New Britain herald., 1923-05-02
YALE MEN ENTHUSE
 OVER ORGANIZATION
New Britain Alumni Hear Phelps, Warren, Campbell and Merriam

Over 100 local alumni Of Yale uni
 versity eongFegated at the shuttle
 Meadow club last evening l0 listen tf
 William Lyon Phelps and others urge
 the Yale graduates in New Britain le
 form an association and for that ass
 soeiatlon 10 cooperate with the eolr
 iege authorities in order 10 make q
 bigger. better institution at New llaN'
 en. During The banquet, the quartet
 Of the Yale Glee eluh, and Mandolin
 club entertained,
 Maurice Stanley toastmasier, iniro'
 duced William Lyon Phelps who at
 once launched into some of his hu-
 morons experiences as professor, llf
 showed a marked ability to pick hu-
 nor out Of the examinations which
 he had given from time 10 time. and
 he had the men in roafs Of laughter
 before he became serious in urging
 the local Yale men to organize, In his
 talk he spoke of Big Ed" Glass who
 was in attendance, and also his two classmates Judge J, H. kirkham and Judge Bernard F. Gaffney and his two sons. also of Yale fame, An idea advanced by Professor Phelps was to
 have the association Of Yale men give a scholarship 10 local hoy who was working his way through college. To emphasize this point. ha spoke of Bernard Chernoff. n New Britain hoy, who reflected credit on his commun- fly and on the university. II was such hoys as he that should be given -Aa tA sa bat Ia why the professor wanted 10 see New Britain men get together.
 Dean Warren Talks.
 Dean Charles Warren gave n very Interesting talk on the changes which have taken place and are taking place in the Sheffield Scientific school. He laid emphasis on the importance of the technically trained man having in addition to his engineering training n background of general culture, and he explained how the reorganization of the Scientific school was accomplish ing this.
 As Dean Warren pointed ont. a great many, possibly a majority. of the boys who come to Yale have not made up their minds just what line of work they will specialize on after graduation, and he explained how the new institution known as the common freshman year made it possible for the boys to combine academic and scientific work during that year and then proceed to specialize during the balance of the course in any field which they might desire.
 Under the new arrangement coun- selors are appointed from the faculty to whom the students may go for sug- gestions as to their work in the years following the freshman year, and he stated that this was often very helpful in preventing men from mak- ing serious mistakes in their choice of courses, as for example, the stu dent who decided that he wanted technical course and wanted to elect one course in civil engineering and another in chemistry, not realizing the improbability that these two widely separated branches of study could ever be of great use to him In any line of work he might take up after his college course was finished.
 Dean Warren reminded his hearers of the strides which had been made in the improvement of equipment and buildings owing to the generosity of graduates and friends of Yale.
 Dean Warren again laid stress on the fact that the Sheffield Scientific school was endeavoring and with the change in organization was able to offer its students far more than the narrow technical training in engineer ing. and he felt that graduates from the school left with a broader view point and with better balanced men, tality. He admitted, however, that 1t did not necessarily mean that stu dents of the school who elected some courses in English literature or other Kindred subjects would necessarily continue to develop such subjects after graduation for their own per sonal pleasure. and he recalled the in- cident of graduate of the school who told him how much he had enjoyed and how much benefit he had ob- tained from a course in Shakespeare, which he had chosen during his serior year. This man told Dean that a special study was made of Macbeth but for some reason they did not quite finish reading it and he had wondered for long time how that show did come out.
 Prospects of Track Team.
 Tommy Campbell captain of the rack team, told of the prospects and ,nid that although on account of the pad weather 1t had been q little dif- fcult to practice, he felt that the ma erial was excellent and that we had I m opportunity of making 8 good rec [ ,rd this year. Mir. Campbell told hls hearers that the track team not only l lad the Yale spirit but also really had he material, and that although the | Princeton meet comes next Saturday, ! le was not willing to prophecy the l esults but he was willing to prophecy q victory over Harvard in the Yale l Harvard meet which comes in June c t graduation time. Owing to the act that the Harvard meet Is to be leld late in the season, 1t will give an n