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EDITOR.
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NEw HAVEN, CONN., NOVEMBER 1, 1899.
FOOTBALL TICKETS.
Alumni desiring seats at the Yale-
Harvard or Yale-Princeton games, and
who omitted to read the notice in the
last issue of the WEEKLY, are referred
to it for all information necessary. It
should be read through by anyone inter-
ested in the subject.
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TAKE DEFEAT.
Beaten in October and by a new foot-
ball power—in the game of to-day a
beardless youth, as measured against the
years and triumphs of Yale’s historic .
rivals! This is very bitter for Yale.
True, “this upstart eleven” was a splen-
did one: It was gathered from the army
of a great University, which has from
time to time, under conditions very ad-
verse, done great things on the field and
on the river, and which, when it resumed,
under more auspicious circumstances,
the great Fall game, attacked it with its
best spirit, which is always one of un-
limited pluck and _ highest ambition.
But that does not alter the fact that
Yale was defeated when she wanted to
win, and all the credit for good work
and fine football spirit, which the friends
of Yale are only too ready to give to
Columbia, does not blind them to the
fact that the defeat was a crushing one.
The Yale Eleven went down to New
York to win and couldn't. It is the
custom here, and it is most devoutly to
be hoped that it ever will be, to consider
by itself each contest, which Yale en-
ters, and to admit that the laurels are
well earned by the side that wins,
without any regard to comparative poli-
cies of development or any other con-
siderations. Yes, Columbia did mag-
nificently, but Yale was beaten,—in a
certain way as she has never been beaten
before. The fact is irrevocable and not
to be amended or made pleasant by
talking about it.
But Yale football has seldom been in
any better condition than it is to-day.
By far the greatest part of this great
game is the spirit in which a college en-
ters it and in which it accepts its
fortunes. The score of last Saturday,
instead of discouraging or depressing
Yale, has nerved her wonderfully for the
next month’s work. This old place has
never been more determined or more
courageous than it is at this present
hour. It has never been so loyally or
so unquestioningly back of its leaders.
The challenge of bitter adversity has
been taken up. On Monday afternoon, '
for. the first practice after the New York
defeat, almost the entire Sophomore class
marched in a body to the Field to wit-
ness and to encourage the practice.
The enthusiasm has very seldom been
greater, even just before the great con-
tests. Indeed, we can easily recall a
good many final practice days before
championship games. which have not
shown a spirit as healthy or as strong,
or in fact, in any way to be compared
with that with which the University is
now watching the day by day develop-
ment of the Eleven.
The present state is not only a splen-
did tribute to the present football
leaders, who must feel very deeply the
confidence which is thus shown in them
and in the policy which they have
adopted, but it is a reassurance to all
the friends of Yale as to the wholesome-
ness of her spirit. Alumni and others
who are interested will pass by with
a smile the snarls and the wise ex-
planations, which the “friends” of Yale
are now offering so freely in many
quarters as evidences of their “loyalty.”
They will keep their eyes on the Yale
Campus and the Yale Field. And Yale
will go into the contests of November
18 and November 25 in a form which
will make her friends prouder than ever
oF her.
AS TO SOME LIES.
No football leader or officer and no
other person who has the slightest
shadow of right to speak for Yale, has
tried, in public speech or private con-
versation, to explain Saturday’s defeat
by claims of “treachery” on the part
of the Columbia coaches, former Yale
players, in revealing signals; nor has
any other effort been made by such per-
son or persons, to give any other rea-
son for the score than the obvious fact
that Columbia played better football.
The general comment on Mr. Sanford’s
work and Mr. Ely’s help of Mr. San-
ford is that both these men showed
themselves excellent football teachers.
These
granted by most graduates and friends
of Yale.
ever, for the benefit of those who may
facts have been taken for
The statement is made, how-
have been misled by the many vicious
lies now in circulation in public prints.
Also to prevent misunderstanding, this
statement is added. No coach, who of-
fers his services to Yale in the same
- way that all Yale coaches have hitherto
offered their services to Yale, is re-
fused an opportunity to help in the de-
But Yale
coaching.
velopment of the Eleven.
does not pay for football
Other colleges do pay for it, as they
have a perfect right to, and some good
Yale men have taken this opportunity
of making money. But it is just as far
from the truth as any statement possi-
bly can be, that there is any regret at
Yale that Mr. McBride has pursued the
traditional Yale policy in this matter.
Re Le 2
Last Saturday’s Game,
[Editorial in Yale News. ]
It is useless to deny that the result
of Saturday’s game in New York came
as a bitter disappointment as well as
in the nature of a surprise to every Yale
man. It is even more useless, however,
to assert that by this defeat the team’s
prospects in the two championship games
are materially impaired. * * * Ow-
ing to Yale’s policy of gradually develop-
ing her team through the season, in or-
der to bring it to its highest efficiency
in the championship games (the wisdom
of which policy no one will question),
it seemed inevitable that defeat must be
met sooner or later at the hands of one
of the smaller college elevens. * * *
Furthermore, Columbia’s team was not
an inexperienced one, by any means.
Several of her players were veterans and
her coaches were certainly of the best.
Viewed in this light, Saturday’s game is
not so significant or so discouraging as
it would at first appear to be.
