THE HAVERFORDIAN
HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
VOLUME XVII. No. 3. JULY, 1895.
CONTENTS.
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EDITORIALS Communication . 41
A Harvard Letter ...... 33 Commencement 42
The Cricket-Season's Lessons . . 33 Alumni Personals 43
'89 Reunion 34 Verse 43
Ferdinand Lassalle 34 College Notes 43
Alumni Oration 40 Cricket . . 45
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aim will be to make it not a mere summary 1&1\£ Tiauertordian. of events, nor a record of athletic prospects
alone, but to give a fair representation of EDITORS : different phases of Harvard life, as they JOHN A. LESTER, '96, Chairman. strike the Haverfordian of to-day. The G II. DEUELL, '96. writers will be recent graduates, and the T. HARVEY HAINES, '96. views of university life which they have RICHARD C. BROWN, '97. promised to give us must of necessity be ELLIOT FIELD, '97. of great interest to us who have not yet WILLIAM H. Mac AFEE, '97. left our own little college. CHARLES D. NASON, '97.
Paui, D. I. Maier, '96, . . Business Manager. athletic review of the year is not in A. G. Varney, '98, . . . Ass' I Business Manager. AN place here. It has already appeared in part in the college Athletic Annua/. Subscription Price, One Year, $ 1. 00 We would, however, call the attention of Single Copies, . .15 those few who are not already aware of the The Haverfokdian is the official organ of the students fact that the cricket season which has ended of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct supervision, on the tenth of every month during the college has been, with little doubt, the year. most suc- cessful in the history of the college. The Entered at the Haverford Post Office, for transmission through the mails at second-class rates. championship comes to Haverford again and not only so, but the team which has WE are indebted again to Mr. Wm. S. recovered it has experienced only one Vaux, Jr., for permission to use defeat during the whole season, and that the photograph from which our after a well-contested game, at the hands of
Art Supplement for the month is taken. the strongest club in the country. This We hope in due time to reproduce others record surpasses even the admirable one of of this admirable series. 1893. The year has seen corresponding
advance along other athletic lines ; and we HONORABLE mention in the annual hope for further progress during the next competition for the composition college year. The lesson which the year prize was made of the article we has taught with regard to the general sub- publish this month. The prize was awarded ject is the inadvisability of entering any to an article the main part of which has new athletic enterprise without the strong been already printed in these columns. and hearty co-operation of the whole college. are pleased to state that several of The lessons which the season has taught WE are the Haverford men who are to be to Haverford cricketers two-fold. If
at Harvard next year have agreed the championship is to be retained next to write us a monthly Harvard letter. The year, we must have, during the winter 34 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
months, careful coaching of bowlers as well even at the expense of being a trifle fast, as of batters. In the second place we must will be consistently true. We cannot have have a wicket in the shed which will inspire too good a wicket to teach beginners the young players with confidence ; and which elements of batting.
'89 REUNION.
Class of '89 held her sixth reunion On Monday, the 2 1st inst, C. H. Burr, THE Jr., at Manheim after the Haverford-U. gave the Class of '89 a dinner at the Uni- of P. cricket game. R. C. Banes, C. versity Club. His invitation was accepted
H. Burr, Jr., W. R. Dunton, M. D., T. by the following, who were present: Bran-
Evans, W. H. Evans, L. J. Morris, A. N. son, Dunton, Evans, Goodwin, Kirkbride,
Leeds, W. E. Smith, D. J. Reinhardt, J. S. Leeds, Oberman, Reinhardt, Stokes, Bond, Stokes and F. B. Kirkbride were present. Causey, W. E. Smith and W. I. Smith. An election for officers for the ensuing The evening was spent in impromptu three years was held, and resulted as fol- speech-making, telling stories of college
lows : President, Kirkbride ; vice-president, days and singing the old college songs. Reinhardt; secretary, Burr. The dinner The evening was closed by tendering Burr was held on the porch (second floor) of the a vote of thanks for having given the class
club house. one of the pleasantest reunions it has had
FERDINAND LASSALLE.
FEW subjects have arrested the attention early part of this century, appears the ex- and interest of the student of the traordinary and interesting personality of nineteenth century more than the Ferdinand Lassalle, the creator of a new aims that be social faith doctrines, endeavors and may ; one whose strength and breadth classified under the head of Socialism in the of convictions secured him a place in the general and generic sense. Men of all two widely different domains of German classes have been enlisted in this subject to science and politics, and one who profoundly a greater or less degree, and in different influenced the leading spirits of his time.
phases of it, varying, as the views of the Ferdinand Lassalle was born at Breslau, men, from the moderate position of the on the nth day of April, 1825, of Jewish
Christian socialist, of the type of Maurice parentage. His father, a successful silk- and Kingsley, to the anarchistic views of merchant, was a man not possessing unusual
the Russian, Bakunin ; but in no country intellectual gifts, but sagacious and upright. has the consideration of Socialism been so The family name was Lassal, but Ferdinand
scholarly and thorough as in Germany. felt little love toward his race and took the German Socialism is rightly regarded as name of Lassalle when quite young. This distinctive and as the foundation of this dislike of Judaism was very strong, and at
doctrine. Among the host of German one time he is said to have exclaimed, philosophical writers, economists, orators, "There are two classes of men especially agitators and organizers which mark the whiqh I cannot tolerate, the literary men —
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and the Jews, and, unfortunately, I belong by his two friends, Mendelssohn and Oppen- to both." While this spirit of disloyalty to heim, whose help he had enlisted in his
his race cannot be admired, it shows, never- efforts for the Countess. It was known theless, the temper of the man—personal that in the casket of Count Hatzfeldt's para- circumstances did not govern his beliefs. mour, the Baroness von Meyerdorff, there
Lassalle in his youth showed traits of was the bond of a life annuity which had forwardness, of imperious bearing, of arro- been settled upon this lady by her lover. gance, and at the same time filial affection Mendelssohn and Oppenheim, while stay- traits which are often found to characterize ing at the same hotel at Cologne as the those of Hebrew descent. Little is known Baroness, by chance came upon her servant of Lassalle's boyhood, except that he was carrying the casket. They forcibly seized of a very irritable and sensational tempera- it, but were unsuccessful in their conceal- ment, but one of his most striking char- ment of the deed, and soon fell into the acteristics was his great love for his devoted hands of the law. mother. After receiving the elements of Lassalle has always been blamed by his education at home, he was sent to a trade enemies for the indiscretion of his friends, school at Leipzig, and here his inclinations but it seems unfair to accuse him of the took a scientific direction. He was a stu- rash actions of others. His friendship with dent at Breslau University, and later at this lady inevitably gave rise to scandal,
Berlin, where he laid the foundation of the but never, surely, was scandal so little justi- Hegelian studies to which he owed his fied. The Countess was twenty years Las- political philosophy. In 1S45 he went to salle's senior, and the relation was clearly Paris, and there secured the friendship of that of mother and son. It was most Heine and George Sand, with whom he was natural that she would always feel greatly included in the interesting circle around the indebted to Lassalle for his efforts on her
"mattress grave" of the sick poet. Heine behalf. It is difficult to say how far, in his said to Lassalle, " I have never before felt zealous advocacy of this lady's cause, Las- so much confidence in anyone," and again, salle was influenced by a strong sense of
" I have found in no one so much passion duty, and how far by a love of the romantic. and clearness of intellect united with action." No doubt both factors were present.
Lassalle was just beginning his first liter- While Lassalle was still engaged in the ary work, Heraclitus, when events occurred Hatzfeldt lawsuit, events transpired which which seemed to impel him to lay aside his caused him to devote his attention to other folios and manuscripts. He had made the things. It was the revolutionary storm of acquaintance of a certain Countess Sophie 1848, which spent its greatest force in Paris, von Hatzfeldt, a lady of forty years but of but whose effect was strongly felt in Ger- marked beauty, who was at the time en- many. Lassalle had already identified him- gaged in a suit for divorce from a brutal self with the German Republican party, and and cruel husband. Lassalle's sympathies took a most active part in the movement of extended so far that he decided to cham- resistance to the Prussian government, pion the cause of " his oppressed friend." under the leadership of such men as Marx, The struggle lasted eight years, but Lassalle Engels and Walff. It is in the indictment won in the end. against him to appear before the Dusseldorf The most noteworthy incident in this assizes in 1848, that we have received the long dispute was the famous casket robbery, vivid description of him as " five feet six committed without Lassalle's knowledge, inches high, with brown curly hair, open :
36 THE HAVERFORDIAN. forehead, brown eye-brows, dark blue eyes, and all convictions, but not want of con- well-proportioned nose and mouth, round viction." chin, rather long face, and of slender build." After the Hatzfeldt affair, which was The speech made by Lassalle on this occa- settled in 1854, Lassalle devoted himself to sion, in defence of his actions, is a marvel- the completion of his laborious work on ous production, and, historically, is of great Heraclitus, of Ephesus, which was finally
importance. It is one of the most wonder- published in 1858. The work has been
ful instances of manly courage and elo- variously judged by scholars, few of whom
quence in a youth which the world's history have awarded it a high place in philosophi-
furnishes. Its faultless construction, its cal literature. It is, however, easy to be-
logical sequence, and its real eloquence lieve that the character and philosophy of demand our highest admiration; but above this Ephesian sage, " who taught the doc-
all it is most interesting to the student of trines of perpetual flux, and who, negativ-
Lassalle for the exposition which it con- ing the Being, accepted only a Becoming, tains of his political and social views. While was most attractive to Lassalle, the basis
the doctrines and beliefs expressed in it of whose social teaching was that human cannot wholly be accepted at the present, institutions are without finality, and that time, yet we surely must admire his daring the value and truth of all the economic
spirit. creeds which have descended to the present He begins with the cold declaration, " I age are relative rather than absolute." acknowledge to you with pleasure that His next literary performance was his
from inmost conviction I take altogether a only drama, " Franz von Sickingen," which revolutionary standpoint, that from inmost was not a success, and its only interest is
conviction I am a pronounced adherent of in the direct bearing which many passages the social democratic republic." have upon the author's career. In the
It is very necessary for us in our judg- meanwhile Lassalle had transferred his ment of Lassalle to understand fully his residence to Berlin, which he had been pre- conception of revolution. We find from vented from doing by the government on
his latter works that he did not define it as account of his revolutionary exploits in the violent overturn of a form of govern- 1848. ment, but, as he says, " A revolution takes The literary products attributed to this " place if— with or without force—an entirely period include his principal work, System new principle is made to take place of the of Acquired Rights." In this Lassalle existing state of things." inquires whether acquired rights can claim Finally, Lassalle in this speech struck protection against the " retroactive " effect
the note of his entire public life, when he of new laws, and to what extent. And the said, " Not to take sides, that means either conclusions to which he comes are signifi-
to have little conviction or to disown con- cant for the development of his economic viction. Not to take sides, that means to theories. He lays down two propositions prefer, in ignominious indifference to the " No laws should be retroactive which only highest interest which thrills the heart of affect an individual through the medium of mankind, one's own quiet and ease to the the actions of his will," and, " Every law great questions upon which the weal and should be retroactive which affects the woe of the fatherland depend, and so to individual without the interposition of such betray the duties which we owe to the a voluntary act; which affects the indivi-
fatherland. History can forgive all errors dual directly in his involuntary human or THE HAVERFORDIAN. 37 natural, or socially acquired qualities, or him as a defender of constitutional govern- only affects him in that it alters society ment. itself, in its organic institutions." " The sole His next lecture, delivered on April 12, source of right is the common conscious- 1862, before an artisans' association in Ber- ness and conviction of the nation." lin, was not so successful. In this he dealt, In regard to the abolition of acquired in a perfectly philosophical and historical rights, Lassalle takes the standpoint that to way, with the development of the State and give compensation is illogical, illegal and society since the French Revolution ; and unjust. In the latter part of the work, he came to the conclusion that just as that Lassalle considers the right of succession Revolution gave to the third estate the as it existed in ancient times and as it now leading place in the State, so the German exists. Revolution of 1848 had elevated the fourth In 1862 he published a cutting satire on estate to the dignity. The boldness of Julian Schmidt's " History of German stating such doctrines resulted in the Literature," ten pages of which are taken seizure of the entire published edition of up with an argument that Fichte was to 3000 copies, while Lassalle was served with the last hostile to Christianity. a writ by the Crown Solicitor requiring While the constitutional conflicts which him to answer the charge of endangering arose at the succession of King William I the public peace. were still in an early stage, Lassalle was It was during this spirited trial, which invited to address, in the spring of 1862, took place at Berlin on January 16, 1863, one of the Ratepayers' Associations of in his reply to the allegation that the work Berlin, and he chose for his subject, " The was not scientific, that Lassalle challenged Essence of the Constitution." In this the verdict of seven members of the Royal address he advanced the doctrine that " con- Academy of Sciences, and concluded with " stitutional questions are questions of this remarkable statement : The alliance power." " The written constitution is of science and the working classes, of these merely the expression of the elements of opposite poles of society, which when they power, as king, nobility, court, etc., which meet, will crush all obstacles to civilization exist in a country, and their relationship to in their iron arms ; that is the end to which each other, but these elements of power I have resolved to dedicate my life." form themselves the real constitution. So The trial resulted in the sentence of long as a king, nobility, and army consti- Lassalle to imprisonment for six months and tute an undivided *element of power, mere to pay cost of prosecution. written guarantees cannot be binding His next literary work was the publica- upon a sovereign." These doctrines, com- tion of his defence, with the title " Science ing from so unexpected a quarter, were and the Working Men," and it was the received as a source of strength by the views expressed here that brought him the supporters of the government, and at their wrath of both the Liberals and Conserva- request a second address followed by tives, and made the beginning of German Lassale, entitled " What Now ? " in which Social Democracy. In February of the he carried his argument further. As, in next year Lassalle wrote a remarkable Prussia, the army stood behind the gov- pamphlet, " Might and Right," a sequel to ernment, what remedy had the Parlia- the two addresses on the constitution, ment against acts which it might deem wherein, he gave expression to the unmis- illegal ? The governing party now regarded takable doctrine " With the Democracy —
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alone is all right, and with it alone will be and was only intensified by a short separa- might." tion while Lassalle was holding his " glor- It was immediately after this great strug- ious review," through the Rhenish prov- gle against the ruling powers that Lassalle inces. The enthusiastic reception given
became the main spirit in the foundation of Lassalle in this journey is a great testimony the Universal German Working Men's As- to his popularity. Through the whole sociation, which took a decidedly promi- line, the population indulged in indescrib- nent part in the politics of this time. able jubilation, and he was everywhere His next undertaking was to organize greeted with triumphal arches and flags. the working classes into Productive Asso- At the entrance of the town of Rousdorf an
ciations. This was to be an independent arch bore the inscription : political party, making universal, equal and " Wellkommen dem Ferdinand Lassalle direct suffrage their watchword. By this " Viel tausendmal in Rousdorfer Thai ! organization the worker was to receive the
full result of his labor, and the necessary At the end of this journey, as he was capital for carrying on this association was much overworked, he decided to take a to be provided by the State. rest at Rigi-Keltbad. Helene, on hearing
It was while Lassalle was in the midst of of Lasalle's visit here, organized an excur-
this great agitation that his romantic spirit sion thither with several friends, and it is at again seemed to predominate, and we are this time that the romance develops into a forced to relate the tragic love story which spirited love affair. On Helene's return ended in his early death. she finds both her parents averse to the
During these early years of Berlin life, marriage and demanding that she disown Lassalle had become quite a central figure Lassalle. His various scandals and political in society and a great favorite in the views were brought forward in order to drawing-room, where his intellectual reconcile Helene to her first lover, whom she powers and his fascinating appearance had had rejected for Lassalle—Yanko Racowitza, made him very popular. While he was a young Wallachian nobleman of little enjoying these festivities he became strength of character. In despair, Helene acquainted with a young lady, Helene von fled to the house of her lover, whom she
Donniges, the daughter of a Bavarian besought to carry her away. It is here diplomat. Beauty appears to have been where Lassalle threw aside his romantic hereditary in the family, and Fraulein von spirit and took a step of gallantry and Donniges was both beautiful and vain, while honor. Instead of yielding to the sad very attractive, but of a romantic disposi- pleas of the one so devoted to him in love, tion. She and Lassalle are said to have he returns her to her parents in the hope borne a remarkable resemblance to each of receiving her again, free from reproach. other, and they were both of the same tem- The result was that Fraulein von Don- perament. At their first meeting they niges' pride and love were injured, and she seem to have fallen passionately in love refuses Lassalle's presence. Attributing with each other. " It did not seem," this apparent indifference to the overpower- Helene said, " at all remarkable that a ing strength of her parents, Lassalle chal- stranger should call me ' Du ' on first lenges Herr von Donniges to a duel, but acquaintance ; we seemed to fit to one the latter imposes the duty of representing another so perfectly." This attachment him upon his prospective son-in-law, young grew as the lovers saw more of each other Racowitza. ;
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The duel was fought on the morning of who, after the death of Lassalle was the August 28, at a village called Caronge. chief spirit in the new organization, widened At the first shot Lassalle was mortally socialism and removed all its local patriotic
wounded, and was carried by his seconds, traces. Without Lassalle and without its
Rustow and Dr. Seiler, to the Victoria present name, it would have appeared as Hotel, in Geneva. Here Lassalle suffered some mode of revolution and change. To
dreadfully for three days, and on Wednes- him is certainly due its freedom from the day, August 31, 1864, died, at the age of impossible P'rench communism, with which
thirty-nine. it was formerly associated, its historical
So ended the interesting and romantic basis and its definite goal. In these respects
life of this remarkable German socialist, socialism is Lassalle's creation, and must whom Alexander von Humboldt had stand for his work in the world. Let
termed a "Wunerkind;" whom Heine Social Democracy be what it may, it is a had called " The Messiah of the nineteenth great power in German politics, a power century;" whom Prince Bismarck had which cannot be ignored, and Ferdinand
greeted as " one of the greatest men of the Lassalle must be regarded as its origi- age ; " and whom the German working nator. class had regarded, and still regard, as a It is a task of no little undertaking to heaven-sent champion of their cause. sum up the important features of a life like This character which we have presented Lassalle's, but those characteristics which is not one which should be received as an seem to be most worthy of notice are his exemplar for other generations to follow wonderful enthusiasm and daring, the his inner life and views appearing too breadth and strength of his convictions, inconsistent and contradictory, but one his sympathetic nature—combined with a whose enthusiasm, force and daring cannot remarkable force of character, his power as but arrest the attention, and, in many a speaker, as well as a most successful respects, excite the admiration of the open- writer, as an agitator, as a man of science, minded scholarship of the nineteenth as a hero—and above all, as a char- century. acter of marked influence in the world's The traits which are so noticeable in history. Lassalle, are those which are most wanting In regard to his doctrines, ages cannot in the present day. We see in him some overlook his " cruel iron law," in which he, of the noblest virtues existing side by side as a disciple of Adam Smith, makes labor with some of the greatest faults. It is this the single measure of value in exchange; singular personality which has made him his " Doctrine of Acquired Rights," as well an inexplicable riddle to all students of as the beneficial effect in society, which his character. We may form what opinion influence brought about in the peaceful and we will of Lassalle's doctrines, and judge sound reasonings of the later movements as we will of his faults, the fact remains in Socialism. that we have to do with a remarkable man, As has been said, " Lassalle would have with one who on many grounds deserves been a very Savonarola of social reform had to rank with the representative men of this he only possessed the holy inspiration of remarkable century. the wild Florentine." That, however, he
Socialism, in the course of its develop- lacked conspicuously, and his work suffered
ment, has departed largely from the teach- for the deficiency. With all its attractive
ings of Lassalle. The influence of Marx, and its repellant features, the character of 4o THE HAVERFORDIAN.
Lassalle must stand forward, clear and what he is from nature, and who never prominent, among the leading figures of reminds us of others." Tried by this test, modern history. Ferdinand Lassalle must clearly be awarded " He is great," says Emerson, " who is the laurels of greatness.
ALUMNI ORATION.
AT 8.00 p. m. the Alumni and their must be balanced by goods sold above cost. friends, and the students, gathered The socialist would not disturb the right in Alumni Hall to hear the Alumni of freedom of property. For the right of oration. After a few announcements of freedom of contract, he should substitute committees etc., the president of the Alum- the right of every man to work, and receive ni Association introduced the orator of the a reward for work. He would destroy the evening, William Draper Lewis, '88, who right of freedom of conveyance. In return spoke on Socialism. he would give the right of freedom of After emphasizing the necessity of view- choice, and of occupation, and of freedom ing this subject in a fair and impartial of purchase. spirit, he laid down as the foundations of In case too many wished to be doctors, modern civilization, the true principles of for example, and too few to be stokers, the the right of freedom of property and the government should lower the reward for a right of freedom of contract. unit of work of the doctor, and raise it for The foundation principles of Socialism the unit of work of the stoker.
are : first, it is the duty of government to Difference of individual ability would be supply work for all who desire to work, and balanced by the greater honor and respect second, rewards for work should be prac- for the more talented man. tically the same. The first of these prin- A comparison of the nations of the earth ciples necessitates the government's becom- shows the Aryan nations to be the most ing a general producer, therefore, private advanced in civilization, the European na- enterprise and competition would have to tions to be far more progressive than the be restrained by law, and all channels of Asiatic peoples. production would be under government What is the characteristic of a progres- control. sive people ? History will answer this
The second principle means that the question for us. History is divided into products of government labor should be three periods, the period of village or tribal equally divided among the workers. There life, the period of the feudal system, the should be a " unit of work," and for every period of competition.
unit of work performed, the worker should The main features of the first period are receive a government certificate, and goods its commercial features. The products of should be sold only to holders of certifi- the work of an individual belong equally cates. Those who are physically or to all his fellow-villagers. The individual
mentally unable to labor should receive is but the single unit of the great whole. certificates also. As the race multiplied and agriculture The goods which are sold must balance became more extensive, the necessity for all outstanding certificates. Non-productive cattle became greater. The easiest way labor, such as keeping railroads in repair, for a man to get cattle was for him to take THE HAVERFORDIAN. 4i some one's else. Hence war was the thing Then the question is—Will socialism, as that broke up Communism, because war outlined by its leaders, restrain the sphere emphasized the importance of the man, the of individual effort ? individual. The socialist would not restrain freedom As soon as individual property appeared of property. But the government having Feudalism arose. The king, or chief, or control of all industry, would the sphere of great lord had cattle, and the lesser indi- individual effort be narrowed ? The sphere vidual needed some. So he bargained that of the leader would be. But the destruc- for cattle he would give himself to the tion of the unwritten law that the son of a lord ; hence, the vassalage of Feudalism. hod-carrier must be a hod-carrier, would When the physical desires of the great widen the sphere of the lower classes. lord increased, and could no longer be We must take up the question industry satisfied by the products of his manor, so by industry. In the case of those which that intercourse between manor and manor but few men have the ability to head, for became frequent, and when towns arose, example, a railroad corporation, govern- where industries were varied and central- ment control might be beneficial ; while ized, the vassal could escape from his serf- the centralizing of the lesser industries, dom, and flee to a town, where as an such as the weaving of wool, a manufac- individual man, he held property of his ture of paper, which require less ability and own. Then Feudalism fell. From econo- less capital, would harmfully narrow the mic changes in the desire of man arose sphere of individual activity. contract, and after that the widened sphere The lecturer stated that he had not of individualism and competition. Indi- attempted to solve the problem in his vidualism has caused every upward step in address, but only to show how it must be our civilization. considered.
