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New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

students who ordered to the training table pay
the association the amount they would have
10 pay at the ordinary college boarding houses
The net cost TO the association for the training ia
bic is about 81 a week for each student eating
there. About dozen students are carried at the
middle OF April to the middle OF June. and about
the same number OF the football squad, from Octo-
ber ! to Thanksgiving Day The total expenses for
athletics at Brown have been somewhat greater
than the receipts for several years. BY fortunate
arrangement OF games two years ago, whereby
Brown played a Thanksgiving Day game in the
city or Chicago the team enabled to bring
game This has provided for any natural deficit
from that time until now.
Track athletics here. S elsewhere. have been
source Of loss 10 the athletic association. Last
year the association gave track athletics $500. and
the remainder necessary TO have the college prop
erly represented at the various meets was raised
by subscriptions among the student body, they
contributing about $500. This year the association
gave track athletics $500 condition that they
raise 500 among the student body. This is the
only amount which the student body IS asked to
contribute toward athletics at Brown, beyond the
small sums raised by the various class teams for
their expenses
football there apparent profit OF, say. 81,
800. but there grounds account of 81 800 which
wiped out these profits and absorbed little Of 'he
surplus. This grounds account was for taking care
of the grounds and making the necessary repairs.
Then, again the expense OF 500 for track athletics
must be reckoned a loss The only place where
extravaganza could be charged against the
as OF the directors OF the Athletic Associa-
ton expressed IT, That IS about all the boys get
out of II. and cannot afford TO scrutnize the
expense account too closely.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
PAGES OF HONOR.
Continued from first page

and state pages. all of them members of the
Lord Chamberlain's department. and who are
merely superior sort of servants-that is TO
say. glOrified menials-
King Edwards pages Of honor after they have
fulfilled their duties at court return to school at
Eton and elsewhere to take their share OF
those switchings and canings which. abolished
in all the middle class and grammar schools.
have still been retained at the colleges frequent
ed by boys of good birth. the latter themselves
being opposed to the abolition of corporal pun
ishment. and regarding the stripes received in
connection Herewith a species OF retro
spective evidence Of their gentility-
OF course. the pages in attendance upon the
peers and great dignitaries Of the realm at the
coronation of King Edward have little in
mon with King Edwards quartet OF pages OF
honor, save the costume For. whereas young
Lord Torrington and his three comrades are
regular members Of the royal household. the
pages in attendance on the peers are merely ap-
pointed by the latter for the coronation cere-
mony. and their duties come to end with the
great state function in question
Nor is there any obligation imposed upon the
peers 10 the birth nationality Of their
coronation pages. and while, OF course. there is
truth in the silly story according to which
the son OF the American painter Sargent is TO
figure as a page. Sargent having no son. there
is nothing 10 prevent any member OF the upper
house OF the English legislature from appoint
ing American boy TO bear his coronet as
his page in Westminster Abbey on June 26
next. Only IL will be very fatiguing task for
the youngster, for the ceremony will last many
hours. during which time he will have TO stand
or else to squat on the floor at the feet OF his
lord. seat OF any kind being provided for
him However it will be good way OF seeing
a very rare and impressive ceremony. and IL Will
be a satisfaction TO any boy. English or Ameri-
can. TO feel that he has figured In one of the
greatest medieval pageants and historic func-
tions of modern times. EX-ATTACHE,
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
AN OIL BURNING LOCOMOTIVE.
MODEL. IN USE ON NORTH PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD-HAS CAB IN FRONT

The accompanying photograph represents a loco
motive which apparently is built 10 run backward.
1t was constructed by the North Pacific Railroad
Company especially burn oil for fuel and haul
trains a distance of about ninety miles from one
end of the road TO the other. making as good time
as the regular coal burning passenger locomotives
Instead of the cab being placed in the rear il is
directly in front that IL practically forms an
observation car. giving the engineer an unob-
structed view. The pilot and headlight are below
the cab The boiler itself is mounted on the
truck in the usual manner, except that in has a
slight incline. the smokestack being mounted in
the usual manner. Although the picture shows
the engine apparently pushing the tender In Is
attached in the usual manner When il is ready
for train service. From the distributing reservoir
which is seen upon the top OF the rear end OF the
boil--, the oil flows through copper pipe no a
. where IL is mixed with steam and forced
30 the furnace in the form OF spray. The dis
trfbutine reservoir is filled AUTOMATICALLY nv a
pipe connected with one of the tanks shown on
the tender. The other tank contains the water
aspply which is fed directly to the boiler auto
matically The usual air brakes are also provided
as for coal burning locomotives
As the engineer can control the supoly OF oil and
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
ANIMAL DEFICIT AT YALE.

