7—“The Course of Modern Criticism of the Old Testament.” April 12—“The Old Testament as History.” April 13—‘‘The Revelation of God in the Old Testament.” April 14—“The Spirit of Christ in the Old Testament.” April 19—“The Hope of Immortality in the Old Testament.” April 20o—“The Prophets.” April 21—“The Books of Wisdom.” Union Debaters Win. The second annual debate between the Yale Union and the Sheffield De- bating Society, held in Osborn Hall on Wednesday, March 22, was won by the former society. The subject, “Resolved, That the introduction of a system of ministerial responsibility would increase the efficiency of the Federal. Govern- ment,” was supported on the affirmative for the Sheffield Society by W. J. Eh- rich, 1900S.; A, Wolodarsky, 1900 S., and P. Troup, 1900S. The negative was supported for the Yale Union by C1. Darherton.— oo; E,W. Ong, 1900, and G. D. Graves, ’99. E. B. Boise, President of the Yale Union presided, and Mr. C. G. Clarke, 95; Mr. C. H. Studinski, ’97, and Mr. C.. as iat Karen. <07 1. acted. ,.as judges. : REMRING RECORD BOARD. Some of the Changes Brought About During Their Administration. When the board of editors from Ninety-Nine assumed control of the Record a year ago, they resolved that during their incumbency. the paper should at least appear on time. For they realized that nothing is so damag- ing to a paper’s reputation as that air of shiftless management due to con- stant lateness. Contrary to custom, they have kept in use the same cover design which was handed down by the Ninety-Eight board, since they thought that frequent change in the outward appearance of a paper tends to produce unfamiliarity and consequent lack of interest. Believing that subjects of interest could be treated in a light manner and still have force, the editorial columns received their special attention and an attempt was made to weed out all mat- ter written merely to fill space. The editors wished to make the columns a place where one might look for sense in an attractive form. The introduction of the editorial cuts has done much for this department. The most radical reform has come in their decision to elect the incoming Senior board in a body in the Spring of Junior year. They gave several rea- sons for this change. They argued that the man who was elected early in his college course often thinks that his work is done, and that his busi- ness from that time forward is to comme down to the office perhaps once in a term and assist in rejecting Freshman contributions. Thus the board loses the work which it might expect from the maturer mind. Experience has taught that the work done by the last three or four men competing for the only open place in the Junior board, is often of higher quality than that contributed by any of the editors who have re- ceived elections. Yet these unfortu- nates can’t be elected, because, while they were making up their minds to commence heeling, the plodder has ac- cumulated his credit and filled his place on the board. By the new system the Senior editors can lay their hands, not suddenly, on the best seven men with- out difficulty and be able to pick out and reject what will later on prove editorial dead-wood. MORE WORK FOR SENIORS. It will of course put more work upon the Senior board. But the burden is bearable. At present there are entirely too many under editors. The Senior will always plead an engagement so long as there is an ambitious Sopho- more to do his bidding. With one man for each job and no one upon whom to shift the responsibility, the Senior will at least earn his salt. There will be little place for class politics in the new system. No editor can promise a heeler an election in re- turn for the latter’s assisting him to the office of chairman or business man- ager. Viewed dispassionately, the system seems to be a desirable innovation, but whether it will prove successful, usage alone will tell. The college at large seems to favor it, since the opposition so far has come practically from one source. 2. ste Yale Law School. For circulars and other information apply to Prof. FRANCIS WAYLAND, Dean.
