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PRESTON KUMLER, 1900.
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BURNETT GOODWIN, ’g99 S.
Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O.
New HAVEN, CONN., APRIL 18, 1900.
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY’S
MILLIONS.
The first of this month saw $4,000,000
more in the treasury of the University
of Chicago. The three months of grace
from January 1, allowed by Mr. Rocke-
feller for the raising of $2,000,000, to
secure his gift of the same amount,
proved just enough time, with not many
hours to spare. The University has now
total assets of over $11,000,000. How
far behind does that already leave Yale?
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THE CLASS OF NINETEEN
HUNDRED.
While the Committee on Sophomore
Societies is doing its work and preparing
its report, there is no harm in thinking
over some points. It is not going to be
possible to say anything about that re-
port until it is prepared and published.
However, everyone knows that a gain
will be recorded in the condition of
things at Yale when the Class of I900
finishes its work. He who cannot con-
fidently count on this prospect needs
exercise and rest. As much can be said
of those who think that the Class of
1900 has permanently disarranged itself
by getting into this work. That’s non-
sense. If the class bond is as weak as
that, then all the former history of 1900
has been a sham. Nineteen Hundred is
full of strong, zealous Yale men, and
their record in college has been a clear
gain for wholesome,- democratic com-
munity spirit here. They have made
the place betict and it is soainct all
reason that they have hurt themselves
doing it, especially in one of their last
and greatest efforts. Things have not re-
sumed a settled condition since the
storm broke and it will take tinie for
them to be composed, but that class at-
tachment and Yale loyalty are not again
to be the controlling feature of the mem-
bers of the Senior class to each other
is a wild and pernicious idea. The man
who entertains it and expresses it ought
to be quarantined. We are strong be-
lievers in the undergraduate idea, but we
must be allowed to talk frankly on this
phase of the undergraduate
problem.
President Hadley spoke very wisely
about the whole thing when he said that
the best feature of it was the very fact
that the evil was recognized by the men
themselves and that they have been will-
society
ing to go to work and correct it. The
fact that society men, who started on
it first, did not seem to be going far
enough or fast enough, or the other fact
that those outside of Sophomore socie-
ties went, according to the opinion of
many, too far and too fast, are neither
of them circumstances of any moment,
compared with the great fact that both
of them moved of themselves toward the
great goal, or the still greater fact that,
when they collided on the way, they
came together once more and worked all
the harder together. The first points
are simply indications that Yale men are
human. The. second set of facts prove
positive community virtues of great
value. The rough part of the story is
now far enough back to let most men
see and many confess that there was
much to be forgiven all around. It is
a reasonable prediction that practically
the whole unpleasant part of the business
will appear, in the retrospect of a very
near future, an interesting but no longer
‘ an unpleasant memory.
The last term is here for you, gentle-
men of Nineteen Hundred. May it
prove the best of all the terms in this
good place. You have done much; you
have borne much. Every loyal Yale man
not only wishes you Godspeed in the
finishing of your labors, but that you
may have the reasonable satisfaction you
should have in the finishing of them, and
full joy in all your life in Yale and in all
your life afterward, as you still live in
its memories and inspirations.
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The Sophomore Year Changes.
[M. Deming in New York Evening Post. ]
The general scope of the plan as out-
lined in the circular shows how greatly
Sophomore year, so long the stronghold
of Yale conservatism has been modified.
Graduates of a generation ago will recall
how the scholastic terrors of Sophomore
year were expressed in the “meeting
song” of one of the old convivial Sopho-
more societies:
“Our workday harness now unbuckle,
Demosthenes we give the slip,
‘Twixt cup of pleasure and of lip
There rises up no shade of Puckle,”
the last word of the verse referring to
Puckle’s “Conic Sections” as taught by
Prof. Newton, on which many a Sopho-
moric craft was wrecked.
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Ruskin’s Popularity at Oxford,
[From the Contributors’ Club in April Atlantic. ]
One recalls how, before the hour
appointed for his lectures in the mu-
seum, every corner of the theatre was
crammed, and this not only by the
young men who would most naturally
have been expected to be there, but by a
medley of men who would have been
found on the running path or in their
college barges, but of whom Philistia
might have been proud and glad. Rus-
kin felt then for the first time that his
message was indeed for young Oxford,
and his spirit rose within him.
One remembers how on one accasion,
in the Taylorian Institute, whither, for
the better accommodation of the crowd,
he had adjourned, he seemed vexed, and
vented his indignation in no measured
terms upon certain of the fairer sex who
had congregated to the exclusion of the
undergraduates.
