New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
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rALsEHooDs ~ THE RECENT ATTACK on THE
NEw-HAvEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ALLEGED WHERE NONE EXISTED
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; | regret to that great interest Is being
taken In the recent attack the morality OF Yale
College. Yale men know how false 1t IL. and seem
generally 10 think that II does not need TO be re-
futed. but. recognizing this interest, venture to
write n few lines based on knowledge of the
facts gained by four years course just finished
Let me point out few cases where the facts can
be ascertained readily and in no sense matters
OF opinion NewHaven is spoken OF as city or
two hundred thousand" 1t numbers barely one
hundred thousand. The map printed includes the
old State House and six college buildings. all OF
which have been torn down. and 1t omits every
college building built during the last ten years
Among those omitted are Vanderbilt. Phelps, os-
born, WEIGH. the Chittenden Library "hite
Berkeley and the new gymnasium. This map pro-
fesses to locate sxtysix saloons within TWO docks
OF the campus and green" As matter OF iac'
there are but ten places that can in any way be
called saloons within two blocks walk OF the
campus Only n few of these patronized by
students and these are properly restaurants with
bars. The only regular saloon receiving much sup
port is Paul Weil's. The reporter apparently mis-
took Dr. smyth's chapel for church. a'd scored
him for no. closing some four saloons on the plea
or q Connecticut law 1orDluulns sa'ooi
$40 hundred feet OF any church. but the only
buildings within two hundred feet Of Centre Church
are Trinity Church and United Church, and some
persons may be surprised to learn that neither
has bar.
There is drinking at Yale, and some drunkenness'
but when this careful reporter tried 10 describe
the celebration after the Princeton football game
he either told deliberate falsehoods or thought That
every young man In New-Haven was lale SUI
dent, and that every one VINO drank was W IN.
Tn he
hotels drunk the next morning aha ,rn rst ne
ha na to S sasst SHt hf ffH' enough
were hundreds Of others in New-Haven hoteis that
Gs an instance OF how he could distort fact
let take the reporters account Oh ia'd dryynLan
orgy after an athletic victory. in which the stu.
dents raced around in their pajamaSs, and at i as
tore these OF and about naked or course .is
isk eo' Of q the Senior Class
that the are ey wSrH collar Hsgr and
necktie and as one who took part last year,
can testify that no one was drunk. rooo-dea
hnd one truth This is the statement that TIE
Y NJ c. A. at Yale is "of remarkable strens.hh,
those interested are sadly in minority" This is
not true. Out OF 900 students IN lhe ", .his
than thirteen HUNDRED ar are the largest College
Y.M c. A. in the world. The religious influences
at HSIs are sc fieocE sha The fesos
OF other colleges recognize Yale position orsb
Hid s,ndents' conference Is given to the study OF
yale methods" This is done In the case on nc, no
other college 1t may be worth noting tnat III ore
academic class graduated last June twenty -oile
intend TO enter the ministry the missionary SER
vice ,.o,.-,. ..oLio.x "a tho
faculty BY their close acquaintance with the cor,
dtons OF college life are the persons Dese nL.eu
to solve its perplexites Judged by the rules else
where Yale is lax. There are today, as a. az
yavs students suspended or on PROBATION Lot
S,,::nLenness but to prevent fellows from entering
places where liquor is sold Is Impossible ana u, -
driving
whiskev These students are not boys IN tne',
teens but are mostly young men who nave reacheu
a age at which IN their homes they are hio"e" ="
large measure OF discretion -, . .,,o
In conclusion | would suggest that the men VINO
have been graduated at Yale in the past AZ d
sufficient testimony the character or me coisSe'
Washington. Feb 10. ls9s iAl'H' ~