146
YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
SUBSCRIPTION, - $3.00 PER YEAR,
Foreign Postage, 4o cents per year.
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Single copies, ten cents each
quantity, address the office.
be paid for in advance
Checks, drafrs and orders should be made payable to
the Yale Alumni Weekly.
All correspondence should be addressed,—
Yale Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn.
The office is at Room 6, White Hall.
For rates for papers in
All orders for papers should
ADVISORY BOARD.
HMENRY.C, ROBINSON, -753, 5006030055 Hartford.
WILLIAM W. SkIDpDpy, '65S.,.......... New York,
C-Punpy LINDSLEY;"75 5.5.2 is) ose New Haven.
BARS Tie GAME Os oa i ocean vote eee New Haven.
WILETAM ‘G, DAGGETT, °80,..0...3%.0 New Haven.
JAMES R. SHEFFIELD, 87,........... New York.
JoHN A. HARTWELL, ’89 S.,.......... New York.
EWES: OZAVELCH. “BONS os. decane econ es New Haven.
EDWARD VAN INGEN, ’oIS.,.......+.. New York.
Pines JAN, 62,50. ca-- dea. -d.08s. s NEW YOrk.
EDITOR.
Lewis S. WELCH, ’89.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
WALTER CAMP, ’8o,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
EK. J. THOMPSON, 5p.
NEWS EDITOR.
PRESTON KUMLER, 1900
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER.
BURNETT GOODWIN, ’99 8.
Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O.
New HAVEN, CONN., JAN. 10, 1900.
THE DUTY OF THE STUDENT MA-
JORITY IN YALE LIFE.
Man-making is still to be the princi-
pal work of Yale. That is assured, in
plain words and with emphasis, by the
President. They are most pleasant
words and we venture to say that no
stand taken by the new leader of the
University will have such general and
strong endorsement as that determina-
tion to keep the character side of educa-
tion foremost, and to preserve those
elements which make the Yale character
education particularly successful.
It seems reasonable to say that the
government of Yale is therefore strongly
on the right side and may be counted
upon. Now how about those who are
technically the governed, but who really
are the principal law givers and law
enforcers in the matters of college
life, which make for the development of
character? We refer to the undergradu-
ates. The question of the day is, “How
are they going. to take up this work
themselves ?”
If one hasn’t thought very much about
it, this issue may seem a little hard to
understand. Let us not waste words in
introduction but simply say that, in our
opinion, the great majority of Yale stu-
dents, who are acknowledged to be men
of the best lives, following out the
principles of Christian gentlemen, are
weak in resisting the attacks from time
to time made by a small and unscrupu-
lous minority upon the good name and
upon the good life itself-of the place.
It has been our custom to say that every
man must work out his own salvation
and must not be too much aided by
others in this work. It is his business
and the college is no kindergarten. If
he likes to range, he himself will suffer
the worst consequences, and if he wants
to do things which are not consistent
with the character and life of a gentle-
man, no amount of restriction will ulti-
mately keep him from it. He will run
on the rocks and get his experience
sooner or later and may or may not save
himself. Nobody else can save him.
We are not discussing this philosophy
of the individual in college. The point
is that it is not exclusively his business
whether a man does or does not act de-
cently as a member of the University.
Te. 45 the concern: of all- Yale if
this be not true, the science and senti-
DALE “ALUMNI
ment of our community life fall to the
ground. If Yale’s work on the football
field or on the river or on the platform
is everybody’s business; if unwilling-
ness to do one’s share, by participation
or by encouragement or by the right
attitude of mind and spirit, is reprehen-
sible; as it has always been a glorious
custom here to consider it; then the
atttitude and the life and the special
acts of every individual in this com-
munity towards morals and manliness,
are the concern of the whole community.
It seems to us that this is the most
important thing for the Yale under-
graduates, who control the life of the
place, to bear in mind; and if they
once appreciate its significance, we ven-
ture to say that there will be a much
more strenuous and uncompromising
attitude towards acts which not only
lower the individual but lower the
College, both in reputation and in actual
life. The majority have been at least
altogether too considerate on these mat-
ters. We believe it is not too strong a
word to say that they have been, in fact,
very cowardly,—not consciously so, per-
haps, but because they have not appre-
ciated what they have been doing.
