The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
YALE PLANS ALUMNI
DAY FOR EACH YEAR
New Custom VIII BE started at
Celebration Of Washing
tons Birthday.
Nj GRADUATES INVITED
Nj'linr> VIII Have Opportunity
+" So" University Work
in Full Swing.

NJ" HAVEN. Conn. FEB. II tome
ht,er aud s"i acquainted with yuur nina
mat"", Is the invitation vale officials have
ius. seat out 10 graduates Tor the cslc-
Hrsuon Of Wa.hlngton's birthday While
. m" Yale unde, graduate. will celebrate
i3at day according To Vale tradition this
year With a rush between the freshmen
and sophomoroS there VIII hc "a new Gus
tom. that OF alumni university day.
Yale has sent wood tina, she will enter
tain AL hcr alumni and give them a
chance 20 tee the college nt work. after
the graduates Inspect the rew buildings.
visit the class rooms and see thu under
graduates plugging away they viii b"
asked 10 meet the officials of the univer-
sity and with them discuss Yal''s prob
lens weaknesses and needs. Heretofore
alumni who returned TO Yale for com
menCeinent Or for athletic events have
not found the university IN fun swing,
40 to Speait and consequently have had
no opportunity to Judge Just what IL being
done by present dlS students.
Last spring g"auuatc who had been
In the habit OF coming to Yale Tor re-
unions and athletic events fvr twenty
years spent day i0 New Haven with
Secretary stokes ana but IA the time
attending lectures. tdl.iug with members
conditions when hc left town he told
Secretary stokes that III. day spent on
the campus while Vale was hard Il, work
had given him more Of au Understanding
~ real conditions AT tho university than
his dozens OF i'cetiug visits at week end.
and "omMouComents. This suggested TO
the Yale officials the possibility " alumni
university day. to BE- d,N oted exclusively
to an informal study OF the educational
conditions and needs of the university.
intellectual side Ignored.
Alumni university day is to be started
under the auspises of the Associated New
England Yale clubs The theory undo.
which these clubs are going 20 work is
that at present the rank md file OF gradu-
ates return to New Haven for athletic
events for society meetings AMI for class
reunions and consequently the athletic.
social and spectacular features OF college
IN. are emphasized. and little informa-
ton is gained regarding the intellectual
opportunities and conditions
These graduates ar" To- nave an oppor-
tunity to come back and see how hard
the present day undergraduate has 10 Work
when the rest OF the world is taking Il
vacation For although to the outside
world February -. 1914, il holiday
20 the Yale undergraduates II IL just ike
AN, other wcrkday. kecitauons ana
..'ass room ork go or rs always. chapel
n
who got TO town early enough Will nave
o. chance so attend chapel az $40 y. NJ
md sac how quick a connection the
.,r... sent uuderg!a duatv can make between
g. ROOM @ud Batch chapel The UNI
.e,.a.I' officials expect large 'upo"r
@, graduates 10 get round carly on Monday
.ro~pirt; aud the north transept or the
chanel ~ to Or reserved for tneih'
nm. hours from 10 ; = NJ. have been
l,sArvcd for q general conference between
..,. ,iuder graduates. tho heads Of depart
.,cuJ,. president Hadlcy and the visitors
.. ft-. syu ;.rceum. Repr"sentat!N" I'M
Ige-erIauatcg viii tall OF student inter
,st. and problems, will Dean Frederic
= lone. VIII discuss the problems before
he college and DIr-cto: Russell II. Chit
'endeu "a. problems before the Sheffield
sclertinc school President Hadley VIII
then speak on The Graduate and Pro-
'essional schools and Their Problems.
Az an invitation has been extended 10
alumni all over New England to come
back 20 Vale and I've entertained for a
iay or two the homes OF various MEM
bers OF the faculty are 10 be open 20
guests Toy SUNDAY and Monday nights
and on Monday evening several Informal
dinners will be given. On Monday eve
ming IN Memorial Hall the.r will be an
informal smoker with members Of the
racult.. at which time thu returning
graduates will have every opportunity
o talk over matters Of university policy
and the like,
Although this first alumni university
day is being arranged by the associated
New England Yale clubs invitations to b.
present include alumni from New York
and elsewhere, for graduates from al.
over are cordially urged 10 come on and
help make this day an annual institution,