The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23


 of professional men, should extend its
 congratulations and hospitality to Pres
 ident Hadley, a New Haven man, a
 member of the New Haven Chamber of
 Commerce, whose talents and ability
 have deserved his selection to this high
 office; and this hospitality was extend-
 ed not only to him, but to the whole
 university through it's representative men, It is fitting that courtesies should be extended by the city and Chamber of Commerce to the university and it's representatives.
 According to the newspaper reports, President Hadley said that ''the uni versity people have always wanted to have the New Haven people participate In the university lectures, concerts and other entertainments, but the New Ha- ven people were not always sure that we meant it, but thought we lied" This seems strong statement but if the l feeling has been general that there is reason to doubt the cordiality of the | representatives of the university we are led to inquire whether this feeling has any evident foundation. Does the uni versity by its recognition and return of the courtesies of the city people, show It's cordial desire for mutual friendship?
 This week the great spectacular ath letic event of the university year occurs. What are the arrangements for citizens of New Haven to participate in this event? The audience will comprise eighteen or twenty thousand persons. Have the city people, not connected with the university, been invited to share the hospitality of the university in this? Has there been five thousand or more of the best seats assigned for the use of the city people? No, the de- sirable tickets can be obtained only on application by members of the univer- sity No application for tickets was accepted by the management unless it was signed by a college man. No mat ter how well known or prominent the citizen might be, his application could not be received unless he was connected with the university. True, a citizen of New Haven could go to member of the university and ask him as a per sonal favor to obtain tickets for him, but it Is not always pleasant to make such a request, especially when such university man may have desired to use his name for application for him self or for other friends
 It Is true that in the eleventh hour after every application by university men, whether graduates, undergradu- ates or instructors, have been filled with the best seats and none were left but the scum, a few hundred inferior seats were placed on promiscuous sale at the same price at which the best seats had previously been assigned to university men. No member of the Chamber of Commerce or resident of the city, not connected with the university, has had any opportunity to apply for or pur- chase any desirable seats, excepting by paying large advance to speculators or unless he has obtained them through members of the university.
 If it is desired to keep this event sole ly for university people the present method is perhaps proper, but President Hadley said in his speech: "It is nec- essary that we work together and en- joy the benefits of the student life" and he alluded especially to the partic- ipation of the city people in the athletic life of the university. It appears that l President Hadley considers that it is the athletic life especially in which the | city and university unite. If so, it | seems that they unite on rather one-sid- ed terms, At the recent banquet where | the "hobnobbing" occurred the repre- sentatives of the university were well come guests and were invited to the | best positions. Perhaps it is more in accordance with the superior culture | o,,1 ,l,;n imbues It's graduates that courtesies ac- cepted from the city people should be returned in such ways. Perhaps it will l be out of keeping with the dignity of ! the university to respond on equal terms to the courteses of the city people.
 It is said that if any other method of distributing tickets to the football game were pursued tickets might fall into the hands of spectators. It is a notorious fact that under the present arrange ment great quantities of tickets are al- ways in the hands of speculators, and the city people who wish to go to the game have to buy of the speculators such seats as they can, at a high pre- mium, or put themselves under obiga- ton to university men to obtain them. The idea that tickets would be any more ] likely to fall into the hands of specula- f tors if they were sold to the leading business men of New Haven than If sold to large share of the undergrad uates is absurd If it Is desired, as President Hadley says, that the towns people shall participate in these events, why should not the application of a we'll known citizen of New Haven be receiv- r sd as readily as that of some obscure or speculative student? Why should not he time and place for application be in the city papers?
 TOWN.