New-Haven, May A-The plan TO make up the
annual deficit in the expenses of the Yale attn
letic associations by general tax Of 81 on under
graduates has failed. and the failure has attracted
general attention, partly because a great num-
Der OF Yale undergraduates make the claim that
the athletic associations should be able, win
their great receipts, 10 pay for themselves Oh
the g 600 expected from this source only hair was
subscribed and 1t IS probable that change VIII
have 10 be made again in the system OF securing
aid frorl students. II planned to divide the
money thus received in the following way: Crew.
5000 track team, 81 800 tennis, s4oO bicycle team
ss75; gy1nnastic team 1915; hockey team. S5 and
cross country team $500 these organizations being
the only ones that not self-supportlng. Inc
football and baseball teams annually run far over
their expenses, football. in fact, paying large
share OF the annual debit ledger Of all the attn
leties in college
The last financial report published covering
1seO-'m which was not hourishing year because
the Harvard game was played here, instead or in
Cambridge shows total receipts OF $685. total ex-
penditlres of ss76ls and deficit therefore OF sS'3
There was however. included in this the cost OF
the erection of the baseball stand OF which
5000 was paid by the association and SS"o was
subscription.
The last report Is In summary follows:
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
FINANCES EASY AT HARVARD.

Cambridge Mass, May 24-At Harvard athletics
easy financial footing as could be found
in any college in the East This is due 10 the
proximity OF the city OF Boston, with its hosts OF
loyal graduates and enthusiastic supporters OF the
wearers OF the Crimson. Fathers and mothers
younger brothers and friends all go TO the football
and baseball games in Cambridge and bring the at
tendance into the thousands. For football games
five thousand is a small crowd. For the last Har-
vard-Yale football game the attendance was 80 739
and the seats were 50. 81 so and 81 No wonder then
that the receipts of the Harvard football associa-
ton amounted to over $4,000 for the season Ex-
penses were entered a liberal scale naturally,
and up 10 about $4,000 leaving profit of over
$4,000 in this branch of athletics The other sports
however. do not make such large as this on
their games. Baseball usually clears about 81 600
the boat club has hard work to out even and
the track team usually loses between $1,000 and
SSoo each season. owing to the great number OF
credit balance OF Harvard athletics last year
amounted to the surprising of $S9 O7S Sc The
difficult problem to be solved in the near future
For the last two or three years the permanent
$1,000 or $4,000 each year. but this field is near
he tTa5ia faSe m anofber sorcs ot
pense; The best OF food is furnished the men.
a week to a man. The fairest way of making the
students pay for this is 10 charge them the same
boarding houses These Seldom at run 3he over regSaF s
week and at Memorial Hall. where over a thou
1t be easily that the training table costs
the athletic association 50 a week TO in
Now in football there are over fifty men at the
accordingly this item is one OF the most important
The tables are practically Indispensable. however
and do more to knit athletic team together
and keep 1T In condition than other feature OF
The profits from athletics are not kept secret in
widely known in college the teams grow more
and more self;supporting; Every student knows
ager who should send out subscription hends'' for
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

