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A ere ALU MN OW Ky YALE ATHLETICS, A Meeting to Consider Means of Im- ; proving Them. On Monday, July 3, the Captains and Managers of the Yale teams for 1899- 1900, with the exception of Captain McBride of the Football team and Cap- tain Johnson of the Track team, met in one of the rooms in Dwight Hall, with a few graduates who had been called in at the eleventh hour to talk over the athletic situation and try to devise plans for its improvement in the coming year. It was an absolutely unanimous feel- ing that the existing conditions, result- ing from an attempt to run things in a University of 2,500 men on the plan of their conduct in an institution of half the size, were not defensible on any erounds and could not be continued. It was agreed that some system must be found by which athletics could be conducted with reference to years to come, and also in such a wav that the different branches would co-operate to the general good more effectively; and also, so that a greater unity of action may be secured between graduates and undergraduates; and still further, so that the different Faculties may work more harmoniously with the students. Only a handful of graduates were present at the meeting, because it was called on so short a notice; but those who were present felt that on the gen- eral questions considered they could safely speak for practically the. entire graduate body, inasmuch as the matter had been much discussed for three years and with increasing frequency and ear- nestness in the last twelve months. A committee was therefore appointed to carry out the purpose of the meeting. The plans considered are at present so intangible as to make it absolutely im- possible to make any definite announce- ment. Things can not take shape yet for two or three weeks, owing to cer- tain conditions in the University. It may, however, be stated, with a great deal of emphasis, that there is not the slightest possibility of founding a chair of athletics at Yale and of plac- ing Walter Camp in that chair. Inas- much as that rumor has gained con- siderable credence in the press, it may be as well to say that Mr. Camp would accept no such position. There was also no talk of a series of mass meetings or anything of that sort. Those present were Mr. Rockefeller, President of the Football Association; Mr. Schweppe, President of the Boat. Club; Mr. Twichell, President of the Baseball Association; Mr. Dana, Presi- dent of the Athletic Association; Mr. Allen, Captain of the Crew; Mr. Camp, Captain of the Nine, and of the grad- uates the following: Mr. Walter Camp, "80; Mr. Ray Tompkins, ’84; Mr. Lewis S. Welch, ’89;, Mr. Edson F. Gallaudet, 7093; Mr. Frank Butterworth, ’95, and Mr. D. C. Twichell, ’o8. A number of telegrams were received expressing heartiest sympathy with the purpose of the gathering. It can be said that there is no disposition to in- terfere with established principles of running Yale athletics. —_—_—_—_+0—___— New Corporation Members. Rev. Newell M. Calhoun, who was elected by the clerical members of the Corporation to succeed Rev. Joseph W. Backus, resigned, entered Yale with the Class of 1872, but in his second year failing health compelled him to leave. Later he returned and graduated from the Divinity School in the Class of 1874. He has held impor- tant pastorates in Milford, Conn.; Canandaigua, N. Y.; Cleveland, O., and Winsted, Conn., and now lives in the last named town. Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, who was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. George Leon Walker, is a graduate of Bowdoin Col- lege and of the Andover Theological Seminary. He was*first settled over a Presbyterian church in Quincy, Til. where he began a career in authorship which he has kept up until the present time. He has written several volumes of sermons and an important work on social ethics. Dr. Smyth has been pas- tor of the Center Church, New Haven, about fifteen years, and is one of the best known clergymen of the State. He is recognized as a man of marked ability. : Mr. Alfred L. Ripley, elected to the unexpired term of the late E. G. Mason, is a graduate of Yale in the Class of 1878. Mr. Ripley was Assistant Pro- fessor in German in the Academical Department of Yale from 1885 to 1888. He is at present Vice-President of the Hide and Leather National Bank of Boston. Mr. Henry F. Dimock, who_was elected for six years, succeeding Hon. F. J. Kingsbury, Yale ’46, resigned, is a graduate of Yale in the Class of 1863. After practicing Law several years in New York, he became Manager of the Metropolitan Steamship Co., and has been prominently identified with the transportation service till the present time. He isa Director of the Knicker- bocker Trust Co., the Western National Bank and the Dominion Coal Co. A fuller sketch of Mr. Dimock’s life appeared in the March Ist issue of the ALUMNI WEEKLY. University Club Addition. Plans are now being drawn by Mr. TW. Ronmeon, 25°20 efor’ a $5,000 addition to the University Club and work on it will be begun in the Fall. The object is to make room for a permanent University training table; which shall’ be under the control of college managers. The experiment of establishing the baseball and crew table at the club last Spring was very satis- factory, ex .epting in the point of room, and to get over this difficulty the addi- tion, which will give ample space