It ig not necessary to go into details.
We are not hinting darkly at any great
scandal. Things are done every now
and then by a small minority, each one
of whose members claims all the rights
and privileges of a Yale man under all
circumstances, which drag the name of
Yale in very dark mud. Should they be
tamely submitted to?
_Tt-is not enough to say that Yale is
the easiest place to lead a_ decent
life in, that you can well find. That 1s
true, but not sufficient. We are not
talking about individuals, but about the
interests of Yale. The College must
purge itself. The students of Yale can
do the work with ease and thoroughness,
and without five minutes being taken
up in a Faculty meeting on any of these
issues.
Peis ne Soe tee |
e
THE MOURNFUL RECORD OF CHESS
The chess record of Yale is most
mournful. It was not a _ particularly
pleasant task for the WEEKLY to print
the figures last week, but those are the
facts and the table which records them
ought to be conspicuously displayed
about the University and pasted on the
cover of the desk of every chess player
at Yale. Yale would better give up the
game if she can’t do better at it. This
criticism does not fall upon those who
have gone into it, but upon those who
have not gone into it, who were com-
petent, and on all who have failed to
give such financial support as_ they
might to the Club. This is recognized
as the great intellectual game and here
is Yale blundering along in the distant
rear year after year. The plucky work
and the fine achievement of such a
man as Cook occasionally relieve the
situation, but the rest of it looks all the
darker by contrast. We understand that
there is some restriction by law upon the
amount of contribution that can be
solicited by such an organization as
this club. We suggest that the limit be
_taised or that some contributions to
other purposes be forbidden altogether.
The men who are interested in this
ought to get together, canvass the situa-
tion and then make statements to the
College.
——__—__+#—_____
Notice to Graduate Students.
Those intending to take the course in
Prehistoric Authropology are requested
to see Mr. MacCurdy at 9 Peabody
Museum as soon as possible. The first
part of the course will be devoted to lec-
tures and laboratory work in Physical
Anthropology. |
WY FE IY
PRESIDENT AT CLEVELAND.
[Continued from 143d page.]
ANOTHER DORMITORY.
We have White and Berkeley, and
I suppose next year we shall build the
Fayerweather.
SOCIETY HOUSES AS COLLEGE BUILDINGS.
On the block next above, which was
the only one mainly contemplated, we
have a plan made out for the formation
of a university quadrangle with buildings
above. I should say this contemplates
the acquisition of all but two corners, |
which are held at present by secret socie-
ties. I think we might do well to treat
society houses of various kinds as col-
lege buildings and put our college build-
ings in between them. We can do this
relatively easier if we work for interior
quadrangles than for extra street effects.
If you are working for extra street
effects the corner is the most important,
but if you are working for interior quad-
rangle effects the corner is of least im-
portance. Now if you think of the
various society buildings, practically all
the buildings which should come in
question, including those far to the
north and to the east also, are on cor- »
ner lots.
Now with reference to these university
buildings, it is contemplated that we
should sooner or later put an auditorium
here, a memorial vestibule corner here,
a dining hall here, and other university
buildings here. I have not time to go
into that project now; there are obstacles
and difficulties connected with it.
A UNIVERSITY CLUB.
It is in the minds of the people of New
Haven that we should establish a uni-
versity “club.” There is “already an
organization that has that name, but it
is desired to establish what shall be a
real university club, with reading room,
_a place for athletic organizations, and all
that could be done for the students of
the various departments—a thing which
the present club cannot be, an essentially
democratic gathering place. Such a
building would be appropriate.
Now how much we can do or carry
out of these plans depends upon the
money we have in hand. We have al-
ready, as you probably have seen from
the newspapers, through the generosity
of the Misses Stokes, of New York
City, received money for the adminis-
tration building which will extend clear
up to one side of the Wall street entrance
of the university quadrangle. :
THE AUDITORIUM.
