Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-14
CAPTAIN HlNltEY DEFENDED.


Ex-J1dso Rowland Attacks his Critics Is
the Yale Alumni Dinhsf.
The Yale alumni of New York city
held their annual love feast and glorif-
cation meeting at Sherry a the other
night with the usual accomp animent Of
college yells and music, followed by
talks on various subjects Ex- Judge
Henry 3. Rowland, the president Of the
association. had some things 70 Gay in
defense Of Captain Hinksy Of the foot.
hall team after he had tickled his aus
11dience BY telling how fewIvacant places.
Of public trust 2 ale alumni had left for
other men. Referring to football. he
said: sSs
.sWe ellington said the football fields
81 England gave them the victory at7
Waterloo. and although ! would aps
proach an editor who takes 8 different
view in deferential arrltuus 81. I'D be- e.
his pardon for differing from him. a
should say that whatever makes i man
strong, active, quick wyitted; temperate
and we'll disciplined Il ot insstit1ablet
value to him il after life. and this &c
what the well regulated game Of foot
ball does. Yale has been great school
Of instruction in It for the past 3 years I
1T is difficult to restrain within the
bounds Of moderation the feeling Of In
dignation at the treatment BY certain
newspapers during the past season Of
the Yale team. one Of the best that has
ever been on the field. and Its captain
who has never been outclassed by any
player Of any college or any time The,
filings and taunts at them for not follows
ing the advice Of self constituted mems
tors as to with whom and where they
should play were incessant. Misrepres
sentation Of their actions and motives
were Of daily occurrence. Their work
was belittled and their pretensions ridi-
culed.
son, whether conspiracy to punish him
for his natural reserve or partisan prof
udice, there was nothing charged against
him that equaled the 'kneeing' that
these newspapers have given him., but
the whole body Of Yale men, who know
him, resent the accusations, assure him
that they respect him for his sand, his
ginger, his supreme excellence as q
player and for his qualities as man
and say to his critics, who assert that
they aim to tell the truth, that they are
very bad shots.
1.-THE Yale men have never fought
over in the newspapers their football
games, nor have their friends. They
have left it to others in every case. es-
pecially the game at Springfield. One
happy result Of the controversy is proba
ble-that another game will never be
played in New York, but all Of them
on the college grounds. . ss
President Dwight said among other
things in referring to the changes that.
have taken place in college life:
People say that the present genera
tion Of college men is extravaganza.
Things are not going so badly as some
people imagine. The conditions have
changed. The lives Of our sons are not
limited in many Of the ways that we
were. The class which graduated 90
years ago spent on the average q little
more than the class that graduated last
summer. rejoice that my children are
not going to pass through what did.
The improvement Of manners and the
development Of gentlemanly character
among college students has been going
on. !"