COMMUNICATION.
have received communications steps of the old building and leaped from a WE of interest Harris from J. Rendel stone block across the gravel up toward and T. H. Chase, '84. the magnolia. Dr. H. Hartshorne was of
The following letter was handed to us by the same class. In the winter of 1838-39 Dr. H. would shake his foot and send a Professor Babbit, to whom it was addressed : large old leather-covered foot-ball from the Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., front walk over the cupola roof. Cricket June 4, 1895. and base-ball were played with enthusiasm Excuse the freedom of an alumnus of as well as foot-ball, and jumping hi every Haverford. Your Aililetic Annual was way. We had our " Delphian " races. forwarded from Union Springs to my pres- Then the Loganian Library numbered ent residence. I entered Haverford in the about thirty volumes. It is recorded of fall of 1838, hence I was familiar with the Lindley Murray that he jumped across Class of '39. That class had a man from Peck Slip, New York, over the water, about New Jersey, tall and slim. I have seen him equal to George Washington's 24-foot jump. jump twenty-two feet. His name was Col- Very respectfully, lins, not Fred. He ran from the front Robert B. Howland, Class of '43. :
42 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
COMMENCEMENT.
THE Commencement Exercises of the being received by Henry Trimble, Ph. M., Class of '95 were held on Friday of the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy, morning, June 14th, Alumni Hall for his distinguished proficiency in chemical being crowded with the alumni and friends science. of the college. T. Wistar Brown, the presi- President Sharpless then introduced dent of the corporation, read a portion of Judge Wm. N. Ashman, of Philadelphia, the Scriptures in opening, followed with the speaker of the day. Judge Ashman prayer by John B. Garrett. President prefaced his remarks by several pleasing Sharpless spoke of the successful college anecdotes that were recalled by the subject year that has just closed, congratulating before him. The duties that lie before the " the Seniors upon the excellent " student graduate may be many, but the work will spirit that had been manifested throughout. not be more arduous than that of the past He referred to the number of lectures that few years. Of the many tragedies in this had been given, the endowments that were life the worst are performed by the young, providing for them, and enumerated the for the man in his prime has lived two- new phases of improvement that would be thirds of his life, and his abilities and limita- entered upon next year. In all the college tions are recognized. As the little cloud had received $30,000. Never before had on the horizon, growing larger and larger, the books in the library been so much used. may soon bring with it a terrific storm, so
He reviewed the relations existing between the falsehood, the profanity, the little things the preparatory schools and the colleges, that loom up on our horizon may burst expressing it as their aim that Haverford into the cyclone that will wreck forever the should be made an institution with an en- bark of life. The man must give himself vironment and curriculum congenial and to his profession, whether soldier or phy- adapted to the young students of sixteen sician, endure the hardships and buffetings, years, and concluded by giving the prin- for the one path to success is labor and ciples that should govern the relations of sacrifice even, if need be, to death. In this the institutions, the faculty and the students. larger field, in this age of progress, we are President Sharpless announced the prizes all factors. Our progress must not be and honors for the year, and then Jonathan through science alone. Only a whisper has M. Steere, '90, presented the portrait of come to us across the ocean of the vast
Professor J. Rendel Harris, the gift of his unknown, and that is contained in the vol- old students, and the work of a member of ume of Revelation. This message is, the Class of '88. Mr. Steere spoke of the human nature and human society, the purpose and object of the gift, and the power to lift men up, as Christ founded it. affection and esteem that had prompted this He left to his accredited followers this task, recognition of the abilities and personality it is one of "individual" effort. of Professor Harris. Richard M. Jones, Honors were conferred as follows LL. D., of the board of managers, accepted Honors in Political Science and Economics,
the portrait on behalf of the college. Henry John Harris ; Honors in Chemistry,
The conferring of degrees followed, that Henry Evan Thomas ; Honors in History, of Honorary Degree of Master of Arts Allen Curry Thomas. ;
THE HAVERFORDIAN. 43 ALUMNI PERSONALS.
'87. Dr. Barker Newhall, in conjunction ment of the University of Pennsylvania and
is preparing has granted with Prof. J. Irving Manatt, a been a fellowship for three translation of " The Mycenaean Civiliza- years. tion," by Dr. Crestos Tsountas. This '95. Frank H. Conklin has entered the important work is announced for publica- Girard Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust tion next autumn by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, of Philadelphia, at the corner of will have about a hundred illustra- Co., and Broad and Chestnut streets. tions. '92. Walter Morris Hart has returned '88. Charles H. Battey painted the por- from Germany and has accepted the posi- trait of Rendel Harris which was presented J. tion of Assistant Professor of English in to the College on Commencement Day. the University of California. '89. W. George Reade was ordained a '92. Gilbert J. Palen was married on the Deacon on June 9, by Archbishop Whita- eleventh of June, to Miss May Wright ker, of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, at Adamson, of Germantown. They have Calvary Church, Germantown. gone abroad for the summer. '90. Robert R. Tatnall has received the degree of Ph. D. in Physics, from Johns A. M. '92. Byron C. Hubbard was mar- Hopkins University. ried on the sixth of June, to Miss Nelly L. Hutton, of Brighton, Md. Mr. and Mrs. '84. The engagement is announced of Hubbard have gone to Indiana to reside. Walter T. Moore to Sarah Emlen, of Ger- mantown. Ex-'93. J. Gurney Taylor graduated, '92. W. Nelson L. West has graduated June 13, from the Medical Department of with high honors from the Law Depart- the University of Pennsylvania.
TRANSLATION OF A PORTION OF THE SEVENTH BOOK OF THE /ENEID.
But the goddess plotting evil, From her lake by Aricia, Wildly from the high watch-tower, And the whitened Nar has heard her
Seeks the steep roof of the stahle With its southern healing waters. On the highest summit singing, And Valernus of the Sabines. Shouts to all the pastoral watchword. Then the frightened mothers gather
Raising up her voice infernal Close about them all their children, Through the crooked horn she screeches. And the farmers, when they hear her, Straight the forest loudly echoes Soon assemble with their weapons And the deeper woods are sounding. Where the awful trumpet sounded.
Far away Diana hears her E. T. '97-
COLLEGE NOTES.
A meeting of the College Association Seventeen men this year compose our was held on Tuesday, June nth, the fol- delegation to the Northfield Students' Con- lowing officers being elected : President, ference, which is in session as we go to
L. H. Wood ; vice president, Samuel Mid- press. This is the largest delegation that dleton ; secretary and treasurer, Walter ever came from Haverford, the largest of Janney. the Pennsylvania state delegations, and the .
44 THE HAVERFORDIAN. largest delegation at Northfield with the The prizes were awarded as follows single exception of Yale. Lester, '96, won the Class of '69 Cope prize bat, for the best batting average on the first Seven members of the Junior and Sopho- eleven. His average was 49 5-6, the lar- more classes, under the leadership of gest for which the bat has been awarded, Haines, '96, camped out for a week after except his two previous averages of 100^ the close of college on the banks of the and 62 1-5. The Cougdon prize ball went Susquehanna. to Morris, '95, for his bowling average of ( Mr. On Tuesday evening, June nth, 6 16-35, a°d the Haines prize belt to Scat- pre- Hume, on behalf of the Class of '97, tergood, '96, for his excellent fielding. Of for sented the Spoon to '98. Mr. Varney, the second eleven, A. C. Thomas, '95, won appreciation '98, expressed the thanks and the Class of '85 prize bat, with an average of the Class. of 21 y£, Dr. Mustard the prize ball, and President Sharpless will spend a portion Morgan, '98, the prize fielding belt. The of the summer in the mountains of Penn- prize bat of the third eleven was awarded to sylvania. Collins, '97, with an average of 133-5. The Shakespeare prize bat given by Prof. The Cricket Association met on Tuesday, J. Rendel Harris to the Freshman making June nth, and elected the following: the highest score in the Sophomore-Fresh- President, A. Lester; vice-president, D. J. man game, was awarded to Wistar, '98, for H. Adams; secretary, F. N. Maxfield; his 54 not-out. The improvement bat, treasurer, A. G. Scattergood ground com- ; given to the Sophomore or Freshman mittee, A. Lester, L. H. Wood, C. H. J. showing the most improvement during the Howson, A. M. Collins, T. Wistar. season, was awarded to Collins, '97. The At a business meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Class of '85 prize ball, to the class winning
Wednesday, June 1 2th, Chas. H. Cookman the inter- class championship series, was gave a brief summary of the work done by awarded to the Class of '96. The Class of the Association in the past year. '93 prize bat, offered to the member of the
first eleven making the highest average in At a meeting of the Banjo Club, Thurs- the scrub matches, was awarded to Lester, day, June 13th, Lane, '98, was elected leader '96 average The prize bat for batting for the coming year. ; 44. average in scrub matches, to a member of After Commencement exercises on June the second or third elevens, was won by 14th, Geo. Lippincott, president of the Scattergood; '98, average 10. The prize Cricket Association, spoke of the work of offered by a member of the Class of '88 for the three elevens for the very successful the highest score made in summer matches, season that had just closed. The first was awarded to Adams, '96, for his 103 eleven had lost but one game, that a very not-outs against the Bank Clerks. interesting match with Germantown, and
were an average of 5 8-9 runs per cricket The Class of '70 prize of $50 for the best ahead of their opponents. A summary of essay by a member of the Senior and Junior
is the work of the three elevens shown : Classes, was awarded to J. A. Lester, '96,
GAMES. WON. LOST. DRAWN. with honorable mention of Edmund Blanch-
First eleven . .10 7 I 2 ard, Jr., '95. J. A. Lester also won the first
Second eleven . 6 4 • 1 prize for systematic reading ($60), the Third eleven . .10 442 second prize ($40) being divided between THE HAVERFORDIAN. 45
" Letters and Select Notes of St. Basil the Great," Arthur F. Coca, '96, and H. J. Harris, '96, Blomfield Jackson, Ed. their work being so equal in merit that it " The Slums of Baltimore, Chicago, New York and was impossible for the judges to decide be- Philadelphia," Carroll D. Wright. tween them. " History of England during the Reign of George III,'» William Massey. The following men will enter the Class of " History of Presbyterian Churches in America," Rob.
fall : Benjamin S. Decon, F. Al- '99 next ert Ellis Thompson. gernon Evans, Edward B. Conklin, Howard " Life of William Ewart Gladstone," George Barnett H. Lowry, Alfred C. Maule, Ralph Mellor, Smith. " Early English Metrical Romances," George Ellis and E. H. Lycett, Kennett M. Kay, Arthur J. O. Halliwell. Haines, George Palmer, William Embree, " Religious Progress," Alexander V. G. Allen. Davis G. Jones, William H. Conroy, Morris " A History of Political Economy," John Kells In- M Lee, Joseph P. Morris, Menno L. Moyer, gram. " Philosophy of Wealth," John B. Clark. Robert N. Wilson, Louis R. Wilson, George "The Evolution of Modern Capitalism," John A. Gillespie, William Eastburn, Jr., William A. Hobson, A. Battey, G. Raymond Allen, Howard "The Making of the Nation, 17S3-1817," Francis A. Owen, Julian M. Round. Walker. " History, Prophecy and the Monuments," James W. Mifflin, the Wayne fast bowler, will prob- M. Cardy. ably enter Haverford next fall. " Egypt and Babylon from Sacred and Profane Sources," George Rawlinson. The following books have been lately " Noto, an Unexplored Corner of Japan," Percival added to the library : Lowell.
"Social England," H. I). Traill, Ed. "An Easter Vacation in Greece," John Edwin Sandys,
CRICKET.
University of Pennsylvania vs. Haverford. The U. of P. sent in Aitken and Patter- THE deciding game of the intercollegiate son tD face Morris and Lester. The latter series was played at Manheim shortly batsman was bowled before he had scored, before the close of college. Captain but Goodman the next comer soon began Lippincott won the toss and the two first to open his shoulders, and runs came Haverford batsmen made a good start. rapidly. Aitken meanwhile playing patient Morris scored a large proportion of the and sound cricket. At 30 the second 31 runs which the board registered when wicket fell and Captain Brockie did not he retired. Hinchman with his next part- stay long. 4 for 53. Henry, however, ner raised the score to 85 before the second came to the assistance of his side and by wicket fell, and stayed to see several of his careful play put a different appearance on clubmates dismissed before he hit round at the game, and a close finish was expected one from Goodman and retired for an when the telegraph showed 7 for 103. The invaluable 38. Scattergood and Thomas last U. of P. batsmen, however, were hit freely while they were together, and all unequal to the task, though Morice staying
the tailenders contributed something toward some time for his 8, gave Henry material the total of 147. The slow delivery of assistance. The time agreed upon for the Brown for the U. of P. proved puzzling to drawing of stumps found Henry and Norris the last Haverford batsmen —that bowler still at the wickets with the total at 123, taking 4 wickets for 9 runs. but Captain Brockie courteously agreed to : : :
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play on as long as the light should permit. The college team scored more uniformly Morris bowled down Norris' wicket in the than in any previous game. Hall, Scatter- next over, leaving Henry with a well- good and Lippincott playing the best played not-out innings of 34 to his credit, cricket. For Wayne, Brooke played a good and Haverford the intercollegiate cham- inning of 35. pions. Score and analysis HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
HAVERFORD. C. R. Hinchman, 1. b. w., b. Brooke 2 C. H. Howson, b. Hunter o C. R. Hinchman, b. Goodman 38 D. H. Adams, b. Brooke 13 A. P. Morris, b. Guest 19 G. Lippincott, b. Brooke 17 Lester, b. Goodman 21 J. A. J. A. Lester, c. and b. Mifflin 13 G. Lippincott, c. Young, b. Guest 5 E. M. Hall, b. Brooke 25 D. H. Adams, run out 8 H. E. Thomas, c. sub. b. Mifflin o H. Howson, b. Goodman C. 4 J. H. Scattergood, b. Brooke 23 H. E. Thomas, c. Morice, b. Brown 9 A. C. Thomas, b. Brooke 13 H. Scattergood, c. Guest, b. Brown 13 J. W. S. Hilles, run out 5 W. S. Hilles, c. Goodman, b. Brown 4 T. Wistar, not out 4 W. K. Alsop, not out Byes, 5 19; leg byes, 5 ; wides, 2 ; no balls, I ... 27 L. II. Wood, c. and b. Brown 2 Extras: byes, 14; leg byes, 2; wides, 2; no balls, 1. 19 Total 142
Total 147 BOWLING ANALYSIS. B. M. N. R. BOWLING ANALYSIS. H. C. Hunter 93 5 I 43 M. w. R. G. G. Brooke 126 3 6 53 Guest 52 4 2 35 A. B. Mifflin 42 o 2 22 Wales 24 O 24 Norris 12 O 10 WAYNE.
Brown 18 4 9 H. C. Hunter, c. Lester, b. Hinchman 2 Goodman 102 2 3 39 G. G. Brooke, b. Hall 35 A. B. Mifflin, b. Lester Morice . . 30 1 15 7 Braithwaite, b. Lester o UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. B. F. Hawley, c. Adams, b. Hall o W. Bevan, b. Lester 5 W. I.. Aitken, b. Lippincott 21 H. Wendell, c. Wistar, b. Hall 12 C. S. Patterson, Jr., b. Lester o E. Cheetham, c. Adams, b. Hall 2 S. Goodman, Jr., b. Lester 22 M. Brooke, b. Hall 8 A. II. Brockie, c. Hilles, b. Morris 10 F. N. Maxfield, not out 2 not out J. N. Henry, 34 A. F. Coca, b. Lester 5 H. H. Brown, c. Wood, b. Morris 13 Byes, 13; no balls, 1 14 W. S. Young, c. Lester, b. Morris 1
II. Morice, b. Morris , . 8 J. Total 92 Wales, b. Lester 1 J. O. C. G. Guest, c. Scattergood, b. Lester 1 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G. W. Norris, b. Morris 2 B. M. w. R. Byes, 2; leg byes, 7; wides, 1 . 10 Hinchman 18 O 1 «4 Total 123 Lester 108 5 4 35 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Hall 90 4 5 3° fall of each wicket B. M. w. K. Runs at Haverford Col. .3 46 50 50 107 116 140 A. T. Morris 163 I 5 48 9 33 133 Lester 132 6 Wayne 2 37 45 45 45 59 74 76 80 92 J. A. 4 5' G. Lippincott 30 1 1 9 W. S. Hilles 6 3 Alumni vs. Haverford College. Runs at fall of each wicket On June 1 2 this annual match was played Haverford . 31 85 92 109 109 1 14 136 136 145 147 on the college grounds. The collegians U. of P. . . o 30 55 55 73 83 103 10S 118 123 were unable to put a full team in the
Wayne vs. Haverford College. field, and the Alumni played a good in- The third match between the above clubs ning, topping the century. The game was was played on the college grounds on June at a very interesting stage when rain
10, and resulted in a win for Haverford. stopped play. The collegians having 38 1
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runs to get to win with 7 wickets in hand. Merion batted first to the bowling of Morris The grounds were sodden from rain when and Hall. With 7 wickets down for 42, play began, but the wicket got more diffi- it looked as though the collegians would cult as the game progressed. Comfort have a small total to bat against, but the and Stokes made half of the runs for the last few batsmen made such a stand, that visitors, between them, while Howson and the total was well over the century when Lippincott scored freely for the college. the innings closed, Morton and Thompson ALUMNI. being the top scorers. Morris bowled
E. T. Comfort, c. Wood, 1>. Hall 25 throughout with great effect, taking the A. C. Garrett, b. Lippincott o little b. Hall last 6 wickets. Haverford made J. W. Sharp, Jr., 16 S. Mason, c. and b. Hall o resistance to the Merion bowling, Hinch- F. J. Stokes, c. A. C. Thomas, b. Adams o Hall man and Hall alone scoring double figures. J. E. Carey, b. 2 11. \V. Stokes, b. Hinchman 25 The last few batsmen were instructed to W. T. Wright, b. Hinchman 6 out time which they barely succeeded J. C. Comfort, c. Alsop, b. Hinchman o bat A. V. Morton, not out y in doing ; the match thus ending in a draw b. J. Roberts, Hall 7 st. b. Hall J. S. Stokes, Scattergood, o in Merion's favor.
Byes, 6 ; leg byes, I ; vvides, 2 ; no balls, 2 .... 1 HAVERFORD.
Total C. R. Hinchman, 1. b. w., b. Brooke 15 C. H. Howson, c. (iriscom, b. Brooke 2 BOWLING ANALYSIS. D. H. Adams, c. W. Thayer, b. Brooke 4 M. w. R G. Lippincott, b. Brooke ...... ••" 8
A, P. Morris, b. Morice . 6 Lippincott 24 I I 26 Hall, c. Borland, b. Earl 18 Hinchman 60 I 27 3 b. . J. H. Scattergood, Morice o Hall 96 7 6 25 II. E. Thomas, c. Borland, b. Earl 2 T. Wistar, not out Adams 36 i i '4 3 W. S. Hilles, b. Earl I Hilles 6 o o 5 A. C. Thomas, b. Morice o HAVERFORD COLLEGE. L. H. Wood, not out 2 I Byes, 7 ; leg byes, ; wides, 2 10 C. R. Hinchman, c. J. S. Stokes, b. Sharp 6 b. C. H. Howson, c. J. C. Comfort, Sharp 24 Total 71 D. H. Adams, b. E. T. Comfort 3 G. Lippincott, not out 23 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Scattergood, not J. H. out 4 B. M. w. R. E. M. Hall, H. E. Thomas, Sharp 66 5 «3 W. S. Hilles, Brooke 102 6 4 35 T. Wistar, did not bat. Morice 66 6 3 15 A. C. Thomas, Earl W. K. Alsop, 30 3 3 5
L. H. Wood, J MERION. Byes, 2; wides, 2 4 N. Etting, b. Morris 12
J. Borland, b. Hall 2 Total c. Wistar, b. Hall 64 J. W. Sharp, Jr., o A. V. Morton, b. Morris BOWLING ANALYSIS. 31 W. Thayer, b. Hall 2 B. M. w. R. S. G. Thayer, b. Morris 2 E. T. Comfort 8 1 18 84 H. E. Thayer, c. Lippincott, b. Morris 2 Sharp 66 5 2 24 R. E. Griscom, b. Morris I Garrett 30 16 G. G. Brooke, b. Morris 14 P. Thompson, b. Morris 23 Roberts 18 1 4 S. R. Earl, b. Morris 14 Runs at the fall of each wicket : W. Morice, not out 5 Alumni I 26 26 27 33 74 86 S7 103 103 Byes, I ; leg byes, I ; no balls, 5 7 Haverford College, 17 21 55 Total i'5
Merion vs. Haverford College. BOWLIM I ASM \ Ms. B. M. w. R. The last game of the college season was Morris 119 4 8 49 played on on the Merion June 15, grounds. . Hall , 114 3 3 60 ^ THE HAVERFORDIAN.
The reports of cricket games which were Haverford 3d vs. H. C. G. S.
crowded out in our last number are printed On May 13, the Third Eleven was beaten below. on the college grounds by the Grammar School team by a score of 57 to 46. Haines Haverford II, vs. Belmont II. won the game for his school by a good in- The cricket season for the Second Eleven ning of 18, and Cardeza took 6 wickets for opened this year on May 4, when our team 7 runs. played Belmont II, at Elmwood, the score being tied at 80 for each side. The home Haverford 3d vs. Penn Charter. team batted first, Morgan, McClure, and On May 18, the date arranged for the Sayen making 19, 17, and 14, respectively, game against Penn Charter, only seven of before they were retired. For Haverford, their men appeared at the 5 2d street Wistar made 19, A. C. Thomas 14, E. B. grounds. The proper number of fielders Hay 12, and W. S. Hillis 10. being completed by men of our team, the college eleven was retired for 102. S. H. Haverford II, vs. Germantown C. C. II. Brown making 34, and J. Q. Hunsickerand Haverford, on the Second At May 11, C. C. Taylor also reaching double figures. Eleven defeated the Second Eleven of the The Penn Charter boys having been dis- Germantown C. by a score of to C, 91 54. posed of for 25. They batted a second visitors went to the bat first, and only The time until the total of ten wickets were two, with and Martin with Cook 15, 10, down for 31 more runs, of which O'Neill gained double figures, Hilles taking 6 wick- made 1 1 not out. ets for 24 runs and Dr. Mustard 4 for 21. For the home team, Blanchard made 20, Haverford 3d vs. Germantown Juniors. Dr. Mustard 13, Morgan 12, and Dr. A second game with the Germantown Gummere and Rhoads each 11. Juniors was played with the Third Eleven on the college grounds, May 23, in which Haverford II. vs. Wayne II. our men were beaten by a score of 41 to 65. Coca, A. C. Thomas and Wistar gave an A. M. Collins was the only one to reach eleven from Wayne some fielding on May double figures for us, while D. Newhall 23. The formerly scored freely off loose and F. A. Greene contributed respectively balls, and all three batsmen should make 24 and 18 to the Germantown score. useful run-getters with another year's train- ing. Thomas did a good piece of bowling. Haverford 3d vs. Belmont Juniors. On the college ground, the Third Eleven
Haverford 3d vs. Germantown Juniors. defeated the Belmont Juniors on May 25, The first game of the Third Eleven was by a score of 83 to 58. For the visitors, C.
