New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-27

There can BE- nothing pleasantcr in tbs world than
| to look in the face Of fIiend,, beamnE with the
due; II SHINES out Of four hundred faces here and
beats In ne hearts OF thousands who It
VIII doHntlesS nger in your memory forever. Yet,
feeble but permanent expression Of IT, am commits
stoned TO present TO YOU this loving cup, at once
admiration for you (Appau-el Like wine PRS
| and It's depths lie hidden the spicy frultfuness
and generous warmth borne from 10 yours.
II Will be memeno Of your labors for It bears upon
it. face the figures OF Of Your most accomplished
| pupils
| cheer known 10 Yale men In the lntoXicatiOn Of
triumph, which he has done much To secure. pro
OF Yale, Enthusiastic cheers and Wild applause
MR.. CAMPS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
| Mr.. Rowland then introduced the guest OF the
| evening. Walter Camp, who on rising was
| received with tremendous outburSt Of applause.
Mr. Camp. in responding spoke In low tone Of voice,
and his dcmeanor modest and sclfcon aimed In the
extreme. lie was repeatedly interrupted as he men
toned the names of men popular in The athletic history
OF the college, but he bore the Interruptions without any
appearance of discontinue. lie said, in part as fol
| lows:
| Mr. Toastmaser and Gentlemen: 1t may strike
sou as surprising that at tais point in the diner
rs wcnf d m,n always listen with conplaisance
to tales of starvation. 20 you, perhaps, win bear with
hunCerd for victCry over Harvard. year after year.
until we 10. Looked Cd ealHt and bastard ,,o,s 70
Bob Cook and Ham Avery. we had had some bit, to
stay %r and put S6 Went a%y 1 ary we T TS
I575, and again in 1879 In the same years, twice
ut Hartford ard once at Princeton we had to
| Harvard take the deciding baseball game 81 the
ee and iTwgl Tas one Of The c hecsn
have been acGrdted with laT more t@n j deserve
And now want TO say something Of the team
which has given us this most recent oppor,nhF Oh
crimson gore. Certain croakers in college had an
idea that McClung. who sits over there, and who Is
plausc and cheers for McClunc). would turn ont 10
be 100 indh hearted for 'G6 Gpa" nsm rs
Der standing next 20 him at one OF the smaller
smc in TGieh he GA not pay i T ,rn % to om T
1tlc tine. because the man played 50 wen IN pi'c-
tee M'Cung never had much Gnhaence m IN E Yat
IN which H. always made much OF even me snF"' ~
h@Ts sca a ss"e came cS of through ne
he met somebody's knee fairly in The iace ana "en'
over Hes c,'" dead Thank God he's dead heard
McClnns evclaim, and made up my mind At mt
chances of the team. uAush'e:)
After complimentary mention # other members Of
the team Mr.. Camp closed this way
can only say to Won all gentlemen that have We
Of tadng here But want T. say mat dJnt %a"I
want TO help in coaching teams ami mines Ini ! an
50 old that cannot see the half concealed snlic Oh
| the young player. shtll never be too blind 70 S%
that Yale ribbon Ge0r-c Adee spoke OF: lApplauscJ
TIE faded cd bit OF blue.
How we it and loved it and kept II ahead
How worked for each victory, 100. - -,
How W. trained and We schcmed and went where
That faded old bit Of the blue"
applause, loud and lone-cOntinued. ana chccrhSJ
MIR. DEPEW SPEAKS nor YALE.
