The New York herald., 1874-07-23

impossible TO find the Yale men at their work.
away" Harvard was not particular, but yet
the Harvard Captain believed somewhat In similar
dactcs Williams, dineren e. er inpressea, was
to bring his men up TO his own standard OF excel
lence that man was Gunster. All things consid-
cred, John Gtnster Is Of the best men q boats
crew could have, and with five men equal to him
in boat they would composea crew difficult to
worked hard and Ola it openly: My
object in referring to T., the different
work Is TO show that there is deal OF unneces-
sary secrecy In the preliminary labor. The Colum
BIAS practice in preparing for the regatta Just
afiect rival crews. They did not hide themselves
away above the bridge at the loot OF the lake. or
other waters. Neither did they pull the English
stroke when passing the Harvards' float, another
6na Of OF @ % 9s pe all
ragged, for the edincatiOn OF thvse whom they
knew we're watching then them; Tne Colnmbias, on the
course II the other crews who were contestants
IN the race had pursued the same line OF conduct
they would have been better acquainted with
the course over which they had to row, and
there might have been no such unfortunate anatr
as the iOu which resulted IN throwing one OF the
best crews out Of the race before the course was
little more than half rowed over. NAUTILUS.
Swenring-A Reformation Needed.
NEW YORK, July 2l, 1874.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Whatever other titles TO fame Captain Cook, of
Yale, may either desire or deserve, he seems TO
have won that OF a swearist Friend and Zoe,
Columbia and Harvard, Tros TVrt,tSQtte, are all
alike to him, according to the report In the old
days, we know, nothing could be done anoat or
ashore except with fluent accompaniment OF
swearing. "Our army swOre terribly in Flanders"
and for long time expressions were tolerated
from gentlemen of the army which would have
caused social banishment to a poor, unadorned
civilian. Society acted up to Shakespeare's words
and held that is in
the captain but choicric word
Which in the citizen is fiat basphemy.
Sergeants cursed privates, commissioned Officers
cursed nOn-cOmmissioned, field officers cursed non
field officers and generals had to curse all around
1t is said that England, with her conservative ten-
dencies retains tLis remnant OF ancient times.
and that His Royal Hghness the Commander-in-
Chief may still be heard at reviews swearing like
trooper; but in these degenerate days the
swearees, instead OF feeling honored by the royal
oaths, generally demand written apology and get
Dean Swift, when asked what was meant by the
expression, ''fIe clothed himself with curses as
with q garment" eXpounded the text by replying
what % is the origin O oI this habg Il the
supreme, to aid him or to hurt his his enemy,
iUe' iice might be given; it might be regarded
as a private excommunicaton; but SO lar
from bNlS DeiDH bHt CuSc OdtHs, ulkc Ill NcW lOIh
streets and the wild West where the air Is SAID by
travellers to be blue with curses, are simply with
out meaning-nere eXpletives, almost inarticulate,
used to accentuate discourse. From this we are
inclined to think that your great swearer is not a
fellow OF infinite wit, but man OF dull lmaglna-
ton ana limited education. The dulness OF the
imagination does not enable him to form clear
ideas OF what he feels sees, and his limited vo-
cabulary utterly breaks down when he tries to put
his confused ideas into intelligibe form. 1t was a
brilliant idea OF Sheridan to make Bob Acres adapt
oaths to the circumstances in which he happened
20 l,nn n n
way III which 1t Is carried out IN the dialogue
RAISE the valorouS Bob tar above the vulgar crowd.
He is decidedly an unnatural character, and has
TOO much art to require to thus doubleshot his dis
course or fill up gaps in his conversation; but
your common swearer puts in an oath because he
cannot find the proper adjective or the adverb he
wants. These oaths are mostly traditional, handed
down from time when men did curse their enc
mics, and they by no means express the speakers
sentiments, who may really be actuated by less
malice or unchartaoeness than he who has
strength enough to lock his feelings up in his own
heart. = i' ~
Fortunately, before the diffusion Of education the
practice OF swearing is giving way; good taste has
driven 1t from society. Let us hope that good taste
and good feeling VIII work together and Danish
the revolving practice IRON the sports and pas
times OF our youth.