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348 YALE ALUMNI Weeki ye YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION, - $3.00 PER YEAR, Foreign Postage, 4o cents per year. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, Single copies, ten cents each. For rates for papers in quantity, address the office. All orders for papers should be paid for in advance Checks, drafts 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. ADVISORY BOARD. WILLIAM W. SKIDDY, °65S.,........ .-New York. C. Purpy LINDSLEY, °75 S.,..... .... New Haven. WALTER CAMP, °80,...%0<.0000+0.++-0. New Haven. WILLIAM G. DAGGETT, °80,........ .- New Haven. JAMES R. SHEFFIELD, °87,........00 New York. Joun A. HARTWELL, 89 S.,.....00-..-New York, LEWIS S. WELCH, 89,........0..0600.New Haven. EDWARD VAN INGEN, ’91S.,......0..New York, F.ERRE JAY, '92,.c0scconecs: soocee- o New York, EDITOR. Lewis S. WELCH, ’89. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. WALTER CAmp, ’80, ASSISTANT EDITOR. E. J. THompson, Sp. NEWS EDITOR. PRESTON KUMLER, 1900. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. BURNETT GoopwIn, ’g9 S. Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O. NEW HAVEN, CONN., May 380, 1900 TIME OF THIS ISSUE. The current issue of the YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY goes into the mails on Friday, instead of on Wednesday. The decision to postpone publication forty-eight hours this week’ is an extraordinary one, con- trary to all our precedent, and one not likely to be duplicated in years. It seemed wise, however, in view of a combination of special circumstances at the printing house and the late arrival of certain’ important news, illustrations and announcements necessary of satis- factory record in this issue.. We return to our regular schedule to the day and to the hour next week, and again ask subscribers to remind us of the slightest irregularity in the receipt of their paper. This week’s paper should reach all just forty-eight hours after the regular time. Lp» Bi, 8 a AM RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN THE SCIENTIFIC SCHVOL. The modification of rules of discipline. in the Scientific School, whose main points were announced in a_ recent issue, is’one on which the School and its friends ought to be congratulated. While it; is not a very great change, it does remove what was a stumbling block to:the successful operation of the School government. ‘The old rule, that a con- dition in a single subject, no matter how excellent might be-a man’s record in all other subjects, or how good his record of attendance, or how well he deported himself generally, should keep him from an athletic team or editorial board, or a musical organization, was not in accord with the general spirit of the School..>When that rule was adopted in a general change of rules two years ago, it was thought that the danger line had been found in this rec- ord.of conditions, and that a man should be restrained from everything but study aS soon as he crossed it. Experience, however, proved that it was not neces- sarily the danger line, and that this restraint of men, in other ways _per- fectly-qualified for participation in Unj- versity athletics, was creating in the un- dergradute mind.and in the minds of a good many friends of the School, a feel- ing that the School was discriminating against athletics. This was never the intention of the rule, of course, and never has been the dominant spirit of the School’s government. It believes in the wholesome effect of rational athletics and has always sought to encourage them. To have any other impression created among a large number of men was to give the School a false posi- tion. | The intent of the School from the first, to find only that reasonable point at which, for man’s own good, he must be restrained from other than work upon his studies, is demonstrated in the new rule. When a man is actually in dan- ger—and the Scientific School watches its men very carefully and knows when they are in danger from week to week —he is called off. That is fair, and is, in our opinion, a more reasonable rule than that now in the Academic Depart- ment. We at one time felt that a 2.25 mark was a practical preventive of trouble, but have given up that idea. ~The Scientific School has been con- sidering this change for months and took the step only after very thorough con- sideration, and the feeling that on gen- eral principles it was the right move. We believe it has done well. a ae PRINCETON’S VICTORY IN DEBATE. The report of the Princeton: debate printed two weeks ago, in the news columns of the ALUMNI WEEKLY, has been much criticised by Yale men as leaving the impression that Yale did not accept the decision in her traditional spirit, but was trying to make excuses for a fair and square defeat. That such an impression was left in any mind is a sufficient proof that the article was not properly prepared for publication, but required more careful editing. We freely admit, in rereading it in the light of these criticisms, that it contained certain phrases that it ought not to. have contained, : On our mind the report gave the.im- pression which we expressed at the time, to wit, that Yale seemed to have stronger arguments, but not to use them in a way to carry conviction. It recalled to our mind football teams, which have seemed stronger than their’ opponens, but have not been able to push the ball PROFESSOR MOSES C. WHITE. Made Emeritus Professor of Pathology in the Medical School. over the line. The affirmative must make a touchdown. If they lack the hard drive at the critical. moment, or are misled by clever- tactics and dissipate their strength, that is-their fault and counts for their opponent. And we re- peat that we consider that Yale was well beaten and that Princeton has our sin- cere congratulations on her victory. We regret that anything has appeared in any part of the paper ‘that: left™in- any minds a different impression as to Yale’s feeling in the matter. As the same time we do not intend to give up analyzing debates and trying to show their interesting news features. There is a great deal of foolish sensi- tiveness in these matters that ought not to be regarded. YALE ATHLETICS. Three defeats in one day recently made Yale men most unhappy and most dis- satisfied. The Yale News considered the matter in a very healthy and well con- sidered editorial, manly in its tone and much to the point. Here are one or two sentences from it: “There must be more spirit and enthu- siasm and unselfish work. Personal feelings must be sacrificed for the in- terests of the University. There is too much of that blasé and indifferent feel- ing after a man has once won his ‘Y.’ A Y should stand as an obligation for future work as well as a reward for past work—which it generally does now, but not always, as should be the case. Hopeless indeed are the efforts of a cap- tain when the men under him do ‘not work with their whole heart and soul. In short, what is most needed is unsel- fish. loyalty.” It would not be a bad idea to frame some such sentiments as these, put them over training tables and also in places where those who are not athletes foregather, such as the Commons, society halls and Dwight Hall rooms. There has been a backsliding since last Fall, when the University reached the high Guaranty Trust Co. of New York. 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