New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17

loser censure is evenly divided between defeat as sucn
and fhe methods which rendered IL inevitable. Then
after the has vanished the why and the "he
fore OF victory begin TO reveal themselves We look
beyond the result end see that II IS due not to chance OF
to luck or to accident definite which Give
victory nobler significance and human endeavor higher
dignity. (Applause.l
You will easily recall tho pedler who sold veal pies
which he made Of cats and When asked how he manasea
to deceive his customers. explained "Ips the seasohh
as does it, Il 20 In other aud more legitimate
adairsf 1t is the seasoning Of brains. OF discipline ana
Of experience which brings victory to healthy muscles
In athletic competition. The raw material must De
good 10 begin With. OF course, but In these days OF
intelligent sports muscle alone win not win IL must be
trained and taught and rendered plable to intelligent
methods and before II is ht for the nerce
service Of the held and 1t is one OF faleS gorieS
which We celebrate 10 night that her
men have learned this lesson and proved IL
70 the world Of athletics. There have been times
Yale bravey responded to the word care you ready
when she not ready, and the result wos she
got tho soup" II is 10 her everlasting credit how
ever that che charges her rashngs to bad methods
or poor rather than shoulder them upon that
mysterious something called "Yale luck" She has a
lofty respect for the Law Of cause and enect and thanks
TO the generous loyalty Yale she has been enabled
in the OF Indifference and dscouragement make this
law operative for victory not only in scholarship and char
aeter in the whole range OF athletic sports well
(Appause)
MONUMENT TO COLLEGE LOYALTY.
II the record OF our victories be not perpetuated In
stone or BRASS this insprtng meeting win live in our
minds rs monument 20 the triumphs Of college loyalty.
fathulness sound principles and harmonious work To
our rivals shall. in the words OF noted journalist
Extend the OF most distinguished consider
aton and shall generously Wish that In another year we
may nnd her noe desolae but able and ready 10 Ia
manner worthy Of best mete and this they will do
II they keep their minds alive TO the fact that
there fixed principles in successful boating
methods, while yaclation Is policy Of ruin After the
failure Of the professional COACH Of Harvards own
sons honorable gentleman but perhaps rihe ancient
brought 10 the aid Of her the methods which won
Victories in his boyhoOd days but after he had heard the
command last June, care you radyf Col" be realized
that there had been food Ny experience with Yale
teaches TO believe that her present methods become
anQuated and cxceled by others they win be set aside
for better We all knowledge OF her progress
i've impulses and her readiness learn and adopt the
means 70 develop the brain and Drawn OF those who
come under her influence She will hear the voice OF
progress Are you ready GO - and win press forward
In the and hold The first place which she already
maintains Without dispute among the universities Of ths
land and while some OF blossoms may be withered
by the bnghung touch OF successful rivalry, yet Yale
pluck Yale method and Yale energy viii replace them
In future contests, and shall see that
"Aboye the wee, modest. erimsontpped flower
Towers the blue-bell" (Applause)
A SONG FOR THE OCCASION.
Hart Lyman, Of the class Of '73, sung with spirit
the following song which had been composed by
him for the occasion, the entire company uniting
in the chorus;
(From topical song. "wevp all been there betore.")
The nine ny old girls least the tale.
scarcely % % be compared with mines OF Yale
They avished honor and upon this ancient world
But surely those stupid times In which no ball WA
twtrled.
Diana huntress bold. she knew where game
found,
ss used to bag the bsges, stays in country round
Where her bow and and where her crown
OF baysi
Ysio beas her record with q Stage who pitches ~ he
Thsro Isn't any doubt about It. whom the boys did their
share toward winning h triple event last We were
all perfectly delighted but We were not 10 the least
prised-
CHORUS
For we'd all been theec before many ts, many time.
We'd ali been there before many time
We ss gathered tonight from the East and the West
And this IL my ultimate rhyme;
May all be heps again, many q time many q tine.
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Walter c. Camp responded to the toast Our
Field Marshals- He said In substance
think the field marshAs must include the "healsrs"
II "a the "heaefa" who win games perhaps not
the neld bu, their support does much for All
Of you have neid marshalS tho Borders Of
hs baseball nelds maFshallng tho The Geld
nsrshals have always attended relating tho stories
Of oldtme Victories until sometimes they became bores
Laughter) 1 best end by proposing thee oheers
for ae Held maFshals always present tho nod and
giving their support IN the games
For Our Eight Of ss > Captain T. A. Steven
son spoke, saying in part:
AZ Mr. Twlcheu said. there were giants his day but
tho methods Of to-day different Men into training
and seefiee oyerythng 10 succeed IN the Every
man here he went back TO college. would 90 with the
feeling that he do all he could aid in the victory
for tho college There Is man. stroke, Mr.
Cross 10 whom credit Il due for victory We have
the material TO cope with Harvard, and / believe.
viii win on the Thames for many years come But II
We would put in best work In the future must have
gymnasium. Great applause)
ISAAC IL. BROMLEYS ADVICE.
Isaac H. Bromley had a fruitful II somewhat
speculative subject in Our Coming Events He
spoke as follows
Tho nTst thing that this somewhat harl.
occasion Is that mighty glad to be here glad 70
meet good fellows anywhere at good dinner particularly
GLAD when the good fellows Yale men, and thrice glad
when they the Yale Alumni this blessed island Of
Manhattan We have Yale graduates IN Boston, TO DO sure
and nourishlng Alumni Association which meets
70 the number Of $50 q year and has dinner
usually presided over BY clergyman, whchwe try hard
be merry until i9 o'clock when the head
In on tptoe and says here's hen on" when fold W
our ehns snd go away From which you will infer that
different IN Boston II exactly settled mel.
ancholy that overhangE these dinners but there
70 be kind Of porvading onselousnsss OF being
IN the SHADOW ~ houethng nob0n mat We arc intrudora
that there's law "agin somehow and that have
business 10 be merry In Boston. Stll quito
badly on a. the early chrstians they don't butcher
us nc make . Harvard holiday" tApplsuse.)
THE ATTITUDE OF RIVAL
Coming from that missionary field able 10 report
percepbe change In the attitude Of great rival toward
u.s. In the years when boys at Lake QunSigamond
and the Connecticut and twice the Thames
pulling painfully along In Haryards wake they knew
there such college Yale. There was no reason
why hoy shouldn't know they could they sat
in boat Their recognition az tho Bay State House.
Worcester the Maseasot In Springfield and the Croker
New.London was somewhat bolserous and not always
agreeable but they did recognize Now that they have
got in = way OF pulling I'm such position that nobody
the coxswain or boys they are
disposed to ignore us altogether In the nelghbohood
Boston. they hardly know there n such institution a.
Yale University Not only that but there is growing
disposition TO Ignore athletics vulgar and swesty The
present plan Is to give up playing with bad boys and return
to compulsory prayers Our Harvard friends have been
in tho condItIon