New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-28
YALE UNIVERSITY.
DEBATES AND LOCAL
DEBATING CLUBs-THE FACULTY CLUBS

INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES AND L'OAi1
DEBATING CLUBs-THE FACULTY CLUBS.
New-Haven. Conn. Oct 27.-The present year
promises 70 be a most active one in 1ale debating
circles The various societies are reorgahA"s '''
the winters work and several important confer
ences IN regard to It have already been held. For
the intercollegiate debates delegates from Harvard
and Princeton met az New-Haven and arranged ior
the contests Of this year. At this meeting Harvard
was represented by Professor George +, BAKER anu
= G Boiling president OF the Harvard University
Debating club: Princeton by Professor W NJ.
Daniels and J. H. Monatt chairman OF the Prince
ton intercollegiate Debating Committee ana lale
by DR. T. V Reynolds and A. D. leaVitt president
If the Yale Debating Association. The most I'M
portant business transacted was In regard 10 'i e
manner Of judging the debates The JUDGES WILL
hereafter act uniformly. receiving definite instruc-
ttons as TO the basis in which their decisions must
be given and thus one OF the diihculues IN inter-
COLLEGIATE debating will be obvated The 1orhal
dinner which has accompanied the DEBATES mas
been abolished. and the affirmative viii this year
close the debate The Harvard-Ya ale debate taxes
place in New Haven IN March, and the frnce'oh-
Yale debate at Princeton in May.
one OF the chief difficulties in debating at Yale
has been bring together The different sos sTeS
Junior and Sophomore wigwaIns; the junior
Wranglers and the Freshman Mon a.! III = e a.
Club Of the Law schoo and the Leonard b tops
club Of the Divinity school Tnese orgah,za oUas
ton A series Of debates between these various
cInbe vii he arranged and In every way possible
,bafr weekly meetings will be made 70 give Nalu-
shIa training In speaking. Yale graduates as a
body have shown a warm interest IN tnls az 90
,nort ~ Yale Nfe and the revival or debate Is one
~ The important college movements Presldehl
Tadley has always identified himself WIN ,he es
hating socefies The success OF many p J are team
has been due 10 his advice and ENCOURAGEMENT, ana
among his regular college courses ne mas oHeteu
one on Economic Debates a course given lnls
year by Or. Reynolds. $1,000 j., -, .o. ,,,Ae-
The statistics Of the attendance in me Two ~
graduate departments have been COMP. ed. ana
show that there great chanee III ne ~
tendance from the various sections Of ne county
Vermont Massachusetts, Rhode Island ana Con-
,,scficnt send more men than last year; fennsyi-
.enis shoWs 2 decrease Of twelve over last year
Representation Of last year. From foIeign couh5,
tries Turkey Italy. Germany, Sweden MeNlc9 anu
T,oi.nd send students The Hawaiian lslancs, as
usual are represented Yale having becoming Cyse
i, ,dantiAeG with Hawaiian interests Inc Japan
90. delegation always a large one, is connned 70
Among the important factors IN Yales intellect
nal lie re the various clubs, composed OF the
members Of the faculty and advanced stuoent,s
There are eleven Of these organizations NE
Classical Club. the Mathematcal CLUB, the 70
litical Science Club the Philosophical club, the
Semitic Club the Biblical club me M9oern Ian
euaee Club the English Club. the Physics Journa
1,lIh the Engineers Club and the Chemical tlup
Meetings are held in the seminary rooms OF the
various departments. and papers or criticism ana
reeearch work are read and discussed The at
tendance AZ these clubs is large. and the Tork
they accomplish Is indicative OF the inteieetual
act{vtfv Of Inc university The first meeting Of the
Modern Language Club. on october 2. Will be
memorial meeting for the late Professor Jules
Iunuiens Of the French department.