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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY a The University and Affairs. At a recent meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club of New York, Professor Woodrow Wilson of Princeton discussed “The Relation of the University to Affairs.” He is reported by the New. York Sun as speaking in part as follows: “The university proper should not be sO practical but that it can see the errors of practice in society. It is not its province to practice the arts, but to dis- cern the principles upon which they are founded. I should say that an import- ant function of the university is to en- courage unpopular thinking; to encour- age a man to say what ke believes, even though he knows it will not be well received. Unpopular views, however, are not necessarily correct views, aS we have seen lately in the expressions of certain gentlemen on national topics. In respect to political matters it is the place of the university to accept facts as they stand and, making the best of them, strive to point out what the future will bring instead of standing aside and say- ing to the nation: ‘You have made a great. mistake.’ The university's prov- ince is not leadership, but the illumina- tion of practical affairs: to show whither conditions are leading us. We need courage in predicting difficulties, but not hopeless regrets in deploring mistakes. Some men, by the way, enter the uni- versity world because they haven’t red enough blood in their veins to work out tasks in the activities of the outer world. | “I believe in football in our unversi- ties. It is an excellent way to bring out the fighting stuff in men. We don’t expect all our college men to be studious, and football, with its devotion of self | to the best interests of the team, and its discipline to temper, is invaluable in giving an outlet for the energies of the non-studious element. The football player must exercise self-control and use his strength to a worthy purpose, just as a soldier must. Whether or not we need soldiers to fight, we need men with soldierly qualities. I have seen men who couldn’t be trained in any other way, well trained on the gridiron and taught valuable lessons. “The university can supply the nation —I don’t say that it does, but it can— with seasoned convictions. We _ stand to-day upon quicksands of taste. When I see some of the books that go to 200,000 copies, | wonder when we shall all be swallowed up. From the uni- versity should come a corrective to this sort of thing. We should have from the university the critical temper; not revolutionary and destructive, but criti- cal. It stands for the foundations of society, instead of seeking to destroy them, and so says to all: ‘Here are the established principles of the race. Chal- lenge them if you dare, for we are the champions who will rise against you.’ ” th Li a Leonard Bacon Club. The Leonard Bacon Club of the Di- vinity School has made arrangements for the course of lectures given annually in Marquand Chapel by various distin- guished clergymen and teachers. As far as now completed, the following have consented to deliver lectures in the series: Rev. S. D. McConnell, Rector of Holy Trinity Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday, December 11th; Rey. Henry VanDyke, about December 27th; Rev. H. G. Stimson of Manhattan Con- gregational Church, New York, Tues- day, January 23d; Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago, Wednesday, February 28th. The possibilities are that Dr. Wash- ington Gladden of Columbus, O., and Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, will also lecture. Course in Spanish. An optional course in Spanish was organized on Wednesday, November 20, by Mr. W.H. Bishop, instructor in French and Spanish in the University. The course will be open to men of all departments of the University. who may attend the recitations on Monday and Friday afternoons. wv ~ ne An Historical Landmark. The Historic Lan‘marks Committee of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames intend to place a memorial at Branford, Conn., to the ten clerical founders and trustees of Yale College who met there in the year 1700. The original frame house where the clergyman met was torn down a long time ago, and a large modern residence now stands upon the site. For this reason no memorial can be placed upon the exact location where the meeting was held, but it will probably be erected as near the place as possible. The nature of the memorial to be built has not yet been determined. The memorial will be placed some time in 1900, thus marking the two hundredth year since the meeting at Branford took place. a Closing Football Games. Below are printed the closing scores of the season in the matches between the different colleges and schools: Thanksgiving day—At New York, Carlisle Indians 45, Columbia 0; At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 29, Cornell o; At Chicago, Wisconsin 17, Michigan 5; At Chicago, Chicago 17, Brown 6; At Richmond, University of Virginia 10, Lehigh 0; At Boston, Boston College 17, Holy Cross o. At Franklin field, Philadelphia, the West Point Military Academy defeated the Annapolis Naval Academy eleven by the score of 17 to 5. For Uniform Examination. The thirteenth annual convention of the Colleges and Preparatory Schools of | the Middle States and Maryland was held at Trenton, N. J., Friday and Sat- urday, December 1 and 2. __ Among the other proceedings, a plan was discussed whereby uniform entrance examinations might be secured for all the colleges in the Middle States and Maryland. Professor Butler of Columbia Uni- versity read a paper in which he advo- cated strongly the adoption by colleges, of uniform entrance requirements, with a common board of examiners. This board, according to Professor Butler’s plan, would consist of one: representa- tive from each college and five from the preparatory schoois of the middle states and Maryland, to be chosen annu- ally, and to have charge of the entrance examinations to all the colleges repre- sented. i All Details Must be Right before any of “ Keep’s Shirts ” are permitted to leave our factory. Ready-made, $1.00, $1.50. Made to measure, six for $0.00. If laundered, $1.00 more. Special.