The auditorium which stands here on
the plan, at this side, is intended to seat
three thousand persons, and has two gal-
leries besides the floor. The floor is
level, the stage being sufficiently elevated
so that people on the stage can be seen
from all parts of the floor. Seats on
the floor are movable, so that they can
be used according to the tastes of the
individual either for comfort or for
examination. It will give what you have
need for at present, a sufficiently large
hall for university purposes. At present
we have no place larger than Battell
Chapel, which seats hardly 1200, and
our large university gatherings are so
overcrowded that a great many people
are kept out. This new building is to be
made large enough for the present needs
of the University—as large as the human
voice can fill. If the University grows
too large for that it will be the fault
of the human voice and not ours.
THE VESTIBULE.
At the corner there will be a-vestibule
with stairs at either end, stairs so ar-
ranged that there will be passage on a
level from the first gallery of the audi-
re ae to the first gallery of the dining
all.
THE DINING ROOM.
The dining room as planned is a room
about 60 feet in width by 220 feet in
length. That, if we can carry it out,
is a good deal larger than Harvard
Memorial Hall and should fulfill the
necessities of a university of 4,000 stu-
dents. Anything smaller than that
would be short-sighted policy to try to
build at all. We must do one of two
[Continued on r47th page.]
THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY.
Many opportunities are offered for the
separation of the fool and his money
by mushroon benefit orders and similar
weak organizations. People are capti-
vated by the alluring prospects of speedy
fortune held out by the promoters of
these schemes, based on apparently flaw-
less mathematical calculations.
The final outcome of a life insurance
policy is a great deal more important to
the beneficiary than a few dollars seem-
ingly saved in an annual premium.
Thousands of dollars lost by bad man-
agement of a company, cannot be com-
pensated for by the reflection that the
so-called insurance was cheap. A pre-
mium paid to an insecure organization
is the purchase money of disappoint-
ment and bitter regret. It is even more;
it turns blessings into curses and pos-
sible competence to absolute poverty.
When you apply for insurance, seek
to know if the company is likely to sur-
vive you or you will survive it.
Paying for a thing you cannot get
after you have paid for it over a series
of years, is to live in a fool’s paradise
of fancied security, only to end in disap-
pointed expectations.
Another thing to be taken into con-
sideration is that one cannot be certain
that he will be insurable in a good com-
pany when the inevitable final catas-
trophe comes to the “cheap” concern.
Be not deluded by the specious talk
about the “good” accomplished by these
“concerns,” but look into them. Too
much care cannot be exercised in mak-
ing your choice of the company which is
to be the custodian of the money which
you desire to provide for your family,
and having once made it, do not be pur-
suaded to change it for something ap-
parently cheaper, and certainly insecure.
The wonderful past, the magnificent
present and the assured future of the
great Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York enable it to successfully
fill every possible requirement of the
intending insurer, and to offer to him
advantages that can be obtained in no
other company in the world.
FIELD FLOWERS.
One of the ways used to raise money for
the Eugene Field Monument Souvenir Fund
-is to acknowledge a subscription of even no
more than $1.00 by a copy of Field Flowers,
the book containing selections from Field’s
poems, which has been so beautifully illus-
trated by fifteen of the best artists who gave
their services for this work. It is cloth
bound, eight by eleven, and it is an artistic
and beautiful book.
Send your subscription to the Eugene
Field Monument Souvenir Fund, 180 Monroe
Street, Chicago. All these contributions are
divided evenly between the Fund for the
building of the monument, and the family of
the late Eugene Field. If you are not thor-
oughly informed about the Fund or the
Committee representing it, or any other de-
tail, please write for information, which will
be very cheerfully given.
In doing business with advertisers,
please mention the WEEKLY.
Yate Law Scnooi
For circulars and other information
apply to
Prof. FRANCIS WAYLAND,
Dean.
THE WHITE CANOE
AN INDIAN LEGEND OF NIAGARA
By WILLIAM TRUMBULL.
Holiday Edition, magnificently illustrated,
By F. V. DUMOND.
Price, $2.50.
G. P. PUTNAWM’S SONS,
27 WEST 23D STREET, NEw York.