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HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
VOLUME XVII. No. 4. NOVEMBER, 1895.
CONTENTS-
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EDITORIALS Meeting of New England Alumni . . 53
Haverfordian Prizes 49 Harvard Letter 53
A Word of Welcome 49 Alumni Personals 55 The Tennis Tournament .... 50 Correspondence 56
College Singing 50 College Notes 60
DlSPUTANDO DlSClMUS 50 FOOTBALL ' ' 6
Impressions of a Walk to Merion Tennis Tournament 63
Meeting 51 Freshman-Sophomore Sports .... 63
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The Haverfordian is the official organ of the students wish to extend a welcome, none of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct supervision, on the first of every month during the college WE it is the less hearty because out year. of due time, to a sometime mem- Entered at the Haverford Post Office, for transmission a thtough the mails at second-class rates. ber of this board—exalted now to higher —to the new member of the faculty. We THE HAVERFORDIAN will appear do this with the more pleasure because the on the first of each month of the fruits of a careful superintendence over the present editorial year, instead of the department of which Professor Hoag has tenth. Each number will contain an Art charge, are already showing themselves. Supplement. There are many channels, old and new, in which the literary life of the college may
wish to call the attention of all manifest itself, and there are few college WE in college letters functions outside the lecture-room, more men to the we have received from last year's charming than the free and quiet associa- football captain and other old players who tion of book-lovers for the discussion and are interested in this year's team. The interchange of their own thoughts and the writers are men who have watched with the thoughts of the dead. We hope to see not greatest attention Haverford football of the the revival of a decrepit literary society, but past few years, and each of their letters is some more informal meetings of those who written with the object in view of pointing care for these things. We at least venture out particulars in which this year's team to predict a year of more intelligent activity may benefit by the experience of its prede- along the lines of literature than we have cessors. seen for years. 5° THE HAVERFORDIAN.
THE tennis tournament—at the time of which is to meet after dinner Friday even- writing, still unfinished —has been ings in Barclay Hall, or when possible on charged, and we think rightly the steps of Founders', has now been well charged, with detracting from the success started, and we wish to add our encourage- of the afternoon's practice on the football ment. Beside the immediate element of
field. We cannot remember any previous pleasure to be derived, the main objects to year in which so little effort has been made be sought in this custom are to strengthen to bring the tournament to a speedy con- a feeling of good fellowship among all the clusion. At this moment half the football students and to stimulate college spirit.
season is behind us, and the tennis finals To obtain these results in the most satis- unplayed. We, therefore, suggest the future factory manner, it will be necessary as far management of this annual event that each as possible to lay aside for the time all class man on handing in his entry for the tourna- feeling and class lines. ment be required to hand in at the same One suggestion, however, we would like
time a list of those periods at which he can to make. We have two or three original
in post- still play ; that the Ground Committee, Haverford songs which are popular, ing the official drawings post also the time but if this stock could be enlarged it would
at which each game is to be played ; and add greater variety and interest to our pro-
that if no valid excuse be presented and ac- grams. In order to encourage work in this cepted by the committee in charge, those line The Haverfordian has decided to
failing to play their game on schedule time offer prizes for Haverford songs ; and a full be counted out. By the adoption of some notice of the requirements of the competi- such plan, the finals could be reached and tion has been placed on the bulletin board. played before the football season was fairly We want a good lively competition for these started. prizes and we hope that those who are es- pecially interested in the revival of college THE success that has attended the Banjo singing at Haverford will try and work the and Mandolin clubs during the past matter up, and that each class will take
few years, and the college orchestra pains to see that it is fully represented in
since its advent last year, is a matter for the contest. Competitors are advised to
much congratulation ; but while instrumen- adapt their compositions to familiar tunes
tal music has reached a high degree of ex- in order to secure a more ready introduc-
cellence, it will not be denied that vocal tion. music has been for some time at a low ebb. This year, however, the reinforcements that DISPUTANDO DISCIMUS, have come in with the new men, and the UNDER the head of the motto of the greater interest recently awakened, gives the Loganian Society, The Haver- Glee club a better start than usual. We fordian wishes to call the attention desire particularly to draw attention to a of new men to a valuable feature of our col- more democratic movement, the revival of lege life. The Loganian Society, founded college singing. It is not an innovation, in 1834, has had a checkered history. Dur- but rather the resurrection of a custom ing the first forty years of its existence, it long observed in the old-time Haverford, filled, in large measure, the place of the liter- when the entire student body would often ary activities which now find play in support- collect in the evening to sing college songs ing The Haverfordian and in the distinctly on the steps of Founders' Hall. The plan, literary courses which the college offers. THE HAVERFORDIAN. 5i
When these avenues were opened, and generally, into prominence. For oratory is changes were also made in the college regu- not a lost art. On the contrary, the great lations by which men were allowed greater increase of associated activities among men freedom with regard to absence from col- is making requisitions of the individual who lege, its life began to decline. Then, too, aspires to positions of usefulness and influ- Haverford, in common with all eastern col- ence, which are ever more and more im- leges, has had at least a touch of the athletic perative. Among these requisitions, the craze. This last is the principal cause of the ability to speak in public stands near the
decline of interest in voluntary literary effort head of the list. We all must have felt, at
throughout the middle State colleges. But some time, the great advantage which is
whatever the cause, the fact is to be deplored. possessed by the man who is able to deliver " Chauncey M. Depew says : In one re- himself of his thoughts before his fellows. spect the graduates of 1895 are far behind Not every man has within him the raw those of 1855. The boys who leave col- material out of which can be made a Demos-
lege this year may be as good thinkers as thenes or a Cicero ; but seeing the results
those who were graduated four decades ago, in many historic instances, it seems to the
but they will not be nearly so capable of interest of every young man to do all he telling what they know or what they think." can to improve any talent he may have to
There is, however, a renewed interest in the utmost there is in him, especially, dur- this department of education being mani- ing this period which he has set apart pri-
fested by some of the leading spirits in all marily for fitting himself for life. The
our colleges. This interest is taking form Haverfordian hopes to see a hearty sup- by bringing the debate and public speaking port of work in this line during the year.
IMPRESSIONS ON A WALK TO MERION MEETING.
we proceed from Haverford College journey. The clear sky and consequent AS along Montgomery avenue toward bright sunshine and pleasant temperature,
Philadelphia, three or four miles the pure air, the gentle and refreshing
brings us to the old Merion Meeting House. breeze, the foliage just assuming its varied For two whole centuries, this plain stone hues so characteristic of autumn, and the building has survived the hurry and bustle placid stillness which pervaded this beauti- of the surrounding world, withstood the ful lane,—all these conditions blended to-
storms and sleets, and stood for the prin- gether in one great harmony. Indeed, it ciples of Friends. was an ideal autumnal day. With such sur-
On Saturday afternoon, October 5, 1895, roundings and with a strong conviction there was a two hundredth anniversary that all this beauty emanated from the
meeting at this historic place, and it was 'Author and Finisher of our faith," how the privilege of the writer, in company with could the soul restrain a responsive chord a classmate, to attend it. The meeting it- of melody and love from vibrating in uni-
self, however, was not so much an object son with nature's harmony? We cannot with me as to see the place and enjoy the suppress this feeling if we are true to na- walk. ture and to ourselves; such surroundings
It was one o'clock when we slowly started must arouse the deepest, purest, noblest down Maple avenue in pursuance of our passions of the soul. ;
52 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
To me, nothing is more charming than a Penn had worshiped there and had quiet country walk. It not only affords strengthened the early members in the an excellent opportunity for the study of simple Christian faith. The old sanctuary nature, but also for the study of self. We had survived unscathed the long, dark must examine ourselves under all kinds of days of the Revolution. During that circumstances if we would know ourselves awful struggle its brilliancy was actually well, and the conditions presented by a increased by the dismal gloom around it. quiet country walk give us a new insight The perilous and defenceless condition of into our lives. It is not the purpose of this the State only kindled brighter the flame article, however, to lead the reader along of religious zeal in the Church. Among the road and notice the various objects of the addresses, those of Haverford College interest by the wayside. Neither time nor talent should be mentioned. Professor inclination will permit such details. I must Thomas read an excellent paper on " What confine myself to the leading impressions the Friend has done in the Past." Pro- and leave details for an Irving to select, fessor Jones read a beautiful poem written analyze, polish, and present. by Dr. Gummere, and entitled "The Bi- As we proceeded along Montgomery centennial of the Merion Meeting." avenue, the numerous vehicles that swept As I beheld that throng of Friends, all past us plainly indicated that we were ap- firmly bound together in Christian love, proaching the busy city. Finally, a large there flashed upon me the absurdity of that number of conveyances standing by the pessimistic idea that " the Quaker, like the roadside showed that we had reached our Indian and the buffalo, is doomed." Away destination. For the past mile or so, the with such a hasty and untenable conclu-
continual clashing of hoofs and rattling of sion ! The history of Merion Meeting cries conveyances, intensified now and then by out against it. Rather let us prophesy the cracking of a driver's whip, had grated that there will be a tri-centennial meeting
upon our ears and displaced those quiet at Merion ; for the zeal and number of the rural conditions under which we had started. Friends seem to warrant it, and the house " Silent waters run deepest," however, so the seems good for another century. quiet old meeting house produced the deep- In one corner of the house was an old est impression on my mind. book-case containing memoirs and writings
The house was too small, of course, for of early Friends. But these were not all this occasion, so the meeting was held un- Chambers' Encyclopedia also held a place der a large canvas in the yard. As we ap- there, which showed that pride was taken proached, we observed that not only were in the old house and that the members all the seats under the canvas occupied, but were keeping abreast with the time. many people were crowded around the out- No, the "Quaker" is not "doomed." side, listening to the speaking. Still, we What religious denomination has arisen were consoled by the fact that there was through greater adversity? Our Society plenty of room outside, so we crowded up was born and grew up, under the yoke of and made the best of it. religious oppression. But the shackles of
A number of excellent papers, relative to tyranny were tightened upon it only to the history, principles and progress of strengthen its Christian faith. It was driven
Friends, were read ; and special attention, from place to place, only to increase the of course, was given to the long and event- number of its sympathizers and thereby to ful history of Merion Meeting, William add to its membership. Though some of THE HAVERFORDIAN. S3
its members even suffered martyrdom, the behind the horizon, and freedom of wor- " Society never wavered ; but the still, small ship reigns supreme. So, while I con-
voice " led it to triumph alike over the gal- sidered the history of Friends, their present
lows, the guillotine and the stake. condition, and their hopes for the future, 1
But now, all is changed. The dark retraced my steps with the assurance that clouds of religious oppression have passed ( Quakerism would live.
Homer J. Webster.
ANNUAL MEETING OF NEW ENGLAND ALUMNI. ON June 22, 1895, at the University said he wished it to be understood that Club in Boston, the New England there were no pre-arranged speeches, but Alumni of Haverford held their that he wanted each man to speak on what- second annual meeting. During the busi- ever he chose, " as the spirit moved him," ness discussion which took place at 6 in true Quaker style. The result was very o'clock, a constitution was adopted, pro- pleasing; the professors from the college viding for the permanent organization of gave some account of the year's work at
the association. The following officers Haverford ; the older graduates entertained were elected for the coming year: Presi- us with the curious manners and habits of '60 dent, Clement L. Smith, ; Secretary, G. student life when the College was Haver- '82 L. Crosman, ; Treasurer, Henry Baily, ford School, and before the war had yet
'78. broken out ; while the younger men pointed These three gentlemen together with out the close connection which exists be- two others will constitute an executive com- tween Harvard and Haverford. Before an mittee which will practically govern the af- adjournment was made, it was agreed to fairs of the association. A permanent com- hold the next annual dinner at the same mittee was also appointed to select a can- club house. didate for the New England scholarship The following list includes the names of which was provided last year by members those who were present : Benjamin Tucker
of this association ; it was voted that this '56, Clement L.Smith '60, Robert B. Taber scholarship should be continued, if possible, '65, Seth K. Gifford '76, Henry Baily '78, every year. Charles S. Crosman '78, John H. Gifford After the business meeting had con- '79, George A. Barton '82, George L. Cros- cluded, the dinner was served in one of the man '82, Alfred C. Garrett '87, Henry H. private rooms of the club house on Beacon Goddard '87, Barker Newhall '87, J. E. street overlooking the river. The president Philips '89, Charles T. Cottrell '90, Francis of the association, Clement L. Smith, '60, F. Davis '93, William W. Comfort '94.
HARVARD LETTER.
Cambridge, October 15, 1895. the scene. It means so much, this assemb- " " The Yard at Harvard is such a scene ling of her sons beneath the lofty elms of of active life with manifold interests on the alma mater. Students returning from all openings of the college year that it is neces- parts of the country with unmistakeable sary to have seen it in order to understand signs of summer vacation about them are s
54 THE HAVERFORDIAN. seen hurrying to their various places of entirely out of place, to comment on the registration, staid professors with, it mav chances of a good football team. Suffice it be, high hats and lawyers' bags full of books to say, that the recent showing made against go on their inevitable ways as they have the West Point cadets is regarded as a good six done for twenty years or more ; five or omen ; this makes all the more poignant a hundred new men in patent leather shoes, general sense of regret at the failure of Har- stiff hats and high collars, look very much vard and Yale to come to terms. lost and out place. To any or all of these The other great aspect of Harvard life, classes old " John, the Orangeman," stands the social organizations, has already devel- ready to sell pop-corn or a bunch of bananas. oped itself considerably. These societies He stands in front of Matthews Hall by his are, of course, too many and varied to speak picturesque donkey cart, greeting new and of in detail. A few, however, come very old alike. The poor old Scotchman, in his prominently forward at the beginning of the service of forty years as orangeman, has year. For example, the religious societies, lost all note of time and can only calculate which are in a certain sense social, have or- that " oranges are five cents apiece or three ganized with something approaching a co- for a quarter," which calculation is willingly operative effort. The St Paul's Society and pardoned him. Christian Association have held large meet-
At the time I write, however, all this is ings, and have endeavored to bring the relig- mightily changed, and quiet has returned. ous influence to bear on the new men. It is The reception in Sanders Theatre for new interesting to notice in passing, that the de- men was soon over and succeded by some- nominational registration showed the Epis- thing of a scrimmage in the yard between copalians to be the most numerous, followed the Sophomores and the young men in high in order by the Unitarians, Congregational- collars and stiff hats, in which scrimmage ists and Presbyterians. There were but doubtless several collars were wilted and twenty- five Freshmen, among those who some hats crushed. But this effervescence registered the first day, who belonged to no once blown over and the real Harvard denomination. Then the debating clubs spirit asserts itself. The three great avenues have already held meetings and are prepar-
of undergraduate life open out their oppor- ing to uphold Harvard supremacy in this tunities to the new men, who find the upper interesting field of intercollegiate rivalry. classmen already on their way. The Cercle Franqais has decided to give
It is surprising in such a great institution, Moliere's " Le Malade Imaginaire " this to observe with what expedition the com- year, and has assigned the leading parts to
plicated machine begins to move. I am the most promising candidates. Beside speaking now of the serious side of college all this, the purely social clubs are " taking
life. Lectures begin promptly, courses are out " their new members, and there is much started, and within the first week enough talk in the air of a new and much-needed work has been laid out to make many a historical society, of chess tournament
Freshman wish he had never aspired to the tennis tournaments, and of Henry Irving in height of a Harvard degree. The athletic his Shakespeare roles.
men, none the less slow, return some days As in a place of this size there must al- before college opens and have arrived at ways be something to cry out against, so considerable proficiency in team work be- the daily papers are loud in their complaints fore the college is aware who of the old of the unfinished condition of Gore Hall men are back. It is too early, and indeed and of the Hemenway Gymnasium. The THE HAVERFORDIAN. 55 alterations in Gore Hall, better known in the habit of using the gymnasium facili- familiarly as th° Library, are in a sad state ties for want of better. The embarassing of backwardness and will not be completed situation in which so large a body of men before the new year. Eventually, however, will find themselves until Christmas time, the reading-room and stack will be vastly when the gymnasium is expected to be more commodious, electric lights will be thrown open, can easily be imagined. introduced, and the library will be open in This letter may fitly close with a word the evenings. The incompleteness of the about the cricket club. Several new men addition to the gymnasium is causing a with some experience have, entered this ludicrous state of affairs. By the closing of year, and with suitable grounds for practice, the shower-baths, it seems that several hun- a good team may be sent to Philadelphia dred men are deprived of bathing facilities. next spring. Dr. A. C. Garrett, Haverford, This arises from the fact that the dormi- has been elected president of the club 87, ; tories in the yard are not provided with P. H. Clark, '96, will again captain the bath rooms, and their occupants have been eleven and G von Utassy act as manager.
ALUMNI PERSONALS.
'44. Robert B. Haines, for twenty-five '85. John G. Blair, superintendent of years a manager of Haverford College, died Winston schools, and D. H. Blair, '91, last August at his home in Cheltenham, principal of East End School at Winston,
Pa. N. C, have been traveling extensively in Europe during the last summer. '60. For the College series of Latin authors Professor Clement L. Smith has '85. Theodore W. Richards, instructor prepared a new edition of the " Odes and at Harvard, son of W. T. Richards, the Epodes of Horace." Beside the four books well-known marine painter, has just returned of Carmina, the Carmen Saeculare and the from an extended stay in England. While Epodes, this text book contains valuable abroad he was a guest at the house of Mr. notes and remarks on Horatuan peculiarities Balfour's sister, and played golf with the of grammar and prosody. The work pro- Parliamentarian and other notables con- mises to be a useful addition to the series stantly. Mr. Richards has attained an en- for college work. viable reputation as a chemist and student, and his opinions abroad are specially re- '70. Rev. Charles Wood has returned garded with high respect. from his work in the Latin Quarter, Paris, and resumed work in Germantown. '87. Alfred C. Garrett, Ph.D., returns this year to the English Department '76. Francis C. Allinson, Ph. D., leaves of Harvard University. Williams College this year, and has been appointed Assistant Professor of Greek Lit- '88. Chas. H. Battey was married in erature and History at Brown. August to Miss Edith Thompson, of Min- neapolis, Minn. They are residing in Attle- '78. L. M. H. Reynolds, who has been boro', Mass. principal of Winston West End Graded
School for five years past, has been elected '90. Robert A. Tatnall, Ph. D., is instruc- a member of the Faculty of Guilford Col- tor in Physics at the University of Penn- lege. sylvania. 56 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
is '90. Edwin J. Haley, A.M., chemist cine at the Miami Medical College, Cincin- for the Elk Tanning Co., Ridgway, Pa. nati, Ohio.
'go. W. B. Eaton has just returned from '95. Saml. Bettle, Jr., is with H. W. Mid- a very successful four years medical course dleton & Co. Edmund Blanchard, Jr., is in Germany. studying law at Bellefonte, Pa. Samuel H.
'90. D. P. Hibbard has resigned his po- Brown is in the Reading R. R. office at sition as teacher at the Friends' Central Twelfth and Market streets, Philadelphia. School of Philadelphia, and will devote his Charles H. Cookman is working with Mr.
time to studying law. Sayford.the College Evangelist. J. L. Engle is at Haverford as Assistant Librarian, and '90. Henry R. Bringhurst, Jr., won the A. C. Thomas as assistant in the drawing State tennis championship of Delaware. room. Joseph S. Evans, Jr., is studying '90. Earnest F. Walton is secretary and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. treasurer of the Tinkham Cycle Co. of New Henry Harris is working for his Doctor's York City. J. degree in Economics at the same institu- '91. W. Hutton spent a part of the J. tion. William Goodman and George Lip- summer studying at Glen Falls, N. Y. pincott have entered the Senior Class at Har- '92. M. P. Collins was at college Sep- vard. Arthur M. Hay is at the Baldwin tember is handling real estate, 29. He Locomotive Works. E. B. Hay is with largely, in New York. Thos. A. Bailey & Co., brokers. W. S.
'92. Chas. G. Cook is working for a doc- Hilles is soon to take up work on the re- tor's degree in Johns Hopkins University. portorial staff of the Public Ledger. H. E.
'92. Joseph R. Wood, who is in the drug Thomas has begun a course in Chemistry business in New York, visited Haverford at the Boston Institute of Technology. on October 6th. Walter C. Webster is teaching history at Friends' School, Fifteenth and Race '92. A. W. Blair is studying for his Mas- the Philadelphia. is ter's degree in chemistry at Haverford. streets, Roy W. White studying law at the University of Penn- '93. C. G. Hoag has charge of all theme sylvania. work at Haverford, this year, and is reliev- ing Dr. Gummere of other work in the Ex-'97. Thomas M. Chalfant is with the English and German Departments. Since Novelty Electric Co. of Philadelphia.
leaving Haverford he has spent one year Ex- '97. William H. McAfee is with the at Harvard and one in Germany. Real Estate Trust Co. of 1340 Chestnut
'94. George B. Dean is studying medi- street, Philadelphia.