Sras 49, and the track team 1896 These are the fig
Tbst t"at AZ are the bone Of contention.
sen iIat Ihese fgures are eXtravagant is admitted
as is the item of s5,2H for hotels and
Haven for the footba season. aSd fbs fota an
II Ior travelling for all athletic teams But
extTaIa ne IS stated unquestlonaby that the oldtime
tbddnagaHce at Yale at least, is rapidly becoming
ms s Ids OF the past Until recently undergraduate
de1arSels mad complete charge Of their respective
direct [Ients; en- now Walter Camp. the well known
benses, and is making hard fight to cur tbeno
trains 10 @ a minimum The special cars and special
that ging @ay b also & 50 that there is little or nothing
accoinfS De called purely extravagant' in Yale's
tba LIS. undergraduate managers still handle
~ ofe q money and through inexperience let some
the finances er tnelr nngers. but on the whole
possibia ioeS dre managed with tight a rein as
ys the lowest figure the yearly cost of athletics at
purcbase of n n1 pgoaiihouse comes into this; the
IOes i not have to do the feeding of larger and
tables the carrying of larger squads of men out Of
of s5ra games and meets the subsistence
Ghase Of shoes. etc. for the great number Of men
nent 20 II! lot the various organizations: the pay
and for numberless details 7 = P0e
from the football and baseball games @ can he
ciatHd besides subscriptions. The football asso-
cfeaseG cTaF when Yale PLAYED Cambridge this
eI gF9aty The baseball team added $l4 1853.
enagre games the athletic finances Immediately
scTiptions so that the rs IN ra eXGePf sub
baseball has TO pay for these departments
r or some time to come ii is probable that under
S.Iduuate subscriptions will be necessary TO keep
ldt annette finances above water Nowadays a
= good year about balances bad one. and these
a itefnate. Besides the running expenses there is
always the Yale Field. and the constant renairs
necessary on the football stands their complete
Ttbuiidlng every ten twelve Years
the burden on undergraduates to support the ath-
etlc interests was enormous. In the SOS one class
had TO pay 5000 alone. Now the deficit is yearly
distributed among students in the whole university
ana the individual burden is less. II is possible
a Few years hence may athletics an inde-
pendent basis. but this not possible to-day.
because
the immense and necessary demands the purse
OF the association TO support the various organiza
tiOns.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
COST OF COLLEGE SPORTS
STATEMENTS BEARING ON
CHARGE OF EXTRAVAGANZA
AT HARVARD AND PRINCETON ATH-
LETICS ARE SELF-SUPPORTING
DIFFICULT TO MAKE ENDS
MEET IN SOME COLLEGES.

Statements are given herewith from corre-
spondents of The Tribune at the principal COL
leges covering the cost of athletic contests. in
cIuding the baseball and football games Espe-
cial reference is made to the cost Of the train
ing table Of the various teams and to the sub
scriptions solicited from the students for all
sorts Of sports. The earnings OF football and
baseball games and how these aid in meeting the
expenses of all athletics, so that students shall
not be asked to subscribe to the various funds
set forth. showing that the chief item of
expenses is the training table which costs much
more than ordinary board
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
WANT TO DECREASE PENN'S DEBT.

Philadelphia, May 25.-Except in the matter of
training tables and the lavish way in which
the wants of the football players are catered to
in the fall, there IS very little extravaganza 60
ing on in Pennsylvania University athletics. The
= matter Of the training table has been that
has caused the Quaker authorities many hour
OF thought, but il has always been a losing in
Vestment, because the athlete has either been
unwilling unable to nay the rate that would
The average boarding house in West Philadelphia
Will give meals by the week for from 50 20 s.,
while II costs from IS to 80 to give the athletes
the best foods. especially meats. that the market
can afford. The system at Pennsylvania is for
the athlete TO pay what he has been paying
his boarding house. and this always leaves the
athletic association in a hole PENIS association
COOKS and Kitchen, but IL has been found that
little has been saved in this way. though the food
may have been u little better than when the train
ing table has been held at restaurants The loss
on training tables seems to be inevitable II the
training table is to be recognized necessity in
There is no doubt that a training table is a
necessity, as far as football players and Oarsmen
are concerned. But the training table has been
overdone and abused. Many of the best track
athletes do good work without a training table.
and Il is hardly necessary TO have a table except
those IN the National League and they have
a necessity. If good boarding houses can be had
at or near the college Pennsylvania could very
baseball men and track athletes though the latter
should be sure of getting the best of food for at
tTbts J9 o7,c,t ~ DeIOie i d Dtg contest -.
athietc association is eTtravagant In fact If the
Probaby be hat the afec assocaon 9Pp9 Is %9gd
monious rather than eXtraYa CANT. PENIS athletic
has been trying to get free from that debt This
has been impossible for various reasons though the
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
PROFESSOR HERBERT II. DENsLOW
NEW INCUMBENT OF CHAIR OF PASTORAL
THEOLOGY AT GENERAL THEOLOGI-
CAL. SEMINARY.

