New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-19

unbelievably knock-kneed. But that
freshman.
Behind him there marched another
freshman, and he was short and red
haired and had a fat nose. By singu-
ar coincidence from time 10 time as
the sergeant shouted "Hup-hup-one-
.wo-three-four." this potential warrior
would step upon the heels Of the lean
gnwkv freshman in front Of him. Then
his mouth would tilt upward at ei'hef
,end ever so slightly.
They marched as the crow MES 10
the end Of the campus before the drill
master shouted About facet" AS they
tyrned the lean. gawky freshman with
the steel-rimmed cheaters showed
bonv elbow into the short ribs Of his
tormentor. The victim almost yelled,
tnt recovered with a heroic effort. They
r lrched of again. and the buck teeth
the lean. gawky freshman flashed
p atifcally in the sun. He was con-
ierably relieved. For the moment he
g at the rear and possessed stra-
cal advantage.
Yale Goes TO War
Yale has gone to war with Germany.
will carry 10 that war, as she has
every war the United States ever
fought, the same. bulldog spirit
at has immortalized her on grid
I.
.-sduate Of Yesterday, who creased his
,ir and bummed cigarettes, and now
nd then took whirl at old Broad
<av. is in olive drab or navy blue TO-.
day. He will be there cover There
on the land and in the sky. oil, ,,
We came up here 10 write q footoaIl
..orv and found that the average Son
Eli knows more about French
twenty-five" than he does OF the null
lie kick. And he cares more about
After all, one cannot boot pig
IN the length OF q city block. while
.se vicious looking "seventy-nVes
score a goal from distance Of ten
Yale breeds fighting men. She
{ esn't boast of 1t, but IN the secre-
IL VS. Office at Trowbridge Hall we
: md a book which showed that from
n ,onderogs TO the Battle OF Manila no
=. .at American battle ever had been
tcdRht in which Yale was not repre-
scented She sent more than 1000 men
70 the Civil War, and OF these twenty
five became Union and six confederate
&c aerals.
Back in the days Of the French and
Indian wars, before there was Cnlteu
States. sons of Eli tossed aside differ
ential calculus for the comparative
cinch OF shouldering a musket. And IN
1852 General Phineas Lyman, b. A,
IS. led gallant expedition against
Havana. Yale Is hardly happy when
she has only Harvard to worry about.
No Football Season
President A. T. Hadley summed up
Yale's attitude toward 1917 athletics
far the writer as follows:
After giving the matter careful
thought, we have decided to den
nitely eliminate so-called regular
football season. This is as much
the desire of Yale students as 1t is OF
the faculty Yale has more than
, 200 men, about three-quarters OF It's
entire enrolment. IN active military
training. There are almost seven
hundred men in the reserve officers
training camp III tAiic 'NNH -
which was established by act of Con-
rress. and $50 of our students are IN
the naval training unit.
For this training a student re-
ceives one-hfth credits, which com
pares favorably with West Point,
where two-thirds credits are given
for general work. The routine calls
for training each morning and drills
three afternoons each week. That
leaves but three afternoons for
Snort. and it is the endeavor 70 make
participation in sport general rather
than restricted. We shall have
irterclass football games and our
freshman team may meet elevens
that arc developed under conditions
similar 10 those prevailing at Yale.
But Yale's thoughts now are Of