\ . ;~ ) J •• 0:' . 11 1917
VOL. VIII-No. 12 HARTFORD, CONN., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911 PRICE F IVE CENTS
NO SCORE FOR EITHER TEAM. TREASURER'S REPORT. NO TROUBLE FOR SCRUBS. LAST HOME GAME. Spectacular Game with N. Y. U. Financial Number of the Bulletin Practice game with Hartford High Trinity Plays M . A. C. Results in Draw. Just out. School. next Saturday. Trinity lines up against the strong New York University held Trinity The annual report of the Treasurer Wednesday afternoon on Trinity Massachusetts State Agricultural team to a tie on Ohio field Tuesday afternoon. of the college has just been issued from Field, the second team showed some next Saturday on Trinity Field. This A large crowd witnessed the struggle, the office. A more detailed review of it fine football against Hartford HJgh will be the last home game of the season which was interesting in spite of the than is possible at present will be given as the Brown and Haverford games are indecisive result. Both teams had good in an early issue of the Tripod. Mr. School, defeating them 24-0. · It was both played away from here; and as chances to score, fumbles being largely Waterman in his preface acknowledges not played as a regular game but was Hartford people and most of the responsible for their non-success. the establishment of three new funds, more like a try-out of the two teams, for college students will not see either of The Tripod could not possibly give as follows: The John Brainard Fund before the game it was agreed that the these games, Saturday affords them a fairer account or a more vivid picture by legacy of $5,000 from the estate of coaches should follow the teams. their last chance to see the present team of the game than that written by "Right the Reverend John Brainard, D. D., of in action. Wing" for Wednesday's New York the class of 1851; the Douglas Scholar The game showed that there is a The "Aggies" have a heavy fast Evening Post. The article, slightly ship Fund by a gift of $700 from the chance of the scrubs turning out some aggregation this year, and have made abridged, follows: Reverend George William Douglas, very good 'varsity material next year. a splendid record so far. . Kaleidoscopic play marked the pretty ·D. D., of the class of 1871; the George They always give Trinity a hard football game between New York Uni Krleeland Scholarship Fund by a gift The lineup and summary: close struggle and the game Saturday versity and Trinity College at Ohio of $600 from Miss Adele Kneeland and will be no exception. The two teams Field yesterday. Unfortunately for the Miss Alice Taintor, of Hartford, Conn. Trinity Scrubs Hartford High play the same style of football so the best laid plans of both elevens there The balance sheet shows total assets Hill, Elden LE Wilde spectators will be shown an interesting were spasms of fumbling and of poor of $2,385,815.23, of which $972,445.15 Wessels LT Griffin contest. kicking that checked marches to the is in trust funds and $1,404,235.73 in the Boehm LG Morris Trinity is in the best of shape not goal line at critical stages, and although Academic fund, (buildings, equipment, Ryerson c Belden .a man having been injured in theN. Y. the Hartford men had the better chance and general endowment). The opera Pollock, Crehore RG Barnard U. game, and they will try hard on to win, the score of 0-0 very nearly ting expenses of the college provided Leland RT Wooley Saturday to strike the pace which represented the calibre of the two out of the general income of the corpor- D. Clark, McCue, RE Parker swept Amherst off its feet, but which elevens. Trinity once reached New . ation were $68,439.05, exceeding the Elder has been somewhat lacking in the last York's two-yard mark, but because of income by $13,371.04. This deficit Smith QB Garvan two games. a misapprehension as to the number of is somewhat smaller than usual. Vizner LHB Fogarty· The game on Saturday and the one downs, the wrong play was used, and Hall, Baridon RHB Whitney a week later will be regarded as pre there was never again a good chance to Withington,~ · Clark-FB Johnson paratory to the Brown game which score. will close the season: and for this New York's best plays were made even when actual interception was im Score: Trinity 24, Hartford High 0. reason the work of the team in these from a close formation, and there were possible. The visitors, on the other Referee, Bleecker, '12; umpire, Cook, coming contests will be very closely . times when they tore the light Trinity hand, tried the forward fling six times. '12; Head linesman, Ahern, '12; Time watched. line to pieces, the runner being stopped The two that were successful were of quarters, 15 minutes. by Hudson, the big Hartford fullback, beauties, the first gaining thirty yards, + who had a great range of activity and