New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-11

replied, and explained that inasmuch the rental
from dorTntories brought in a revenue Of about
per cent gift taking that form might not easily
be refused. He thought 1t probable also, that the
prosperous secret societies of the scientific de-
partment void continue to build clubhouses for the
accommodation OF their members. Mention was
also made of the possible loss. through the action
Of the State Legislature last year. of the Govern
ment appropriation from which the school had en-
Joyed an income amounting In recent years to
s25 600 $4,000. They had been disposed to count
upon 1t as though 1t had been interest an in
vestment Of 100000 but 1t is to be said that this
question is still In dispute and may terminate
favoraby.
The professor decidedly of the opinion that
the people of the United States not spending
nearly enough mone~ for the equipment OF educa-
tiona institutions. Just think what Zurich has,!
he said. There they put 100000 francs into one
laboratory building, and when | was wondering at
such expenditure and asked how much a similar
building across the way had cost was told,
oh. that was not so expersive-that was only
100000 francs Such little country as Switzer-
land! Compared With such achievements we are
not doing much but little"
The great difficulty at Yale. he added was the
small amount available for professors salaries
They can't get the good men. OF course the feel-
Ing of loyalty comes into play and keeps the old
men on the ground. but with new institutions IN
and thousand dollars a year. the younger men
Will not take Yae's two and three thousand dollar
That New Haven people outside OF the college do
not think the boys are being sufficiently provided
for is evident to any one who walks through the
beautifully shaded streets that lead away from the
campus on all sides. Large and substantial look
tors. who expect to secure returns from their in
Tes,mens by letting suites OF b Corner To s' Of
College and Crown SITS, only one block away from
Fence used TO stand Suites Of three rooms in
this buildlngwhich is just good modern APART
may not be had for less than $1,000 on the ground
floor. and $500 on the second floor. -
had more less TO say In regard TO question that
has been raised by both the friends and the critics
growing tendency toward extravagance and extrava-
H BAR, at Of h s 'eHs a tn the hat
sprit-to the earnest and genuinely American
rom tho ,ne Hu' ana said to the Whole country
Rich or poor, let the best man win?
II n hs plant ,S has bsrn f
an imperative demand-the demand OF young men
they have the right to enter if they can pass the
and n that shalt ae be pn IN
possession of appliances for good work and com m
fortabe living If there are @ aGp iSap ha l3r
are 50 many millionaire sons ana If 600 ,a;
a large Of these
IS chiefly occupied in wasting money. ~ rs, Is ruS rue
elsewhere true. that as the number Of indiyidu-
ais is increased, the proportion Of wealthy or eX
5Innssr 9 MDrsove to how
careless or oVeranxious critics have b@cn
deceived There are. matter OF fact, more
hoys VINO spend large sums OF money at Yale now
than formerly. or there are; ana Tor th,e
very simple reason that there are more boYs OF
all degrees Of wealth and poverty There Is NOR NOR,
effort to supply the sons of wealthy families with
suitable lodgings-as In TOO Vanderbilt Hal, ana
so there is more provision for poor students
witness the dormitory that the college IS
putting up. to contain rooms at moderate rental;
,witness the new scholarships. the remodc'ling OF
the Commons" where good food Is furnished NJ
cost There are in a freshman class to-dM az
many members as the entire academical depart
ment or college proper. could claim twenty years
selves very much at home for four years or so az
Yale. Now. as then. Yale looks toward the whole Who'll
students who find, now then. even more scope
for the individual even less regard for the vulgar
distinctions OF wealth. at Ehu's old foundation
than elsewhere in America; and one might safeiy
repeat at a meeting OF Yale men to-day. the say
ing of an eloquent graduate who was addressing
Yale men twenty years ago. and who then de-
ella rod: ~ for tn" glory OF a coll"g" mat me
college should be rich. and that its students should
be pOOr"