CORRESPONDENCE.
is not very difficult to look back over It is not the purpose, however, of these IT the immediate past and see the mistakes few lines to suggest a remedy for existing which have been made within our own evils, but rather to bring clearly before our experiences. minds the present condition of football at
But it is somewhat more difficult to find Haverford. a remedy and to know how to apply that For the last few years Haverford has remedy to those very errors which we abounded in the services of professional know to have been committed. coaches, at the phenomenal rate of one new THE HAVER FORDI AN. 57 man a season. Now it is very probable team for the last two or three years, there that the present condition at Haverford is is no doubt that the team has been well largely due to that one word, new. If we up in the knowledge of the game, as far as could have had one coach during the last the game itself is concerned. four years instead, of four entire strangers, It is not that Haverford's team doesn't there is not much doubt that the re- know how to play football, but rather that sults would have been better both to she can't put into proper execution what coaches and the college at large. It stands she has learned. The keynote to our fail- to reason that a perfect stranger, coming ure in the immediate past is the physical to Haverford to teach a lot of fellows, whom condition of the players, and doubtless he never saw before and never expects to almost everyone will agree to this if he see again, how to play the game of football will only consider the work of the team as against certain teams about which he, him- it has played during the last two years. self, knows absolutely nothing, cannot do In the Fall of '93 the best game which his work in any degree as well as one who Haverford played was the very first game is not only acquainted with the teams of the season. against which the team plays, but is also Last year we find the results a little perfectly familiar with the individual men better, for we steadily improved until the whom he is training. middle of the season, which was the cul-
It is not the fault of the coach, nor is it minating point of all improvement, and
the fault of the men ; it is simply the wrong then a steady decline followed. way to train a team from one year to It is not to be construed by this that we another. did not learn more of the game after those The one man who invariably wants a culminating points, for we did. But the
coach is the captain, for it takes a great men were in far better physical condition deal of responsibility and worry off his at the middle of the season than at the end, shoulders. But there are exceptions to which was the proper time. As an instance
most rules, and we find it the case with this of this, look at the last game of last season.
year's team. It is very gratifying that this In the first half, the play was sharp and
year's captain is willing to try the season hard, while in the second, our players were without a paid coach, and we may be able to literally too helpless to be on a football
compare the season's results with those of field at all. One Haverford man had the
preceding years, although it may not ne- pluck and sand to go into the game, and
cessarily be a fair comparison. played it through with a couple of artificial
The team will be now exactly what the sides, when, instead of being on the field,
student body makes it. There is no out- he should have been in bed. side adviser now to make or unmake the This question of physical training will be
team. The entire responsibility is with the greatest difficulty with which the pres-
the college, and it is the hope of every ent captain will have to contend. Haver- Haverfordian that the students will rise up ford men have enough pluck and grit for in their might and meet the emergency anything which their college may demand with an enthusiasm which will carry the of them, but that pluck must be backed up Scarlet and Black to every opponent's and supported by bodies as hard as hickory
goal. nuts, or all will be lost. To the minds of many Haverfordians If our men can go into a game at the who have followed closely the work of the end of the season and not the middle, and 58 THE HAVERFORDIAN. play hard and fast football for one solid conscientiously, and not as a favor. The hour without being utterly exhausted, we half-hearted foot ball player is worse than should not experience very damaging none, and the man who can play, and will results. not, is a disgrace to his college.
It is to be hoped that the football men What are the necessary sacrifices ? Rise in the Alumni, and in fact all interested early, not later than 7.30 a. m., dress, take Alumni will manifest their interest in the one soda biscuit, then walk to the meeting- team by appearing on the field occasionally. house or the end of the lane before break-
It is certainly an inspiration to the men to fast. At 12.30 come promptly from class know that they are not only playing for rooms to signal practice for fifteen minutes. the student body, but are also representing At 4 p. m. get dressed without delay and the past as well. never be seen on the college grounds be-
Above all, this is the year for the stu- tween the hours of four and six with other
dents, and we sincerely hope that they will than football suit on. At 8.30 p. m. no take more interest than ever in the work man should absent himself from signal this year, and that they may manifest by practice in cricket shed, to be followed by the season's results that they were equal a run. Each man should retire by 10 p. m. to the occasion in every respect. A football man cannot go to " parties and " Yours truly, balls and win games afterward ; the so- Walter Coaxes Webster, '95. ciety youth must forego these for the season. Captain '94 Team. His afternoon calls must be suspended, his smoking must cease. Dr. Branson, a daily spectator at practice It has disgusted me beyond measure to
writes as follows : First and foremost let see men, who are perhaps not in physical every man in college do all he can to aid condition for active work, going about
If he is unable to play, let him see that dressed in tennis suits, or playing in a child- some man in his class never fails to be pres- ish way with a base ball or a shot, instead
ent at each scrub-match. 'I he class organi- of limbering their stiffened joints by follow- zation should be all-powerful in supplying ing the practice, and studying the detail of material for both eleven and scrub. each play. The average man at Haverford
The labor of training the Haverford team seems to be possessed of two ideas, first,
has long been too much the task of one that he should be on the team ; second,
man. For years it was the captain's, then that he knows it all when he gets there. a few seasons brought a coach, this year These are great mistakes. After many
finds a strong tendency to throw the entire years of football, I feel even more than ever responsibility again on the captain. Though my own inability fully to understand the Captain Wood has been an earnest foot- best method of play. At few colleges does ball player from the time he entered col- head-work show itself more completely
lege, and though to-day he is an excellent wanting than at Haverford. example of well developed muscle and Having now said some very severe things brain, he cannot make this season a suc- to those men who are trying for the team, cess without a more hearty response from let me turn to the second eleven. You, too, each man in college. If the men now play- have a duty in Haverford football, which, ing and any others, the more the better, unless you perform, the team can never be are willing to make some sacrifice to the a success. Each one of you must come
uplifting of our football name, let it be done out every practice day, rain or shine, and THE HAVERFORDIAN. 59 give the first eleven a chance to educate made remains the same, and it is of these themselves. The short man and the tall I would speak. man, the thin man and the fat man, are all My own observations lead me to infer needed. You must not think there will be that Haverford has, for several years, been a full team, so you will not go to-day. Go at fault in two fundamental points at certain
every ,day ! Go everybody ! There are critical times. By this, I mean that our many men in college who can help make a elevens have failed to sustain aggressive team if they cannot be on a team. Parents play till they have crossed the enemy's may forbid them from devoting time to goal line, in the face of an increasingly team-work either because they think it may stubborn defence, as they approach that interfere with studies or because they fear line. A common example is that of a supposed dangers in college matches. These tackle, who, after successfully blocking his men should not stop playing on the scrub, man during all the play which has pre- for their help is invaluable. ceded, allows that man to pass him, and to
Having mixed up my impressions of what down the runner, when the team is on tha must be done, and of football this autumn, point of scoring. In other words, there is let me say a word on the quality of the a lack of sustained effort at an important material and the prospects of the season. moment, either on the part of an individual
Never have I seen more good material at or of the team, and we know that one
Haverford; it is there.and on each man now involves the other. As a result, the ball is in college depends the success of your lost either on downs or through a fumble, season. If you go on in your listless, school- with consequent elation of one team and boy, practice-when-I-feel-like-it state, the discouragement of the other ; a chance to end of the season will find you where it has score is lost, and possibly a game. found you so often before. If each man The second weakness is similar in nature makes up his mind to do his duty, let others and effect. It is the same lack of stamina do as they may, the end of the season will manifesting itself in a weak defence imme- as certainly find the rejoicings of 1888 and diately on losing the ball, in such a manner 1889 renewed and victory perched upon as I have just described. The team, dis- your banner and ours. heartened by its own failure, suffers itself
Thomas F. Branson. to be pushed aside while its opponents score, only recovering from their dazed Rosemont, October 18, 1895. state when it is too late.
Accordingly, I would urge every man to To the Editor of the Haverfordian. train himself in the determination to con-
Dear Sir : I should like to give you tinuously do his part by struggling till a formula which would insure victories the touchdown is scored for his side, and for Haverford forever,—but in any discus- under no circumstances, no matter how sion of football I am confronted with the discouraging they may be, to fail to main- difficulty arising from the changes in the tain his defence when his opponents have rules which have taken place since I last the ball. If the team plays in such a man- played on the Haverford campus in the ner no one will notice the lack of special Fall of 1892. Nevertheless, the spirit and coaching. Very respectfully, stuff out of which victorious elevens are Charles J. Rhoads, '93. : ;
6o THE HAVERFORDIAN. COLLEGE NOTES.
Class elections at the beginning of this The following are the officers of the college year resulted as follows Musical Association for the year : President,
'96. ; vice- President, William K. Alsop A. M. Collins, '97 ; vice-president, P. D. I.
secretary ; president, J. Henry Scattergood ; Maier, '96 secretary, M. B. Dean, '98 and treasurer, George H. Deuell. treasurer and manager, A. G. Varney, 98.
'97. President, Charles II. Hovvson ; vice- The system of electric bells which has president, Alfred M. Collins ; secretary, been put into the college buildings to re- Charles D. Nason ; treasurer, Francis N. place the ringing of the big bell, is giving Maxfield. great satisfaction. '98. President, Walter C. Jannf y ; vice- president, C. Arthur Varney; secretary, A subscription has been raised and a number of Frederic A. Swan ; treasurer, Joseph H. college song books have been Haines. purchased for the use of the students. On the evening of the 17th, the Y. M. C. A. '99. President, Andrew M. Stokes ; vice- organ president, Arthur Haines ; secretary and was carried into Barclay Hall and treasurer, Howard H. Lowry. a number of songs were sung to its ac- companiment. Spaldings offered one of their best tennis racquets as the first prize in singles in the Dr. George A. Barton has been prevented tennis tournament. by duties at Bryn Mawr from taking any classes at Haverford this year. The number of students enrolled is 98, the same as last year, ot which 7 are graduate In the current number of Cricket there is a sketch of Woodcock, the Haverford ex- students ; 22, seniors; 20, juniors; 24, sopho- mores, and 25, freshmen. cricket-coach.
Work will soon be begun toward laying The college football team is scheduled to the eight new practice wickets on the east play the following games this season : October Merion Cricket side of the cricket field ; and in relaying 12, Club at Hav- the two wickets in the shed. erford. October 16, Alumni at Haverford. On the occasion of the opening of the October 19, West Chester at West new public school at Ardmore, President Chester. Sharpless gave it a Haverford scholarship. October 23, University Reserves at Phil- Collins elected foot- A. M. '97, has been adelphia. ball manager, vice P. B. Beidelman, who October 26, Franklin and Marshall at did not return to college. Haverford. Saturday, the 12th, being rainy, the foot- October, 30, Haddonfield at Haverford. ball game scheduled to be played by Hav- November a, Johns Hopkins at Baltimore. erford vs. Merion C. C. was postponed. November 5, Merion Cricket Club at The future usefulness of the Mary Far. Haverford. num Brown fund for the Library has been November 9, Dickinson at Haverford. increased by the addition of $10,000 to the November 13, Ursinus at Haverford. principal of the fund. The gifts from an- November 23, Swarthmore at Haverford. nual contributors in the past year amounted November 28, Y. M. C. A. at Wilming- to $16,630.60. ton. ; — ;
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C. H. Bell, '98, is leader of the Banjo the Council. A committee was also ap- '98, is Club and W. J. Taylor, leader of the pointed to revise the constitution. Mandolin Club. President William R. Harper of the Uni- of bound volumes in the The number versity of Chicago has been engaged to library on September 20, was 1895, 31,604. deliver the Haverford Library Lectures this
the year 1 1 volumes were added. During 19 winter. Dates and subjects have not yet been arranged. On the afternoon of the 27th of last month occurred the Sophomore-Freshmen Election for class football captains re- cane-rush. When time was called, '98 had sulted as follows : '97, Francis B. Jacobs 15 hands on the stick, '99 having but 7. '98, Alfred G. Scattergood ; '99, Arthur Haines. '96 held no election, William K. The treasurer of the Board of Managers Alsop acted as captain in the interclass has received from the executors of the will games. of David Scull, deceased, the sum of $5700 under the in settlement of the balance due Among the new books which have been terms of the said will. received the library by are the following :
At a meeting of the Tennis Association, "The Making of the Ohio Valley States," S. A. Drake. the following officers were elected : Presi- " Foundation of Rhetoric," A. Hill. dent, H. Scattergood, '96 ; vice-president, J. " Nine Lectures on Preaching," A. W. Dale.
'98 ; secretary, C. J. S. Jenks, W. Janney, "Epistle to the Hebrews, its Doctrines and Ethics," '98 '98 R. W. Dale. ; treasurer, W. W. Cadbury, ; ground " International Law," Leoni Levi. committee, D. H. Adams '96, J. H. Scatter- " Dictionary of National Biography," Sidney Lee. good '96, A. M. Collins '97, and J. S. Jenks " Racine et Victor Hugo," Paul Staffer. •98. " Dix-Septieme Siecle, Etudes Litteraires," E. Faquet. " Dix-Huitieme Siecle, Eludes Lilteraires," E. Faquet. A meeting of the Logonian Society was " Last Poems of J. Russell Lowell." held in the collection rooni on the evening " Oeuvres Completes de P. de Ronsard." of the iSth, for the purpose of organization. " Etudes sur la Litterature Contemporaire," E. Scherer. " President Sharpless was elected president Mottoes and Commentaries of Frcebel's Mother Plays," Blow.
T. H. Haines '96, vice-president ; W. C. " American Church History Series, The Roman Cath- '98, secretary Taylor '98, Janney ; J. W. olic Church," O'Connor. " treasurer ; T. H. Haines '96, president of Pepy's Diary, Vol. VI." Edited by H. B. Wheatley.
FOOT-BALL.
'98 vs. '99. run by Varney landed the ball past '99's THE first of the class series was played five-yard line. On the next play the ball between the two lower classes on was carried over for a touchdown. Haines,
Thursday afternoon, October 3rd. The for '99, made some good rushes through game was stubbornly contested to the end, the line, and for '98 Varney and Scatter- no points being scored by either side until good played the best game. The teams the last few minutes of play, when a long lined up as follows : :
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'98- '99- College. Alumni. Stokes left Sirawbridge right end Bishop end Scattergood Stadleman left Jenks right tackle Battey tackle Goodwin Bell right guard Hay Hay left guard Webster
Swan (Halloway) . . centre Hunsicker Swan centre , . Holloway Wood right guard Embrie left guard Beidenkopf Embrie Alsop right tackle Haines left tackle Conkhn Mustard Dean right end Dean left end Maule Butler Harding .... quarter-back Lowry Harding quarter-back Varney Haines right half-back Hartley Stadleman . . . right half-back Stokes
Thomas (Lowry) . left half-back Yarney left half-back ...... Butler Hoag Hinchman full-back Webster Scattergood .... full-back Haine s
Haverford vs. West Chester. '96 vs. '98. The first hard game of the season was The second of the class series was played played at West Chester on October 19th on October 5th, and won by '96. In con- against the town team. The college team sequence of the inability of '97 to put a had great odds in weight to contend against, team into the field, this game decided the and their defensive play was watched with championship. '98 put up a good game interest. Little progress could be made by against odds, and on several occasions either side during the first half, though the made good gains. '96 made long gains ball was mostly in West Chester's territory. round the ends and won by a score of Haverford could not gain round the ends,
22-0. The line-up was as follows: and made little impression on the home
'96 team's heavy centre. The opening of the
Hinchman (Brooke) . . right end . . . Strawbridge second half saw a fumble of West Chester's Breciit right tackle Jenks kick-off and the ball lost on Haverford's Clauser right guard Bell ten-yard line. Haverford got it on downs, Lester centre Swan it Webster left guard Embrie only to lose again on a fumble by the Hunsicker left tackle Haines backs on her seven-yard line. The ball Hartley left end Dean was here given to Haverford for holding, Adams quarter-back .... Harding and West Chester never threatened during Alsop right half-back . . Stadleman
Scattergood (Hinchman) left half-back Varney the rest of the game. Mainly through
Wood full-back . . . Scattergood Haines' plunges through the line, the ball was worked up the field by the college
team, and the call of time found it on the Haverford vs. Alumni. home team's ten-yard line. The teams A team containing four Alumni, one lined up as follows : professor, and six scrubs was defeated on Haverford. West Chester. Wednesday, October 16th by the college Dean right end ...... Cornwell eleven. The game was no criterion as to Alsop right tackle Mack what Haverford can or cannot do, but Wood right guard Garth Swan centre .... R. Corcoran served to show the need of coaching in the Hay left guard .... W. Corcoran protection of the runner in end plays, and Stadleman left tackle Brinton in quicker starting on the part of the backs. Stokes left end Dicks The line-bucking of the Haverford backs Harding quarter-back Murtagh Haines right half-back Johnson was hard and effective. Hartley made some Lowry left half-back Pratt good gains for the is Alumni. Following Hinchman full-back Rich the line-up Referee, Johnson. Time, twenty-minute halves.
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THE HAVERFORDIAN. 63 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. THE annual fall tennis tournament has condition of the court, but nevertheless, been in progress since the opening of the tournament showed some fair playing, college, and such results as have been The winners in the doubles are to play arrived at up to the time we go to press Professor Ladd and Hoag, and the winner are given below. Play was somewhat of the singles one of those two professors, interfered with on account of the poor for the college championship.
SINGLES Preliminaries. First Round. Second Round. Semi-finals. Finals.
Adams, } . , , , - 2 Adams ' 6-4- 6 How S on,} ) 5 15-13 ' J-Collins. 4.6, [Collins, 6-1, 6-1 9.7, Hay" >Collins, 6-1, 6-1 Tatnall ,- Lester, 6-0, 6-4
•Lester, 6-4, 6-1 ass*'}.1-* Charles - Lester 6-1, 6-2, 6*2 Wood, 6-2, 6-2 Wood, '98, Wood, 8-6 Hutton, 7-9, 7-5, Patterson, 6-2 Patterson, 6-4, Coca, r Jenks, 6-2, 6-1 Maule, [ Coca, by default Palmer, Jenks, 6-1, 7-5 > 6-2, 6-2 Jeaks, Jenks, DOUBLES. Preliminaries. First Round. Finals.
Collins and Tatnal, > <-v.il:-... ~~a t-m-ii < *. \ 1 Collins and 1 attnall, 0-4, 6-1 1 janneyand\Vor,dt j w r [ - Lester and Harding 6-z ferown and Hutton. 6.4. ., L and Hardi =" 6 6 | Lester and Harding) * Adams and Coca, ^ and Coca, 6-2, 6-3 Meller and Lowry, Adams
SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN SPORTS.
THE annual Sophomore-Freshman The events were as follows : sports were held on Tuesday, Oc- 100 Yards Dash. Won by Haines, '99 — ;
tober 22. The scarlet and black second, Butler, '99 ; third, Stokes, '99.
banner was won by the Freshmen who Time, 1 1 J^ seconds. scored fifty-five points, the Sophomores Running High Jump.—Won by Conk- '98 making thirty-five. The medals offered to lin, '99 ; second, Gilpin, ; third, Scatter-
the members in each class winning the good, '98. Won at 5 feet 3 inches. highest number of points were awarded to Putting Shot.—Won by Haines, '99;
Gilpin, '98, and Haines, '99, with nineteen second, Swan, '98 ; third, Embree, '98. and sixteen points respectively. In the 880 Distance, 27 feet 8%! inches. yards Halloway, '99, took the lead early in 120 Yards Hurdle. Won by Gilpin, '98 — ;
the second lap and sprinted ahead easily, second, Conklin, '99 ; third, Scattergood i finishing the last hundred yards in excellent '98. Time, 19 seconds. form. Hay set the pace in the mile tricycle Yards Dash. Won by Butler, '99 /J40 — ;
' until the last 220 yard mark, when Sisler, second, Haines, 99 ; third, Moyer, '98.
'95, who had been following closely, left Time, 1 minute. him behind. The track was in fair condi- 220 Yards Hurdle.—Won by Stokes, '99;
tion, though not as smooth as might have second, Haines, '99 ; third, Gilpin, '98. been desired. Both classes are to be com- Time, 31 seconds. mended for the interest they have shown Running Broad Jump.—Won by Gilpin, and for the satisfactory results which '98 third, were ; second, Battey, '99 ; Stokes, '99. obtained. Distance, 18 feet, 4 inches. —
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880 Yards Run.—Won by Halloway, leman, '98 and Lycett, '99 tied for second place, feet. '99 ; second, Lycett. '99 ; third, Moyer, '98. height 7 Time, 2 minutes, 20^ seconds. One Mile Bicycle.—Won by Sisler, '98 ; second, Hay, '99 ; third, Stravvbridge, '98. Pole Vault.—Won by Gilpin, '98; Stad- Time, 2 minutes, 50 seconds. HALL AND CAMPUS. ONE of the functions of this depart- in the right direction has been taken, and ment for the coming year will be we venture to say that no pleasanter hours that of reflecting, as far as limited can be spent than those that have been al- space will allow, all phases of our college lotted to the singing of college songs life. This does not mean that we intend to whether on the campus or in the halls. stand as censors of the student body or en- It is no small part of our college life, this deavor arbitrarily to dictate lines of policy; singing, not alone by a trained quartette, yet criticism, if just, has its true worth, and but by the students, one and all, musicians or whether critical or commendatory, we shall not. Then let us have much more of it, on at all times make the expression of our the football field, in groups around the views subservient to the best interests of grounds, on the steps after supper, in Bar- the College, and endeavor to bring forward clay Hall, in the Y. M. C. A. meetings only those suggestions and plans that are not rough, uncouth noise, for the sake of worthy of the attention of the students. noise, but good, honest, whole-hearted, en- The second function is that of gleaning thusiastic singing. With the awakening of from the many periodicals that come before such a spirit, we shall not have to wait long us, what is good and useful, and bringing for that much-desired poetic effusion, a good before the men what it will pay them to college song. Let some of the genius that read, in this way enabling them to keep in spreads itself over sheets of theme paper touch with the life and thought of our col- " tread a measure," and give us the facts of leges. We wish to lay emphasis on this our college life in the " attire " of verse. point. The time spent in glancing through And then may we not be sanguine enough these magazines will not be wasted ; on the to hope Euterpe may once more return and contrary, the information gained is neces- through her inspiration we shall have our sary to the all-around make up of the stu- own original music ? dent. As yet but few of the fall number of our exchanges have arrived, but as soon as they are received they will be placed on Defeat is never desirable but seldom is it the table in the north end of the library. a disgrace, and the vanquished, by their The Amherst Student deplores the fact heroic efforts to win, may have won even that " the old custom of singing college greater laurels than their conquerors. Of songs on the college fence has died out." all out- door sports, football is the game in Is there not a depth of meaning in such a which overwhelming odds are to be feared regret for us ? We have no college fence, most. Yet it seldom happens that one team but we have college steps and college halls, is vastly superior to another, especially and why should not these echo more fre- when the match is between class elevens. quently with the strains of old familiar airs There is hollow glory in a forfeited game, like " My Bonnie," " Jingle Bells," and " So- and in the interest of true sport we hope lomon Levi," or some of the newer strains that in the future all scheduled matches that abound in college song books. A step between the classes will be played. 1
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EDITORIALS— Harvard Letter 70
The SkaTI ng Pond 65 Alumni Personals ?l The Foot- ball Season 65 College Notes 72
Freshman Advisory Committee . 66 Communication 74 Fall Athletics 66 The Amish 66 Foot-ball 74
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Vol. XVII. Haverford, Pa., December, 1895. No. 5.
