Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-09
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
YaIes nteCass Track Meet Showed Some Fine Develop ment-Debate Socialism and Prof. Tafts Lectures Proved Popular-Dramatic Association Selects Campus Production Omega Lamba Chi Celebration.

the strength of the team that repre-
 sents the Blue this year is shown by l the score, Az.
 The game with Amherst Wednes- day was merely practice for Yale. In the third, seven runs were brought in {! by & combination of bases on balls and l hits and more were added until the final score was fl to 1. Amherst was
 handicapped by the absence of the reg ular catcher. Yale plays the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Saturday to decide the tie.
 The Yale society for the study of socialism held it's final open meeting of the year on Wednesday evening and Osborn hall was filled to overfiowing for the debate between George w. Cook i of Wakefield, Mass, affirmative, and l Dean Charles R. Brown of the Yale 1 Divinity school. negative, on the ques- | tion, Resolved. That Socialism Pro- 1 Vides for Moral Values in Life. The popular verdict was in favor of Dean 1 Brown who asserted his conviction. 1 that socialism, though a magnificent and majestic protest against the in 1 equity and injustice of modernt indus l trial and social conditions, is power ] less to bring about the betterment that it's supporters promise. He be- i lieVed that the government would by ] degrees extend it's ownership, for in ] stance to telegraph and telephone lines 1 but that would be a far cry from l socialism Against complete govern | ment ownership of the sources and i machinery of production would be lack l of incentive. of public spirit of in ! dustry and sobriety, and the presence l of greed. 'The human race is not ! good enough for socialism, Dean l Brown maintained. If it were any form of government would succeed"
 Mir Cooke. who is a former Unitarian 1 minister and well known literary man as well as socialist, said that : he became a socialist because of his 1 strong individualism and because no 1 other conception than that of absolute equality of opportunity for every man i offered the way of living the Chris tan life and acting the Golden Rule. Even thes church today does not give this opportunity, he said.
 ] Dean Brown admitted that he could I offer no panacea to all the evils of. the modern state of society, and sug- gested that they only can be met slow 1 ly and carefully. as time goes on. by trial and rejection, in the meantime striving to permeate society more and more with the ethical teachings and 1 standards that make for equity and 1 brotherhood.
 The Recruiting Officer, George Far l quhars play of the first century, has 1 been chosen by the Yale Dramatic as- sociation for it's campus production 1 this June. Ernest A. Elton has re- gently been appointed coach for the play and trying out of tentative casts was begun this week
 The scene of the play is laid on and around the old town of Shrewsbury, England, and it is there that Captain Plume and Sergeant Kite are at work enIisting the country lads and court 1 ing the lasses. "The atmosphere of the play is charged with love, and the stage resounds with the sound of the 1 drum" MT. Elton believes the selec- tion to be most happy one, and that 1 the bright comedy provides splendid l and interesting material for the cam pus players.
 Omega Lannba Chi is to be celebrated ! again on the campus next week and with a number of novel features, ac- 1 cording to present plans. The time cans and Whiffenpoofs is to be held | but the tug ofwar between sopho- mores and freshmen is to be replaced 1 by the push ball. Relay races on tri- ! cycles and on the d-fashioned high wheeler bicycles are proposed, and 1 polo game to be played on bicycles ] is a possible feature The seniors will appear in costume and the suggestion has been published that the Barnum i and Bailey camels and Elephants be i introduced into the parade.
 | For the first two lectures in his series of nine on Some Questions of Modern Government, Professor William | H. Taft has had an overfiowing aud- fence. The first three words of the pre- amble of the Constitution We the people, gave him text for the first address in which he showed that even in our democracy only one-sixth Sof the nnnIllqfin1 e e1juib1a 4o T-o+A pd that with woman suffrage the num- Der could not rise above 30 Fer cent 1 He emphasized the fact that govern i ment Is not an end. but @ practical means to secure for every individual the greatest happiness and progress. This 1t endeavors to do, and Professor Taft did not believe that q change of i system would better matters,
 i Allegiance to party was strongly , defended by Professor Taft in his sec i ond lecture as the way most efficient ! in carrying out the general sentiments of g people, He did not disfavor a change of party but he Febuked the man who Is on the fence, The evils : of corruption that exist would exist under any system and he believed that a representative government is the best means of achieving the reforms that are needed.
 ] The annual spring regatta will be
 rowed on Friday afternoon at the harbor, with races between the uni versity and various class crews. i week later the leading class crew will meet the first class crew of Harvard ] on the Charles A. c. Kirby and liar court Gold. the Oxford oarsnaen and l coaches will be with the crew during i the entire stay at Gales Ferry. The Y former has already sailed from Eng i land and Gold will arrive the first part {! of June. The English coaches will give ' the English stroke it's first real test ! in American waters.