The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-12
lALES EUROPEAN VISITORS
PARTY OF STUDENTS GAZE ON
YALE,S anCRIrECTURE,


Delegation of Worlds Students Chris
tian Federation--Not Studying Yale's
Methods.
A party of five students from various
universities OF continental Europe are
at present stopping at the Tontine ho-
tel for the purpose of getting glimpse
at some of the buildings Of New Ha-
ven's big university. They arrived at
the Tontine Saturday night and will
leave here for New York to-day.
One of yesterdays papers announced
their arrival by stating that twelve
delegates, representing the leading ed
ucational institutions of as many for
eign countries, had arrived in New Ha-
ven on the previous night for the pur-
pose Of Investigating the educational
methods of Yale university. The paper
further announced that the visitors
were among the leading educators of
all Europe. .
1t was with a feeling Of some trepida-
tion that a reporter of the Journal and
Courier visited the Tontine last evening
and asked to be shown to the rooms
Of "the leading educators Of all Eu-
rope"
1t was perhaps but reasonable to ex-
pect that the above-titled gentlemen
would resemble the elderly and highly
dignified gentlemen who are usually re-
garded as the leading educators in this
city, and, in a word. men whose chief
delight would be found in scanning
Homeric poetry with Yale's great Greek
scholar, Professor Seymour, or In dis
cussing psychic phenomena with Pro-
fessor Ladd.
What was his surprise, therefore,
when his timid knock elected a strong
and hearty come in and on entering
to find q party Of pleasant-faced young
men, about the same age as one would
find in the graduate department of
Yale. trepidation completely vanished,
on cordial invitation. student-fasllion,
to be seated on the bed, the room lack
ing sufficient chairs, ''the leading edu-
Gators of Europe" freely answered all
questions and talked most entertain
ingly of their own university life and
did not break forth in Homeric poetry
or start a discussion on the substate
of consciousness, as apprehended.
The party is composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: Won Oertgen, a stu
dent at the university of Halle in Ger
many, and executive officer of the stu
dent volunteer movement in that uni
versity; Otto Zuest, a student at the
university of Erlanger; Heinrich Witt
of Berlin, secretary OF the student sec
I ton for Christian work among the stu
dents of that university; e. H. Shorten
of Amsterdam university, and Andre
Chazel of the university Of Paris. All.
the party speak good English. They
are in this country as delegates to a
conference of the Worlds Student
Christian Federation, held the past
week at Williams college. Williams
town, Mass
This federation Is made up of stu
dents from ten countries and has for
its object the promotion of Bible study
and Christian work in student commu-
mites the world over.
Prior to attending the convention at
Williamstown the party attended Mr..
d. L. Moody's summer schol for stu
dents at Mortified, Mass, which lasted
ten days. They expressed themselves
as highly pleased with both conven-
tons At the Northfield meeting 600
students were present, including rep
resentatives from twenty-seven differ
ent counties.
Good speakers addressed the meet
tngs, which were very interesting
After the Worlds Students Chris
tian Federation at Williamstown closed
they desired to see something of the
universities of America, and chose Yale
as among the most famous. They were
invited to come here by H. P. Beach,
Yale '78, of Arlington, N. J.
The party will not devote much of
their limited time in the study of
Yale's methods and in interviews with
President Dwight and others, as the
Sunday informant stated, in fact the
leading educators Of Europe were con-
siderably feaZed when asked If they
had called upon President Dwight YET,
and 1t was necessary to explain to
them that he was the gentlemen at the
head of the university.
There will be nothing of the close ex-
animation of Yales educational meth
DDS suggested, it not being a very good
time for making such an examination
as the educational factory has shut
down for the summer snd the profess
sors have carried away most of the
methods with them on their summer va
cation. What the party is doing is the
taking Of an unostentatious glance at
the buildings of Yale, the home of for
nler athletic greatness, much the same
as a party of Yale students might look
at the buildings of the old European
universities. They are being conducted
about the grounds by Mr.. Frank Hotch-
kiss, the superintendent. They express
themselves as greatly pleased with the
buildings, denominating some of them
as palaces" and say that they have
fine buildings in their own universities,
but no dormitories.
Yesterday they climbed to the top of
East Rock, where they enjoyed the cool
breezes and the beauties Of the land
scape. They also attended worship at
the Davenport church, heard Rev. DR.,
Meserve preach and Joined his Bible
class.
They expressed themselves as well
pleased with the city and university.
They will visit no other college. bur
will go direct TO New York from here.
where they will sail for Europe the 18th
instant on the Teutonrc IN order to be
back in time to be present at the Au-
ollsT cassion of their respective univer