forming, and to insure us, as long as possi- W\\z JrlaocrforCimn- ble, a good ice surface. Accommodation is to be provided for skaters, and precautions EDITORS : taken to exclude all who do not hold JOHN A. LESTER, '96, Chairman. tickets. If any surplus result from the G. H. DEUELL, '96. undertaking it will be devoted to the needs T. HARVEY HAINES, '96. of the Athletic Association, and for this RICHARD C. BROWN, '97- reason we hope that the scheme will receive ELLIOT FIELD, '97. the support of the college. CHARLES D. NASON, '97. GEORGE PALMER, '97. Haverfordian extends its hearti-
. . THE Paul D. I. Maier, '96, Business Manager. est congratulations to the foot -ball
A. G. Varnev, '98, . . . Ass7 Business Manager. team upon the successful outcome of the season. We desire to express Subscription Price, One Year, fr.oo our high appreciation of Captain Wood's Single Copies, . •15 persistent, conscientious work in the field
The Haverfordian is the official organ of the students and his salutary personal influence with of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct supervision, on the first of every month during the cxl'ege individual players. We wish to thank year. the substitutes and the large number who Entered at the Haverford Post transmission Office, for night after night to give first ihr ugh the mails at second-class rates. cam'e out the eleven practice, and also Dr. Branson regret that the present number and Mr. Johnson, who have been kind WE enough to coach the team, sparing neither of the Haverfordian appears a few days late. It was thought time nor pains. The brief visit of Mr. advisable to hold matter over in order to Knipe was also of incalculable benefit. We obtain a full account of the Swarthmore would say a good word, too, for the manage- game. ment, which has been especially efficient this year. GEORGE PALMER, 97, has been At the opening of the season the outlook elected to the vacancy on the was far from encouraging. No professional Haverfordian board. He takes coach had been provided, and the players the place of W. H. MacAfee, '97, who has were thrown upon their own resources. The left college. result shows what can be done by the fel-
lows themselves if they make up their minds THE Ground Committee of the Athletic to do something and go in with the right Association have taken steps toward spirit. In this connection we must not for- the improvement and enlargement get the valuable services of Professor Bab- of the skating pond. A man will be en- bitt, who, during the past two years, has gaged to remain in charge when the ice is been building up at Haverford a genuine 66 THE HAVERFORDIAN. athletic spirit, which alone makes victories while the weather is still too pleasant to possible. make gymnasium work attractive, the ten-
dency to loaf is almost irresistible. But if THE Haverfordian wishes to notice, we are going to do a good winter's work as a matter of history, the pro- and win victories next spring on the track posed appointment of a committee and cricket field, we must not neglect our from the Senior and Junior classes to exer- duty now. After a while skating, basket cise a kindly care over Freshmen. During ball, shed-practice and the preparations for the attendance of the Freshmen at a recep- the mid-winter gymnasium exhibition will tion recently tendered them at the home of claim our attention. Meanwhile, to keep President Sharpless, their rooms and prop- things moving, various expedients will sug- erty were disturbed by the Sophomore class. gest themselves. We hope that the cross- This subject led to a conference between country run will be started at an early date. the President and a committee of the Senior For all-round, out-door exercise and plenty class. In considering the measures neces- of it we know of nothing better for our pur- sary to avoid such an occurrence in the pose than association foot-ball. It is a future, it was suggested that the whole mat- game, too, in which the entire college can ter of bringing Freshmen into line be left take part. We would also suggest that if hereafter to the upper classes. We con- the weather prove as favorable this year after sider this a most fortuitous turn in affairs. Thanksgiving as it often is, the time might The needed advice will come to a Fresh- be profitably utilized by arranging a series man with much more weight from a Senior of handicaps in track and field events, the or Junior than it could possibly do from a object being to ascertain more exactly the
Sophomore. The class which has been material that there is in the college, and longest in college is much better able to thereby to enable work to begin in the help the new men to become Haverfordians spring with as little delay as possible. We than those who have been in college only should like to see the sports held before the one year. We believe this course, if per- spring vacation. The usual arrangement of sistently followed, will abolish the last ves- holding thernjn the first week of May not tige of an excuse for hazing, and will place only interferes with cricket practice, but the the whole matter on a firm and rational date coming, as it does so soon after vaca- basis. It only remains for the present tion, during which training is necessarily-
Senior and Junior classes to give the move- interrupted, is by no means the most favor- ment a strong and healthy initiation. able time for a successful field day. We
believe that it is safe to say that the outlook has been too customary in past years in this branch of our athletics was never IT to drop our out-door athletics entirely brighter than at the present time. Every-
at the close of the foot-ball season. It thing points to success and now is the time is true that after the excitement is over, and to besfin the work.
THE AMISH.
HE Amish constitute the second Jacob Ammen, who separated from the T largest branch of the Mennonite main body of Mennonites about two cen- Church. They are the followers of turies ago, on account of differences THE HAVERFORDIAN. 67
respecting the enforcement of Church dis- if only one brother is thus chosen, he is
if cipline. then ordained ; but, more than one are
About twenty-eight years ago another thus designated, a day is appointed, in division took place among the Amish which they choose by lot one of the persons themselves again, on the subject of Church nominated. discipline. As a result, we have the Amish On the appointed day the bishop takes and the Old Amish Church, or, in local as many hymn-books as there are candi- terms, the " Hickory Amish " and the dates, and, after having placed a slip of Orthodox Amish. paper, containing a suitable text in one of The Old Amish are very strict in con- them, he places them on a table. Each forming with the ancient forms and prac- of the nominees steps forward and takes a tices. They oppose all innovations in form book. The one who gets the book con- of worship and in Church government. taining the slip is considered chosen. They insist that the ban should be rigor- The Amish accept no public offices, ex- ously observed. Their meetings are held cept in connection with the management of at the houses of members. The Hickory public schools. Neither do they vote ex- Amish on the other hand, are erecting cept for persons with whom they are per- meeting-houses, are more lenient with the sonally acquainted. ban, and make changes both in form of Though none of them are very rich they worship and in church government. Their are almost all well-to-do. If one of their
ideas are somewhat similar to those of the number is poor, 01 through some misfor- Mennonite Church proper. tune has lost his property, they will provide These sects are scattered over fourteen him with means to start out anew. Should States, and have more than twelve thousand he, however, employ this help in a way not communicants, over twenty-five hundred of in accordance with the Amish ideas, he will whom are in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- not only receive no more help, but he will vania. be considered an outcast. The creed of the Amish, as well as that of To a stranger their habits of dress and the Mennonites, enjoins members to " do ornament are very striking. Father, grand-
violence to no man ; rather to flee, when father and grandson, all wear the same necessary for the Lord's sake, from one's round-crowned and remarkably wide- country." Thus, they bear no arms, neither brimmed hats. All wear the same short do they sue any man in the civil courts. trousers, too long to be called breeches and When difficulties arise between brethren too short to be called pantaloons. Their they are settled by arbitration. Refusal coats are very short, barely covering the to submit to arbitration is punished by hips. And from the fact that their coats excommunication. are fastened with hooks and eyes instead of Likewise, their faith forbids them to use buttons, they are sometimes called the oaths, whether civil or otherwise. They Hookers, or the Hook-and-Eye Mennists. believe in baptism on profession of faith, Their hair, cut straight across the fore- but do not require a second baptism in head, and hanging long behind, is thus cut receiving members from other denomina- —their worldly neighbors say,—by putting tions into their Church. a crock over the head and cutting off what- Ministers are chosen from the congrega- ever hair projects. tion to be served. Every man in the con- Equally striking is the dress of the gregation designates the man of his choice women. All believers are arrayed in plain ; —
68 THE HAVERFORDIAN. white caps and white neckerchiefs. They to put a span of horses to the wagon, even wear closely fitting waists, with a little bas- if the load might justify the case. quine behind. Their bonnets, dress and Not only are they a peculiar people as apron are usually of the same color. regards their religion and customs, but also Like the Quakers the Amish are opposed in the education of their children. Physi- to all instrumental music. Neither do pic- ology is considered out of place in the " tures find a place in the Amish home ; and public schools, as it teaches children quite recently their conference expressed tilings that they ought not to know." While the hope that if any photographs of mem- grammar, history and geography, they say, bers were in existence they would be are useless and a poor substitute for the destroyed, as only vain people would have reading of the Testament and the psalms their pictures taken. which they supplanted.
Members of the Amish Church are They still cling to the German language, neither permitted to paper their houses, nor cherishing it with care as a means of pre- even to paint them with colors contrary to serving their religious and other peculiari- the Amish taste. ties. The public schools, however, are a ihey must come to meeting only with powerful means of assimilation. carriages of the Amish style, which are Excusing their peculiarities they are a light, angular- shaped, one-horse spring- sober, industrious and thrifty people, simple wagons, covered with plain yellow oilcloth. in habits, conscientious, devout and faith- And by no means must they be so vain as ful Christians.
HINTS FOR CRICKETERS.
No. i. The Beginner at the Bat.
I i A QUARTER of an hour with the made slightly heavier and at the same time AA coach," says W. G., " is worth a well protected for the winter months in whole volume of direction and various ways. For more reasons than one advice," and the statement is perhaps true. I would advise the beginner to have his But none the less we miss Woodcock's own bat. The more an unpracticed work- fresh letters in these columns, smacking man handles a new tool, the sooner will he as they did of the wicket and of the use it as he should—and many a batsman turf. Last winter his hungry flock looked has learned his rudiments without a ball.
up and were not fed ; and if it is true One of the best professional batsmen of that a young batsman is made or marred in England is said to have learned his cricket
his first year at the willow, these words of by the constant handling of bats in a crick- caution and advice, addressed as they are eters' outfitting shop. to Freshmen in Hall's college for crick- In shed work, with other circumstances eters, may well be written without excuse. the same, the most progress in batting for First as to a bat. Though apt to break the present, will be made by the man who in frosty weather, a carefully selected bat most completely forgets his base-ball. I will generally stand throughout the winter do not mean to -say that a good base-ball season, and be all the better for the use. player will not find his batting standing him Let the one you choose be light enough in good stead after he has thoroughly pos- for easy wielding, and err if at all on the sessed himself of the elements of the cricket side of lightness; for the blade may be batsman's art, but the elements of this last THE HAVERFORDIAN. 69
must first be learned. Let him give his You will therefore make little progress if whole attention for the present toward in private practice you indulge in loose and
mastering an efficient defence ; that is to promiscuous hitting. Remember that you say, the power of instinctively perceiving are just as likely to reproduce such faulty how best to prevent a ball from passing the strokes when the test comes, as the new bat. Richard Daft, the famous Notts bats- ones you are carefully learning. One may man, was for three years never allowed to constantly see a cricketer who has not con- strike at a straight ball. You may itch to quered a vicious batting habit, give way to
" hit " at a " full ball "or a " long hop ;" be it in a very critical moment, though he has
content for the present to "play" them- full knowledge of its dangers, and knows, Every time you resist the temptation you too, that the bowler has found his weak-
become a better batsman, for defence must ness and is trying to bring about his down-
of necessity precede aggression. Always, fall in that very way. It is for fear of the however, meet the ball with the bat; never development of some stroke which may
simply hang it in the path of the ball; but accompany the batsman like an evil spirit,
all this the trainer will tell you. What I and keep forever beckoning him to the
want to insist upon here is the necessity of bench, that I would advise the beginner to learning one thing at a time. You will see refrain from hitting a " half- volley " or even " " older players " cutting and " driving in a " full ball." It is not safe to rely upon their practice in the shed; but for your- what you may call your " eye." A " good " self for the present refrain from " cutting eye," if it be not kept within bounds, will
and "driving." If you can learn this winter get you a four here and there, but it will to stop all " good length " straight balls far more often get you out. you will be an unwelcome sight for every Of course, the coach will teach you the bowler in Philadelphia. The Haverford position which the batsman should take. batsmen of the past three years, and I doubt One rule, however, which should never be
not, those of a remoter past also, who have broken by a young player, I wish to empha-
failed to make runs, have not failed because size here : the rule that the right foot they could not cut or hit, but because they be firmly planted behind the crease and could not stop a straight ball. If you fol- never moved. The strokes which require low my advice you will find yourself ahead the right foot across are not to be learned of the whole herd of slashers and smashers by beginners and I should advise you when the season opens. never to disregard this rule, except of The trainer will restrain you when you course in "back" plav*. There will be a are under his supervision, but you will strong tendency to jump out of the way of have to restrain yourself when you prac- a ball on the legs, technically speaking to tice without him. If a beginner is not very " draw away ;" but if you observe this rule careful he will unlearn in his private prac- you will acquire a very necessary batting tice nearly all that he has learned "under habit. If either on account of a bumpy the trainer. It is not alone the theoretical wicket or bowling too fast and too erratic, knowledge of batting strokes that you are you find your confidence leaving you, ask after, but first and foremost the practical the fast bowler to desist, or leave your prac- ability to make the right one at the instant tice. There are men in college with real it is needed. You may learn the whole batting ability whose confidence was lost theory of batting in an hour or less, but to beyond recall in their Freshman year. master the practice will take you longer- Never stand up to be a fast bowler, out of a —
7o THE HAVERFORDIAN.
mere spirit of bravado if you respect your coaching will give you that solid basis
batsmanship. Confidence is far sooner lost without which no finished batsman is de-
than regained, and it is worth the begin- veloped, and will not discourage at the
ner's greatest care to retain it undimin- right time the super-addition of all strokes
ished. I should advise you to bat to not which you may find particularly efficient in more than three bowlers at most, at a time, your hands.
and let them be slow bowlers. Never bat In conclusion, I wish to say to those who more than half an hour at a time, and not have never played cricket before, that one
even so long if you find you are falling off of the best batsmen of any time or country or becoming careless. During the week never handled a bat until he was twenty- whenever you practice be careful to carry two years of age. If you are younger than out whatever you have learned, so that that, so much the better. If you are older,
when you take your next lesson the coach remember that life is short, and that every may find a practical knowledge of what he old cricketer who has entered truly into the has told you. spirit of the game, feels as Andrew Lang
It is often said that of beginners who feels :
have equal natural advantages, the best " liefer on youth's hither shore,
batsman will be the man who can well imi- Would I be some poor player on scant hire tate the strokes he sees played by the best Than king among the old who play no more, This is the end of every man's desire." of those about him. And it is true that good batsmen, though uncoached, will Older or younger, remember that you
spring up wherever a sound style is played. are in a college of which it may be said
But I would warn you against imitating all with very little hesitation, that it offers strokes you see, because, while they may greater advantages to the lover of cricket
be right for those who play them, they will than any other school or college, I care not almost certainly be wrong for you. Good in what country, has ever offered. HARVARD LETTER.
this season, the interest of the aver- to eliminate an undesirable element and to AT age Harvard student centres largely make the crowd a purely college gathering,
in foot-ball. Although the absence as it should be. Predictions as to the re- of the Yale game this year has tended to sult of the game would be superfluous, as greatly decrease this interest, still the un- by the time this appears, the game will have certainty as to the result of the approaching become a matter of history. From present
contest with Pennsylvania has kept the indications, however, it would seem that it
enthusiasm from flagging, for it is generally will, at least, be close and well worth see- recognized that, in order to win, Harvard ing. must play her very best. Extensive prep- Foot-ball, while undoubtedly the most
arations are being made for the game. The prominent, is by no means the sole form of seating capacity of Soldiers' Field will be athletic activity in the University. Tennis, enlarged to ten thousand by means of ex- lacrosse, and bicycling have each received
tensions which are being built to the old their share of attention this fall. Moreover, stands. By restricting the sale of tickets a new game has been started here this year to graduates and members of the University, called Push Ball, which promises to become
and by doing away with the box-office at very popular. As the game is a new one,
the gate on the day of the game, it is hoped perhaps a brief description of it may not be THE HAVERFORDIAN. -i amiss. It is played by two teams of eight graduates. A close rival of the Pudding, so men each, the object of one team being to far as the excellence of its dramatic per- roll or push a huge leather ball, six feet in formances is concerned, is the Cercle Fran- diameter, through a certain distance, its qais. Its members are at present industri- progress being, of course, opposed by the ously rehearsing Moliere's " Le Malade Im- other team. Short halves of about two aginaire," which is to be presented three minutes are usually played. The game is times, in Boston, on December 12, and in certainly most amusing from the spectator's Cambridge on December 10 and 14. standpoint, and it seems to have the advan- Of the numerous societies here, there is tage of furnishing the players with an one which deserves more than a passing abundance of vigorous exercise. The ball mention. The Harvard Memorial Society used here is, I believe, the only one at was organized near the close of the last present in existence. • college year, with a membership drawn
One hears quite a little unfavorable com- from faculty and students. Its purpose is ment upon the recent action of the Faculty two-fold. First, it intends, by a series of relative to the trip of the Hasty Pudding public lectures, to make the students and Glee Clubs. The faculty has forbidden acquainted with the rich historical associa- these clubs to give any plays or concerts tions which cluster about Harvard ; and, except in places which can be reached in second, it means to mark, by tablets or four hours' travel from Cambridge. Of other suitable memorials, buildings and course, this renders impossible the annual places which have an historic interest. The Christmas trip of the musical clubs, as well need of such a society has been strongly as the dramatic performances of the Hasty felt for several years. Probably no place Pudding, usually given in New York in the country—certainly no college— has during the Kaster holidays. The reasons had as intimate connection with the great given by the Faculty for prohibiting these events of our national history as has Har- trips are that they seriously interfere with vard. Yet most of the students have but a studies, and that they give the public an vague idea of Harvard's past. It is doubt- erroneous impression of student life by un- ful if man)' of them could explain how the duly emphasizing the lighter side. Liberty Tree got its name, and, indeed, it is One of the important events of the pres- probable that not a few would be unable to ent month will be the celebration on No- even point out the tree. To banish this vember 22 and 23, of the one hundredth ignorance, to enlighten us with a knowledge anniversary of the Hasty Pudding Club. Of of the noble deeds of Harvard's sons in the all the Harvard societies, the Hasty Pud- past, to make us proud of being Harvard ding is probably the one most widely men, these, it seems to me, are the best known to the outside world, and its cen- functions which the new society aims to tennial celebration should attract a large perform. number or Harvard's most distinguished Cambridge, Mass., November 16, 1 S95. ALUMNI PERSONALS.
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'70. Howard Comfort is making a col- 'Si. William A. Blair and Miss Mary lection of the class of '70 Prize es- Kleanor Frieze were married at Salem, N. says. C, Nov. 20. 72 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
'84. Francis A. White, of Baltimore, was '93. George L. Jones is principal of the recently appointed a member of the board High School at North Berwick, Maine. of managers of Haverford College, in place '93. Eugene M. Wescott is a practicing William R. Thurston, of York, of New lawyer at Shawano, Wis. deceased. '93. Leslie A. Bailey, after spending a '89. Warner H. Fite has been appointed year at the University of Chicago in grad- the Faculty at Williams College. Dean of uate work, accepted the position of Pro-
'89. Warren C. Goodwin is with the In- fessor of Ancient Languages at Simmons surance department of the Provident Life College, Abilene, Texas. and Trust Company of Philadelphia. '93. Edward Rhoads is doing graduate
'92. Invitations are out for the wedding work at Johns Hopkins University. His of Joseph R. Wood and Miss Elizabeth work lies in the Department of Physics.
Nicholson. '94. Jonathan T. Rorer, graduated at University last '92. W. H. Detwiler has accepted a po- Colorado year. He is now sition in the Circulation Department of the teacher of Mathematics at the Central High Public Ledger of Philadelphia. School of Philadelphia.
'95. C. Clifford Taylor is with the Em- '93. Edward Woolman, who has been ployers' Mutual Indemnity Company, of connected with the factory of the Welsbach 606 Chestnut street. Light Co., at Gloucester, N. J., for some time, has been put in charge of that com- '95. John Bacon Leeds is employed in pany's exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition. the Penn Mutual Bank, of Philadelphia.
COLLEGE NOTES.
The first quarter ended Tuesday, Novem- On October 26, a cricket match was ber 19. played by two elevens from college. The purpose of playing was to let the new men A. F. Coca, '96, is leader of the College see how the college game is played. Glee Club. The" Literary Club," recently organized Eight cricket creases have been laid at by Mr. Hoag and others, is holding very the north end of the foot-ball field. interesting bi-weekly meetings. Tennyson
The popularity of the college pin is is now under discussion. shown by the fact that twenty-one have Hugh Beaver, one of the Y. M. C. A. been ordered this fall. State secretaries, spent two days at the President Sharpless tendered a reception college, and led a very interesting prayer- to the Freshman class on the evening of meeting on Wednesday evening, Novem-
Friday, November 8. ber 13.
The teachers of the Bible-classes are as Elliot Field, '97, called the mission class
: '96, Scattergood follows J. H. ; '97, F. N. together, on Saturday morning, November Maxfield; '98, A. G. Scattergood, and '99, 16, at 7.45. Weekly meetings are to be
tern. J. A. Lester, pro held at 7.30 on Saturday mornings. THE HAVERFORDIAN. 73
William H. Jenks has been appointed a printed in brown ink on heavy enameled member of the board of managers, in paper, bound in white leatherette, with ex- place of Robert B. Haines, deceased. cellent half-tone reproduction of a portrait of Penn, painted in his youth." Scattergood, '96, manager of the J. H. The first tea-meeting for the season, of basket-ball association, has accepted a chal- the attenders of Haverford was held in the lenge from Temple College for a game to Grammar School on October 8, and the be played January II. A challenge from following questions were discussed : Drexel Institute remains unanswered. 1. What do the members of the Haver-
In the last week of October, Allen Jay, of ford meeting owe to the meeting ?
Earlham College, conducted a series of 2. What does Haverford Meeting owe meetings under the auspices of the Y. M. to its members ?
C. A. They were well attended and much 3. What does Haverford Meeting owe to enjoyed. the Colleges? What does Haverford Meeting owe to At a meeting of the College Association 4. Preston ? held recently, each class agreed to contrib- What does Haverford Meeting owe to ute ten dollars toward the fund necessary 5. Coopertown ? to rent a piano for the gymnasium the coming winter. The Loganian has held two regular meetings. On November 6, the Hampton Quartette, On November 1, the question of Haver- from Hampton Colored Institute, Virginia, ford's adopting the honor system was dis- told the stories of their lives and sang plan- cussed. Hunsicker, Janney and Haines, tation melodies. A great interest in the '98, taking the affirmative, and Lester, work of their school was aroused among Webster and Nason, the negative. Maier, the audience. Adams and Deuell acted as judges and re- the evening of November 23, the On turned a decision favoring the negative. collection room was crowded with profes- On November 1 5 the society adopted a sors, alumni and undergraduates, assem- new constitution. There was a discussion bled to celebrate the victory over Swarth- on the subject. Resolved, " That classics more in foot-ball. Speeches were delivered are essential to a liberal education." Adams, by the professors, alumni and ball players. Deuell and Allen were on the affirmative,
Dr. Gummere is editing the " Merchant and Scattergood, '96, Clauser and Brecht of Venice " for a complete edition of on the negative. The judges, Engle, Shakespeare, to be published by Longmans, Haines, '98, and Maxfield, decided in favor Green & Co. G. S. Carpenter, of Columbia of the negative side.
