New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
FACTS ABOUT YALE MEN
PREFERENCES. PURSUITS. TASTES
LIKES AND DISLIKES OF MEM
BERs OF CLASS OF 1902.

The Yale class BOOK Tor lSJE dpped4eu SSSN0iN'S
1t contains the usual interesting votes on class
preferences in tobacco, ministers, actresses and
literature, the future occupations or the sraouat
ing class, humorous histories Of the four years ana
a financial analysis of college life. Two hundred
and ninety-four men will graduate, at an average
age Of twenty-five years ten months and twenty
one days.
OF particular value is the chapter headed fnan-
ciel. The statistics from which 1t was complied
were received from 247 men 81 per cent OF the
class The average expenses have been: Freshman
year. sS44 90 sophomore year, S9e9 Si junior year
81 037 IS: senior year. s1075 10 The yearly average
is 1865 ST. and for the four years S3S0S 90 The in
creased expenditures for Junior and senior years
are due the social demands. which include the
annual dances. which it is pleasant to bring
Young woman friend properly chaperoned. at
cost Of a hundred or so dollars, and the initiation
fees and annual dues of the fraternities and So
cietes. In the matter Of selfsupport. fifteen men
have paid their way through entireiy' anu
seven have paid nine-tenths of IL Ihls means ina
more than per cent of the class have PAID practi-
o.uy all their own expenses. Ninety in all nave
earned at least a part of their expenses or 90 Per
cent of the number who reported 1t is posslole 10
go through college we'll at cost falling snort Oh
500 wear The average price of rooms Is % ~ anu
the average for board is 81 66 a week
A hundred self-respecting ways or earning one
wav are thrown open to the poor student. Actlng
as monitor. waiting on table, tutoring ana news
paper correspondence are few or the methods eHl-
The class registered It's OpiHlOH OA 1Ai0
matter as to whether i was advisable for man
to come to college at all who is forced to earn
mis- entire way. The replies of the ffty-seven who
have done this in some part are rather unfaVor-
able Twenty-six decidedly against It, only SIX
teen unreservedy in favor One-half of the men
who have had actual experience of 1t are convinced
! that the effort is not repaid. Others give qualified
answers: Yes. If to put himself in place where
an educated only could serve: Yes. for a
few: IF over twenty-one": Teach first; "If in
good health; In Yale rather than IN any other
college; IF he keeps out OF athletics Better
enter business and read evenings On this point
the statistician sums up.
Yale is a college OF splendid opportunities even
for man without resources, but they can pc
grasped only by men Of unusual ability For the
expense OF ali the social life Of college which is so
important. He will be out Of the student life
On the other hand If ne is able to do MS WORK
the recognition he deserves. and will never regret
the attempt.
The votes for class preferences elect Professor
Charlton T. Lewis. the favorite and most polished
professor; Professor Phelps the pleasantest and
brightest; Professor Adams the best teacher; Pro
fessor Wheeler the best lecturer. The question OF
adopting the honor system lost by vote of
I57 10. and 14o voted to extend the elective sys
TEN over sophomore year. and 7S voted against It.
The system at present far any liberaIity OF
Interpretation s concerned, is in use only for the
last years.
The results OF the for the tayorite character
IN fiction OF peculiar value. Frank Merivale
character IN some recent sensational fction who
figures Yale man is easily the leader Jean
Vatean is then heard from. with d'Artagnan IN
the immediate
The class votes almost unanimously in favor OF
compulsory morning chapel. II is considered an
excellent means of uniting the student body. For
preacher DR.. Robert Speer is voted the most popu-
lar, being the choice OF 72 men, Dr. Henry van
Dyke receives 23 votes and Dr. Lyman Abbott Is,
jea5tTg 1,i+b - 1La-a - q pnr,5n5 - tboiicg
Political preferences show 49, Republicans, rs
Marlove %, and Ethel BarryHmore. Il. Miss adams
the class @ @ Of Isl thought Of W her wToe letter Of
ahSousy 10 see il she viii be grateful to an equal
extent Joseph Jefferson is the best, liked actor.
H. and Gillette to I6
The % fGs anis foa%tS 1 IN hst9ry With i "a m 2
gratfyng to learn that water Is the y most popular
6 os Is hs ssns a9Rs
the Pbaps G es PefseT wa d4
the favorite novel, then Vanity Fair,
IsT psTsoHpl s hays thSawn rhyme y
the c Of b the class odBGs Ban a
Wtfiest Class beauty biggest biqfrer; most eccen:
es o of the e class Vote on Reginald csypoo VAN
derbilt:
most
Three-score and FIVE make answer, Wen, guess.
! He holds four in the game of fate
Strives not TO be, but is already great.
And again young Vanderbilt does we'll in the
vote for the polished member OF society:
Some ninety-Ave the name of Barnes indte
cur highest candle power social light,
And hfty-seven tender blossoms wilt
Beneath the burning rays OF Nanderbht.
With these first. third place is left in doubt.
! The stars turn pale when moon and sun come out.
An interesting feature Of the class boo book is me me
| ungracious office OF faculty supervisor for the
| opening years of the If the class behave
too boistorously il is within mis- province to take
! away some athletic event as penalty. since ne eA-
ere!sed his Office several occasions over 1902, ne
| receives the vote as college grievance 4he class
The vote for college grievance goes 10 Professor
| Beebe by a large maj jority, over a third OF The
class taking this opportunity 10 register protest
! against paternalism and the growing tendency on
the part of the powers interfere in private mat
/ ters. Some object to his holding so much au-
/ thoTity; others the manner in which he exer-
cises what he has. Representative answers TO me
are these. professor Beebe's offensive conduct
| Professor Beehe and his exposition OF Yale
paternalism'; Professor Beebe and his reforms
ambition is to govern college men by kindergarten
! methods' ,- ..r,,
! fessor Beebe played the Princeton game for us
! And again: Il Beebe not 10 Beebe was T5F our
athletes settle" One OF the drama TIC and even
sensational events of senior year mas oeen tIs
| rape of the sundial from the campus. Accoru-
nsly The senior historian remarks in discussing the
/ possible cuprit; Who did II we nave only con
| finger of suspicion at Professor Beebe-"
The hook is full of interesting references to IN
| Criminal Club in fact the organization has only
been taken seriously in quarters far remote from
New Haven. though the statlstios snow tfat hlrf %
teen men have been arrested n the course OF their
| life and have thus qualified for membership
There will be seventy-eisht business men Sixty ,
three architects. Eleven men VIII STUDY meclclte
and nire theology. Perhaps the great prepenGer-