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We venture to think that such an ath-
letic meeting will prove very desirable
for many reasons. We should be very
glad to welcome you to our land. Such
international athletic sports between the
two leading unversities of Great Britain
and the United States could not fail to
rouse the highest interest of all lovers
of amateur sport, and could not fail to
improve the status of amateur athletics
in both countries, or to revive the
kindly feelings engendered by the visits
of former years of Yale to Oxford and
Cambridge to Yale. We would suggest
the following conditions for your ap-
proval:
(1.) That the meeting take place at
the Queen’s Club, London, on some
date at the end of July, 1899, which may
be most convenient to you and to the
Queen’s Club, with regard to competi-
tions.
(2.) That the programme shall be the
regular Oxford-Cambridge programme
of nine events, subject to the following
modifications: (a) That a half-mile
run be substituted for putting the
weight. (b) That in the 120-yard
hurdle race the flights of hurdles should
not be fixed with regard to competitors.
(3.) That all the four universities con-
cerned may choose representatives only
from actual students’ now in residence
and on the college books of member-
ship.
(4.) That such representatives, to be
eligible to compete, must conform in
all respects to the rules and regulations
which govern the athletic sports re-
spectively of Oxford and Cambridge
and Harvard and Yale.
(5.) That such representatives shall
have never received pecuniary assistance
towards their support and maintenance
as athletes during any portion of their
university career or any period prior
thereto.
(6.) And generally; that such repre-
sentatives must be in all respects ama-
teur athletes absolutely and essentially
in accordance with the definitions of
amateur athlete as laid down by the
Amateur Athletic Association of Great
Britain, and the similar governing asso-
Ciation of athletics in America.
(7.) That the appointed stewards of
the meeting authorized to act for the
four universities concerned be requested
to lodge with the Honorary Secretary
of the Amateur Athletic Association in
London, on some date prior to the
above. meeting, lists of the selected
teams, together with certificates that
each member of said teams is a bona fide
student and a bona fide amateur athlete.
Having thus formulated our views, we
submit them to your favorable con-
sideration and are prepared to leave
any minor details to be adjusted be-
tween us at some later day. We must
ask you to kindly cable a reply at your
earliest convenience, so that we may be
able to immediately secure the Queen’s
Club ground, and to make at once
arrangements of as personal character
which any delay might render imposi-
sible.
We remain yours very truly,
GILBERT C. VASSAL,
President Oxford University Athletic
Club.
ALLAN HUNTER,
President Cambridge University Ath-
letic Club.”
AT GALES FERRY,
Crew in Good Condition — Coachers
who are Present,
[ Special Correspondence of ALUMNI WEEKLY.]
GALES FERRY, Conn., June 12, 1899—
Last week Yale’s oarsmen began their
final period of training, preparatory to
‘the races with Harvard over the Thames
course, June 29. On Monday at noon
the members of the University crew
and the substitute four left New Haven
on the yacht Parthenia, as guests of
Mr. A: Hart McKee, Princeton, ’80, of
Pittsburg, and Mrs. McKee. Recita-
tions in the Academic Department did
not close until Wednesday, but the
Eight were allowed to leave work three
days early in consideration of their
clean attendance records during the past
few months. The Parthenia dropped
anchor off Gales Ferry at about four in
the afternoon, after a delightful run, and
the launch Yale, which had arrived
_the previous day, in charge -f Captain
Dadmun, came out to meet the Crew
and take them to the dock. The old
quarters, Broadview, Captain Christo-
pher Brown’s home, were again uti-
lized. The boats had arrived on Sun-
day in charge of boatman John Ken-
nedy, over the newly completed Nor-
wich Branch of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. The
tracks of this road are about a hundred
and fifty yards back of Broadview,
but run. through a cut so that the pas-
sage of trains is not at disturbing.
This new road, by the way, has wrought
a great change in the appearance of the
East bank of the Thames, cutting off
coves and points and spoiling the line
of trees and shrubbing along the water’s
edge. It should, however, afford ex-
cellent accommodations for a observa-
tion train, as it follows the line of the
course closely, except just at the fin-
ish, and there are no obstructions to the
view at any point.
THE DAY'S WORK.
The usual routine of Gales Ferry life
does not change much. The men are up
at seven and breakfast half an hour
later, after a short walk. The time of
the morning row depends on the weather
conditions and the examination pro-
gram, but usually starts about nine
o’clock and last for an hour. Dinner,
the second of the four meals each day,
comes at one o’clock. The time before
and after, unless occupied by examina-
tions, which are being conducted by
Dr. E. B. Reed, of the English Depart-
ment, or the study which they involve,
is generally spent in loafing under the
trees and in the pavilion over-looking
the Thames, but the more energetic go
out for an occasional ride in the launch
and play ball on the lawns. Half-past
four is the hour for lunch, which con-
sists of cold oatmeal, toast and milk,
and between six and seven the hardest
work of the day, the evening row, be-
gins. Supper is ready on the return to
Broadview and at half past nine after
a short walk which closes the day’s
work, the men are ready for bed.