College, is superintending the work, which A book has recently been put on the is intended to be used in college class-room market by A. D. F. Randolph Co., entitled work. "Union with God, A Series of Addresses,"
The following appears among the book by J. Rendel Harris. It is to be sold at
" ' 2 notices of A. C. Leeds : Wm. Penn, the Si. "5 a volume. We believe these dis- Founder of Pennsylvania, and His Holy courses were given •chiefly in Friends' Experiment,' by Allen C. Thomas, A. M., Meeting at Hitchin, England, and were Ph. D., author of 'A History of the United taken down and afterward revised by the States.' etc. A neat, attractive booklet, author for publication. 74 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
The foot-ball team during the present "The Industrial Evolution of the United States," Carroll D. Wright. season has won 1 1 games, and lost 2. "Union with God," J. Rendel Harris. Every game played at home was won. The " Dante Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement," team has scored 146 points as against 56 Esther Wood. " Criticisms on Contemporary Thoughts and Thinkers," by its opponents. Richard Holt Hutton. Among the books recently added to the " Molecules and the Molecular Theory of Matter," library are: A. D. Risteen. " " Progress in Language," Otto Jespersen. Introduction to Shakespeare," Edward Dowden. " " Theology in the English Poets," Strpford A. Brooke. New Studies in Literature," Edward Dowden. " " Miscellaneous Studies," Walter Pater. Parochial and Plain Sermons," John Henry Newman. " " The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare," The Art of Newspaper Making," Charles A.Dana.
J. J. Jusserand. COMMUNICATION.
have received the following Professor Davenport's wide range of
WE notice : at travels, Died his residence, knowledge, his extensive his some-
Chelsea, Mass., May 14, 1895, what checkered life, and his kindly dispo- Edwin Davenport, Harvard '48, aged about sition made him an entertaining and sixty-eight years. Professor Davenport agreeable companion. His somewhat pe- was a classmate of President Thomas Chase, culiar traits stamped him as an original through whose recommendation he became character who will long live in the memory a member of the faculty of Harvard. He of his contemporaries. No one who really filled the position of Professor of Greek and knew him can think of him with other than
Latin during the absence of Professor Gif- most kindly if not affectionate feelings.
ford in Europe 1883-1885 ; and of History After leaving Haverford he retired from his and Political Science, and of Librarian dur- profession and lived with a single sister at ing the absence of Professor Thomas in Chelsea until his death. He never married, Europe, 1885-1886. He also gave instruc- but devoted himself to his mother, who lived tion in German. to a great age, only dying a few years ago.
FOOT-BALL.
fell on the ball. Franklin and Marshall in Haverford 5 ; Franklin and Marshall, o. a few minutes regained the ball on a fum- HAVERFORD'S first intercollegiate ble, only to lose it on downs on Haverford's game resulted in a victory for the 20 yard line. Haverford was again forced college team over the Franklin and to kick, and the Franklin and Marshall back Marshall college team, on the home was downed for no gain. A fumble gave grounds, October 26. Haverford the ball, which Hinchman was Play began at 3.15. Haverford won the again forced to kick. After the next play toss and lined up defending the south goal. Haverford was given the ball for holding, Franklin and Marshall kicked off and but was unable to gain the necessary Hinchman made a short run. Haverford ground, and on Franklin and Marshall's 25 being unable to gain, Hinchman kicked, yard line Hinchman kicked a goal from the
Franklin and Marshall fumbled, and Wood field. Score 5-0. THE HAVERFORDIAN. 75
The few remaining minutes of the half Haddonfield won the toss, and blocking were spent mainly in exchanging kicks, Haverford's kick-off, pushed the ball down Haverford having the ball in the centre of the field. Haines carried the ball back to the field when time was called. the middle of the field, where it was soon The second half began by Haverford's lost. Haddonfield rushed it down 25 yards kicking off and Franklin and Marshall's where she lost it on downs. Haverford running the ball to the middle of the field. was forced to kick, but Stadleman gained Franklin and Marshall steadily pushed the the ball for our men by falling on a fumble. ball down the field, until they lost it on Haines made 20 yards and Lowry 10 downs. Lowry made 5 yards, and imme- round the ends. Haddonfield made 7 diately afterward he fell on a ball that was yards, and Hinchman was hurt, but contin- fumbled. Hinchman had to kick, however, ued to play. Haddonfield lost the ball on and Franklin and Marshall pushed the ball downs, and Hinchman shortly after was on till again they lost it on downs. The forced to kick. On the next play Haddon- Franklin and Marshall back fumbled Hinch- field was given 15 yards for off-side play. man's forced kick, and Wood fell on the Time was called with ball in Haverford's ball. In the next scrimmage Lowry was possession. hurt, and Hunsicker replaced him. Alsop When play was resumed Lowry ran 20 made a good gain through the line, but the with the kick-off, and Haverford steadily ball was again lost on downs. Franklin pushed the ball down the field, Haines and Marshall made successive gains of 4, making 10 yards and 10 yards being given
3 and 5 yards, and was then forced to kick. us for off-side play. The ball was lost on a Haverford's kick of the free catch was re- fumble and Haddonfield pushed the ball to turned, and Haines made a good run. Once Haverford's 30 yard line. Haines made 10 more Hinchman was forced to kick, Frank- yards and from the next scrimmage Butler lin and Marshall fumbled, and Wood fell on ran down the field lor a touchdown, which the ball just as time was called. however, was not allowed. Haddonfield
The line-up of the teams was as follows : was given the ball and 1 5 yards for a for- ward pass. From our 20 yard line they HAVERl'ORD. POSITIONS. FRANK. & MAR. pushed it steadily till they made a touch- Butler left end I'.achman
Stadleman left tackle Keese down. The try at goal failed. Score 4-0.
Hay left guard Ivimple Haverford kicked off, and the Haddon- Swan centre Kiefei field man was downed on their 20 yard line. Wood right guard ...*... High Haddonfield was forced to kick. Butler Alsop right tackle Beam Dean right end Greenwalt again ran down the field with the ball but
Harding 1 [uarter-back Bingle was called back and Haddonfield given the
Lowry (Hunsicker) . left half-back Cessna ballon their 15 yard line. A little later
Haines right half-back . . . Hosterman Haverford was given the ball and 10 yards Hinchman full-back Bertolet Time of halves, 20 and 15 minutes. Referee, Mr. for off-side play and Alsop was soon pushed Bales. Umpires, Wilson and Hay. Linesman, Thomas. over the line. Hinchman kicked the goal. Goal from the field, Hinchman. Score 6-4. As there were but four minutes more to
Haverford, 6; Haddonfield A. A., 4. play, and it was decidedly dark, the game
On October 30, Haverford won a close was called at this point. The game had and exciting game from the Haddonfield been characterized by a great deal of dis- A. A. by the score of 6-4. pute and delay over decisions, and one of —
7 6 THE HAVKRFORDIAN. the Haddonfield was disqualified for slug- Haines right half-back . . . Wetherill
Hinchman, ("Alsop) . . full-back Sayer ging, but as there was no one to take his Referee, Johnson. Umpires, Hay, '95, V. Freeman. place, he was allowed to continue playing. Linesman, Round, '97. Time of halves, 30 and 20 The line-up was as follows: minutes.
HAVERFORD. POSITIONS. HADDONFIELD A. A.
. left Freeman Butler .... end Haverford, 5 ; Dickinson, 4.
Stadleman . . left tackle Lippincott Another close game was played on the Hay left guard McGeorge home grounds on November Dickin- Swan . . centre Wile 9.
Wood (Capt.) . right guard McGeorge son lined up a heavy team, and began Alsop .... right tackle McGill pounding at the tackles for gains of from 5 Hume (Stokes) . right end Middleton to yards. Our backs could not gain Harding quarterback Mitchell 15
Lowry left half-back Lucas consistently enough to score, and kicking
Haines r 'ght half-back ... . Colesbury had to be resorted to more than once. Hinchman full-back Smith During the first half Dickinson's heavy Times of halves 20 minutes each. Touchdowns. backs continued to try the line and scored Smith, Alsop. Goal from touchdowns, Hinchman. Ref- eree, Professor Babbitt. Umpire, Hopkins. Linesman, a touchdown after about 15 minutes play. Round. The try at goal failed 4-0. On the kick-
off the ball was rushed back 15 yards, and
Haverford, 12 ; Merion, 8. .after some play near the centre of the field, The Merion Cricket Club eleven were Dickinson again began to rush the ball defeated on their own grounds by Haver- steadily down until half time was called ball line. ford, Tuesday, November 5, by the score of with the very near our
12 to 8. In the first half the work of the Haverford played a much stronger game college team was very poor, they seeming in the second half, running the ends with to be unable to advance the ball into some success, and worked the ball well Merion's territory. In the second half a down into Dickinson's territory. Dickin- rearrangement was made which put Alsop son kicked and Varney caught on the 30 at full-back, and by shaking them- line, from which Lester kicked a goal from selves together Haverford pulled the game the field. Haverford continued to play out of the fire, the second touchdown being good fast foot-ball. Thomas came on in made by Haines just before the call of time. place of Hinchman, and immediately went For Haverford, Haines, Wood and Alsop around Dickinson's left end on a well ex- excelled, and Lester played his first match ecuted criss in" cross for a long gain. In the of the season, putting up a strong tackling last few minutes Dickinson braced up, and game. For Merion, Sayen, Bergner, Lau- time was called with the ball on Haver- neber and Rodgers did excellent work-. ford's 35 yard line. The line-up was as follows: The line-up was as follows : HAVERFORD. POSITIONS. MERION. HAVERFORD. POSITIONS. DICKINSON.
Hume, Stadleman .... left end Kodgers Stadleman left end Best Wood left tackle .... Knight Lester (Wood) .... lelt tackle Wertz Hay left guard Morris King left guard Ralston Swan centre Boyd Swan centre Froxell
Lester right guard Gallagher Wciod (Lester) . . light guard ..... Codington Alsop, McCrea .... right tackle .... Launeber McCrea right lackle ...... Ford
Butler . . right end ..... Morice Butler ... right end Crayer
. Harding, (Lowry) . . quarter-back . . Windsor Varney quarter-bacl; . . Capt. Vale
Hunsicker, (Halloway) left half-back Bergner Hinchman (Tho'.-.) . left half-back Channell THE HAVERFORDIAN.
Haines right half-back Louther Haverford, 24; Swarthmore, o. Alsop full-back Heckman The morning of Saturday, November 23, Time of halves, 25 and 20 minutes. Umpire, Mr. West, Dickinson. Referee, Mr. Johnson. Linesmen, opened brightly and propitiously for the Touchdown, Louther Goal from field, Wilson, Round. Haverford Foot-Ball Team in their great Lester. annual contest with Swarthmore. For six
o. long years the sun had not shone sobrightly, Haverford, 34 ; Ursinus, for six long years the gridiron never lay so On Wednesday, November 13, Haverford invitingly before the players, and for six defeated the Ursinus foot-ball team by the long years a more enthusiastic crowd had score of 34-0. The visitors came down never assembled on these grounds. Dur- with the intention of playing a hard game ing the game, as the Haverford star rose to win, but thf sharp, snappy work and ex- into the ascendency, Old Sol hid his face cellent interference of the Haverford team behind the western clouds, and at his set- took them off their feet at the beginning of ting the Haverfordian hosts were exulting the first half. Haverford kicked off and in over a victory with a score of 24 to o. a short time had run up the total of 16 When the game was called at 3 p. m., a points, the half ending with the ball in large crowd of the friends and alumni of Ursinus' possession in her own territory. both colleges had assembled, the guests Ursinus kicked off in the second half, and from Swarthmore coming in gayly decorated soon Haverford, by quick playing and sub- coaches. Fully a thousand people wit- stantial gains by Hinchman and Haines, nessed the game and none seemed dissatis- carried the ball to Ursinus' 10-yard line, fied with the character of the playing. and Alsop went over for a touchdown. Throughout, it was a game entirely worthy Ursinus was unable to break Haverford's of Friends' colleges, there being no com- interference and soon Alsop secured another plaint from either side on account of dis- touchdown. Hay secured the ball on a honest or unfair playing. Then, too, there fumble for another touchdown. Ursinus was no unnecessary roughness in the game, forced the ball well into Haverford's terri- and but one man, Verlenden, of Swarth- tory, but heie Haines broke through for a more, was obliged to retire from injuries. splendid run of over 80 yards and scored Haverford won the toss and Captain for the last time, time being called soon Wood chose to defend the south goal, as after with the ball on Haverford's 40-yard the wind was more favorable in that direc- line. The best work for Haverford was tion. Kappeler kicked off, Varney catch- done by Alsop, Haines, Wood and Butler; ing and advancing the ball to the thirty- for Ursinus, by Hartman and Zimmerman, yard line. Haines and Wood made some The teams lined up as follows: good gains, and then Swarthmore got the HAVERFORD. POSITIONS. URSINUS. ball for holding, but immediately lost it Stadleman left end Zimmerman
Conkhn (Wood) . . left tackle Heffner again on a fumble. Now Haverford ex- Hay left guard Most hibited some fine foot-ball playing, and as Swan centre McKee H. Scattergood, Haines and Wood began
Wood (Webster) . . right guard Shelly to make great gains aided splendid in- McCrea right tackle ... Kopenhaver by " Butler . . ... right end Rahn terference, the garnet sweaters of the Varney c|uarter-back Kelker Swarthmore team assumed a Haverfordian
Hinchman . . . . left half-back .... Cadwallader hue through deep humiliation." Haines right half-back Hartman a Alsop full back Scheiret Now came hard kick of fifty yards Referee, Johnson. Time of halves, 20 and 30 minutes. from Alsop, and Scattergood's hard tackle 7S THE HAVFRFORDIAN. caused Kappeler to drop the ball, which For the next twenty minutes the play rolled over the line where Lester fell upon was well-matched and exciting. Swarth- it. Lester then kicked the goal and with- more gains far into Haverford territory. in five minutes of the start Haverford had Hodge tries a goal from the field, but the placed the score 6 to o. wind proves too contrary, and Haverford
Again Swarthmore kicks off, and for kicks off from her twenty-five-yard line.
fifteen minutes it is nip and tuck, the ball It soon becomes Haverford's ball on downs. going back and forth near the centre of the Each side then tries a kick resulting in a
field, often changing hands on account of gain of twenty yards for Swarthmore. off-side plays and fumbles. Toward the end Swarthmore kicks but Varney gets ten of the quarter-hour, Haverford began to out- yards for interference with the catch. H. play the Swarthmore team. The tandem Scattergood now goes around the right play made great gains, shooting the man end for forty yards. Swarthmore gets the with the ball through the line as from a ball and by a trick through the centre catapult, and making steady gains of from makes a gain of thirty yards which proves three to ten yards. Twice the ball was ad- to be her longest in the game. Haverford vanced as far as the five-yard line, but lost then gets the ball on downs, and after a for off-side play at the critical moment. few seconds H. Scattergood succeeds in Finally, A. Scattergood got the ball on a getting around the right end, and, by a run fumble and Alsop made a gain of fifteen of sixty-five yards, makes the fourth touch- yards, carrying the ball over the line. Des- down. The goal is kicked by Lester and pite the unfavorable wind, Lester easily the score stands 24 to o. kicked the goal. Score, 12 to o. Another kick-off and a catch by Varney
Haverford is now in the spirit of winning, and the game is ended. and when Kappeler kicks off Varney re- During the game there was plentiful turns for forty yards, and Hay's heavy yelling from the sympathizers of both tackle caused Hodge to drop the ball which teams, lined up on opposite sides of the is caught by A. Scattergood, and with three field. It is doubtless, somewhat due to the men interfering he makes the run of fifty enthusiasm from the side lines that both yards for a touchdown. Lester sends teams did so well. Everything went along the ball between the posts. Score, iS smoothly and there was little poor playing to o. on either side. Friends of both teams
A few seconds later time is called for the unite in declaring it a clean game of pure first half, and the joyous Haverfordians foot-ball. rush into the field to congratulate their Hodges and Verlenden made the most team on their fine playing. gains for Swarthmore, but the wedge plays The second half was an anxious one for and long passes which were formerly so Haverford as well as for Swarthmore, for effective, had little avail, and for this reason in previous years the endurance of the they frequently lost the ball on downs. team had not been sufficient to keep up a On the Haverford team, the backs together hard game for so long a time. When the with Conklin, Lester and Captain Wood Swarthmore team emerged from the shed, perhaps played the best, but the tackles of they showed that they had been well lec- Butler and Hay were superb, and A. tured by Dr. Shell, and they went to their Scattergood thoroughly understood his work with a vim which seemed dangerous position at end, while Swan at centre played to Haverford's chances of winning. a fine game. THE HAVERFORDIAN. 79
The team, almost to a man, seemed to the middle of the field. Centre and tackle be in superb condition and played with plays netted 10 yards, then Thomas went the utmost dash and keenness. around the end again for 40 yards and a touchdown. Varney kicked the goal.
as follows : The line-up was Score, 16-0. In a very similar manner the next touch- HAVERFORU. POSITIONS. SWARTHMOKE, down was made. The ball was run through A, Scattergood left end Wilson centre and tackles to 35-yard line, and Conklin left tackle . Verlanden, Hubbard Hay left guard F.use Thomas made the touchdown. No goal. Swan centre Morrison Score, 20-O. guard Wills Lester right After three minutes more of play, time Wood (Cabt.) .... right tackle Clark was called. Butler right end Cahall resuming play again Varney kicked Varney quarter-back . . . (Capt.) Hodge On
H. Scattergood . . . left half-back .... Knauer off. Wilmington pushed the ball to mid- Haines right half-back Firth field, where they lost it on downs. Haver- Alsop full-back Kappeler. ford Touchdowns, Lester, Alsop, A. Scattergood, H. Scat- By a succession of gains, Wilmington tergood. pushed the ball to the middle of the field
Goals from touchdowns, Lester 4. after the kick-off. and time was called with the ball in their possession. The game was entirely free from any ungentlemanly features. The umpires and
referee were perfectly fair. The Wilming- Haverford, 20 ; Wilmington, 4. ton team was decidedly heavier than ours, The last game of the season was won the three centre men averaging 210 pounds.
from the team of the Wilmington Y. M. C. Haverford's interference was fine, and it A. by the score of 20-4, in the presence of was a fairly- earned victory. about 1,000 people.
The line-up of the teams was as follows : Wilmington's captain won the toss and
ball. failed gain in chose the Haverford to IIAVERFORD. I'oMTIONs. WIL. Y. M. C. A. the kick-off. After making ten yards Wil- Butler left end Garrett
mington got the ball, and made seven yards, Wood left tackle Hayes when they gave it up again. Steady pound- Embree left guard Heck Swan centre Campbell ing at centre and tackles finally resulted in Hay right guard Green Wood being pushed over for the first McCrea right tackle Harrar touchdown. Varney failed to kick the goal. Stadleman right end . (captain) Combrooks Score, 4-0. Varney quarter-back .... Mehafifey Thomas right half-back After the kick-off Haverford pushed the Rice llolloway left half-back Harvey ball to the 30-yard line, aided by a good Alsop full-back Roberts run by Butler. Then Thomas went round
Touchdowns, Thomas Wood I, Rice I. to the end for 30 yards and a touchdown. 3, Goals, Varney 2. Time of halves, 30 and 20 minutes. Referee, Varney kicked the goal. Score, 10—O. Johnson. Umpires, Lawson and Foreman. Linesmen, Haverford ran the ball on the kick-off to Kirk and Round. So THE HAVERFORDIAN. HALL AND CAMPUS.
THEREare some phases of foot-ball that characterized by gentlemanly conduct on are to be deplored. It cannot be but the part of the players of both teams, and
that the slugging sometimes seen in we feel that the game, as we have played it, college matches has influenced many per- has been productive of only good results. sons of excellent judgment to declare Now comes the lull between foot-ball and against the game, and urge its abolishment cricket, only partially interrupted by the in our colleges. Those who have given work in the gymnasium. "An active and the game their personal investigation are alert patriotism," says the Bates Student, entitled to a hearing, and even the most "is needed in times of peace as much as in enthusiastic must admit that there is often times of war," and the writer goes further much provocation for some of the charges to point out that possibly the best way to that have been made. It is not this class take advantage of our opportunities is to of howlers we object to, except that we may form a Good Government Club. For us not always agree with their decisions, but that is impracticable, as we have at present that class who content themselves with the about as many societies as we seem able to horrified descriptions of friends, a few vigor- support. Apersonal, practical, well-directed, ous editorials, and the sight of a few injured wide-awake study of the questions of the players. On such an incomplete basis their day, let that take the place of any organized opinion is formed, which is very often ex- movement. pressed by the word " brutal." We do not wish to defend the wantonness We welcome the formation of the Library of the men who go into the game with the Club, for we believe that it fills a niche expressed intention to " do or kill," and till now unoccupied. The Club will meet are unfit for any kind of sport that throws every alternate Saturday evening, to read men into such close contact with their fel- and discuss informally the best literature. lows, but we do desire to point with pride There are many advantages in this method to the spirit that has been shown in nearly of studying, and the very informality of every game that our team has played the — these meetings will add much to their exception being a match with a certain interest. After all, the best way for a student athletic club a spirit of honest rivalry — to know and understand the great men of untainted by any exhibition of brutality. letters is for him to read them for himself. For us, despite the temporary injuries re- ceived by a few of the team, foot-ball has The Yale Literary Magazine for Novem- been a success, judged by the standard of ber comes with two selections worth read- effect upon mind and body, and not alone ing, " A Successor of Herrick," and "Tris- by the number of victories won. If so tram and Iseult." many players engage in such unnecessary The articles in the Bachelor of Arts are rough work, to the sometimes fatal injury of special interest to college men. In the of their opponents, we think it is the tault October number " The American Athlete not of the game, although penalties for such in England," and " Dueling in German conduct might well be made even more Universities," need special mention. The strict than they are, but of a certain class Athletic Department, conducted by Walter of men who play the game. We are glad Camp, is full ot information on all athletics that so many of our matches have been of an intercollegiate nature. ) —
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VOLUME XVII. No. 6. JANUARY, 1896.
CONTENTS.
page pa<;k EDITORIALS— Harvard Letter 88 College Notes Informal Challenges 81 90
. _ _, „ William Rainey Harper 02 A Teacher of Oratory 81 Alumni Personals 93 The Biological Seminar 81 Communication 93 Cricket Prizes 82 Statistics of Foot-ball Season ... 94 Haverford College Water Supply 82 Poetry 94 Wesleyan University 83 Annual Meeting of I. CCA. ... 95
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Wl\c iiaucrfor&iaiu particularly desirable in this case. But we believe in the case of a first meeting in any sort of contest, where numerous details ED/TOSS: have to be settled, the conference plan JOHN A. LESTER, '96, Chairman. commends itself. G. H. DEUELL, '96. T. HARVEY HAINES, '96.
