The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-25
A YALE STADIUM.

The urgent need that exists for better seating accommodations at the football games held under Yale's auspices each fall in New Haven is apparent, It was time that some thing was done in this regard. The representatives of the press have been told repeatedly by those athletic au- thorities at Yale, who would have the building of a new stadium on their hands, that no such move is being contemplated by, them The time must come however and there is every indication that 1t will come shortly when these gentlemen will be forced to take the matter in hand.
 Not only is undergraduate senti- ment being aroused on this all-import- ant question, but graduate sentiment is being focused on a stadium, too, The former is reflected in the Yale News which. in an editorial yesterday morning. said: "If Harvard, Pennsyl- vania and Syracuse can erect stadiums on their athletic fields if seems pe- culiar that Yale has thus far been in- capable of the same action But under any conditions let us shake off this present letharEy and look into the future instead of being wrapped mp in the present" From Boston comes the Harvard plaint, in the col- umns of the Boston Herald. Says that paper: The inadequate accommoda- tons for a game with Harvard which Yales football ground revealed last Saturday will hasten the building at New Haven of a stadium Fifty thousand people wanted to see last last weeks game, but regard for law, comfort and safety prevented more than 32,0O0 from doing so. Neither construction of such coliseum nor payment creates an insoluble prob lem It win be interesting to read what the Vale Alumni Weekly has to say on the matter
 It would be far different problem presented if suitable funds were not available, but they are The Yale football association's receipts for this season alone will total fully S70,O0n, according to the latest reports--a tidy sunni The association already has q goodly amount in the bank Proba- bly, the expense of a new stadium could be met at once. If not, bonds could be issued and there can be no doubt but that such an issue would meet with ready and satisfactory i sale.
 A stadium could not well be built on the site of the present gridiron, which is not altogether satisfactory. The question of Accessibility is quite as important as that of seating ac- commodations A new stadium, if one Is had, should be directly by the railroad tracks, and as near to the city as possible. Several sites have been suggested. There will be little diffi- culty in getting rid of the present field The land is wanted by the ad- iacent cemetery.
 It is only a question of time at best when the present stands must give way. Being made of wood they are susceptible to the weather. To con- tinually and repeatedly repair them entails considerable fixed expense The seating capacity should be much
 larger than the present stands The Syracuse stadium is at present the largest in the country. Certainly Yale can use structure fully as large as Syracuse. This fall 2 per cent, ot the Yale and Harvard graduates could not be accommodated with seats let alone the general public. Aside from football, the structure could be used for many different purposes. The fact that the commencement exercises of Syracuse were held in the stadium there last June and that since then a saengerbund has held a convention and has given concerts in 1t, suggests some of the uses to which such a stad- ium at Yale might be put.