The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-13
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
JUNIORS STATEMENT Regarding
THE C0RBETT LETTER EPISODE.

VIII Endeavor to Regain the Flag Sent
Say tho Letter Was Misconstrued-Yale
News Editorial on the Statement-Cuyler
Cup Competition.
The young men of Yale who sent the
letter to Corbett yesterday publishca
the following statement in the Yal
News regarding the affair:
Approaching that a wrong may hay
been done to Yale university by tbs
outcome of our act in sending Val
flag and a letter to James J. Corbett
We make the following statement:
"First-We had no authority to con.
NIT the college or any member of tn,
college other than ourselves, nor die
we intend to do so.
"Second--No one of us had considered
for a moment the inference which, it
now appears, has been drawn from the
misconstruction of our letter.
"Third-Regretting especially, that
we have thus unwillingly and unWit.
tingly cast any slur on the university,
and with the assurance that we viii
do all in our power to undo what harm
we may have done, we are, respectful
ly, j. w. Wadsworth, jr.. Bruce Clark.
j. C. McLauchlan Forsyth Wickes,
Frederic kernochan, Robert ]. Turn
bull, jr Payne Whitney, John S. Rog-
ers, Dallas c. Byers, F. H. Simmons
Moreau Delano, Gouveneur Morris, F.
W. Sheehan.
ha
signed statement says in yesterdays
issue:
Some step of value. perhaps all that
is possible, has at last been taken to-
ward removing the harm and disgrace
to Yale caused by the recent Corbett
letter 1t is found in the statement
published by the News to-day This
should have come at once and in strong
terms, but written as it is now in a
good spirit, backed up by the practical
efforts that are being made to keep the
Yale flag out of the ring, it puts the
signers in far better position before
the college and outside world, and most
important of all, remedies to some eX-
tent the harm dorN this university by
their thoughtlessness.
Their punishment by sending the
letter and banner has been severe. 1t
will, however, serve as a warning, GER
tainly needed, we are sorry to say. to
every Yale man to remember that
Yale's fair name rests in his hands and
| may be jeopardized by even the most
apparently insignificant acts on his
part"
CUYLER CUP COMPETITION.
Tn January, 1893, Thomas Dewitt
| Cuyler, "a, presented to the university
as a memorial of his deceased brother,
Theodore Cuyler, 80, three cups for in
terclass competition in football, rowing
and track athletics. These cups We're
put in the case at the trophy room of
| the gymnasium, and have remained
| there, seemingly but little interest be-
ing paid by any class towards winning
them in interclass competition. Mr..
Cuyler desiring to change this, has
now decided that these cups will be
| given to the class winning in football,
in the spring regatta and in the spring
| games, respectively, for three times out
| of the four years here at college In
each year the winning class shall have
| the privilege of having it's name en-
graved on the cup which belongs to the
| competition in which that class won,
either football. rowing or track athlet-
les. At present '97 has won the spring
regatta twice so that the rowing CUP
will be awarded to that class if it wins
the spring regatta again this year. Mr.
Cuyler has taken this step in order to
increase the interest in interclass ath-
Ietics and it is hoped that his generosi-
ty in giving these cups will be enough
appreciated to make the competition
for them a worthy one.