Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-14
CAPTAIN HINKEY DEFENDED.
Ex-Judge Rowland Attacks his Critics q
the Yale Alumni Dinnef.

Ex-Judxe Rowland Attacks His Critics 1t
the Yale Alumni Dinhef. 8
The Yale alumni Of New York city
held their annual love feast and glorifi-
cation meeting at Sherry's the other
night with the usual accompaniment Of
college yells and music, followed by
talks on various subjects. Ex-Judge
Henry 2. Rowland, the president Of the
association. had some things to say in
defense Of Captain Hinkey Of the foot
ball team after he had tickled his au.
dience by telling how fewvaoant places
Of public trust Yale alumni had left for
other men. Referring to football, he
said:
wellington said the football fields.
81 England gave them the victory at
Waterloo. and although would ap.
proach an editor who takes different
view in deferential arrlruu. : I'D hee
his pardon for differing from him, I
should say that whatever makes man
strong, aotiyej quick witted; temperate
and we'll disciplined IL st inestimable
value to him in after life, and this is
what the we'll regulated game Of foot
ball does. Yale has been great school
Of instruction in it for the past 10 years
It is difficult to restrain within the,
bounds Of moderation the feeling of ill.,
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 it's 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 mem,
tors as to with whom and where they
should play were incessant. Misrepre-
sentation Of their actions and motives
were Of daily occurrence. Their work
was belittled and their pretensions ridi-
ouled.
Whatever may have been the rea-
son, whether q 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 a
player and for his qualities as a man
and say to his critics, who assert that
they aim to tell the truth, that they are
very bad shots.
'sTha Yala mon have newer. fonoht
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. - "a.
President Dwight said among other
things. in referring to the changes that
have taken place in college life: S
People say that the present genera
ton 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 little
more than the class that graduated last
summer. Irejoice that my children are
not going to pass through what I did
The improvement Of manners and the
development Of gentlemanly character
among college students has been going
on.''