the second twenty. Had the footing played in the style of a member of a been a little less slippery, the receivers BISHOP THOMAS TO SPEAK. team of the first rank. It was Hudson of these passes might have made even who stood in the way of the New York more ground. His Subject, "Missionary Work in ers at times when the eleven seemed Two of the Trinity onside kicks, running attack that swept them over. the West". to be getting together for a furious recovered by the forwards, .entirely the chalk lines beyond beautiful inter ference, from their own 35-yard line to The College Y. M. C. A. has arrange4 running attack, and on the offence it changed the complexion of the game for a meeting of the student body on was his plunges that carried the ball when they were made, for they took New York's 40-yard stripe. Three first downs were made in rapid succession Monday evening, November 13th, in into a menacing position for the Blue Trinity out of the defensive zone and the History Room at 7 o'clock, to meet and Gold, aided by end runs that were put the team on the attack. Trinity before the Violet defence was able to solve the attack. Bishop Nathaniel S. Thomas, of prettily put together and showed long used a line shift that paired the ends, Wyoming who will give an account of drilling in the forming of effective first on 'one side and then on the other, the fight that is going on for righteous interference. and from this formation the team ran Trinity did not use a substitute throughout the game, while New York ness on the frontier. Bishop Thomas Both teams played a simple game. a number of pretty plays, including one went out to Wyoming some four years The plays were few, and it was not in in which Ahern, the sandy, black-haired used several. The lineup and sum mary: ago and has been doing pioneer work variety but in clever execution that wing man, swung around the opposite in the country where the conditions they proved so attracrive. Trinity's side for good gains. Ahern gave an Trinity N.Y. U. demand courage and persistence of a game was built upon the sound princi excellent exhibition of end play, both full grown man. The problems and LE Crawford ples of the open game, but unfortunate on attack and defence. Ball in hand, Ahern possibilities of this section of the country D. Howell Lt Vesley ly Cook, the visiting q_uarter, did not he frequently carried two heavy New will be considered in the Bishop's John Moore LG Mackay run his team as he has run it in the York forwards on his back, and he address as well as the progress the Bleecker Torrence past, and showed a tendency to keep a simply refused to be thrown back. c Church is making. Let us turn out to James Moore RG Henneyberger strong and well-conceived kicking game Captain Howell on the other end was this meeting and give the Bishop a Kinney RT Weiner under cover. Probably the early another good ground-gainer, while Col hearty welcome. blocking of a kick, a play that put the lett and Hudson, the latter one of the C. Howell (capt) RE Dutcher Trinity.goalline in jeopardy, influenced most powerful plungers I have seen Cook QB Nixon + Cook to change his plans, but in so this year, bore the brunt of the attack I:.awlor LHB Elliffe Collett RHG Moore doing he made a mistake, for the Trin in the backfield. Trinity's fumbling VOLUNTARY COURSE ity style of onside kicking is about as spoiled a pretty and effective bit of Hudson FB Cumfort (capt) ON SLIDE RULE. dangerous and disconcerting a form of attack early in the game, and poor kick attack as any team would care to meet. ing by Cook, as well as a blocked kick, Score, Trinity 0, N. Y. U. 0; referee, The following notice appeared on the Trinity accomplished one feat against kept the play in Trinity territory for Selvage of Columbia, umpire, Saunders bulletin board yesterday mprning: New York that many had believed to many minutes. Lawlor, Trinity's left of Stevens; field judge, Scudder of Students•wishing to take a voluntary be impossible-the visitors stopped the half, was not as effective as the other Brown; head linesman, Levene of U. course in the use of the slide rule should forward passing game that had proved backs, but the interference for him was of P.; substitutes, New York, Holm for consult with Mr. Cushman before so puzzling to Yale. The Trinity backs poorer. Weiner, Weiner for Holm; Zimmerley Friday morning. A twelve-hour were well placed to intercept the Upon one occasion, and right after for Dutcher, Coleman for Zimmerley; course consisting of six or seven lectures passes, and they managed to reach them their own goal had been threatened, the time of periods, two 15-minute and and recitations with the remainder for with their fingertips and so spoil them, Hartford men uncovered a brilliant two 12-minute; attendance, 3,000. preparation will be required. 2 THE TRINITY TRIPOD.
