New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-01
load of University, in Chi
cago, Says 1t Is Becom-
ing More National.
ATHLETIC REVERSES
CAUSE FOR REGRET
Snort at New Haven Must Be De-
yeloped Along Lines Enlarg-
ing Spirit of Play.
nv Telegraph to The Tribune.

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,,0,caso. Feb. S.-President Arthur T.
.,.d,ev Of Yale told the Chicago alumni
might at their annual dinner that dem
oc,sev was no longer equality. but was
,,n,;c spirit. The Yale executive head
anne thousand miles TO outline the
',n,,srsity aspirations and to describe ex-
ling conditions 10 the graduates. and he
S.snsd the democracy Of the present day
- i,s governed by public opinion. lie
listed that the democratic spirit at
yoIs was keener and stronger than ever
"a that Yale was more a national uni
ysrsty than ever.
In speaking of the athletic reverses OF
,hs Vale teams DR.. Hadley said that he
h.,sd % see Yale lose as heartily as any
ans else did. but that university sport
,,n,sr be developed along lines that deVel-
o,sd the spirit of play in the institution.
We declared that the social system was
also spreading in a democratic way.
PRESIDENT Hadley said. in part:
fundamentally the character of the
ysls student body does not vary very
GREATLY from year TO year. II IS the great
and distinctive advantage of the old in
s,i,ution that II has its traditions as 10
,,udent life and student work. The men
rbo care for these traditions come 10
such a college, even at the sacrince or
money and effort. in preference 20 places
Tor which they could prepare themselves
more easily and at which they could
maintain themselves at less expense
Fear has been expressed that as time
vent on Yale might become less national
and less democratic. I do not find that
tb,se apprehensions are warranted by the
facts. Five years ago we had 137 stu
dents from Illinois and 1.1SO from Con-
necticut--a proportion Of approximately
one 10 eight To-day we have 80 stu
dents from Illinois and 1,oos from Con-
necticut-a proportion OF approximately
one 10 six. Nor do I believe that the
democratic spirit of Yale is less marked
today than il vas five or ten or twenty
years ago.
Inequalities of wealth are greater AT
Yale. just as inequalities OF wealth are
greater throughout the country; mt we
nave learned at Yale. as we have learned
throughout the country. that the ideal OF
democracy is not equality. but public
spirit. In this essential element u public
spirit-in having a place governed by
public opinion OF which each man forms
A part and under which each man is val
red FOR what he can do. Independent OF
adventurous circumstances-l believe that
Yale is as pre-eminent to-day as It ever
vas i'm the course of its history.
The problems Of student life at Yale
or anywhere else may be divided into two
classes: Problems of play and problems
Of work. the latter being the more inn
portant. BY a curious paradox, our DIM
culues with play and our difficulties
with work run on opposite lines. Our
play has in times past been too much
organized and too highly specialized.
Those who devoted themselves 10 play
had too much Of it. and the college world
thinks too much Of individual success in
It. The problem is TO provide fair and
good opportunities for everybody.
with college work II is different. Yale
has been. ! believe, rather unusually sue
cessful IN providing fair opportunities of
work for everybody and requiring high
general standard of performance. The
difficulty is that We have not developed
an intense interest I'm certain lines Of
work as we have developed an intense
interest in certain lines Of play.
"To-dsy there is improvement in both
Of these respects. There is much larger
number Of men that engages I'm outdoor
sport OF every kind. not because they
have chance Of representing the univer-
siiy IN intercollegiate contests. but be-
cause they enjoy it and and get good out
gift"