Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-24
CAMPUS NOTES.

1n0 NoW L1tA B0aF0=The mem Ap"
 pointed by the 'Ss BOard-PrOfessOr
 Eatonss ArtfcIe-A Reply to ENlA Att
 tack on Students' Customs.
 Rev. Dr. Munger will address the senior class Thursday morning.
 The article of Prof. D. Cady Eaton in a
 recent issue of the Tribune has been copied
 far and wide and the professor has been be-
 sieged by Yalensians and others asking him
 to correct any impressions the article has
 created that he might desire to correct. He
 has accordingly requested the various papers,
 athletic associations and the junior prome-
 made committee to furnish him with state
 ments of their various positions, from which
 he will write new epistle for the Yalen-
 sians.
 The junior class held large meeting last
 evening and made another attempt to elect
 board of editors for the Yale Literary Nigga
 zine. A ballot was taken which resulted in
 the election of the same men who ware elect
 ed Friday evening. Chairman Fellowes then
 announced that the board could not approve
 the election and asked whether they would
 vote again or not. MT. Aiken of the class
 moved that they proceed at once to new
 election and the motion was carried. The
 third election resulted the same as it's prede-
 cessors and MT. Fellowes announced that the
 class had failed to elect. The old board re- tired and after consultation of some min-
 utes made the following announcement at 7:45:
 The Lit board for 1888 g will be composed of the following men:
 John Cornelius Griggs. Terryville, Conn. i; Clifford Pinchot, New York city; Herbert Augustine Smith, Worcester. Mass; Lewis Sheldon Welch, Hartford, Conn; Herbert Wetmore Wells, Louisville, Ky. (Signed) n H3A ANITYT EDWARD 0. FELLowEs, HAROLD R. GRIFFITH, RICHARD M. HURD. Sentiment among the juniors on the ques- ton is divided. One of them was heard to l remark shortly after the election: fJohn, have you heard about our class?' 'No, what I is itg' "WhS she refused to be dictated to by
 S8." But the '88 board have the best of the | fight. The talk of the juniors about the man who is appointed declining to serve may | have foundation, but he would be very fool ! ish to decline. The case has precedent in l '94 when MT. Bridgman, 'S5, accepted thu appointment of the 'S4 board. The board as appointed is the same as the one elected ex- ! cept that MT. Pinchot takes the place of MT. Buchanan.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 | In your issue of this morning you quote at | considerable length from communication in the New York Tribune from the pen of Prof. D. Cady Eaton of this city. I crave small portion of your valuable space, not so much for the purpose of replying to the learned professor, for any candid man can but see the absurdity of his position, as for that of stating briefly the conditions which called forth the tirade in question, that your many \ readers may see the cause of the gentleman's complaint and may be assured that his dis- ease is not dangerous. am the more anx- | ious to do so for at the present time anything | that may reflect discredit on New Haven's honored university or tend to damage it in any way seems to be seized with great avidi- ty by a large number of people and finds | rapid and widespread circulation. The pro- lessor purchased box at the recent prome- ! made and evidently supposed that this ad- l at the door without ticket he was promptly
 and very properly refused admittance unti. he had purchased ticket which entitled him | to admission. All will acknowledge that this was eminently just. He was required to do no more than everyone else was compelled to
 do and there is no earthly reason why he | should not have done so. This seems to have angered him and forthwith | he starts out to investigate(D student | customs determined on vengeance. Has he succeededs He has injured seriously the | university which he was supposed to be- \ friend. He has proven himself anything but \ a Yale man. He has looked with the eye of prejudice upon customs which all unbiased
 men regard as having very little of injury | and a vast deal of good in them. If he saw | where reform was needed why did he not
 address the faculty and suggest improve- | ments that might be made instead of rushing
 into the public prints and completely ignor- ' iY,op off aof f17nT E-a AIo faculty approve of such actions! As to the
 charges made, they show upon their face ! their authors purpose-personal spite. Col | lege journalism affords to many men valu- able training, and this training is open | to all if they will but avail themselves of it. | It costs money to run 8 college paper and | where lies the harm in requesting advertise ments of the men eager for the college trade, an advertising which proves beneficial to the | tradesman as well as to the paper. Is little business training going to be harmful to these dear youths? One is forced to the conclusion that the professor esteems himself above mankind in general and that he thinks all college graduates should be. The promenade is very expensive and to meet these expenses the committee have to resort to all sorts of means to raise money, even toRcharging the professor for entrance ticket. The committee have to work hard in preparation for this event and it may happen l that there is 8 deficiency for them to make up rather than 8 surplus to divide. If they do have few dollars apiece, what Of that:
 haven't they earned it9 The several athletic associations likewise are under heavy ex- pense, to meet which an admission fee is necessary. To collect th1s money would be impossible. How much would the professor give? A fee is also necessary in order that the crowd which attends may be purged of an objectionable element. But I must pause.
 have already trespassed too much on your space, but the theme is such an easy one, the
 professor has so foolishly laid himself open to ridicule that one could write on and on
 The case is stated. Has the professor been
 successful in his search for vengeance?
 UNBIAS.