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KENTUCKY DINNER,
The President the Guest of Honor—
Those in Attendance.
The annual banquet of the Kentucky
Yale Alumni Association brought forty
men to the Galt House, Louisville, on
the evening of Jan. 16. Here also Presi-
dent Hadley was the guest of honor.
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, 753, pre-
sided as toastmaster and after prayer
offered by Rev. E. W. Bedinger, Col.
Johnston introduced President Hadley.
President Hadley spoke of the national
character of Yale and contrasted it with
the local character of some other insti-
tutions.
culum and of his desire to establish a
school of Forestry. He praised most
highly the Department of Music and paid
tribute to Mr. Parker as the most able
composer and Instructor in the United
States. He closed with a discussion of
the building plans.
Mr. Boyd Winchester responded to
the toast of “The University of Vir-
ginia; Mr. B. B. Huntoon responded
for Harvard: Col: R. 1) urrett for
Brown University; Mr. Abram Flexner
for John Hopkins University, and Mr.
John W. Barr, Jr., for Princeton Uni-
versity.
The following Yale graduates were
present: ‘40—C. F. Burnam; ’53—Col.
J. S. Johnston; ’57—W. Boyd Wilson,
Rev. W. Bedinger; ‘62—J:.. S.
Bockee; ’69S.—W. B. Belknap; ’77
S.—Col. M. B. Belknap; ’78—Dr. I. N.
Bloom; ’81—Prof. R. B. Halleck; ’85—
William Jarvis; 85 S.—G. W. Norton;
’°80S.—W. E. Hutchings; ’88L.S.—
William- Krieger; © "90 S.-H... PP. Mc-
Knight; ’91—H. T. Simpson; ’93—
Stuart McKnight, Lafon Allen, F. E.
Gatchel; ’94—Cassebury Dunkerson;
’95—Dr. J. R. Wathan; ‘97 S.—E. A.
Hoffman; ’97 L.S.—R. C. Stole.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
At the meeting of the Kentucky Yale
Alumni Association called for the elec-
tion of officers the following were
re-elected for the ensuing year:
President, Col. J. Stoddard Johnston,
53.
Vice-President, J. S. Bockee, ’62.
Executive Committee, Dr 1° N:
Bloom, 78, Chairman; F. E. Gatchel,
933 >. Cowan,’ 97;
Secretary, Stuart McKnight, ’93.
SSURMUONeneu WO Wennccins uct hae
A Triennial Record—Gross
Negligence.
The Ninety-Six Triennial record has
just been published by the new Class
Secretary, George Henry Nettleton, who
was elected last Summer to take the
place of Eliot Sumner, who resigned.
The book appears very complete in its
details of personal record, address, oc-
cupation and the like. Its history of the
Triennial meeting is written by Clarence
S. Day, Jr., in an original and uncon-
ventional vein, which is interesting and
does not give the wrong impression to
those who understand the language and
the environment. There is a reproduc-
tion of such speeches as were rendered,
out of rather a long program prepared
for the dinner, including the address to
the Class Boy and the response of his
father. The book also contains what
was one of the features of the Ninety-
Six Triennial, the poem of Arthur R.
Thompson, from which the following
two stanzas are taken:
“And if to-day in the President’s chair
a new, lay “Prexy”’ sits, :
We need not dread lest the change of
head will muddle the Mater’s wits;
She is like the small boy’s treasured tool
which bore long lease of life;
The blades were new and the handle,
too; but ’twas still the same old knife!
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High purpose, new enthusiasms, be with
us aS we go, : |
For faith and courage kindle where the .
fires of friendship glow;
The battle and the burden are upon us
hence and here,
But in our hearts forever rings the old
Yale cheer!”
The preface ought to be read by every
member of the class, and its lesson noted
He next spoke of the curri- —
by every member of every other class.
Mr. Nettleton speaks of what he knows
to be the incompleteness of the record
and the difficulties he has been under.
Here are sentences which Ninety-Six
ought not to read without blushes on
the checks of some men and a deter-
mination in the minds of others to make
the life of their fellow classmates a
burden until they fulfill their duties
as members of the Class. “The work
has, at times, been disheartening. More
than fifty men failed to fill out answers
to the questions on the triennial blanks.
An even larger number made no re-
sponse to the reply-postals of last Jan-
uary. Less than a dozen men wrote
personal letters. Many of the triennial
blanks that were returned were incom-
plete. Very few addresses of former
members of the class were on record.
Of some men there was no information
later than the Ninety-Six Class Book.