—Keep’s Collars at 15 cts. each are worth 25 cts. KEEP MFG. CO., B’way, bet. 11th & 12th Sts. Sia have no other store in New York. eo oo ese be5e5e5 eee oes eSeSeSese Ogee o ees ese beSe5e5 5 The “Old Reliable Parker” Always in Evidence, At the Chamberlain Cartridge & Target Co.’s Tournament, held at Cleveland, Ohio, June 14th and 45th, 1899, it won First and Second High Average in the AMATEUR Class, and form continuous hard work, is excelled by no First High Average in the EXPERT Class, with Scores aS follow: 97.88% in AMATEUR Class and 90.4% in EXPERT Class. Fred Gilbert, with a Parker Gun, at Sioux City, Iowa, June 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, shoot- ing at 910 targets scored, 97.3%. These Records show that the Parker Gun for close, hard shooting, and ability to per- ne. SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. New York Salesroom, 96 Chambers St. From one end of the land to the other, wherever men who demand the best are found, Fownes’ Gloves are the recognized standard of merit and fashion. They are best for dress, for the street, for riding, driving, or golfing — for all occasions and all purposes. To wear them is to be cor- rectly gloved. All leading haberdashers sell them. | Berkeley Association. ico a ee ALEX. MCNEILL. baal oid lace 3 The first sermon in the course given | ADAMS, MCNEILL & BRIGHAM, annually under the auspices of the. BANKERS & BROKERS, jati i ; - New York. Berkeley A lation of Yale Universit 71 Broadway, ee es " £ eye A Members New York Stock Exchange. Stocks was delivered by Rev. W. S. Rainsford, | and Bonds Bought and Sold. Investment Securi- D.D., of St. George’s Church, New York ties a Specialty. . os } City, on Sunday evening, December 3, Long Distance Telephone, 2976 Cortlandt. n Trinity Church. LEOPOLD H. FRANOKE. ALBERT FRANOKE, Yale 789. Yale 791 S. CLARENCE S. Day & Co., | - bs He: 8. A. FRANGKE; BANKERS AND BROKERS. 40 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 50 Exchange Place, - - New York. Successors to GwynnE & Day. Established 1854. Members New York Stock Exchange. es 3 Buy and Sell on Commission Stocks and Transact a General Banking Business, and, as | Bonds dealt in at the New York Stock Ex- members of the New York and Chicago | change. Also Miscellaneous Securities not Stock Exchanges, execute orders in Stocks | listed on the Stock Exchange. | and Bonds in both markets. Deposits Long Distance Telephone, 1348 Broad. received subject to draft and _ interest allowed on daily balances. Dividends and In doing business with advertisers, interest collected and remitted. _ please mention the WEEKLY. INVESTMENT SECURITIES. CLARENCE S. Day. CLARENCE S. Day, Jr., Yale, ’96. Gro. Parmiy Day, Yale, '97. YOUR IDEA If you can give it to us approxi- mately—tell us about what you GEORGE E. IDE, President. EUGENE A. CALLAHAN, ing out a policy. We have done General State Agent of Connecticut, want—we can help you in pick- 23 Church Street. New Haven. this for a great many Yale men. Insure in———. | NATIONAL FIRE PHOENIX MUTUAL Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. LIFE INSURANCE Co. Cash fable On 0, 1899, $4,642,499.73. HARTFORD, CONN. : James Nicuots, President. E. G. Ricuarps, Vice-President and Sec’y. B. R. Stittman, Asst. Secretary. — J. B. BUNCE, President. Frep:S, James, 174 LaSalle St., Chicago. : Ce- General Agent Western Department. oes —— BiCeT Tse G. D. Dorn1n, 109 California St., San Francisco, Cal. CHAS. H: LAWRENCE, Secretary. Manager Pacific Department. Local Agents in all principal places in the United States. A BIT OF HISTORY. [From Woodward’s “ Insurance in Connecticut.’] The /Ztna escaped the fire of December 16th, 1835, in New York City—the first in the Series of great American conflagrations—which destroyed property to the value of $15,000- 000, and bankrupted twenty-three out of twenty-six local insurance companies. It entered the city the following year, having for agent Augustus G. Hazard, afterwards the organizer and president of the Hazard Powder Company of Enfield. It was not so fortunate in the fire of 1845, which swept $6,000,000 of property from the business center of the metropolis, and cost the Aetna $115,000. When the news reached Hartford, Mr. Brace called together the directors and told them that the calamity would probably exhaust the entire resources of the company. Going to the fire-proof vault, he took out and laid on the table the stocks and bonds representing its investments. Little was said, each member waiting for some one else to take the initiative. At length the silence was broken by the question: “ Mr. Brace, what will you do?”’ | “Do?” replied he. “Go to New York and pay the losses if it takes every dollar there,”’ pointing to the packages, “and my fortune besides.” . “Good, good,”’ responded the others. ‘“ We will stand by you with our fortunes also.” So it had always been with the 42tna in every crisis which it had before faced. The same spirit had carried this famous Company through where others had gone to the wall, This was the last close call for the Etna. To-day with its cash capital of $4,000,000, a net surplus of nearly $5,000,000, and a system built on the priceless experience of eighty years, it is hardly possible to conceive of its having a close call. |