“T came here,” he said, “with a mes-
sage to my young men, and I am entirely
troubled to find that by reason of so
many fair bonnets and befeathered hats
I cannot so much as see their faces.”
And though it is true he apologized at
the next lecture, in most knightly
fashion, for having said anything that
should have seemed unkind to the fairer
sex, he maintained that his business was
not so much to tickle the ears of the
ladies of Oxford as to fulfill a solemn
obligation to alma mater in getting at
the hearts of her young men.
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In the international collegiate chess
match April 20 and 21, L. A. Cook,
Igo0, will be Yale’s only representative.
Falk and Sewell of Columbia, and Perry
and Rice of Harvard are on _ the
American team.
Rules Governing the “Y”’.
At a meeting, April 4, of the Insignia
Committee, which is composed of the
captains of the baseball, football, boating
and track associations of the University,
and Walter Camp, the following rules
governing the award of the “Y” and
other insignia were adopted:
THE UNIVERSITY “Y.”
1. In football, baseball and rowing
the University “Y” and ‘all forms of
insignia belonging to each of these or-
ganizations, shall be given only to those
taking part in championship contests,
with this one exception, that not more
than three caps may be given to substi-
tutes, at the discretion of the captain
with the consent of his successor.
2. On the track, only those shall re-
reive the University “Y” and accom-
panying insignia belonging to that or-
ganization, who win a point in the inter-
collegiate games, or who win first or
second places in the Harvard games.
Caps shall be given to those winning
third places in the Harvard games.
3. In bicycling, only those who win
first place in the intercollegiate meet
shall receive the University “Y.”
4. The champion gymnast shall receive
a “Y” sweater only.
CLASS NUMERALS.
1. Class numerals in football and base-
ball can be won in Freshman year only.
2. Crew class numerals can be won
in Freshman year and by any class crew
winning the Spring regatta.
3. Numerals on the track can be won
by winning first place in the Spring
games, or by the winning team in the
class relay race.
4. The champion class gymnast can
win his numerals in Freshman year only.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
1. The hockey team shall be allowed
caps only.
2. The basketball team shall have in-
signia on their playing suits only.
3. The gymnastic team shall have in-
signia on their gymnasium suits only.
4. Scrub crews and scrub teams shall
be distinguished by colors only.
PRESIDENTS INSIGNIA.
1. Presidents of the football, baseball,
rowing and track associations shall re-
ceive insignia as regular members of the
organizations which they represent.
2. Presidents of the Freshman foot-
ball, baseball and rowing associations
shall receive insignia as regular mem-
bers of the organizations which they rep-
resent.
COLOR OF SWEATERS.
1. The color of the football and base-
ball sweaters shall be blue.
2. The crew and track sweaters shall
be white. ©
3. The bicycle and gymnasium sweat-
ers shall be blue with a white neck:
OTHER RULES.
Insignia for those organizations, whose
captains are not represented on the
Insignia Committee, shall first be sub-
mitted to that committee before being
used.
Any extension of insignia or any
change in the preceding rules must be
granted by the Insignia Committee.
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Junior Society Elections.
The following men from Igor received
elections to the Junior Societies last
week :
Alpha Delta Phi—Ranulph Kingsley,
New Rochelle, N. Y.; Clarkson Potter,
St. Louis, Mo.; William Prime Wat-
tles, Philadelphia, Pa.
Psi Upsilon—Frank Miller Chisholm,
Savannah, Ga.; Arthur Huntington
Gleason, South Norwalk, Conn.; George
Partridge Greenhalgh, Lafayette, Ind.
Delta Kappa Epsilon—Robert Sharp
Fletcher, New York City; Stanley Bur-
net Resor, Cincinnati, O.; Fred Miller
VanWicklen, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Zeta Psi— Samuel Hopkins Clapp,
Pawtucket, R. I.; Henry Wilde Healy,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harry Edwin Ward,
Clinton, Conn.;
New Britain, Conn.
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_ Sophomores Won.
The Sophomore-Freshman debate,
held in Osborn Hall, Friday evening,
April 6, resulted in a victory for the
Sophomores, who supported the affirma-
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tive of the question, “Resolved, That
national party lines should be disre-
garded in municipal elections.” Nine-
teen Hundred and Two was represented
by W. B. Luther, A. C. Ludington and
I. G. Phillips; Nineteen Hundred and
Three by H. H. Clark, E. W. Dorman
and Alan Fox. |
A. D. Leavitt, 1900, presided, and the
judges were, Prof. William Beebe, Prof.
W. L. Phelps and Mr. M. H. Robinson.
The Freshmen excelled in the opening
speeches, but the more skilful rebuttal
of the Sophomores won the debate.