With these and other difficulties I have
battled as best I could. In the great
majority of cases I have found some
facts and have often been able to make
complete records. In many cases I
have failed, partly on account of lack
of time to investigate fully, partly be-
cause letters and requests for informa-
tion have been left unanswered.”
The organization of the class, its con-
nection with Yale, the enjoyment of its
members as men of Yale, and their use-
fulness to the University, depends, to a
very great extent, on the way in whieh
the records are kept up; for in that way
the class organization is best perpetuated
and strengthened. These statements of
Mr. Nettleton are not made in a spirit
which is unduly critical or at all com-
plaining, but all the more are they to
be read with care.
In the personal record of members of
the class, the proportion of things is
indicated by chronicling the honors that
have been given to Anson Phelps Stokes,
Jr. In the smallest agate type the fact
is put on record that he was appointed
Secretary of the Yale Corporation. Im-
mediately after that comes the line in
capitals of the largest type used in the
book,—“Elected a Trustee of Wellesley
College, November, 1899.”
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Yale Freshman’s Invention.
Howard J. Bloomer, a Freshman in
the Academic Department, has just had
an invention of his patented at Wash-
ington.
army use and is a combination of a sus-
pender and a waistband, made of leather
and constructed especially for the use of
the soldier either as a pair of suspenders
or as a belt. During the recent holi-
days Bloomer visited the Quartermas-
ter’s Department at Washington and
there exhibited his invention. The
Quartermaster General seemed pleased
with the idea and said he would try
to equip two regiments with the belts
in order that it might receive a thorough
test. Bloomer was a Lieutenant in the
United States Volunteers during the re-
cent war with Spain and was at Camp
Meade with the Connecticut Regiment
when he perfected his invention. He
has been recently notified that if the
government decides to adopt the belt,
at least 200,000 will be needed by the
Department.
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Humane Association Prize.
The American Humane Association
has recently offered prizes, payable in
cash to the amount of seven hundred
dollars, for the best original essay on
the subject of Vivisection. This com-
petition is limited to college under-
graduates and members of the medical
schools, and the essays must be sent to
the committee in charge before April
15, 1900. The prizes will be four in
number. First prize, $300; second
prize $200; third prize $125; fourth
prize $75. |
Full information concerning this com-
petition, literature on the subject and all
necessary details may be learned bv ap- |
plying to Francis H. Rowley, D..
Secretary of the American Humane
oe! 163 Winter Street, Fall River,
ass.
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Captain Francis T. Bowles, Chief
Naval Constructor of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, spoke to. the members of
the oo Club, Saturday, Jan. 20,
on the subiect: “The Docki
Battle Ship.” geek ee
The invention is a belt for
W HE KLY
INDIANAPOLIS YALE MEN.
Attendance and Toasts at the An-
nual Dinner.
The seventh annual dinner of the
Yale Alumni Association of Indiana was
given at the University Club, Indian-
apolis, Saturday, January 20, 1900. Dis-
appointment at the failure to secure the
presence of President Hadley resulted
in the attendance being smaller than
for a number of years.
The dinner was presided over by the
President of the Association, Rev. Dr.
N. A. Hyde, 747. Toasts were re-
sponded to as follows:
“A Little Sentiment about the Fence,”
Evans Woollen, ’86.
“Expansion, University and National,”
Merrill Moores, ’78.
CP OCH 6 cei ste. Louis Howland, ’7o.
VAAeHCS. =~ 5, Samuel K. Ruick, ’98.
“Impromptu,”....Arthur W. Brady, ’87.
“Yale Influence,”
Burris A. Jenkins, ’95 T.S., President
of Universitv of Indianapolis.
There were present: °’47—Rev. Dr.
Nathaniel A. Hyde; 778— Merrill
Moores; ’79—Louis Howland; ’86—
Evans Woollen; ’87—Arthur W. Brady,
Clinton L. Hare; ’88 L.—Jacquelin S.
Holliday; ’89—Henry C. Atkins; ’o1
L.—Joseph R. Morgan; ’92 L.—Louis
Morgan; ’92S.—Fred M. Ayres;
’94 L.—George F.. Hull; ’95—John D.
Thomson; ’95 T.S.—Burris A. Jenkins;
’96—Christopher B. Coleman; ’96 S.—
Charles S. Millard; ’97—Clarence Win-
ter; ’97S.—Charles H. Morrison; ’98—
Samuel K. Ruick; ’99—Clarence E.
Coffin; ’99—William Kerfoot Stewart.
Mr. Howland’s poem appears elsewhere.
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Landscape Architecture.
