New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-10
THE YALE SPIRIT.
SpuTY SET TO MUsIC"-wHY YALE WILL NoI
ROW ooRNELL-soUTHERN cLUB-PHl

BETA BANoUET-LECTCI'E''
New-Havcn Conn. Feb. Speciality icw uays
ago the Rev DR.. L. T. Chamberlain, OF BrooKyh'
,nctrrod n the students Of Yale Duty set u
Mnsics Prior to the lecture the students eNpfesSc"
considerable curiosity concerning the PROBABLE SUD
stance Of the proposed lecture. ana not II" ~
marked that the subject was ODD enough 10 I'"c
a good attendance. What "Duty Set to MUSIC
coud be no one had clear idea, but every one VINO
heard Dr. Chamberlain found ont very soon ai'er
,bat gentleman made his Introductory bow, for he
at once referred to the days - '63, when he grad
mated and said that II not until he came I'M"
fellowship with Yale men that he learned Tor inc
first time how duty might be set 10 music lie ior-
got all his struggles and hardships i'll the enjoyment
OF Yale good fellowship. That coodfello"smp was
the music that filed his gladdened his heart
and made every duty a pleasure, as well a. tmhg
NJ pro1t The meat of his remarks was nestled III
the richness and loyalty Of what President Dwight
calls the yale spirit In the days OF 'oJ thAt
spirit predominated the college and ccmehtcd he"F9
that have since hr0bbed in high places, but always
with the most perfect loyalty to good old Yale ana
loved classmates In these days Of 80 the same
gpirit intensified is the dominant influence in the
college and the keen wisdom Of President Dwight
and his associates has directed It into chahhci
that is bearing onward the tide Of moral and intel
lectuaI elevation. Probably there Is no Institution
I'm the United states where twelve fifteen hundred
yOung men Odlly InuISIo tOsNbHCA WIN '''' P~''
good feeling and harmony. The Yale spirit, when
once ii gets hold Of student, abdcs as long As life
lasts and, although there no grips or passwords
and no secret obligations, true Yale men VIII sue"
by each other with much fidelity as do the most
devoted brothers Of masonic or other somewhat slI
liar organizations.
Probably President Dwight and Professors Wright,
Richards and Townsend the most distincuvely
identified with the PRONUNCIATION Of the broad uni
versity idea that now predOninates all departments
Of Yale; but Yale men all over the world are IN
complete sympathy with that idea as evidenced by
the recent remarkable development Of the university
In the days OF G3 there not the most perfect
oodfeeIng between the students and the towns
people The latter considered the students lturpeTs
= and cOnceited nusances. The former pronounced
the latter "bOOrs,7 "tOWnics7 and Ignorant ma
tives." Undoubtedly, both had good cause to hate
each other. In striking contrast is the feeling be
tween town and gown" to-day. The students are
the life OF the town; the homes Of the city are glad
dened by their presence, and they profit By the
cheerful influence Of the homes and their cultured
owners. Yales influence Overshadows the whole
city, and there is not man. woman or child in IT
that Is Tot ready 10 wear the blue the slightest
occasion The young man who can spend four years
al Yale and not improve materially both mentally
and morally is worthy Of the combined efforts Of
every missionary under the auspices Of the Amer
ican Board.
several Yale men here have been invited 10 attend
the banquet 10 DC gwen Otoirc ~ Aucc, al Now
York, March /, and all who have not been invited
regret exceedingly that the number who assemble
10 honor this popular gentleman must be 50 small
Mr. Adee's devoted and helpful encouragement Yale
management IS deeply appreciated here, and all
would delight in publicly testifyng that appreciation
Some OF the students Of Cornell have reflected upOl
Ysc's university crew because the latter refused tC
row race at New-LondOn with a crew from Cornell
Yae's refusals TO row Cornell based good
grounds Cornell has never rOwed fournile race
Last june at New-London, Cornell holly pressed
the entire distance covered three miles in rs Oi. Th
following day Yale rOwed the VIII
Harvard, and not being pushed at all, covered tht
three miles in 10 49, When Cornell shows that She
oan four miles in racing time, Yale Will. o
course, be glad TO contest with her.
The S. S. B. freshmen 10 carry canes costing s.
each.
seven Yale entered at the Boston Athletic
Club games. TO be held February 10, among then
being Kitchell. Ryder and Lloyd
Professor Harper has recently received some val
liable casts OF ancient inscriptions in tho SHliii(