We would not in any way detract from
the victory gained by Columbia. Her
men played a splendid game, and won
simply because they were better. And
an optimist can find many advantages
in a game like Saturday’s. Two are
particularly prominent. In the first
place it will place athletics in the New
York college on a firmer basis than they
have ever been before, or would have
been otherwise. Of this, for the good
of athletics in general, we are sincerely
glad. The other advantage will come to
the members of the team itself. It will
give to them the same dogged deter-
mination, the same iron resolve and the
same spirit of pluck and courage that
turned out the eleven of two years ago.
And if any doubt has ever existed in
their minds about the University’s atti-
tude toward them, they should have been
here on Saturday evening when a report
was posted that Yale had won after all.
They should have heard the cheering at
the Fence and on the Campus and seen
the crowds around the bulletins. If en-
thusiasm and hard work can win a cham-
pionship, Yale should head the list at the
end of the season.
CURRENT YALE LITERATURE.
Professor Sanders and Professor C.
F. Kent, Yale 89, of Brown University,
have recently issued through Charles
Scribner’s Sons, a volume on the
prophetic writings of the Old Testa-
ment entitled “The Messages of the
Later Prophets.” It is the companion
volume to ‘““The Messages of the Earlier
Prophets,” issued less than a year ago.
The earlier volume has already reached
its fourth edition. The volumes are in-
tended for the general public rather than
for scholars and have received unstinted
commendation from the religious press.
Their distinctive intent is a paraphrase
of the prophetic writings, arranged in
historical order and edited with sugges-
tive titles and analyses, and with intro-
ductions to each section so as to enable
any one to get into the heart of a
prophetic passage. For the average
man, even for the average minister, these
volumes afford exactly the interpreta-
tive help required. Their compactness
and comprehensiveness make them popu-
lar at the same time.
The Yale Law Journal for October has
just appeared and contains the follow-
ing :—“The Newspaper Before the Law,”
by George D. Watrous, Yale ’7o, and
“The Indeterminate Sentence,” by Charl-
ton T. Lewis, ’53, of New York. There
is also printed in this number “Evolu-
tions from Radicalism to Conservatism
in the History of American Political
Parties,” the essay which took the John
A. Porter Prize last Commencement.
It is by Nathan A. Smyth, ’97, and
1900 Law School. “ihe Indeterminate
Sentence,” by Mr. Lewis is the substance
of an address to the National Prison
Association of the United States at its
annual meeting in’ Hartford, September
25.
Gifts to Yale.
No official notification has yet been
received by the President of the gift of
$100,000 to Yale by the will of the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is thought that
some time will pass before the notifica-
tion comes.
The will of the late Dr. James W.
Campbell, Yale Hon. ’90, which was
probated recently, contained a gift of
$700, to provide a yearly gold medal to
that member of the Medical School, who
shall have maintained the highest stand
in his studies throughout the three year’s
course. This perpetuates the medal
which was founded by Dr. Campbell
some years ago. ©
The Art School has recently received
an endowment fund from Colonel
Rutherford Trowbridge of New Haven,
for the establishment of an annual course
of public lectures in the School on Fine
Art. Representative artists will be se-
lected by the School Faculty to give the
lectures. The gift is intended by Mr.
Trowbridge as a memorial to his father,
the late Thomas Rutherford Trowbridge.
ae
Sheflield Senior Elections.
A meeting of the members of the
Senior class of the Scientific School was
held Wednesday, October 25, to elect
officers for the present year. The nomi-
nations were as follows: President, N.
R. Huselton, R. H. Gillett, J. D. Ireland,
‘R. A. Magee and H. richards, Jr.; Vice-
President, D. L. De Golyer, P. T. W.
Hale, E. L. Ives and R. Townshend;
Secretary and Treasurer, W. D. Bren-
nan, W. L. Cowdrey, J. W. Morey and
F. W. Renshaw. The election resulted
as follows: President, Norman Roscoe
Huselton of Pittsburg, Pa.; Vice-Presi-
dent, Perry Titus Wells Hale of Port-
land, Conn.; Secretary and Treasurer, _
William David Brennan of St. Paul,
Minn.
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Dr. Chase Given Leave of Ab-
sence,
Dr. Frank H. Chase, Yale ’94, and a
member of the English Department at
Yale, was given an indefinite leave of
absence by vote of the Yale Academic
Faculty on Tuesday afternoon of this
week. This action was, taken on the
ground of mental derangement of Dr.
Chase, as evidenced in many ways and
particularly by a habit practised for
some time, of going into private yards
late at night and peering into the win-
dows of the houses. He was arrested
for this in a yard on Dixwell Avenue
late Friday night, October 26. He was
charged with trespass in the police court
Saturday morning and his case continued
for a week. Dr. Chase was Valedic-
torian of his Class, has been very highly
respected, and has been a most success-
ful and popular teacher. His highly
nervous constitution has evidently broken
down from overwork.
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The candidates for the University
Basketball Team were called out Oct.
20, and have been practising hard since
that time. A hard schedule is being ar-
ranged for the men. A. H. Sharpe, who
is now playing halfback on the Univer-
sity Football Eleven is Captain of the
Basketball Team this year.
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