'97. is gratifying to know that the cause of RICHARD C. BROWN, IT ELLIOT FIELD, '97. Oratory at Haverford has not escaped CHARLES D. NASON, '97. the notice of our President. In his an- GEORGE M. PALMER, '97. nual message to the Board of Managers he advocates a resident elocutionist. This he
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The Haverfordian is the official organ of the student? fore, to the new gymnasium and new din- of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct supervision, on the first of every month during the O-l'ige ing hall, and all other good things that year. threaten to come our way, we still believe Entered at the Haverford Post Office, for transmission thr -tgh the mails at second-class rates. that some provision for regular instruction in elocution, would be one of the most use- EITHER of the prizes offered for a ful additions that could be made to our N college song will be awarded. None present equipment. of the work handed in was deemed in any way worthy of the prizes announced. THE spirit of individualism is a phase of human development that has THE plan for sending a delegation to never flourished much at Hav- Swarthmore to confer on the subject erford. All Haverfordians are supposed of a spring meeting has commended to be cast in the same mould, and itself to all. Under the present circum- anyone who departs from the usual " stances, it is not only more courteous but customs is dubbed a freak." This is a also more business-like, than sending a condition of affairs which ought not to formal challenge. An agreement can doubt- be fostered. Partly with this idea in view, less be effected in much less time and with but still more with the avowed purpose of far less inconvenience to both parties by the study of nature, Dr. Pratt has started the the present plan. The conditions under Biological Seminar. The keynote of the which Haverford can take part in any spring Seminar's actions is to be the study of life meeting are such as make a conference and the development of the individual S2 THE HAVERFORDIAJM.
Membership is voluntary, and non-members trophies and mementos of early Haverford are welcomed to the meetings, at which cricket. some one delivers an address lasting about It is to be regretted that for some years an hour, after which the topic is discussed the annual inscription has not been added.
by the audience. Each speaker is supposed Still more unfortunate is the loss of the to report on the subject in which he is existing records in the Second Eleven Prize
most interested" and in which it is presumed Bat, which records are reported to have he will be able to teach his fellows. been effaced by some enterprising cricketer, Last year the attempt of studying some who, in his zeal for more beautiful printing, biological classic was made, but the inter- forgot to keep a copy of the statistics which est was found to lag. This year this will already stood upon the bat. All but one of not be attempted, but rather, there will be winners' names since the year 1886, when a course of set lectures of a popular charac- the bat was first presented, have been re- ter, which will be delivered by the members covered, but several of the averages are of the Seminar. All members of the col- lost. We should be glad of any information lege, including the professors, are cordially as to the name of the winner in 1886 and invited to attend. 1892, and the averages of the winners in 1886, 1887, 1890 and 1892. Another of the prizes, the time-honored
Congdon Prize Ball, first presented in 1876 SUCCESSFUL cricketers at Haverford is full. Names have been printed on every are annually presented with prizes in available space and yet there is no record
the shape of bats and balls, upon since 1892. The time, therefore, is ripe for which the name of the winner in each par- the presentation of a new ball to record
ticular year is inscribed. The first inscrip- each year the name of the champion bowler tion on several of these prizes is older than of the college. We hope to get these prizes the first number of The Haverfordian, in order before the season opens, and and older than any records that can be request the help of those interested in found. They therefore, form valuable Haverford cricket.
HAVERFORD COLLEGE WATER SUPPLY.
HAVERFORD COLLEGE can boast The water is examined every year by of having a water supply hardly the college chemist, who pronounces it free
equaled by that of any other col- from all mineral and vegetable substances lege in the State. injurious to health. And, since the college The college is supplied by a spring owns the land to such a distance around which has a capacity, even in the dry the spring that no objectionable feature can
season, of about a thousand barrels per come near enough to pollute its water, there day. And as there are several other pretty are good reasons to believe that in the
large springs on the college property, within future its water will remain in this pure a hundred yards of this one, the college state. need not fear a lack of pure water for a The purity of the water has not only long time to come. created a local reputation for the spring, a
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but has developed a demand for " Haver- is collected in a large cistern near the shop. ford College Spring Water " in Philadelphia. At first thought one does not appreciate The spring is housed by a low stone either the capacity or the value of such a building twenty-eight feet long and fifteen spring.
feet wide, the whole of which is occupied Enough water flows out of this spring
by the spring. in one day to fill enough barrels, which, if About twelve feet from this building is laid down end touching end, would extend another house, containing a water wheel, from the spring, beyond Barclay Hall— six feet in diameter, which is connected to distance of almost half a mile. two pumps. During the wet season these In Barclay Hall alone, besides supplying
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in an adjoining room, makes up the de- shop, which, at the present time is run very ficiency. near to its full capacity; add to this the
The water is pumped for a distance of supply for the Grammar school, together two- fifths of a mile, and to a height of one with that of the eighteen houses on the hundred and five feet, into four large tanks, campus, and you begin to realize what three of which are in the attic of Founders' a valuable thing the Haverford College
Hall, and one on the Fourth floor of Bar- Spring is. clay Hall. The overflow from these tanks Milton Clauser.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
almost under the shadow of the bowling alleys, IN 1830, boxing and hand-ball rooms, elms of "Old Eli," at Middletown, track and base- ball cage. Conn., was founded a college under Wesleyan has had an enviable reputation the supervision of the Methodist Church. for athletics, for so small a college. On the
At first the college consisted of two brown- water she contended successfully with all buildings one, College, stone ; North being the eastern colleges till about 1875, when used as a dormitory; the other, South Col- by consent of the students aquatic sports, lege, as the recitation hall. because of their expense, were dropped. In The next building to be erected was foot-ball, for a long time, Wesleyan led the
Observatory Hall, a large wooden building, minor colleges. She has defeated all her fitted up as a chemical and physical labora- larger opponents except Yale, and for some
tory and astronomical observatory. Then time was in the " Big1 League." In base-
came the old gymnasium, much resembling ball she is steadily advancing, having in the our own cricket shed in size and shape. past few years defeated Harvard, Princeton, The next buildings to be erected were Yale, Brown and the University of Penn- the library, chapel and Judd Hall, all of sylvania.
brown stone ; and last of all came the Co education is supported by the trustees Haynweather Gymnasium, a large brick and and faculty of the college, but not by most
granite building fully equipped with baths, of the men, who believe it to be detrimental —
84 THE HAVERFORDIAN. to athletics to have ladies connected with the he cheats, or attempts to do so, in his work. institution. The faculty have conceded Never, however, has a man been compelled sufficiently to limit the number of women to to leave college for unfair work in exami- fifty. nations.
One of the pleasantest features of the The " cut " system is very liberal. All college life is the fraternity system preva- classes are allowed 15 per cent of each lent. There are five chapters of Greek letter number of recitations as cuts, and if for fraternities, two local societies and two any reason a man has been unable to pre- sororities. Most of the fraternities own pare an assigned lesson, he may hand in a their club houses, where the receptions, slip of paper stating that he is not prepared, musicales and entertainments of the chapter and he is then credited with half a cut and are given, where all the members board, is not called on to recite. and where some of them room. The moral tone of the college is high.
President Raymond, in his address at The college is not a theological seminary Atlanta, gave the fraternity system, as in in any sense of the term, but many men vogue at Wesleyan, his highest praise and attend Wesleyan who have determined to called it " the life of the college." enter the ministry after they have secured The honor system has been in use for the a liberal education. last three years. The college committee, Class societies are numerous, but do not consisting of four seniors, three juniors, two interfere with the regular college routine. sophomores and one freshman, together The largest class fraternity in this country with seven of the faculty, form an advisory Theta Nu Epsilon—was founded at Wes- committee, before which any student may leyan. bring a grievance, real or imaginary. This The cost of living is comparatively low. committee has no legislative power, but if Certain estimates taken last year placed the any measure be very strongly endorsed by average college expenses of each man, some- it, the faculty almost always concede to the thing under five hundred dollars per year. wishes of the students as expressed by the The faculty is composed of fine scholars, committee. the three men who are most prominent There is a special committee known as being Dr. Winchester, Professor of Eng- " the skidding committee," before whom lish ; Dr. Atwater, Professor of Chemistry, any one seen cheating in recitation or ex- and Dr. Rosa, Assistant Professor of amination is brought for trial. This com- Physics. The usual number of courses is mittee has adopted a rule, at the suggestion given, but an unusually large number of of the student body, by which the first electives is offered to the members of the
offence is punishable by a fine and a new three higher classes, so that a man can be- examination, or suspension, or both. The come a specialist in almost any branch second offence requires the committee to without going to Harvard or Yale. There request the guilty man to leave college, and seems to be a growing tendency for Wes-
if he refuses his case will be tuned over to leyan graduates to further their researches the faculty, which would mean expulsion. in Germany. A Wesleyan club has its A second offence has never been brought headquarters in Berlin, where the boys to the committee. gather to talk over old times and sing the
Sometimes a freshman, exulting in his old college songs as a tribute to their be- newly-found liberty, cannot brin^ himself loved Alma Mater. to understand the ethical code in use, and Round, '97. —
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HINTS FOR CRICKETERS.
No. 2. —How to Learn to Bowl. THE first four men to be chosen on any But it is well that the would-be bowler cricket eleven are four bowlers. In first decide for what his special natural ad-
other words, the four men, who, no vantages fit him. If he has a strong matter how bad their batting or fielding, are physique, good endurance, and can obtain the best bowlers in college would properly be speed, he might make a fast bowler, but the first men chosen for a Haverford College not without. If he has strong wrists and team. The ideal four would of course be fingers, an observing eye and a sagacious of different styles. Of fast bowlers, one head, and can with practice arrive at great really good one would suffice, and the accuracy of pitch, some amount of speed other three would certainly comprise one and the ability to skilfully change it at will, good slow bowler and one left-hander. he may aspire to be a slow bowler. But The fourth had best be a good, reliable, whatever the final aim, the preliminary
medium-pace, right-handed bowler ; a man work should be the same for both, and this to be relied upon to keep down runs when it is which I wish to outline. required to do so. The rest of the team The first thing for every bowler to learn ought to be chosen from other considera- is to bowl straight. Pitch, speed, break, tions. let all these go until you can bowl every Good bowlers, then, are a sine qua non ball within two feet of the wicket. This of a cricket team, and a captain's first care. point is of the utmost importance. You " Bowlers will be in demand next spring and will never pitch an " off"-" or a " leg-break summer, and I wish to point out the lines in its right place if you cannot bowl a upon which they are made. straight ball. At the same time, however, To be frank, one must say at outset, that there are other things to consider which no one need hope to make even a fair may decide for you, for they . are not bowler without some natural advantages. entirely things that can be learned, whether But the advantages needed here are differ- you are to be a successful or an unsuccess- ent from those required for the successful ful bowler. These are your "run" and batsmen, and often in strong contrast with your " delivery." I should advise every them. The best bowler I ever played bowler to take a fairly long run. It is against was far from young, corpulent to a more teasing to the batsman than a short degree, decidedly lame, and so short- one, gives you a better basis for a change sighted as to need the aid of two pairs of of pace, and lends more fire or " devil," as
glasses. But his accuracy and cunning it is called, to the ball you deliver. Let were so great, that after a few balls he your run, however, be easy and natural, seemed to know his batsman as well as always of the same length, and without any
though he had bowled to him all his life. hitch or short step, which may tend to Some of the best bowlers of the past have check your continuous speed. Do not be
been men of poor physique hitch is in itself a ; men who by led to think that such a no amount of training could have been thing to be desired. It may sometimes transformed into good batsmen. discomfit a batsman you have never bowled 86 THE HAVERFORD1AN. to before, but in the long run you will only Let us now assume that the beginner can punish yourself by adopting it. One must at will bowl a straight ball. The next
look at the fatigue involved in a particular thing to learn is to pitch it in any given style, and reckon the cost. A run as long place. This is best done by bowling at a as that used by some of the Australian small piece of white paper or cloth, placed
bowlers is not to be recommended, because at a distance from the wickets of from three of the immense amount of work which a to five yards, depending on the pace of the day's bowling then entails. bowler. As you find yourself getting more There are one or two other points with accurate, increase your speed by degrees, regard to your style. There are some until you can bowl either a slow or a faster bowlers of great ability who are very easy ball fairly near to any required spot. to see. The ball comes from them big, and Up to this point all young bowlers should
one sees it all the way from the hand. be trained alike, but from here their paths Others require the closest watching during diverge. The embryo fast bowler now fol-
the whole of their run and delivery, and the lows a regimen of his own, which is strict
ball is always hard to see and its pace de- and plain. He must keep on bowling every ceptive. The causes of deception in deliv- day, not more than half an hour at a time, ery are different with different bowlers, and paying especial attention to length, and the only general rule that can be formu- bowling generally well within his strength.
lated, is to present at the moment of bowl- One constantly sees bowlers in the shed
ing as little as possible of the " square who, in their efforts to get up speed, lose front " which coaches used to recommend. control of the ball, and in cricket parlance A " square front " bowler is generally de- "bowl themselves off their feet." Such a lightfully easy to see. cricketer should remember that of all bad
A most important feature of a bowler's bowling, bad fast bowling is by far the action is the height at which he delivers the worst. Many a second-rate batsman who ball. Keep the hand up—the higher the has neither the strength nor the confidence better. Never waver—as one is sometimes to " walk in " to loose slow bowling and inclined to do—in your belief in a high punish it as it deserves, can send a loose action. Do not be misled by those who say fast bowler time after time to the ropes.
they can make a ball shoot, and then at- When I mentioned accuracy as a special
tempt to do so by delivering the ball below requisite for slow bowling, I meant to say the shoulder. Such " skimming " bowlers that a slow bowler, in his diagnosis of the can be safely pushed forward at pleasure by case of each particular batsman, will have good batsmen, and cannot take advantage to vary his pitch within wide limits, and
of a worn wicket as can a bowler with a that, too, constantly ; whereas the fast high action. The successful round-arm bowler will, broadly speaking, have to rely
bowlers have been few, and have depended on his ability to bowl a fast, good length
not so much upon the ball " keeping low," ball all the time. It is for this reason that, as upon their deceptive action. Your while the best of the slow bowlers—Alfred change of pace will be far better with a high Shaw, for instance—could pitch at will on than with a low delivery. any spot no bigger than a cent, the fast
The three things then which I wish to bowlers have had no such accuracy. It is
recommend in the formation of a bowler's well, however, for the beginner who is train- style are a long, easy run, a high action and ing for a fast bowler occasionally to bowl a side delivery. for a short time at the greatest pace he can —
THE HAVERFORDIAN. 87 command consistently with a good length. different batsmen, the best yorker for ordi- The slow bowler will of course have nary use being pitched about four inches other things to aim at. Before he has ac- inside of the block-hole. .The ball should quired reasonable accuracy of length, he be slung from a high hand, with all the
will have found that he has some power to speed the bowler can muster, straight at make the ball alter its course after the pitch this point. As for the slow bowler he may to " break." His next object is to cultivate, be practicing some of those tricks, which master and control these breaks. They are though simple and well-known, neverthe- of four kinds, of which very few bowlers less form part of the stock-in-trade of every use more than two, the " off" break and the slow bowler, and will never be without their
" leg " break. It is at this point that many use. After a number of off breaks pitched, bowlers fail, because they try to master both as this ball should generally be pitched, a of these breaks at the same time. My few inches outside the off stump, bowl a advice is to completely learn the off break rather faster straight ball in the same place. " " first, and obtain the power to pitch it where If you can make it curve out —in plain you please before you attempt anything English, " go with the arm,"—so much the else. Of course those few men to whom better. You will often be rewarded by the leg break comes naturally first, should seeing such a ball played straight into the by all means master it in preference to any- hands of short-slip. If the batsman stands thing else—and good speed to them. But wide of his wickets, pitch a ball with a good it is a well-known fact that one break is offspin upon the leg stump, and you may
lost when the other is learned bowl him off his legs. Now and then bowl sometimes ; and a good, accurate bowler, with some a yard or two " long," and sometimes let speed and an effective off break, can give this ball be slower than usual. However most batsmen all they can deal with. slow you are, put in now and then the When the slow bowler has mastered fastest ball you can bowl, pitched well up pitch and one of these breaks, and the fast on the middle stump. The most effective bowler a good length and some speed, both change of pace, without a shadow of doubt, should begin to practice change of pace. is the change adopted by a slow or medium This can be made very effective in the bowler, when with no change of action he hands of a good fast bowler, if he is careful bowls his fastest ball. Of course, the about the cardinal points of all change of greater variety of curves at your disposal pace, which are that the run should be the better, provided they are used sparingly, precisely the same as before, the action and used judiciously in changing your pace. neither more nor less violent, and the Constantly keep thinking of the case before delivery as far as may be, apparently un- you get into the habit of probing for the ; changed. The slow ball may be often batsman's weaknesses, and concentrate your made very effective by bowling the ball a attack on the point of least resistance. little higher and a little shorter then the This rule may mislead you in special cases, faster ones which have preceded it. Both where, for instance, a man has a pet stroke bowlers should all this time be most care- and is always anxious to play it. Your fully practicing the " yorker." This is plan will then be to coax him to his down- undoubtedly the ball which, in proportion fall on what really may be his strongest to the number of times it is bowled, dis- side. But the only thing that can be said places most wickets. It is pitched directly for application in all cases, is that the slow underneath the bat, and hence varies with bowler must use his head over every ball he "
88 THE HAVERFORDIAN. bowls. It may incidentally be added here, of the first-class counties of England, the that a bowler may greatly add to his speed, second place was taken by a "lob" bowler. by certain dumb-bell and pulley-weight It is, indeed, very safe to say that no team exercises. which plays many games against elevens
In conclusion, I will say a word about of unknown strength, is quite complete
"lob" bowling. Mr. Grace is on record without such a player to fall back upon. I with tbe assertion that no team is complete have seen one of the Graces completely non- without a bowler of this kind. Haverford, plus some of the best batsmen in England, as far as I know, never had one in recent by the very simple stratagem of placing all years, and that is not because her teams his men on the on side and bowling noth- have never played games where " lobs ing but underhand leg balls with varying were needed. It would be interesting to amounts of break. It is an art which know how many long stands have been demands a thorough knowledge of the best broken by an underhand bowler, when placing of the field, and ahead of the utmost every other kind of attack had failed. The coolness and cunning. Lob bowlers must proportion is certainly very great ; and a few be wise as serpents, else they are harmless years ago in the bowling averages of one as doves.
HARVARD LETTER.
OWING to the strictness with which past the holidays, and base-ball activity the limits of the holidays are ob- begins even later. Skating is the one ex- served here, the men disappear like ception to this general dullness out-of-doors. a flash at their beginning, and return with The ice during the week has been excel- equal quickness at their close, the compli- lent, and every pond in the neighborhood cated machinery of the University starting has been overrun with polo players. A up again, as at the beginning of the year, game of ice polo is scheduled for December with surprisingly little friction or confusion. 20 between the Oxford Club, of Harvard, Absences before or after vacation are rather and a team from Brown University. severely dealt with unless very satisfactory In spite of the defeat at the hands of reasons for them can be shown. In spite Pennsylvania, the work of the foot-ball of their enforced presence at lectures, how- team has been well appreciated by the ever, the men give evidence during the few college. The memorable exhibition of days preceding December 21 of flagging hard, steady, sandy playing in the second interest, and comparatively little real work half, when the ball was pushed for a touch- is done, except, of course, by those unfor- down the entire length of the field, without tunate individuals who have theses or papers flukes, and against a strong wind, calls due before that date. forth nothing but praise. That much of the
Now that the foot-ball season is over, improvement noticeable in the last two athletic affairs in the University are almost weeks of play was due to Mr. Deland's at a standstill from the undergraduate point coaching is generally conceded, and his of view, although there are rumors of quiet appointment as head coach for next year work going on in preparation for next has the hearty approval of the Univeisity. year's spring and fall campaigns. The crew Haverford men in Cambridge on Novem- does not go into real training until well ber 23 found ample consolation for the TO s-
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afternoon's defeat in the telegrams that been practically finished, the value of the
came in during the evening announcing the improvements is evident ; and many un- results of the Swarthmore game. Plans pleasant memories ol the fall will be for- were discussed for a modest celebration on gotten in increased conveniences. The work Thanksgiving evening, but the idea, unfor- of remodeling Gore Hall, the main library-
tunately, fell through. It seems hardly building, is also beginning to show some necessary for me to express in this letter signs of completion. There are promises
the high appreciation with which Haver- that part of it, at least, will be opened on
fordians here regard the work of Captain January 2. Wood and his men, or the good wishes we A movement has come into considerable extend toward Captain Varney for next prominence very lately, looking toward the season. establishment in Cambridge of a University The most important lectures offered club, of whose privileges any past or pres- during the month have been a course of ent member of the University may avail four, given by Dr. John Fiske, December himself, upon the payment of very moder-
io, 13, 17 and 19, upon the western cam- ate fees. The need of something of the paigns of the civil war. They have been kind has long been felt, and the existence
illustrated by stereopticon views, and have of the club, it is claimed, would help break been unusually well attended, Sanders' down any spirit of unhealthy reserve which
Theatre havingbeen uncomfortably crowded may be felt here. Such an organization is on each occasion. Dr. Fiske has con- in no way aimed at the existing societies, fined himself entirely to operations west ot which at present have room for only a very
the Alleghenies, showing their extreme small fraction of the University : it is importance in a consideration of the war as simply intended as a place where men may a whole, and tracing the rise of Grant, entertain their friends, and where the)' may Sherman, Sheridan and other great leaders meet one another under circumstances more
who first came into prominence there. favorable than the class room, or Leavitt Another event of the month has been the & Pierce's. Considering the fact that, presentation, by the Cercle Francais, of with the exception of some of the present
Molieres " Le Malade Imaginaire" men- societies, there is now no place in Cam- tioned in the last letter. Three very suc- bridge, capable of providing even a decent
cessful performances were given : two in meal for visitors, the need of the proposed
Cambridge on December 10 and 14, and club is obvious. " Blue books" have been one in Boston on the 12th. The unavoid- placed within the last day or two, at con- able conflict in date between the first of venient points in the yard, to receive the
these and Dr. Fiske's first lecture, forcibly signatures of the men who would probably
illustrates the number and diversity of join the club if started. If a thousand interests in a great university like this. men signify this intention, an effort will be The gymnasium, after a number of exas- made among the Alumni to raise the $100,- perating delays, has at last been opened, OOO believed to be necessary for the pur- and the Great Unwashed are again to enjoy chase of land and the erection of a building. the luxury of baths. Now that they have Cambridge, December 18. go THE HAVERFORDIAN.
COLLEGE NOTES.