. '~el doing itself in bunches and then taking a month's vacation. We think it's up Randall & · Blackmore . ·ft~w~ ~ to the Press Club to create some news Horsfall fr_rtnlt!t8~ri)lov or else what is the Press Club for? ~i_sfi- dass Jnrtraiiur£ We've had a reporter watching the Shoes Published Tuesdays and Fridays freshman gym. classes· for two years, 11 PRATT STREET HARTFORD Introducing a straight lace in each week of the college but so far no serious casualties. This Bal, with blind eyelets to year by the students of is surprising, too, considering the risks. top. Trinity College. Our special incendiary has been ill this P. H. BILLINGS fall; so there have been no midnight Also Blucher style. attacks by the fire department on the MERCHANT TAILOR Subscribers are urged to report Russia leather. promptly any serious irregularity in the stone butressed walls of Northam. But Popular Prices. receipt of the Tripod. All complaints wait, · watch, be patient! We'll uncork .$4.00 $5.00 $6.50. 9 Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn. and business communications should be something one of these days. addressed to the Circulation Manager. The columns of the Tripod are at all times open to alumni, undergraduates + Fidelity Trust Co. and others for the free discussion of .Horsfall's THE COLLEGE FRESHMAN. 46 PEARL ST., HARTFORD, CONN. matters of interest to Trinity men. 93-99 ASYLUM STREET and All communications, or material of "Outlook" prints an interesting We do general Banking as well as all any sort for Tuesday's issue must be in 140 TRUMBULL STREET. kinds of Trust business. We solicit the Tripod box before 10.00 a. m. on Article about him. accounts from College Organizations Monday; for Friday's issue, before 10.00 In an October issue of the Outlook and Individuals. 11. m. on Thursday. there is lJ,n interesting article entitled, +- .....• "The Freshman" by W. R. Castle, Jr., Let us do your Banking for you. Entered as second- class matter i Visit Auto Dep't September 24, 1909, at the Post Office, the Assistant Dean of Harvard Univer F. L. WILCOX, Pres't, Trinity, '80. at Hartford, Conn. sity which is well worth the reading. LOOMIS A. NEWTON, Secretary• . He starts out by stating that no section Editor-in-Chief, of the community is so maligned as the I Men'~~ Coats OTTO BRINK, William A. Bird, IV, '12. college freshman. "J~J~t a mean fresh man trick", they say in college when These coats are the THE COLLEGE BARBER Managirtg Editor, correct style and th~ proper Chapin Carpenter, '12. some outrageous piece of vandalism materials for the motorist's Full Line of Cigars and Tobaccos. occurs. "The college freshman much wear, and insure perfect Athletic Editor, in evidence", chorus the newspapers protection against the cold 996 BROAD STREET, HARTFORD James S. Craik, '12. when in some low-class restaur;mt or ancf storm of the bitter Corner Jefferson Street, Assignment Editor, days of winter. theatre a crowd of ::;orne flashily dresseq The fur coats give you Thomas G. Brown, '13. young men make themselves particl.l choice of Dog Skin at $18.50, Alumni Editor, larly obnoxious. As a rule the freshman Dog Skin with Coon Collar for WfiJ~~~J!Son ~ Samuel S. Swift, '13. class was safely in bed when the incident $2~.50, Calf Skins for $25, $30 and $35. Astrachan for Nej./Js Editor, occureq. But tlle individual freshmen $35, with the Otter Collar for Athletic ECI. ~ · Leonard D. Adkins, '13. do not resent the attacks. Quite the $39. Pony Skin Coats for $35, $42.50 and $48. Raccoon ~ ~T . o ... Tre(lsurer, contrary. They are secretly pleased Supplies ... to be thought manly enough-to t}le Coats for $55, $75, $85, ap.d Bise Ball, Lawn '!'ennis, Golf, Basket Allan B. Cook, '13. Calf Skin with Beaver Collar extremely young rnanly, and dissipated Ball, Foot Ball, Hockey, Track and Advertising Manager, for $65 each. Fur-lined Coats Field Sports. Catalogue Free. are vaguely synonymous-to be capable for $19, $25 and $26 each. William Short, Jr., '12. College Students and Athletes who of such stPil.\ing misdemeanors. So want the real superior articles for the Ass't Advertising Manager and Secre!ilry, they cut out the articles and send them Brown, Thomson various sports should insist upon those T. F. Flanagan, '12. , home in letters which casually e4plain bearing the Wright & Ditson Trademark Circulation Manager, that the charges are untrue. & .Company WRIGHT & DITSON, Kenneth B. Case, '13. That many boys do in their first year· I 344 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. at college · take this downward path no +----~ ··········-· New York San Francisco Chicago Providence Cambridge Subscription Price, $2.00 per Year. one can deny; 'but the reason given, General Theological Seminary the innate badness of the freshman soul, Chelsea Square, New York. BIENSTOCK'S Advertising Rates furnished is far, very far from the mark. The The next Academic Year will begin on the last Wedzlesday in September. JEFFERSON PHARMACY on application. true reason is the innate goodness of Special Students admitted and Graduate Course the freshman soul, its untried, untu for Graduates of other Theological Seminaries. 