The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-01
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING
YiLE GRADUATES.

A Yale Mans Mission Work in Japan
Yale Hockey Team-Hale Mems Success
in the Pulpit-A Silver Anniversary-Oth-
er Notes.
The Yale hockey team will play the
st. Nicholas Rink team in New York
city at s o'clock Wednesday evening.
The makeup of the team will be as
follows: Forwards, j. A. Hall '97 S,
NJ. G. Chace 80 S., II. N. Ryder 81, and
A. f. Barnes '97 s., backs, w. r. Cor
bin '96 S., C. s. Morris '96 The rink
is on the corner of Eighth avenue and
West SiXty-sixth street, An opportun-
ity being thus given for Yale men who
are in New York to see the team play.
NEW PASTOR OF A WILLIMANTIC
CHURCH-MADE A FINE RECORD
AT YALE.
Rev. Edward II. George, the new pas
tor of the Willimantc Congregational
church,s was born in Providence, r. l.,
and is a graduate of Yale. He was a
Latin instructor at Yale, and was one
of the highest men in his class when he
graduated.
For two years Mr.. George was tutor
in the Norwich Free Academy. The
first church Mr. George was pastor of
was the Congregational church at New
port, VT, from which place he comes
to Willimantic. The summer of 1856
Mr.. George spent abroad. Mr.. George
will do1i frSt in,
mantle ON Easter Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. George will occupy the handsome
residence of Mrs. Lorenzo Litchfeld, on
Windham street, which they have pur-
chased.
YALE DIVINITY STUDENTS CAN
DIDACY.
The Meriden Republican says: J. H.
Grant, a Yale divinity school student
and candidate for the pastorate, preach
ed for the Center church people Sum-
day. 1t was his second appearance in
that pulpit, and he. more than fulfilled
the expectations of the people who had
heard him before. His sermon was a
thoroughly pleasing one, the lessons
drawn Of a practical nature, and the
language used was charmingly rem
dered. He touched on theology but lit
Tie, IL dily, Uul GGlNGu llllo the every
day life phases to his subject.
Mr.. Grants appearance in the pulpit
is attractive and he possesses attri-
butes which go to make up pulpit
orator of more than the ordinary. His
enunciation is plain and distinct, and
he has an ease and gracefulness in his
deliverance that is admirable. He is a
fine reader which is an accomplishment
of few.
SUCCESSFUL MISSION WORK IN
JAPAN
Yesterdays Yale News says: The
work of Mr.. John Trumbull Swift
should be of special interest to Yale
men from the fact that for the past
year and half they have been mate
rally contributing toward his support
' in Japan. Graduating from Yale in 1884
Mr.. Swift served one year in New
York city in YM.C.A work as assistant
secretary, and two years as general sec
rotary at Orange, N. J. In 1888 he went
out to Japan and secured a position as
instructor of English in one of the mis-
sion colleges in Toxic. There were
$4,000 students in the university, col
leges and high schools at the time, this
affording a splendid opportunity for es-
tablshing a strong association. Mr..
Swift founded college associations in
the Imperial university, the Upper Mid
die college and the First Commercial
college, besides putting on a broad I'M
UNCONVENTIONAL basis the central asso-
citation already formed in Toxic. The
next year he was appointed secretary
for Japan by the International associa-
ton, thereby becoming their first secre-
tary in Asia Two years ago attention
was called to the fact that although
Yale men were engaging more or less
F in Christian work in New Haven, yet
as body they were taking very little
interest in matters outside, and espec-
tally in foreign lands. For many years
the students of Williams college have
supported some one of their number in
the foreign field, and as Cornell and
Princeton have been doing something
along similar lines, the support of Mr..
Swift's work naturally suggested itself
as interesting to Yale men. At joint
meeting of the Home and Foreign mis-
sions committees in 1894 member of
the faculty being present the PROPOSE
ton of taking up the support of Mr..
Swift and his work was carefully con-
sidered and voted for unanimously.
This action seemed especially appro-
pirate at that time as Mr.. Ebert B.
Monroe, who had given the money for
Dwight hall and who had been person
ally supporting Mr.. Swift, had just
died, leaving Mr.. Swift without means
of support. It was decided to raise the
money necessary by the method Of
weekly offerings to be laid by and
handed to the collectors at the end of
each month. Last year 5000 was raised
among the members of the four aca-
demic classes in addition to the $500 for
the support of the East street mission,
but this year it is hoped that twice
that sum can be sent to Japan from
Yale The offerings have ranged from
five cents to over a dollar a week, but
the average has ben about twenty-five
cents per week; lump sums, while not
refused, are discouraged. The giving
is open to all departments of the uni
yersity, but thus far almost all the
gifts have come from the academic de-
partment.