New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-19
THE SOCIAL SYSTEM AT YALE.

PARENTAL RELATION ASSUMED BY THE FACULTY,
AND ITS EVIL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SOCIETIES AND COLLEGE POLITICS..
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: A few months ago in your paper ! made
some structures the system Of study at Yale College,
and its practical results. The present seems fitting
time TO supplement the views then taken with few
briefly expressed observations student life at that n
sttuton outside of its immediate relations to study
commented in my previous communication upon the
feeling of enmty which subsists the part Of the stu
dents toward the Faculty in the relation of teacher and
pup This feeling through the entire social fabric
al Yale and in the matters Of college government ana
discipline is particularly strong The origin OF the bane
full sentiment to be found in the essence Of the College
Constitution which this The Faculty assume TO stand
in loco pdrents the students under Them This Is
precisely their view and statement OF the relation they
hold toward students and il is in this assumption OF
duties which they very imperfecuy fulfill that multi
tndnous evils have their origin, whose combined effect
is 10 foster and the spirit Of enmity spoken or
The Faculty of Yale College seem TO be wholly unaware
Of the fact that parental government without parental
love is nothing than tyranny and that laws, rules
and requirements. enforced by marks penalties ana
SUSPENSIONS are in the true spirit Of parental govern
ment - - 1900
It's invariably the case that instances Of discipline in
College provoke hard feelings toward the Faculty and
that the daily and hourly imposition Of marks for every
conceivable derecton of duty in or out of college exer
cses makes these hard feelings chronic on the part OF
students. The Faculty attempt altogether too much,
and their parental plan Of government defeats lseli.
II is out Of the question that they should be able to
parentally regulate the lives of 800 young men,
10 make them study, live and behave as they ought;
and the attempt is not only lamentable failure
bnt also productive of evils worse than those which
il would repress There is no cultivation at Yale OF the
sentiment of individual responsibility on the part OF
the student He enters the College, studies what IL
ne
the requisite exercises of the institution on pam OF MARKS
is governed less by system of obsolete regua
tions and goes through the regular grind OF college
routine according 10 the will OF the routine makers
bear upon him. and he is either made regular or suS-
pended or Expelled This system is all pad Such gov
eminent ia dstastcfu TO students and cannot be very
agreeable to the Faculty. The former viii eyade ana eet
around il every possible occasion, ana the iatUr I
often put TO their wits end 10 know what shall he done
with troublesome students II IL to he observed WIN
regret that students in dealing with the Faculty seem 70
honesty which they would observe matter N course
in other relations. II is one OF the elanch results Oh
the socaed parental system All absences, al, laurs'
all shortcomings, all msdemeanorS are SUBJECT 10 aths,
and marks when they reach certain point subject an
individual to suspension or expulsion. buo ~ t No
may in many instances he avoided by excuses, tle sIu
dent whose facility IN eXcusenaklng Is greats, nas ,G
easiest time OF am sorry 10 say ron i9I y s
observation i'll Yale College, that lying to te Faculty Is
iesne Is made either 10 suffer penalty or escape by
falsehood, the latter generally the chosen aernao'
and the Faculty notes eoes by their parental SYSTEM
THE FACULTY REsPoYsTBLE FOR "HAzISG:" $3.50.
or late years Yale has been dsgraced by the most
shocking and barbarous instances Of that detesa2e
practice, "hazng" presume the government Oh oae
Coege would decline all responsibility for such 0utragts
vet it difficult to show that the vile practice Is He
natural outgrowth of the parental efforts OF he facn
10 regulate the social relations OF the students IL 10
natural enough that there should be strong class Iee
ing at Yale, where classes are so large t' oT "
felt The Faculty have been most unfortunate III thet
efforts to regulate this feeling ana e rae ts others
far greater II has been the poey OF thf 70 i put
class spirit between the sophomores and Fresh,
ears ago and the practice rushing and other trials
of strength between the two classes are now re-
10 be suppressed by the severest penalties ~ 1rtn @
Faculty have in great measure succeeded III snOthetg
all open expression Of class rvay "S't n oishIy
surprising that they could utterly suppress d a
feeling they have only forced y mo - oSe the
underhanded manifestations, when dSSce h nevep
students and Faculty. Hazlng AT ldle Has i 49,
been outra within the past uree or 5av
and it is within these years thdt the rauS inst
brought 10 a maximum their efforts ana peall
hd ocnitv ha come 10 see that they have attempted
more than they able TO do In regulating the Nes 0
. nsD i loco sareS and say students young
men you must take care OF yourselves ana ae io he
penaty of deprivation from the privileges OF TINS lhst
tuition il you do not behave here as gentlemen
when i'm short the Faculty shall decline the fesosID
ity of the students welfare, and throw 1t upon the s' ~
dent hmse then we may fairly eSPs c az Students Willie
very much as they treated ana ther treatment ~
Yale that which might properly be no @sS 10 think for
themselves, and requiring system oi Ia"s ""u r
ties for their regulation.
SECRET SOCIETIES CoRRUPTIvE. ..,o -.
In the consideration Of student life AZ fale, outs y
Cts relations tO study II would e great Omission 70
oing of secret societies, their advantages ana ehs
% caD he said for and against Them yet on the Mho
their existence at Yale Is undoubtedly produetye, o
ae nnre evil than good They all class socletles
~ ~ Snnege and this Is feature which npa1Is uell
ossie advantage which manifest IN other ooeSrs
Pr sccret societies are continued through lhe smo
i'ro Ereshmen societies 1T Yale may he Drlcny uis
missed They heteroseneon. IL the WAY Of
snit,,,,e hevond a little practice II may De ~
while they often lead TO ali sorts OF ev ~ .se
Geniete Tie pockets Of many who can III anor 49,, 70 mt
,noncv I'm bophmnore year new eieneni on, amhars
The constitution Of secret societies " hal ,h inron
o. eaced every year by the outgo ng from ,ie p -,
ing sophomores IL Is esteemed IN soApe SOIL al noH0'