With the exception of the extreme
heat of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day, the weather conditions at Gales
Ferry have been ideal, and the water
at all times well adapted for rowing.
The morning practice in general has
consisted of a number of short stretches
covering some five or six miles in
all. The evening work has been con-
siderably longer and harder. On Tues-
day and Friday, the Eight were sent
over the four mile course, starting at
the finish under the bridge, and rowing
up stream. On the other days, the
work has been confined to a succession
of short pulls, varied with an occasional
mile against time. No time records
have been given out, but they are
thought to have been fair. Mr. Alfred
Cowles, ’86, was at Gales Ferry when
the Crew arrived and Mr. R. A. Arm-
strong, 795 S., came up from New Ha-
ven on the Parthenia. They took
charge of the coaching from the launch
on Tuesday and were joined by Dr. E.
F. Gallaudet, ’93, on Wednesday and
Dr. Percy Bolton, ’86S., on Friday.
During the early part of the week con-
siderable attention was devoted to the
individual members of the Crew, espe-
cially to those on the starboard side of
the boat and a great improvement
in regularity was made. At present
the coaches are working primarily to
secure a firm, hard, catch and instruc-
ing the men in keeping their slides
moving on the far reach. Considerable
power is manifest in the boat, but as
yet the men have.failed to develop the
necessary snap. 3
All the Eight and substitutes are
in. excellent condition, sun-burned
shoulders being the only source of com-
plaint. The weights are well up.
THE SUBSTITUTE FOUR.
The substitute four were forced to
confine the their work to the pair oar
until. Friday, when their shell, a fine
little craft, arrived from Davy of
Cambridge. On Saturday they had
their first row as a four and went well.
On Friday, June 9, the Freshmen ac-
companied by James Ireland, 1900 S.,
their coach, arrived, and are quartered
in a house a hundred yards back of
Broadview. The squad includes War-
mouth, 8; Blagden, 7; Hooker, Captain,
6; Sharpe, 5; Kunzig, 4; Lincoln 3;
Ackley, 2; Holt, bow; Armstrong,
coxswain, and laws, Judd, Swan,
Benner and Wade, substitutes.
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S STAND,
Some Paris of his Platform as Shown
in a Speech. _
{From an-address before the New York Alumni
Feb 14, 1898 J
When we want to inquire about Yale,
we generally inquire of the New York
alumni. So I will present but a plain,
straightforward statement of work and
hopes. Yale has an annual income of
$600,000, and Harvard has $1,200,000,
yet .we are progressing on the same
plane, and are still in the same class.
It has its advantages. Poverty makes
a man work harder. President Lincoln,
when an army officer once asked hin
how Garfield was able to clear Ken-
tucky of Confederates in a week, and
the officer sneeringly said, “Because he
was not a West Point man, I sup-
pose you will say,” he revlied, “Because
he always had to work for a living.”
An especially healthful manifestation
of the Yale spirit is seen in the matter
of temperance. I know of no place ia
the world where a boy can pass from
the protection of his home life into the
large life of society, with more to sup-
port him and less to drag him down.
If a boy goes to Yale with the intention
and desire of refraining from the abuse
of intoxicants, he will find more help
from the public sentiment of his fellows
than in any other college I know, and
much more than if he goes direcily into
business life without attending college
at all. As an under classman expressed
it to me the other day: “Excessive
drinking queers a man for the best
societies faster than almost anything
else.” ss |
If a boy believes that he can best
secure himself from temptation by total
abstinence, he will find many others
who are doing the same thing. If he
preaches such abstinence not as a pro-
tection to himself, but as a help to his
fellows, the will be respected and hon-
ored for so doing. But if he demands
strict rules to render such action com-
pulsory upon others, he will find himself
The More
F xacting
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our stock is picked with special
reference to people of exacting
taste.
This is especially true of our under-
We will be
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wear this season.
in some one of our lines.
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NEW HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK.
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(@— Samples can go anywhere the
Alumni Weekly can go.
in a hopeless minority. The mass of
the College world—students and Faculty
alike—believe that public sentiment
counts for more than rules, both for
securing honesty in athletics and tem-
perance in drinking. It believes further-
more that the enforcement of rules and
the espionage connected with them so
weakens a healthy public sentiment as
to stunt its growth and deprive it of
its powers—in other words, to carry us
away from the very result which the
advocates of such rules are anxious to
promote.
Some people who do not understand
the force of public sentiment, and the
weakness of laws which try to act out-
side of it, naturally fail to accept this
view; and give too ready credence wv
[Continued on 353d page.]
JUST PUBLISHED
A PORTRAIT IN FINB ART OF
Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D.
President of Yale University.
A
SOUVENIR
OF
1899,
WORK
OF
ART.
JAMES S.. KING, Etcher.
Size of plate, 14 x 18.
EDITION LIMITED.
Two Hundred and Fifty Artist Proofs.
Autographed by Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D.
Copyrighted and Published by
CHARLES BARMORE,
: Publisher of —
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10 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
Mr. Barmore will be at the New Haven House at Room 20, from
June 23 to June 28. Here the etching can be examined carefully.