The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-26
TO KEEP STOKES AT YALE.
HIS FRIENDS FEEL THEY CANNOT
LET TRINITY HAVE HIM.
lie KNOWS Each Freshman Before the Fall
Term In Over and OFTEN. Helps Home
Those who Are Celebratiny-gnter-
estcd In Church Work and Inventions.

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| NEW HAVEN. Conn, July 25.--The Rev.
Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr, secretary to the
| Yale Corporation and assistant rector of
| st. Paul's Episcopal Church Of this city
who is being discussed as the possible sue
cessor of President Smith Of Trinity College
in Hartford is one of the most popular
members of the university set in this city
| and one of the most value members of
the executive department Of Vale.
The alumni who have become we'll
acquainted with Mr. Stokes. as we'll as the
college officials. who appreciate his execu-
tive ability. will do all in their power to
keep Secretary Stokes at Yale. Not many
months ago an enthusiastic admirrr Of the
s secretary voiced the prophecy that in tim"
he would br at the head Of the university.
About two years ago there wern vari-
ols rumors atloat through the State con-
corning the probable removal Of the Barke-
Icy Theological School from Middletown
to New haven, with irs gradual absorption
by Yale. The more radical prophets pre-
dicted that it was only a question of time
before Trinity College itself would become
"A part of Yale University Since the an
nouncement that Mr.. Stokes was being
considered as the new President Of the
Hartford college these same wiseacres
have shaken their heads with knowing
air. suggesting that they may see both
prophecies fulfilled in time
1t would be hard 10 find any one as popu-
lar with undergraduates as the young
secretary, Courteous and kind to every
one who has occasion to seek him out at his
Office in the administration building, he is
especially interested in the students, and
many one has to thank Mr.. Stokes for in
tercession at faculty meetings or corpora
ton conclaves when an enforced vacation
either temporary or permanent, would have
been the result but for the friendly interest
taken in the case by the secretary, who can
always be relied on for sympathy in q case
of trouble
His interest in the student body il not
superficial by any means. for Mr. Stokes
knows individually nearly every man con-
nected with the university before the fall
term is over.
Many young fellow could tell il he
would Of the thoughtfulness of the Epis-
copal Clergyman who has met him down
I own when he has been celebrating some
big Yale victory or drowning his sorrow
over some defeat, and has led him home
through the side streets, arm in arm, that
no unpleasant comment might be passed
Out of Yale himself only half dozen
years, Secretary Stokes knows well how to
put the student side of ar episode before the
older members of the corporation, many
of whom have themselves forgotten the
pranks of student days; and he also under
stands how to make an appeal to the best
there is in thoughtless undergraduate.
As in his college work, SO in his ministerial
duties, Mr.. Stokes works without ostenta-
ton. Very quiet in his manner, he goes
among the poor Of his parish, bringing sub
stantia ass stance in many cases, and
oftener sending help in such a way that the
beneficiary remains in ignorance of the
source Of the aid
Although he has been at St Paul's as
assistant rector but three or four years,
he people have become so attached to him |
that, now that the rector, the Rev. Edwin
S. Lines, has accepted the Bishopric of the
diocese of Newark, they would gladly have
= r. Stokes take his place, Such move
on the part Of the assistant rector is hardly
possible, and r. Stokes has given his
ion to understand that he does
not care to take upon himself any added
along church lines. az his
work in the university takes up 70 much OF
his time.
Aside from church and college work,
Mr.. Stokes is Interested in several small |
inventions. Since coming TO Yale he has !
AIKEN out patent on a parlor tennis game |
which resembles very closely the popular
ping pong. 1t has been played by many !
New Haven people, and they say that Mr.. |
Stokes will derive quite an income from !
his invention.
As young bachelor with an unlimited
income and a big, old-fashioned house
in the centre of the university town. Mr.. |
Stokes is quiet a desirable addition to the
social life of the place. He seems to care '
very little for the gay side of society, but
anterains, himself, in a very quiet but
delightful way. Many of the prominent
lecturers at the university, especially if
hey hail from New York or are of the Epis-
opal persuasion. stay with the secretary
While in town, His home adjoins the new
quarters of the Graduates Club, where he
frequently takes his meals.
ne DlllSt - u "Ill' lIdIlt uWpllnR
which has the distinction of having stood
lcrc for uearv 200 years. Mr. Stokes
,as furnished it as it might have been
when il was first built
The library. of all the rooms in the house,
$ the ravorite spot for Secretary Stokes,
I'D especially for his young Yale friends
| big fireplace extends across one entire
ide of the room. with od-fashioned settles
N three sides. Enclosing these is a rem
art of tho old Yale fence just as it stood
N the corner Of Chapel street, with the
,osts and rails All about the room are
Wilderness that the owner has spent much
inc and thought collecting the choicest
urios, from long ago.
If Yale loses her secretary to Trinity
ollege, the Hartford institution will have
I its head one of the youngest college presi-
enta in the country Arson Phelps Stokes,
T., i. the son Of Arson Phelps Stokes of
'ew ior>, and was born April 10, 1874.
He entered Yale in 1902, and was gradu-
ted in 1905 with high honors While in
ollcge he won the Junior Exhibition Prize
nd DeForest Medal and was member of
he first Yale debating team to defeat
Harvard.
Az prosiden of the board of editors of
he Yale DAILY Ne,rs Mr.. Stokes put the
aler in the lead among college periodicals.