The Rev Herbert NJ. Densow. the new professor
OF pastoral theology the General Theological
Seminary. this city. who succeeds in that insti-
tuition the Rev. DIR. E H. Jewett is AT present the
rector CT St. Johns Episcopal Church. Lafayette.
Ind and president of the Standing Committee
OF the Diocese of Indianapo He was the can
didate of Bishops Hall and Doane- He was born
In Lynn Mass, and was graduated at Yale Uni
Versity and the Berkeley Divinity School, Middle
town Conn. He has been rector of parishes in
New-Haven Rutland, Seneca Falls and Muncfe,
Ind. and for three years was chaplain and tnstruc
tor in liturgtcS in Kenyon College. Gambler.
Ohio He will enter upon his duties at the Gen
eral Seminary in September next
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
report IS in summary as follows:
OF

OF the tota. expenditures. the most important
items are for training table. hotels ana meas
travelling and merchandise For all or the train
ing tables the sum Of S1o.e45 is annually paio oy
the football baseball. crew and track teams; lor
hotels and meals s,0s9 which includes coaches
expenses; for travelling expenses, S.Sl2. ana lot
merchandise s74A. OF these the training table
is the main item and the item that has caused
costs 81 Is a week; at private boarding houses.
anywhere from g S. and at the hoteIs anu
best boarding PLACES from so 10 81 The cost
OF the crew training table has been until recenuy
SO man a week The cost Of the football train
ing table is regularly s2 s4. and of the basepai
and track teams only little less. Comparing
these expenses with ordinary good college town
board their high rates at apparent In
fact training table expenses have for years been
a sore spot al Yale, as well in other universe
ties IL has been difficult to feed from twenty 10
forty men on scientific diet, using the best foods
and bringing the cost down 10 minimum. That
this is tFEse is by the effort that is being
made by the Yale Commons now 10 take the crew
cosg not do this with any profit. The pay
81 e each IL they were regular boarders, ana
the crew manager pays the difference. Before
they made this change the crew paying Ai
apiece st a private boarding house, a price out
OF proportion entirely. II be said that there
If less reason than before TO regard
official Yale sources admit that there are still
ieme in the university expense column along this
line that are too large, as there are at all uni
NeIsites. The Tale crew pays for instance. at
ing table and rent, for the brief time OF two and
d half weeks three weeks, which amounts TO
about 50 a man The football team annually
sUsaoA 49, for training table. the baseball team
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
Indebtedness was reduced to little under 5000

Indebtedness was reduced to a little under s. 900
last year.
The students at Pennsylvania asked to con-
tribute to only branch Of sport and that is the
crew. This subscription is gone through with per-
functorily every spring but except last year when
the Henley crew was sent abroad, there has not
been any great response TO the appeal OF the
In the spring OF 1899 only s642 subscribed,
and # is surety that at least more than half OF
this amount got from the alumni
That there mistakes in the business manage
OF Penn'S athletic association. is the opinion
of many but that there is much extravaganza
going except in the pempering of players and in
the training table, is hardly possible In view of the
Strengthened circumstances IN which the association
has found itself for many years. They may think
of extravaganza when they wipe off their
debt but until that is done the parsimonousness Of
which they have been accused will rather dis
tnguish them than any display of lavish generos-
fly. Penns association is in the hands of some
OF the best business men in Philadelphia and in a
few years they hope not only TO get the ASSOCIATION
out OF debt, but 70 furnish Franklin Field with
permanent grandstands and to make IT the finest
athletic field in the country.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

the eleven would be laughed at. The same Is true
of baseball The management and the track
team try TO help meet their expenses by personal
canvass. but the excuse is being given to their
solicitations more and frequently that the
football team makes enough money to support all
the athletic organization in Harvard. and accord
ingly the students do not feel obliged to subscribe
10 canvaSserS.
1t is only the less important teams that cause
trouble to their managers The different freshman
teams. the hockey team, the cricket eleven the
tennis association and lacrosse and basketball are
all intended to be selfsupporting. but rarely sue
coed. The usual procedure. and the which will
probably become the general rule. is that their
deficits supplied from the surplus fund OF the
Harvard Athletic Association. which is under a
graduate manager, and oversees all branches OF
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
A NATURAL GAS FIRE Alarm WHISTLE.

