The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-20
YALE MEN TALK FOOTBALL.
.,cU NF1Ns THAT THE ALUMNI
GET TOGETHER AND DINE.

,..,.. OF other Iusututions Joi- "a
oats, OF the ois ConsEs-Her sons Were
.,r.,. Fighters, the Rev. SIR. stiles
..,.-Rovdoin's Representative Speaks
-,,s tie Eptbustss- Inspired By =
r.,,,,ehr. sciourn ne New Hsven.
A. blue 4 company OF men az ever made
.,,v Assem- bled at Sherry's last night The
-.,n card was blue. the cigars we're tied With
L.. ,ibbons the flowers we're vioet-that be-
- m. nearest to blue In the floral line-a blg
hn. flag hung on the wall. and the younger
IN Yelled Rahl Rah! Rshs!" until they
..rs nearly blue in the face.
t,v.s the annual dinner OF the Yale Alumni
,..o,iation. Princeton's colors were there,
s.neine in a corner and Columbia's flag hung
80, the balcony. Harvsrd's crimson was not
s,,nlaysd until the dinner was nearly over.
Thst however. was not due to lack OF friend
hin The expressman had made blunder
yv.rybody talked football. Capt Hinckey
.,.prssent. unacceptable without his foot
,.n hair In fact. to look at him slipping
harry and smoking a cigarette. one would
,.,.r have believed that he could slide along
N. ground on his stomach for twenty feet
ainging to another mans leg
Henry 4. Howland. the amiable successor OF
rh,uncey VI. Depsw as President Of the asso-
station. presided and spoke about football.
prssIdent Dwight said omethinC about the
rroeress OF education. and pointed out the
ut that the old spirit OF Yale was still dis
played by the leven.
Tn. Hon. II. c. Robinson OF Hartford began
S,mying The hard times have thinned our
,,mbers a little tonight" and wound up
9TH football He told some funny stories
,hout the Governors OF various States. and
then said
From Governors | naturally come to the
triumphs OF Cupid during the past year. At
Washington saw our distinguished Secretary
otstate sitting at the feet Of that injured. de.
rossd wronged Queen. and exchanging sigh
tor sigh with G.iliuokalani. who. to borrow from
ths Canticles Is as black as the tents OF Kedar
And A. comedy as the curtains OF Solomon.
And Mr.. Chairman. II we can depend upon
that exponent OF the present administration.
that noied journal Tue NV loEK SuN. then
the result 81 IL all VIII lie that there Will be q
breach Of promise suit
Nj, Isaac Bromley read p9ep entitled a
Lay 81 UGsrn eS RoSs
The Rev. VIII liam \. stiles spoke on " The
Progress Of Education and said in part:
Il may be worth while TO state for the In
ptruciion OF the Younger alumni present that
Yale College was not Origi established to
develop. perpetuate and glorify the game Of
in Enickeru ockers Oh the fret rage Of the. lac
literary Magazine. had n pair OF well IN odelled
and wsmqsS5sd "S' ana 10 i'm m 6nd I hssG
IN more Enlightened era. Ho had head Of
hair too. which would have proved an adequate
hind II nigh have been called upon to give
or take when projected into the toughest kind
OF atackle And yet he probably never kicked
pigskin unless there was q pig inside Of IL.
He never OK perienced the wild delight OF hear
Inc row OF ribs crack. aud OF feeling the
walls OF some fellows thorax cave IN ,prder
bis knees in = scrimmagc; and probably he
ie1er bit anyt ody in the back.
The fact is that when the college was
banded there was a prevalent belief. at least
b some portions Of Connecticut, that man had
10 immortal soul: that in fact this was about
vi there was OF him worth taking into ac-
count; that the body was at best a dead weight.
The spectacle of q deafness principle In car
bal confnementi naturally appealed to every
generous mpathy and noble passion, and its
rescue was plainly the one work which every
since the accepted way OF rescuing souls at
scatained them in rows on benches and
preach sermons at them. Yale College. which
sen As n 59T the
and the mother OF fervid gospel ministry.
Isutle Exercise IN divinity Began 6eiore breaE.
iast, and was kept up with increased violence
III day long ana not man Vas ever out OF
ties apoloGetics and. least OF all. in polemics
But. alter ALL the Yale religion always
seemed to have a pugnacious quality; It was
religion with tight in 1t, and bald headed
graduates who remember the cheerful man
nrr in which some OF those old preachers
used to assail tho Pope. the devil. the heather
world, and the Democratic party. recog-
nized in Il the same spirit which in latter times
developed an lnvncihle and Irresistible foot
ball team after athletics had little by
little taken place Of theology, and foot:
Then the student whose father was SS'e dis
tingaished doctor Of divinity; or even a
common stock. Now tho pride Of tirth works |
backward, and many father who was never
heard o. before has been lifted into sudden |
college line for i've, Yards. And now what |
o. the fqtnrel Plainly there must be
ssRs ianocu?as and do'i transform mat It in il.
% sort OF parlor croquet. How are We to de, |
Was ever soldier made stout-hearted by en- !
Sy.a S;; q %sTa effect ioS SRsR
would be a hollow mocksry unless II offered |
INVITING OPPORTUNITIES TO commit mayhem. !
more effective, aud the best way to accomplish |
MS ua would DO to equip every man with brass
he has a dull Imagination who cannot
summon before his mind's eye the VISION OF |
zane In which. as tho controversy eul inmates, |
every man will draw his weapon and make play |
or the honor OF his Alma Mater until |
ooth teams. with all the substitutes and ref
.tees and Judges. are piled up in heaps. while
NE solitary Yale man who j. not uncon scious
WI WI shake the fragment OF his bag and shout
NJ Edward 7. Mitchell was then introduced
~, gentleman from the northern part OF |
WIS country, from an institution which has
Holgeed Hawthorne aud LonGfellow. and !
thhIeh In his person has produced one OF the
prightest mo In New York"
NJ hNche!l, in response TO the toast The
StaSlIhnmunlty of College Interests" spoke as
This Is the first opportunity that has ever
SSsttvned 10 me to acknowledge a personal
HHo' 70 The Institution which is nearest TO
sne heArts 81 tie great majority OF those
Essent The obligation has run long
luz, long enough 10 60 from bridgeport
van nuzeny.lle by bic strain on the
SSnOssA'onle lailTOad. Sooner or later there
E.gieas % a col eye men time when We
trrut 70 shY at the open pages Of the
WsNhAl cata ogue with something 81
.ss,A' vague sensations that are expert
prsss. w elnhrmed spinisterhnOd in the |
unAslNe.s o. the family Bible, We begin TO |
minosAtl the point of view OF at least the |
terysi EIlatrhs, and II is after such an in
mar YOU viii PARDON the brief personal re-
ine h, mar Ind myself again At Yale. enjoy
tAlty -s second time her uneluA!led hospi-
Yslane had fence At Rowdoin like that ~
the sse.I mssIs0' whic we expected 10 prevent
Iaytisi we OF Our bright stars II was only /
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