990 Broad Street, cor. Jeffersop., OFFICE-1 SEABl,JRY HALL. toredpurity. cu11~ ~=~t:'h!d~r~~ admission 11nd other parti- Is the nearest and best equipped · Drug Store. There is no money equivalent to the The Vf!ry Rev. WJLF()RJ) H. ROtltllNS, P. 0. Station No. 11. "NOW THEN, TRINITY." wreck of character. And yet the c D. D., LL. D.z, J?ean. father who would nevel' think of giving A RATHSKELLER ~atches to his six-year-old son, wili, P. J. Dahlen, D.D.S. Downstairs for Private Parties, Wit}l flO much bein~ said abou~ us, ten or twelve years later, give that same 759 MAIN STREET, we are perhaps likely to lose sight of boy complete freedom, and when the Corper Qf Pearl, Dinners and Banquets. just whllt O\lf true position 011 the stage boy goes wrong in college, the father Hours: SMOKE & BUCK, is. Juqgi11g from the comm\1,njcations who has not done his duty, says, 11 You 8.30 a. m. to 12 m., 1 to 5.30 p. m. 300 Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn. that havll come in receptly, the Tripod see what a pernicious place a college is". is a thing of no value but of great Theoretically and ideally, the colleges importance. A young alumpus writes open their doors annually to groups of lesson, And just here is where the tary subjeatsj as guides in COJlduct, as that he always reads the football n!lws ypung men who are all thirsting fpr colleges too often fail. A man js advisors, leaders, they are the only ones first, but thi11ks it is not of very great intellectual stimulus. Every student en·gaged tp teach freshmen becau::;~ he who count. value, and advises us· to turn to other has come with a clearly defined purpose has graduated with highest honors, not The dlJ,ngers in college are not the topics. A still younger alumnus is end enthusiasm for work. All the becaU&.e he is a man who will lqa!i and dangers of college. They are the dan inclined to think t}lat we are doing no college has to do is to direct these eager inspire others. His face is faded; his gers of youth. They may qest be hair is long, to keep l:)im from catching averted by the wisdom of parents, but ~ pecial harrn at present, and ought to b~ young minds· as effectively as its let alone--since the possibilities for doctors of philosophy may be able. cold. He has never bee)'l to a football the wisdom of most parents must be game pe<;ause he has never had the tim.e. replaced by the wisdom of the college. ·doing worse are so num~rous: Some This is a beautiful theory. Unfortu As a leader o.ut of the class-room he is There must be advice, there must be Incorporated 1825. allumnt ~ott~. The Connecticut River · Mason's Coal Banking Company '07-Irving Ronaldo Kenyon is sales IS ALWAYS GOOD- THE manager for the Simplex Manufacturing South Corner Main and Pearl Streets PRICE IS ALWAYS RIGHT Co. Their offices are on 90 West St., Hartford, Conn. New York City, and their factory at ALL BANKING FACILITIES. A trial order will make you a Thompsonville, Conn. 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Gladwin, Proprietor. 240 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD to Hartford to take up a position with CHOICE CUT FLOWERS the Underwood Typewriter Company. Custom Tailoring. 66 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD 722 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. G. F. Warfield & Co. He is rooming at 56 Willard Street. Charter 151. Booksellers and '11-Blinn F. Yates is with Knapp, Stationers, Peck & Thompson in Auburn, N. Y., '17-79 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn. publishers of the Auburn Daily A!iver- 1 tiser and the Auburn Journal, a semi ...... a a a a a I I_ I a. . -- weekly publication. The Connecticut '11-A. Lloyd Gildersleeve is assisting Woolsey M. Johnson, '98, in his electro Mutual Life Ins. Co. chemical laboratory on Broad Street, Hartford, Conn. Hartford. + Why should I insure my life? .. THE Because it is a debt you owe to CHEERING GOOD .1\T N. Y. U. • those who are dependent upon SMOOTHEST your earnings for their support. There was much favorable comment You admit that it is your duty at the N. Y. U. game on the way the COME, boys, a cheer-All to TOSACCO to supply their needs fFom day to Trinity men got ·together and cheered. day, but forget that it is equally . gether-V-E ~L-V-E-T-smoot~}. your duty to provide an ever Although there were very few in the ready and sufficient equivalent section, and many N. Y. U. men were Velvet cheers you on and cheen for your earpi11g power, which mixed in with them, they made them you up. It'a so SIJ1Q9lh. The your family stands in constant selves heard throughout the game: The sdc;:cted leaf is h~g in the ware· jeopardy to lose by your prema- house over two ye