New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17
SPEECHES BY cHAUNoEY NJ DEPEw. RoBERx J..
COOK, PROFESSOR f. L. RICHARDS. ISAAC n
H, BROMLEY AND OTHERS

He was welcomed and installed by old men az
well as young; veterans as well as boys with
their hurels yet unwon; and, of course, by all
the glorious company Of athletes who made 1854
a great year for athletic YALE and by those who
intend to make the achievements OF even that
renowned year seem tame beside the deeds Of
1889
The decorations were entirely unique, consist.
ing of trophies of boat-sculls and tennis rackets
displayed against the hag-lined walls, models Of
Greek and Roman athletes in bronze upon the
tables, and Robert c. Cornell's famous shell de-
pending in the ar beneath the orchestra gallery
and filed with smilax and tulips. Eastman john
sons oil-painting of President Woolsey, loaned bH
the University Club, was hung above the Presi-
dents chair.
The card containing the menu and the list OF
toasts was work of art, we'll worthy Of preserva-
ton as souvenir of the dinner On it were three
large photogravure pictures OF the baseball and
football teams, and the boat crew of 1888. IL
laughter be an aid to digestion, no dyspeptics
would rue eating the dinner, as the wits who
had the fare in charge managed to purvey q
joke with almost every dish.
Rawl rawl. rawl Oysters, ate IN q she'll"
introduced the bivalves, and the red-head ducks
were accompanied by the somewhat cruel re-
minder We have seen red-headed Ducks
roasted beforel" and the picture Of lame looking
fowl with big " H. on her breast
la order that all present might fully appreciate
the magnitude of the reasons why they should
be joyful list Of Yale's recent athletic records
filed one side Of the menu card What more
do you want, Brother Elihu' was the motto
accompanying it. We've lost the fence, but
we've got the earthI' The menu was as follows q
None but the Brave deserve
THE FARE.
Raw Raw Raw oysters.
Ate In Shell
SOUP.
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Here Buu Tcnaerloin Of Beef:
win TEL, Brusseis spIoas
s"s''Sr'sss &; sss.u. brai''d c'DS9; DSs.asA Pea
4 sHERBEr.
Touch down for safety Imperial.
We have seen Red. headed Red Head pucks
Ducks roasted before.
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i'''' COFFEE.
The following is list of the toasts, compfk
mentary texts and speeches:
YALEi
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw.
OUR IMMoRTALs OF .II.l THE he HEROIC sc1 AGE
And %iiS0a 70 SReir ir's wisdom. sdoi courage,
Ana unto AL ''issss Joseph H Twichsl.
OUR REFEREE-The Faculty is the referee and its ~
.swhy should man whose blood is warm within
Sit ike his grandsire cut in alabasterP
ARE 1SoF. 1SW SsADT' Re Hss moSs. S9r flower
Towers the blue-beL" X j. Cook
OUR fihlDH IN AitSa tSait Jagged resIp,entaIs
ssSss Sssaihs sS' nSs. Sd c0n'insn''; Walter c. Camp
ooi' A'sde sneetng with Tine SLACK thinsp
TSS TSSn: :sy!Ns is dun wA'' + f1r e Stevenson.
ocR NINE OF ss--.You shall play /. II mask
.ns II. WAS ss STAG, Sssseses sass nsssssay ~ sns saee
"Thsn stp and 70 IT, though sharp b the ysashsr'
There are re- worse things life than tumble heather.
Ana life is, tseIf, but game of football, n c..s,
OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS.
fe'' Of i00' N''' 'n's anu ''iSHs Henry p s BROOKS r.
this sorrow" John Mason Sryn-
OUR GIRLS n y IIatig nngF; knot ., blue.
love knot strong and true.s
y, a; 9s dream: sSss !, Win sjS. sunny slsams
1"'' A'''' A'''' " ''' Edward G. Mason.
OUR .yIcIssITUDEs. ,,.r vm,
How high they Wse and w,, sGw hfE < 'sSs ToSs.sua.
Is excellent . have saSif, %,;,lsts s,.'peih s,,..
OUR COMING EVENTS
who DrOudet than blue .s.c Iris + biSas" s..v
Az the table of honor President Henry E. How
land relaxed his judicial gravity under the amel-
Grating influence of old college companionship aud
compared "reminiscences Of the exploits Of decade
or two ago with the genial Chauncey Depew, who
sat Immediately on his right and told funny
stori.s at intervals to his next neighbor the Rev.
Joseph II. Twitchell At tho presidents left
Professor Richards propounded mathematical prob.
lens to Mr. w. A. Stiles, of Garden and Forest"
horticultural, and the other distinguished gentle.
men at that end Of the room, it was easy TO sec,
had lost none of Their appreciation Of college con-
VITALITY by prolonged absence from the classic
precincts Of old Yale The boisteroqs rendering
Of the alleged adaptation OF Aristophanes's rog
chorus, BrecSekelSek, koax, koax, boop oo,op.
with glee, and 70 the gay tenor OF the juvenile
ehornses they added the dep harmonies OIL ma
ture and dignified bass.
ATHLETES OF WHOM YALE is PROUD.
The victorious crew and the baseball nine
Of last year and the football team who won the
cham pionship last fall were among those present.
The best known of these is Alonzo Stagg the
great pitcher who won the Championship foe
Yale in three successive years and who has been
offered good positions in half dozen professional
mines He is remarkable also for the interest
that he has taken in the Young Mems Christian
Association work In New-H Haven. Before he goes
into baseball match he always prays that he
may be successful
Robert j. Cook Is the man who first introduced
the present Yale stroke and has done 80 much
fopf fha heating of the college since tlen
He was captain Of the crew in 73, "a 10 and "a
and has coached thcn almost every year since
except the two or three seasons In which tho
disastrous short stroke introduced by Davis OF
Portland, was used He is one Of the most sue
cessful coaches in the world. He is now publishes
OF The Philadelphia Press
Walter Camp. who occupies almost the same
position in the football history Of Yale that Cook
does In boating He was in the class of So and
played in the football team every gear he waa