The Lawrence Scientific School at
Harvard University has just issued the
preliminary announcement of the courses
of study in the new four-year program
in landscape architecture. This is prac-
tically a new course, in charge of Pro-
fessor Charles A. Sargent of the Arnold
Arboretum. The studies will comprise
architecture landscape gardening, the
laying out of grounds, fine arts, botany,
agriculture and chemistry.
Professor Schaler will lecture in
geology and the present faculty of the
Arnold Arboretum will conduct the
courses in their subjects. Already two
students have applied to be registered
in the course, candidates for the degree
or 5. Db.
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Gift to the University Club.
The Yale University Club has re-
cently received a gift in the form of a
piece of sculpture, designed by Gros-
venor Atterbury, Yale ’91, which has
been placed above the large fireplace in
the parlor. The name of the donor,
who is an undergraduate, is withheld.
The’ design is the seal of the Univer-
sity, with a streamer of ribbon woven
about two flaming torches on either
side of the seal, and with the words
running across the ribbon on both sides
and below the seal, “For God, for
Country and for Yale.” At the top of
the whole design are the figures “1900.”
The principal parts of the piece are in
two and one-half inch relief with the
ground work six-cut and the back of
the ribbon medium crandall. The sculp-
ture, in its extreme measurement, 1s
seven by three feet two inches.
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Paris Olympian Games.
The dates of the Olympian games to
be held in Paris next Summer have been
definitely decided upon. First will come
the lawn tennis championship, which
will be played in the latter part of June.
Three days early in July have been set
aside for the professional runners; and
the amateur athletic events in which
the University of Pennsylvania and
Princeton track teams will participate
will take place later in the month.
Cricket will probably be played late in
July, but no matches have yet been ar-
ranged. September 9 and Io have been
allotted to baseball. France will meet
Belgium at hockey, September 30, and
England, October 7. In the latter part of
the same month France will play asso-
ciation football against teams represent-
ing Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and
England. Rugby football matches will
be played in the middle of October be-
tween France and Germany, England
and Germany, and France and England.
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Comparative Registrations.
The. following table of comparative
registration has recently been published
by the Harvard Graduate Magazine. It
is an interesting study, but requires care-
ful analysis. The figures are:
COMPARISONS.
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Pesta s Pee | fs
DEPARTMENTS. Sp pee |S 1 eee es | & | &
oO a © e ° = a = eo) >
a Pee = 3 c q- D = cS
Ce te eee Se ae tl Sl
Arts, : | gor 177 | 686 | 791 | 666 {1228 | 443 | 392 |r221 |1897
Sciences, 5 <2 2-4. 363 | 464 | 795 | 569 | 444 | 302 | 273 | 496
Teachers’ Colleges, . 249 * 2 ~ 246 _ ~
Total undergraduates, 1150) 177 |1049 1255 |1461 |1797 |1133 | 694 |149
Graduate Schools, 375 | 188 | 145 Of | 170 | - 283-1 483 | 168
Theclogy, 205 | - _ — _ 99 | - ~ = | 27
AS ee es as a ae 213 | 177 | 197 | 372 | 306 | 800 | 608
Medicine, ..40 2). 4 = 267.10 = = ; 315 | 134 | 755 | 670 | 475 | 550
Dentistry. 4 * = oe ee +g ~ ~ 482 | 249 | 131
Veterinary a ee = - _ 25 ee — mM - | 24
Other Schau, 2 = 36 = = 172 9° | 153 i 20; 144 | 25
Total advanced depart- |
ments, . 580 | 455 | 145 | 466 | 780 | 866 |1510 |1690 |1742 1685
Total regular students, . 1730 | 632 |I194 |1721 |2241 |2663 |2643 |2384 |3236 4078
Double registrations, . . 50 ) O 39 20 |.140 | .0'| 10 O 10
Net total, 1680 | 632 |I194 |1682 [2221 |2523 |2643 (2374 3236 4068
Gain in Arts, jas -10| 53| 73| 50| -7| 58} 29| 38| 53
Gain im Sciences, 2 4: ... 1 29 85 —5 49 27-1 12 27 | 80
Gain in advanced depart- | |
MEN 0 ae ee 7Q)| 161 i190 | 177 | 66
Total Pain 6 ae ES a 80 | 203") 20 | 246 | =78 | 242 | 199
Women’s Colleges, . . .| - = = & - | - os ee eae zi 390
Summer Schools and |
Teachers’ Courses, . .| - ~ =| 343 | 424 | 165 | 250 | 267 | 225 | 923
Grand total of students, 1680 | 632 |I194 |2025*/2645 2688 3083 2651 |3346 5250
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* Estimates.