In Cherryvale. Kan. there is much natural
that IL is used TO give the alarm when aid
is needed in putting out fires In the centre OF
the town deposit was struck of such force that
IL was connected with pipe an the end OF which
placed a large whistle. such as Is usually
blown by steam power. The whistle Is used m
place of fire alarm bell. IL gives blast when
can De heard for miles around when II goes INTO
action The force OF the natural gas works the
apparatus as we'll $ steam. and no expense Is
required for boiler fuel 20 generate the steam
power The accompanying photograph SHOWS the
CITY marshal OF Cherryvale IN the act or sounding
an alarm of fire The whistle was the idea OF =.
Rftchfe editor of the local paper.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

water merely by a twist Of the valves which
In the cab. no fireman is needed. and this is
why the railroad company finds the oil
engine economical than coal Tests which
have been made while running il for the last
three months show that the cost OF the fuel is
about One-half that of coal. while steam be
generated in a much shorter time than when
coal is employed. The company VIII probably
equip all of its engines with oil burning apparatus
and il probable this pattern will be adopted
when ordering locomotives. The engine
not remOdelled. but built especially oil
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
KANSAS CORN COMES HIGH.

Kansans declare that they raise which can.
not be exceeded by that in any other State In tho
Union. Kansan has sent a photograph to The
Tribune 10 prove 1t 1t seems to demonstrate that
Kansas corn comes high anyway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-12-05
sI&y-Scrapers Doom ed.

While the exigencies of our prac-
teal American life will still demand
the erection of large office buildings,
the rate of production is likely to de-
crease rather than increase; the mania
for mere bigness is subsiding, and is
bound to give place to a better concep-
tion of corporate eminence; and the
production of the sky-scraper itself
inevitably necessitates the develop
ment of a large amount of urban prop
erty along more modest lines. That is
to say, the mere architect, in dis
tinction from the construction en-
gineer, will yet find in our great cities
an opportunity to exercise his trade.
B. J. Hendrick, in Atlantic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-12-05
HOwTHE PRESIDENT TRAVELS
Everything Is Carefully Arranged
So There Is Little Danger Of
Accident,

There has been much discussion of
the advisability of providing the
chief executive with a private car,
and number of railroad officials
some time since proposed the con-
struction for his use of a special
train surprising in magnificence
those cf the czar of Russia and the
khedive of Egypt, but whereas these
projects are still under considera-
tion nothing has yet been done look
ing to their fulfillment. A presi-
Dental train usually consists of
seven cars; indeed, this number
represents the maximum weight
which may, under average conditions,
be drawn at the speed desired, says
the Criterion.
The car which, on most occasions, is
provided for the personal use of the
president, is 10 feet in length and
contains five private rooms. Two of
the rooms contain five beds, and
there are immense mirrors, ward
robes, and, in fact, everything neces-
sary to the comfort of the occupants.
AT the end of the car is an observa-
tion apartment 16 feet in length.
Compartment cars are provided for
the members of the cabinet or other
guests who accompany the president,
and the train also includes dining
car.
To every one who has aught to do
with the running of the presidential
Special" not only the men in direct
charge of the train, but every en-
ploye, from track walker to general
superintendent of the lines over
which it passes, the trip means
season of worry. All have deep
sighs of relief when the special
with its precious burden has been
safely switched to the tracks of an
other railway corporation, which
o1ticials must perforce take up the
responsibilities which the others so
gladly relinquish.
The danger of accident to the train
itself is reduced to minimum. The
rolling equipment is carefully exam
ined before a wheel turns, and
scouting" engine precedes the presi-
Dental train by a short distance
over the entire line; while another
engine follows proportionately close
behind, SO that collisions are guard
ed against and any damage to the
track is rendered certain of discov-
cry ere it can work harm to the
presidential party.