for the kitchen and the dining room, will be built. A detailed sketch of the building will be published in the August num- ber. ches hk LEON Ss ae a Reward of $25.00. A reward of $25.00 will be paid, and no questions asked, for the return of the sights of the two guns of the U. S. Cruiser Yale, which were stolen from the pieces during Commencement week, when the guns were on exhibition in the Gymnasium. The forward bar- rel sight of “Handsome Dan,” and the breech sight of “Eli” are the ones miss- ing. The reward is offered by the Yale Cruiser Fund, and will be paid upon the delivery of the two sights at the office . of Yate ALUMNI WEEKLY, 6 White Hall, New Haven. ——_-____40@ Candidates for Admission. The WerEkty is able to give, as it goes to press, the figures of final and preliminary examinations in the Aca- demic and Scientific Departments of the University. .A comparison is made with the figures of last year: ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT, July, 1808. June, 1899. Binal. saa aie 379 334 Preliminary -si60%c3 344 304 LOUIS eee Gs 723 638 SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT. July, 1808. July, 1899. PATAIS a oe x 217 208 Preliminary 345... 179 201 SOLAS esa ess 306 409 These figures will be considerably changed before the Fall, and it is be- lieved the entering classes will be about the same as those of last year, possibly a little smaller. ~<a PD KP Capt. Stewart B. Camp. ‘After the New York game Stewart B. Camp, 1900, was elected Captain of next year’s Nine. Mr. Camp comes from Winsted, Conn., where he pre- pared for Yale. He has played on the University Nine for the last two years; is 21 years old, 5 feet 714 inches tall and weighs 157 pounds. . Most Yale Men Know— HURLE & €O., .» .AILORS . . 38 Center Street, New Haven. But some, perhaps, do not know that besides carrying on their shelves material for the cloth- ing of a gentleman, they have upon their walls pictures of Yale teams since 1869, some of which are the only ones in existence. A. visit to their store will be profitable. If a visit cannot be made, then a card to the above address for prices and samples. will recelve prompt attention. Poughkeepsie Winners. | The University of Pennsylvania won first honors in the regatta at Pough- keepsie June 26 and 27. On the first day of racing her four-oar crew beat that of Cornell on a two-mile course by Il% lengths, in 11 minutes 12 seconds. The Freshman race of the same day was won by Cornell over Columbia and U. of P. in 9 minutes 25 seconds, Columbia second. On the 27th the University race was won by U. of P. The University of Wisconsin crew was a very close second, while Cornell was third. Time, 20 minutes 4 seconds. Yale’s Large Purchase. The University has recently purchased from various owners on College street, above Wall, and on Grove street, vari- ous parcels of land, paying in aggregate nearly $150,000. The most important purchases were from Cathcrine A. At- water and the Kingsley Trust Associa- tion, the prices paid be.ng, $82,000 and $25,000 respectively. Yale now has pos- session of College street from the Kingsley Trust Association’s lot north to Grove street and along Grove street about 150 feet. It is not unlikely that the new Alumni Hall will be built here. Space does not permit of detailed de- scription in this number of the location of the new purchases. Harvard Oratory. At the last dinner of the Yale Alumni Association of Chicago Mr. Wm. C. Boyden, President of the Chicago Har- vard Association, represented the Har- vard Alumni, and very wittily touched upon some of the issues between the two colleges. He referred to the foot- ball score as follows: “It took Harvard men on Yale ground to discover that the Heaven born ratio was not 16 to I, but 17 to 0, and on account of this discovery it is rumored that President Dwight has resigned and Mother Yale has left New Haven, and can now be found in a Chicago Department store, “ment of the human race. says of “Orangeine’: where she is engaged in the more profitable occupation of beautifying the weaker sex. Even the Sons of Yale are turning their thoughts to the better- If a man who can make two blades of grass grow where one grew before, deserves the thanks of his fellow men, how much greater the deserts of that loyal Son of Yale who is now engaged in stirring up our livers, before whom the grip gérm flees as the mist before the sun, and who makes our pains a lullaby. Har- vard takes off her hat to Chas. L. Bart- lett, the introducer of “Orangeine.” Hon. Frank H. Jones, ex-assistant Postmaster General and a prominent Chicago lawyer, says: “TI carry ‘Orange- ine’ always ready to ‘head off’ colds, headache and nervous exhausion. It is ‘great.’ ” Hon. Frank Hamlin, one of Chicago’s brightest lawyers, says: “The best ‘bracer’ during and after a_ tedious lawsuit, with no _ reaction later, is ‘Orangeine.’ ” Mr. William Gillette, the great actor, “A most won- derful remedy; the only certain thead- ache cure and the only one with abso- lutely no bad after effects.”—Adv. Connoisseurs Agree that the best cuisine in the city i: to be found at the cafe and din- ing room of George F. Fleming, 930 Chapel St., opposite Trinity Church. The table service is excellent and the quality of board at $7 per week could hardly be improved upon. Its central location makes jt ai ideal place for students and _ thei! fathers and their mothers. He has also had great success cater ing.
