San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-11
YALE INDIGNANT
BECAUSE STUDENTS SENT THEIR
WE'LL WISHES TO OORBETT.
Faculty and Students Alike DenounCe it
As an insult to the Oollege-Af-
fair Not Yet Settled,

Herald. from New Haven, Conn, says:
There is trouble in Yale because of
the letter which thirteen undergrad
yates sent to Mr.. James j. Corbett,
wishing him success in his coming
contest with Fitzsimmons. When the
news was first published that the
letter and a Yale flag had been sent
to the prize fighter there came ma
ny kilograms from graduates, asking
that the particular young men in
whom he was interested, whose names
were signed to the letter, would deny
the authenticity of the signatures.
Then came the announcement that
the letter was genuine and the fac
ulty has been holding indignation
meetings and thinking of things to do
to eXtricate Yale from her position.
The send&s of the letter called before
the faculty and told them that they
must not only assume all RESPONSE
bility for the letter but retract, over
their signatures, that students of Yale
had nothing to do with it being sent.
Accordingly the students made the
following statement:
The members of the junior class
who wrote the letter that appeared
in the New York papers wish to state
that they willingly retract phrases in
it which pretend to represent the SEN
timent of the university"
The original letter which was inspir-
ed by a birthday party is as follows:
yale, March p, 1897.
James J. COrbett, Champion of the
WOrld-Dear Sir: We, of the Junior
class, of Yale university, desire to eX-
press to you our heratiest wishes for
your success in the battle on st. Pat
rick's day. Ever since your first visit
to New Haven, last fall, and your APP
pearence on our football field at the
college, we have maintained the deep
est interest and hopes for your tri-
umph.
Here ut Yale we realized how much
brain and science count in all athlet-
ic contents, We regard you as the
| highest exponent of the .brainy box
er. hence our implicit faith and conf
dence in the outcome of the battle.
I'VE learn of your splendid physical
cOrditiOn, and see only one finish for
this fight. Now jim, we hope that you
will hang this Yale flag in your train
ing quarters and in your corner at the
ring side and remember that it was
message of Yale luck and pluck.
Go in and win and delight the hearts
of all true Yale men.
(Signed9
WASH WADWORTH.
u. C. MLAUGHLIN. Cleveland, o.
"FORSYTHE WICKES, New York.
rrlyr3ININnf rrhnlynifhh
frederick KERNOCHAN, New
York.
"ROBT. J, TURNBULL, Norris
town, n. J.
PAYNE WHITNEY, New York.
DALLAS G. BYERS, Pittsburg, Pa.
"MOREAU DELANO, New York.
&c. MORRIS, New York.
"F. w. SHEEHAN, West Haven.
"F. II. SIMMONDS, Brooklyn, NY"
Among the signers are sons Of for
mer Secretary VIM. G. Whitney and
the late Governor Morris. Corbett tel
egraphed back that he would put the
flag in his corner on the day of the
fight.
What punishment the faculty will
infiict is not known, but judging from
the serious manner in which the af-
fair has been taken, the penalty will
not be light. The students declare they
will call a mass meeting and denOunce
the men who sent the letter and this
has only been temporarily aYerted.
by the prominence and popularity OF
those who signed their names to the
letter
The Yale flag referred to was sill
ken banner of the university order. 1t
is twenty-four inches long, eighteen
inches wide, and bears the word,
yale" in letters four inches high.
The Yale Daily News, the official
publication of the university, in an
editorial says:
1.-THE letter written and signed by
few men in the junior class is utterly
disowned and repudiated by Yale I'M
der graduates. Its senders doubtless
composed the document with the idea
that it would be good joke, but
where this comes in it is hard to see
even for men in college, while out
siders and graduates will certainly
consider it a most serious thing.
''The very fact that it purported to
represent the opinion of the UNIVERSE
ty on an event that should be, and is,
of no interest here, absolutely pre-
vents it being considered a joke nor
is the harm it has done Yale and the
strong condemnation of 1t by the
many communications sent to the
News very funny things. By pretend
ing to give college sentiment or even
Implying that there is college senti-
ment on such a subject. the letter is
a direct insult to every Yale man.
'"Then too. the disgrace to the uni
yersity having it's flag appear in that
Drize fighting ring, cannot be meas