New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06

body. Henry B. Platt Henry W, Calhoun; George
Cromwell William B. Bristow Henry rrsas G. hopWNn n
WyyS sanford Barnes jr L. f. H. belts George
Brewster W PCSns IT, awar T.y yon F IIsen
/. Polk Harry P. Whitney. George T. Adee Will
lam sloane Cornelius VANDERBILT Jr, O. f. Il.
Wade, Sherman Day. Lewis Z. Sheluon ana hnsoh
l. STUNTS THE MENU.
The menu was an extremely artistic piece OF
work 1t had woodcuts OF St. Johns Gate and n
view OF the River Cam at Cambridge. and OF the
Yale gymnasium and original and fantastic l,:,u
Lion after wet dinner, and good-night design
where the subject has dreams of the days occur
Letters OF regret were read from Sir Julian
Pauncefote. the Duke OF Marlborough and the Brit
with the advent Of cigars and coffee the chair
rose to welcome the teams. In exceedlngly
feicous words he cordially greeted the Britishers
and spoke Of the harmony that such contests Great
ed between the two countries Concluding, he said:
THE visit OF the Cambridge team has added n new
dignity to university contests. From them We can
learn true courtesy and fairness 10 adversares and
assure them that other lessons We have
learned from their methods will not pass UNDECIDED
Captains Koran briefly re fr ,sa
Inequalities which had been accorded them.
Ex-Judge Rowland then presented the gold and
handed Captain sheldon, as representing the win
ming team silver loving cup. az trophy TO the
victorious team
MIR. DEPEW'S SPEECH.
Chauncey NJ. Depew spoke on Earth and all that
therein Is" as follows
Athletics are now the daily commission OF mod
ern colegian. but an athletic dinner Is seldom en-
ioyed After day OF sturdy yet friendly rivalry.
TO meet in the close and cordial communion OF the
baraet for the REPRESENTATIVES OF one OF the most
venerable of English colleges and the second oldest
original and important Athletes have been the
subject OF university discussion for 1900 years;
over the ancients. and our wonderful development.
Except In the material world OF invention and DIS
The question debated in and out OF Aristotle
school at Athens and Plato's school. as aeuiely
IA. and upon the same lines that, II IL discussed
to-day. Neither faculty nor students have changed
In the centuries.
THE DIET OF ATHLETES.
Aristotle opposed athletics because. in his judg-
ment. they diverted the mind from serious study.
while Plato denounced the Olympan games on ac-
count OF the rich diet furnished the athletes
while they in training. This last complaint
hardly applies to the young trained to-day.
The conditions. however. widely different. We
live better than did Greek. either In the Pla-
Greece boasting among its children those named
Alcibades. Percles and Socrates. feasting hilari-
ously upon dinner Of lettuce. cucumbers, lemons
and herbs enliyened with vinegar and olive oil.
plato's grievance against the O.ymplan games vas
that while the athletes were in training meat was
added to this diet.
OUTDOOR EXERCISE AND CLIMATE
The school men OF the Middle Ages knew moth
ing OF athletic sports, unless include the pedes
tranism necesstated by the defective transportation
facilities OF the age. The English universities have
always cultivated physical training. and the Amer
lean universities. having sprung from their lons
vigorously and enthusiastically continue the prac-
tce. Climate has something 10 do with athletic
triumph. II has bccn claimed that the atmosphere
OF English towns where the universities located
Is so oppressive and debltatlng that outdoor exer
else Is necessary to keep off pneumonia and nervous
prostration, while the climate OF ;he United states
Is 50 changeabe and exciting that outdoor exercise
produces pneumonia ani nervous prostration. Ac.
cepiing this philosophy true, IL i wonder that
Yale lost with oxford on the Isis and Cornell
nd wa on he IN al or or na AM
lost the prizes to-day 1t Is still left for England
sqd me @ 10 say bp he y US axe our climate
| notice that comment has been made on both
sides OF the water concerning the strange animals
which the English athletes IN their letters home
stated prowled around their camp in Morris Park
;hreatenag their life ana disturbing their rest This
phenomenon is common after athletic games, but
not before There has never been football contest
not followed some time during the night by
the Yale and Princeton students meeting i've tigers
nomenal proportions in Fifth-ave.
SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING RACE.
The climate OF Great Britain is the same to-day
that it was when the Puritans sailed from Scroby
to Delft Haven on their way Plymouth Rock.
215 years ago. Its external influence. with the In
ternal operation Of English cakes and tarts. made
who did much for civil and religious liberty.
Transferred to our climate-and pie 1t has trans
getc. adventurous constructive. mentally active.
broad minded and dyspeptic OF mortals An emil
that II the highly organized and overnervOus Amer
lean could spend in middle life Two years In Great
duced his stolid and solid ancestors that never
knew nerve. IL would add materially to his health
happiness and longevity by adding on TO American
conditions the environments that produced the
strength of the forefathers 1t IL not climate or
rrstfe rna1i nd r,f.
ments that makes the Americans and the English
nations OF athletes. II IL race 1t is the all
Arctic zone despite It's ley grip. and, regardless
OF its terrors; develops ali the possibilities of the
explore the world TO develop It's possibilities to
advance civilization and through the processes
OF conquest. 10 promote universal peace as that
dominant people whose flag enclrces the globe and
who having settled North America have made
nations OF the earth These two Notwithstanding
nations, with their free Institutions and their large
earth reyolves. hours in the day when it, rays
DO not illuminate either the Stars and Stripes or
the Union Jack.
ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES
IL l77G thought that we were old enough big
enough and strong enough to up for ourselves
without any further paternal guidance and we al
once proceeded to DO This event naturally
created an unpleasantness that lasted many A year
About a century after dispute between
Great Bri ain and the United States, which in any
1 ,S, dse Oh recorned ume Would nave led to
disastrous war. The conscience Of these kindred
peoples rose in indignant protest against a conflict
OF arms. and the Geneva arbitration settled forever
the method to be followed in arbtrating disputes
between the Old country and the new. Accident; and
not design, has produced the bcnehcent revolutions
OF the world. The conditions for these revolutions
have always existed but il has been from an un-
expected quarter that the spark has dropped which
has nred the train. Orsnis bomb frightened an
Emperor and carried the consprator TO the guillo-
tine. but II Immediately secured the alliance be-
tween France and the House OF savoy II brought
on the battle OF Solf-rino. and ii liberated and
united Italy. There have been peace congresses
innumcrahle ir the last hfy years and yet the
armament Of nations both by land and sea grows
apace. peace delegation OF members Of the House
of Commons arrives in NeW-YOrk and travels over
the United States without the universal inter-
viewer caring 10 meet them. 4 peace congress sits