Clauncey VI. Depew then spoke for Yale. and he
was most enthusiastically received as he stood upon his
| feet. Il >..d
Gentlemen: The Yale Athletic Dinner three years
a:o was the first significant recognition by me Il-
versities oi tLe dcpeiucncG 81 liberal 1is ." "tol
the tribute wrung from brans BY br'l"h ~ W. en-
ncnty fitting and proper mat tic ne" uSPatuJ e"c''
seryativcly holds To tnat which good, she Is me
first 10 and adopt what et"r Tie time u cAp0''
our last celebration aroused ana ritated the siste'
| colleges. In some IT lcd u Ph lpp'a ae"'h,t oIf
champions. and III Others 10 drastic measures to sup
pres athletics as enco1rashs 10 gru,S , nr. vi
v Mod s dl.nrcea6e 70 his rivals or his compc
T T6e YIe aiIee iowcvcr holds Ids LureIs always
sP P play "a and free contest If Yale continues many
more years III her present career oil almost ui'i H,
c,npetitivr arena. and crv. Ar baseball nine ana
her football team Will be kndergarcns Tor ne staoo''
az those colleges who hope lOr victory ana ldiilp- a.
si amd dcvconmcnt o, athletic sports IN American
oilfin anu @ H. first century Of Yale our yolug
came mostly from iaTs , aad o. t riSi rrive1
al New. Haven made them easily both ply sicay ana
mentally, the survival OF IT, ht'es' l,pl S",y
and living and sleeping In uuwanncd rooms, "lhrh
| carried item thiOdsh lie In The rapid inotsi'" ~
wealth and luxurious conducts we aitcr%aid r,'n'
| t'.e perjod where the body was entirely hc6tctd
| and the stimulated mind. bad no physical support.
! ,hc American IeGpe agl l5t mUscULlr training. II
IL not twenty tive yoars sdhce a iarsr iny"rH vi t
| mon women of CouuTN associated phNol' ~
raining AID athletic suprri )rity with clr" cr0p'i
lullethcad and intellectual pI'.cmne'r WIN q ",
figure and hacking cough sulHhouh'cn a.; 4" ,0n ,
| thouclt Al OF VINO are IA Wludt H' '".
rncmber that the minister the LAWYER or the doctor
81 the village who could box BELONGED ~ u@.tS,n
club wa, u member Of an amateur r"!ng as,o,lal''l
cncIe, we're Incompatible with the Of csla"' t'e
| curl G Of bodies 6r the saving n soais. Though
Known 10 he college world beating. and that wa,
in IL infancy 80 few the UNDERGRADUATES induced
campus. And yet loaing has hold its position in ,nc
lead Of eoeSe PoG acar re ye may"s IN unison
| and demons tIifing discipline and "rsilHt m j. Il
81 hnry age and callow youl, Of the toohless cen
| tnuarian ard the most beautiful bud OF the cash
GsTg,ter and applause The boat IS the romance Of
collcs" l,c When vacation over and condolences are
excha ged In the dwiight Il is Of ne cano, upon Ssn
H Ma Ind DIV What She said was crossing A.
lanc liner few years ago VIII one o. ile , n W ers d
hi on lie wac prDmcnading the dcch one altcil,Sh
and heard young lady SAY to her companion ~
ast"pish;nent: Is it possible You don't know him
WHY he is the father Of one Of The iIie crew. N'P
| plsuse)
NOTHING If NOT AMERICAN
The American college l. nothing If not American
rh.otre 4 /, that the great sport IN which the fresh
water and The inland colleges can alike indulge l. tno
field with the football and The diamond WIN 'Io D'.
ord HALL the one made American by our use OF l. Al
1he o. her purely American by Invention ana ueNe"P
resident Eliot at the Harvard dinner the ier st
GENE rouny and nagnanmously Naid uIh ~ We Sr =,
Sond.r how much Yale had accomplished ana wa a r
viii her limited cndOwnent Bu II ms y 'i l,,u i
,,"nj"", hcr almost uninterrupted ana MA, ,,,,
Hmmphs With the lat. ball and The oar, %lth'''
anv urop.r opportunity for gynnasic eael,,s at nm
miraculous (Appausc) If without t, - fn,phes.
,"ir@hv ~ the maine boys could WIN lh'sc lUPt
rba, y.iI thoy do when the new gymnasium 10 oo'p
wa nnuq The cause this cNcclleitc on ti oi'ip
shd opc IA and ON the water t. tie inspiration OF thc
o. M, .njri IL lie never unduly elaed by Ne'fic,'
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