Evening star., 1922-03-15
YALE SCHOLARSHIP
OPEN TOD. G BOYS.
Announcement Of $500 An.
nual Offer Made at Meet
ing Of Alumni. !

| At a meeting OF the Tale Alumni
! Association, addressed by Chief JUS
tice Taft, President Angel OF the
university and others. at the Racquet
| Club last night, reimbursement was
| made that the association offers n
| scholarship to Yale, beginning with
| the next school year, of $500 an
nually.
The announcement was greeted
with enthusiasm by all speakers and
the body Of Yale men. President An
gell, accepting the scholarship on be
half Of the university. declared that
Yale was proud Of the high type Of
men coming from the public high
schools. It was a benefit not only
to Yale but to aspiring young man
hood, DIR. Angel asserted. that the
govern the influx OF promising mate
rial to the university, and he ex-
pressed pride that the scholarship
offered would provide the nucleus of
a steady stream of young men from
Washington to Yale.
Would Limit Athletics.
Chief Justice Taft felicitated in
! auguration OF the scholarship: ex-
! the movement and in the report of
| the atmosphere Of the university this
year brought by DIR. Angel.
The Chief Justice. however. en-
! tered into an earnest discussion OF
| the place Of athletics in the institu-
athletics was occupying too large a
| part in the life of all places Of higher
| learning.
| It seemed to him, the Chief Justice
| asserted, that some of tho best In
! terests Of the university were being
| n
tertainment of the public at large"
The concentration Of public opinion
| on such contests as the Harvard ale
game, he added, was not making for
the good Of the universities. not
| making for Intellectual progress. !
am glad to see tendency on the part
| Of the heads of our great universities
| to put a stop to such emphasis. and
to try to bring about better pro-
| portion" Athletics was OF keen In
| admitted. confesslng that he followed
Yale results with tho avidity OF a
Il feel a thrill of JOY" the Chief
Justice concluded. ''at the certainty
that Yale is stepping on. and under
| our most enthusiastic president we
can count on progress of Yale In the
| future as in the past"
DR.. Angel reviewed the accom-
plishments of the university this
year, pointing to the building CAM
paign under which 1t is hoped, he
said, to erect several buildings at q
cost of fro niten to twelve millions Of
dollars. The chief structure was to
be the new library at cost Of from
four to six millions, and in addition
| there were to be a new chemistry
building, medical science building.
museum and others. Efforts were to
be further put forth. he asserted, to
give at Yale the best education in the
country.
Largest Glass In History.
DR.. Angel secuted rumors he had
heard concerning the spirit OF the
student body, declaring that the atti-
tude Of mind on the grounds was one
OF "bouya4cy. Of optimism. enthus-
iasm. OF more solidarity" and that the
student morale was finer than 1t had
been "since the outbreak Of the war"
This year. DR.. Angel said, saw the
largest entering freshman class in
the history Of the university.
Announcement Of the scholarship
from washington alumni was made
by DR.. Paul kaufman, who SAID that
c. c. Glover. IT., president of the as
ISOLATION. had pledged himself II raise
tie first $500 for the Arst yesr and
that the association would take care