Christmas holidays lasted from December Thirty-three men entered cricket practice
21 to January 6. for new men under E. M. Hall, on Monday, December 2. There were among them Charles H. Cookman, On December 18, some six or eight players of great promise. '95, led a very large meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Hall worked over both creases in the cricket shed during Christmas vacation, Mrs. Morley gave a musicale at her home and entirely relaid the one to the left, in on December 19. order to have good wickets when the old A few games of Association foot-ball men begin work in February. have been played during the past few weeks. The Mandolin Club performed before a On December 12, Mr. Schoumkoff, U. company at the Casino of the Merion
P., '96, delivered a lecture on Bulgaria, in cricket club on November 30. On Decem- Alumni Hall. ber 12, the Banjo club performed at the same place. Gilbert & Bacon took the pictures of the Foot-ball Eleven and substitutes on First 1 , On December 1 L. H. Wood, '96, and
December 7. A. M. Collins, '97, gave a supper at the Colonnade, to the team that defeated At a meeting of the Literary Club, on Swarthmore. Toward the close of the December 14, an interesting discussion evening Varney, '98, was elected captain took place on the " Idylls of the King." for next fall.
At the first meeting of the Committee on Professor Edwards has devised a clapper the Annual Mid-winter Exhibition, it was run by a water-motor for ringing the big proposed to hold this year's meeting on bell on Founders. The water- motor is Friday, February 27. started by wire connection with the electri- clock in the faculty-room. At a tea meeting held at Twelfth street cal Meeting House, Philadelphia, Professor Regular gymnasium work began on Jones was one of the four speakers of the December 12. Classes in boxing and evening. fancy club-swinging meet alternate even-
On December 5, Bettle, '96, gave a sup- ings at 8.30. The Freshmen meet at 9.00, per at the Colonnade to Captain Wood and and the Sophomores at 9.30. Basket-ball the four men who made touch-downs in the commences at 10.00. Swarthmore game. On December 5, skating was indulged A committee, consisting of Lester, Scat- in for the first time this session. A good tergood, '96, and Collins, has been ap- many tickets have already been sold, and pointed by the college association to confer the comfort of the skaters has been in- with representatives from Swarthmore creased by a warm retiring-room and a regarding an athletic meeting to be held refreshment stand. The pond is to be next spring. lighted by electricity. THE HAVERFORDIAN. 9i
The Report of the Managers of Haver- trophy to each member of the foot-ball ford College is just out. It is noteworthy team of '95, and a committee was appointed that the college cleared above expenses to select it. $3107.12 during the past year. A list of the publications of the Faculty is contained The first meeting of the Biological Semi- in the report. President Sharpless pro- nar was held Friday, December 13, at four poses to increase the interest of the Greek o'clock. Dr. Pratt delivered a lecture on course. the " Structure of Protoplasm." At the next The Loganian held a debate on Decem- session, Friday, January 10, 1896, the " De- ber 6, on the question : velopment of Vertebrates" will be discussed, Resolved, that Haverford should join the and later Mr. Babbitt will lecture on " Bac- State Inter-collegiate Athletic Association. teria." Subjects for future meetings have The affirmative side consisted of Professor not yet been announced. The talks are of
Babbit, Wood, '96, and McCrea; the nega- a popular character, and the Seminar is tive, of Coca, Field, and Howson. Adams open to the whole college. acted as moderator. The decision favored the late accessions to the library the negative side. Among are:
Handicap running contests were held on " Sources of New Testament Greek," H. A. A. December iS and 19. The results were as Kennedy. " Thoughts on Religion," George John Romanes, edited follows : by Charles Gore. 1 st Place 2d 3d Time " The Microscope and Microscopical Methods," Simon 50 yds. Lester Thomas Hall 6 sec. Henry Gage. 100 yds. Scattergood, '96 Patterson Thomas P. G. 11 sec. " 220 yds. Lester Scattergood, '96 Hartley 25 sec. Historical Essays," J. B. Lightfoot. 440 yds. Thomas Lester Moyer 62 sec. " Elizabethan Lyrics," edited by Felix E. Schelling.
Webster Charles 2 min . J£ mile Jenks 30 sec. " Poetical Works of Skelton and Donne," edited by 1 mile Hollo way Round Hartley 5 min 40 sec. A. A. Humphrey, 2 vols. "Scientific Foundations of Analytical Chemistry," At a college meeting on December 19, Wilhelm Ostwald. it was decided to play no games of basket- "Analytical Chemistry," N. Menschutkin. ball with outside teams. The classes were "The Psychology of Number," J. A. MacLellan and advised to appoint captains for the class John Dewey. teams and arrange for games. A commit- "Recollections of John Sherman," an autobiography. "The Growth of the British Policy," Sir R. Lesley. tee was appointed to see to the framing of J. " History of the Society of Friends in America," A. C. all the athletic pictures that remain un- and R. H. Thomas. Harris. framed. It was decided to award a suitable "Ephraem on the Gospel," J. Rendel — —
92 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER.
are indebted to a student in the American Institute of Sacred Literature. We of for the later University Chicago A year he was appointed to fill the
following : Woolsey Chair of Biblical Literature at In view of the fact that William R. Har- Yale, and in 1891 he accepted the presi- per, of the University of Chicago, has been dency of the University of Chicago. engaged to deliver the course of Haverford In recognition of Dr. Harper's atttain-
Library Lectures this winter, it seems prop- ments as a scholar the degree of Doctor of er that the Haverfordian should give its Divinity was given him in 1891 by Colby readers an introduction to him. University, and in '93 he received from the He was born in New Concord, Ohio, on University of Nebraska the degree of Doc- the 26th of July, 1856. He attended the tor of Laws. local schools and took the classical course To look at President Harper's fine at the high school in preparation for col- physique and the evidences he gives of ner- lege. He was graduated from Muskingum vous power and reserve force, one would college with the degree of Bachelor of Arts hardly suppose that up to the age of seven at the age of fourteen. he was an exceptionally delicate child. At During the next three years he studied that time he had a very severe illness, but the modern languages under a private tutor, after his recovery he seemed entirely and found time besides to work in his changed, and gave promise at once of the father's store, and also to lead the village physical strength he has since attained. band. In 1873 he went to Yale, and two Dr. Harper's specialty is Semitic lan- years later took the degree of Doctor of guages, and his name as a student of the
Philosophy. The following year he went Bible is widely known. He is interested in to Macon, Tenn., to take the position every phase of University life— in everything of head of the Masonic College. The that is of interest or benefit to the student next year found Dr. Harper at the Deni- receptions, socials, club meetings, athletic son University, where he remained four games—whatever it is, if it is a good thing, years, three as a tutor in the preparatory it is sure of his support. One of the most department, and one as Head Master. striking things about Dr. Harper, is the In 1879 Dr. Harper was called to the power of making_ and retaining friends.
chair of Hebrew and cognate languages at Apparently he never forgets ; and doubt- the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, less, in this characteristic lies no small part which has now merged into the University of his power as a leader and an organizer. of Chicago. He held this position until That he is a man of ideas, has unusual ex- 1882, when he went to Yale to take the ecutive power, and is progressive to a professorship of the Semitic languages. degree, is shown by the conception and In the meantime, in 1885, he was elected working out of the broadest and most lib- principal of the Chatauqua College of Lib- eral policy on which a University was ever eral Arts, which office was in 1891 ex- founded. panded to the principalship of the " Cha- We are very sure that Dr. Harper's lec- tauqua System," and this position he still tures will be full of pungent thought, and holds. we are very glad that he, busy man as he
In 1888 he was elected principal of the is, has consented to speak at Haverford. : —
THE HAVERFORDIAN. 93
ALUMNI PERSONALS.
'51, Philip C. Garrett was elected presi- Stanfordville and Clinton Corners, N. Y. dent of the Indian Rights Association at '90.—Edward R. Longstreth is with its annual meeting in Philadelphia, on Maris & Beekley, 2345 Callowhill street, December 20, and E. Y. Hartshorne, '81, Philadelphia, manufacturers of traveling was elected treasurer. Dr. Henry Harts- cranes and portable hoists. horne, '39; Philip C. Garret, '51; Edward M.
G. 'jj, '92. Joseph R. was married Wistar, '75 ; George Mercer and — Wood on E. Y. Hartshorne '81, were made members December 19 to Miss Elizabeth R. Nichol- of the Executive Committee. son, at the Haverford meeting house.
'86. Jonathan Dickinson, Jr., is teacher '94. — —Francis J. Stokes has bought the Latin Biblical Greek, at Union of and business of Robert Shoemaker, Jr., 215 Springs, N. Y. Race Street, Philadelphia, including two valuable patents for paper folding the '88.—The engagement is announced of and manufacture of medicine tablets. Joseph W. Sharp, Jr., to Miss Coates, of Berwyn, Pa. '95, John B. Leeds is with the Penn '89.—Lindley M. Stephens is Pastor at National Bank, Seventh and Market.
COMMUNICATION.
been recalled to me in looking over my old To the Editor of the Haverfordian : Haverfordians. • Dear Sir— I was surprised to notice in Permit me then to send you the follow- your last number a brief account of a de- ing results of the research of the students bate on the question of the necessity of the who preceded you, betraying as they do classics for a liberal education, and grieved both the careful and patient toil of the
to read of the result of that debate. I classical scholar, and also that fine spirit of
notice with the utmost regret how each loyalty to your college game, which I can- succeeding year brings more significant not say that you have entirely lost. You marks of the encroachment upon the shades will notice of course that they tend unques- of Haverford, of the materialistic spirit so tionably to the conclusion that the ancients common outside. In my time no three had reached a hisih decree of skill as men could have been found to stand up and cricketers
defend such a proposition as the subject of Forma excettente (Liv 1, 9). — In capital
your last debate. Alas ! for those who, with form. " an Odi profanum vulgus ct arcco" have Pastes inducti pice {Y\-a.w\.. Most. 3, 2, 140). crept into the shades of your quiet college —The wickets were pitched. —are they not even there free from the Domitius lusit Appium{Q\c. 2, Fr. 2, 15.) furies of the Anti-Greeks? But I should — Domitius played Appius.
expressed my thoughts in your Emissus lapsu (Cic. de Div., 1 100). not have , 44,
columns, if the subject I mention had not Missed by slip. — —
94 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
Ovine tulit punctum (Hor. A. P. 343). Regressio maturata (Appuleius, Meta- Point caught everything. morphoses, 2). —A quick return.
Vadimonia differre (Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2) Pratorum viriditas (Cic. de Sen. 16). To scatter the bails. The inexperience of the fields. Pnro Campo (Liv. 24, 14).—Clean field- It grieves me to think that the classic and ing. the cricket spirit are now so far estranged.
Quis unquam tarn brevi tempore tantos Hiric illee lacrimce.
cursus conficere potuit? (Cic. Manil, 12, 34). Classicus. —What man could ever score so fast ?
STATISTICS OF FOOT-BALL SEASON.
Points Scored. Touchdowns. Goals from Touchdowns. Goals from Field. games.
Haverford. Opponents. Haverford. Opponents . Haverford. Opponents. Haverford. Opponents.
Alumni 26 o 5 o 3 o o o West Chester o o o o o o o o
U. of P. '99 6 26 I 5 I 3 o o Franklin and Marshall ...5 o o o o o I o Haddonfield 6 4 I I 1 o o o Merion 12 8 2 2 2 o o o
Dickinson 5 4 o I o o 1 o Johns Hopkins 4 16 1 3 o 2 o o Ursinus 34 o 7 o 3 o o o Swarthmore 24 o 4 o 4 o o o Wilmington 20 4 4 1 2 o o o
Totals 142 62 25 13 16 5 2 o
The team was not defeated on the home grounds, and lost but two games the entire
season. The percentage of games won is 82 per cent. The touchdowns were made by
Alsop 6, Haines 6, Wood 3, Thomas 3, Lester 1, H. Scattergood 1, A. Scattergood 1,
Lowry 1. The goals on touchdowns were kicked by Hinchman 10, Lester 6, and
Varney 2. Hinchman and Lester each kicked a goal from the field.
DENIALS.
The brook does not complain ; it babbles, All Creation has its joys and sorrows,
And the sparrow twitters ; it does not scold, But ignorant man knows little of them.
And the storm does not rage, it plays sweetly the heavenly organ. Man, self-centred, vain, hateful man ; The cooing dove has many cares, Man, loving, altruistic, scornful man ;
But the wily fox plays at hide and seek, What does man know of animals ? Though And the patient ox bellows for his evening he prays,
meal. What does he know of God ? THE HAVERFORDIAN. 95 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INTER-COLLEGIATE CRICKET ASSOCIATION.
THE annual meeting of the Inter-Col- H. Howson, Haverford ; secretary and legiate Cricket Association was held treasurer, Gray, of Harvard. at the residence of Mr. George Lip- The championship for 1895 was formally pincott, on Pine street, on December 31. given to Haverford, and the special com- Harvard was represented by Percy Clark mittee for awarding prizes, awarded the and George Lippincott, Pennsylvania by batting prize to J. A. Lester, Haverford, Samuel Goodman, and Haverford by John and the bowling prize to H. H. Brown, U.
A. Lester and J. H. Scattergood. Each of P. Each of these prizes consists of a college is entitled to three representatives, cricket bat. The Association then em- but all questions are voted upon by powered the president to appoint a com- colleges. mittee to put themselves in correspondence In the absence of the president, who came with the Canadian colleges for the arrange- late, ithe vice-president, Percy Clark, took ment of the details of the International the chair. After the reading and approval game, which this year is played in Canada. of the minutes of the last meeting, the On the call for new business Percy Clark treasurer's report, which showed accounts stated that a cricket club might be formed balanced, was read. The principal expense this year at Princeton, and proposed that of the year was in connection with the visit the Association should write to the crick- of the Canadians, for the match played July eters there. Some discussion followed,
2 and 3. George Lippincott, who did most which was closed by the appointment of to arrange the game, gave his report. The Samuel Goodman for the purpose of writing necessary guarantee of $85 had been raised to Princeton to encourage the formation of from the colleges, but the gate receipts did a club and a team, and if possible the ar- not nearly cover that sum. The dues of rangement of games with the members of the Association, which in consideration of the Inter-Collegiate Cricket Association. the assessments on the three colleges had The games for 1896 were then fixed for been placed for the past year at $5, will be the following dates : $10 per year, as before. Harvard vs. U. of P., Friday, May 22 ; The election of officers for the ensuing Harvard vs. Haverford, Saturday, May 23 ; year then took place. The three offices U. of P. vs. Haverford, Friday, May 29. are apportioned to the three colleges, the The last date is provisional. Both of Hav- representative of each college filling a dif- erford's college games are to be played on ferent office each year. The elections the college grounds. The date fixed on for
resulted as follows : President, Samuel the game with the Canadians is June 26 Goodman, U. of P.; vice-president, Charles and 27.
HALL AND CAMPUS.
the American Friend for December the war spirit, but take different IN 26, views there are five articles, one of them by of the question as a whole. The major- President Sharpless, on the Venezuela ity of them seem to regard the Presi- question. The articles are, of course, dent's message as somewhat ill-advised unanimous in regretting the outbreak of and premature. 96 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
The discussion which has taken place in have had more influence in the making, the public journals in respect of the athletic than in the writing of colonial history, and other relations of Swarthmore and that historians have credited Penn's treaty Haverford to the University of Pennsylvania, with that which it took several generations may suitably find its end in the recent edito- of frontier-men to accomplish. rial on the subject in the University Courier. Penn had hardly settled Philadelphia, when, upon his invitation, Moravians, Ger- man Baptists and Mennonites A very interesting experiment, especially began to flock to the asylum of free religious thought. to students of political economy, is being that they might enjoy the liberty carried on in New York City. And more they settled not in Philadelphia During the past year the " Association but at Beth- lehem, Ephrata, Lititz, and in the valleys for Improving the Condition of the Poor" of the Conestoga and Pequa creeks. loaned 300 acres, which they divided into In short time quarter-acre farms. These farms were a the Pennsylvania Ger- worked by some of the "tenement-house" mans on the North and West and the the dwellers. Notwithstanding the ignorance Swedes on South had formed a network of frontier settlements, of the workers, the crops grown were worth which were, to the " $6000 more than the expenses. great glory of the treaty under the wide- spreading elm," strong This, perhaps, may prove to be the best enough to resist the solution of the problem of enabling this repeated attacks of the savages. Massachusetts was settled Puritans. class of people to help themselves. by When the Indians attacked the frontier it was the Puritans who were attacked. In of all kinds are to be depre- Squabbles Pennsylvania, when the frontier was at- cated, and the recent unpleasantness be- tacked, it was not the Quakers but the tween Amherst and Dartmouth, arising Moravians or the Mennonites who were from indiscreet language on the part of exposed. one of the Dartmouth team at their Surely it can not be said that the Mora- foot-ball at annual game Hanover, has vians, Baptists and Mennonites were a fight- seriously endangered the friendly rela- ing people, or that they provoked ill feeling existed the in- tions that have between two or displeasure among the Indians. Each of stitutions. All over the college world there them had as thoroughly anti-war principles similar bickerings, and the petty spirit are as the Quakers—they were a God fearing that has been shown by some of our lead- people, whose missionary work, especially ing institutions is pitiable in the extreme. that of the Moravians, was not a minor difficulties Most of these have been essen- factor in the peace with the savages for tially college disputes, but in several in- which Pennsylvania is reputed. stance;, as the above, individuals have been Had it not been for this line of frontier largely to blame. It would be well for settlements, the treaty, by which Penn- students to bear in mind the fact that the sylvania was bought for a sum which, at many are often held responsible for the the present time, would not buy a single indiscretion and misbehavior of the (ew. foot on Broad street, would perhaps have " been less effective ; and the phrase, It was I know not whether we should attribute never sworn to and never broken " would it to the oversight of the historian, or not have been coined. to the fact that the Pennsylvania GermaDs Milton Clauser. 1 1
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HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
VOLUME XVII. No. 7. FEBRUARY, 1896.
CONTENTS.
PAGE PAGE
EDITORIALS Harvard Letter 103
Date for Swarthmore Meeting . 97 College Notes 104
Dr. Lyman Abbott 97 The Library at Haverford College, 106 Inter-Collegiate Press Associa- Alumni Personals 108
tion 97 John Eliot 108
Professor Allen C. Thomas 98 Lecture 1 1
Count Leo Tolstoi 99 Correspondence 1 1
An Experience Told to a Friend in a Verse 112
Letter 101 Hall and Campus 112
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not, however, see the prospective dual Wt\* ^iaucrfor&tan. two- year agreement fall to the ground without regret, and without the expression of a hope EDITORS : that even if negotiations for this year are JOHN A. LESTER, '96, Chairman. at an end, the two colleges may in the near G. H. DEUELL, '96. T. HARVEY HAINES, '96. future come together in friendly rivalry RICHARD C. BROWN, '97. upon the cinder path. ELLIOT FIELD, '97. CHARLES D. NASON, '97. LYMAN ABBOTT, Editor of the GEORGE M. PALMER, '97. DR. Outlook, and Pastor of the Plymouth Church in Paul D. I. Maier, '96, . . Business Manager. Brooklyn, has consented
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Lectures this winter. He is not only Henry Subscription Price, One Year, Jr. 00 Ward Beecher's successor in the pulpit, Single Copies, . but has taken the place of the great
The Haverfordian is the official organ of the student? preacher as senior editor of the Outlook, of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct supervision, on the first of every month during the cell age which is the lineal descendent of the Chris- year. tian Union. He is the author of numerous Entered at the Haverford Post Office, for transmission books. thr ugh the mails at second-class rates. Among them we find "Jesus of Nazareth," 1869; " Illustrated Commentary
Through the fault of the editors, the three of the New Testament," 1 875-1887; -'Life touchdowns made during the foot-ball sea- of Henry Ward Beecher," 1883, and "The son by Hay, Hinchman and Holloway re- Evolution of Christianity," 1892. The last spectively, were not recorded in the statistics is a course of nine lectures delivered before given in our last number. the Lowell Institute of Boston. In 1890 the degree of D. D. was conferred upon deadlock in the negotiations for THE a him by Harvard University. He was elected Spring meeting at Swarthmore is to as one of the University chaplains. We find regretted on both sides. The be a member of the class of '94, Harvard, has question of date seems to be one of vital very pleasant recollections of Dr. Abbott's importance to both the colleges. Haverford participation in their class-day exercises. imperil the success would only of her He was chosen as chapel speaker, and as season entering cricket by an important such marched with the first class marshal,
later than ; in athletic meeting May 2 and was the special guest of the class. former years, indeed, the first cricket match has often been played in April. On the WE are glad to note that the Swarth- other hand, though it is difficult for either more Phcenix again calls attention college to view the other's interests in their to the Central Inter-Collegiate Press true light, Swarthmore's objections to the Association. This is an issue that needs to date are no doubt well founded. We can- be pushed to the front. The benefits of 98 THE HAVERFORDIAN. such an organization are apparent to all. the toiling editors. We make long hours Organized association is the order of the and receive a mere pittance—in fact we day in all lines of effort, and college look far into the future for our reward. It journals cannot afford to remain in the rear. is right in the line of our self-interest to The college journal is with us to stay, no form this organization. We might then doubt, and yet no means of fostering the hope for some more immediate gains. To interest should be neglected. College fac- make a success of it would mean work. The ulties seem indisposed to make allowance, programs should be very carefully ar- in the way of required work, for time spent ranged, so that the greatest good to the in an editorial capacity. Hence we deem it greatest number would be sure to result. the more fitting that the journals should The Haverfordian hopes to see an or- form an organization both for the mutual ganization effected in time for a meeting improvement and mutual encouragement of this spring.
PROFESSOR ALLEN C. THOMAS.
PROFESSOR Thomas, whose portrait ing the lectures of Professors Seeley, Skeat appears in the art supplement of this and Creighton, a number of weeks at issue, was born at Baltimore, Md., in Oxford with Professor Freeman, and the 1846. His parents were Dr. Richard H. remaining months at Heidelberg and Ber- and Phebe C. Thomas. Entering Haver- lin. Since his return to Haverford he has ford in 1 86 1, he graduated in '65 at the head held continuously the office of Librarian of his class. During the fall of the same and the chair of History. He was married year he went into business in Baltimore as in 1 872 to Rebecca Marble, of Woonsocket, a clerk. In 1868 he took an extensive R. I. They have two children, his son tour abroad on account of his health. The being a member of the Junior class. following year he entered into partnership Among the contributions of Professor with his brother J. C. Thomas, of the class Thomas to literature, we might mention of '61, in the wholesale shipping and com- " A Memoir of Edward L. Scull," of the mission business at Baltimore. After nine class of '64, "A History of the United years the firm dissolved, and in 1878 lie States," published in 1894, and now in its came to Haverford College, having accepted fourth edition, and " The Holy Experiment the positions of Prefect, Librarian and Pro- of William Penn." In connection with his fessor of History and Rhetoric. The of- brother, Dr. R. H. Thomas, he has written " fice of Prefect, which consisted of the gen- A History of the Society of Friends in eral management of the business affairs at America." He has also been a constant the college, he held for six years. At the contributor to " The Friends' Review," and commencement of '82 he was granted the " The American Friend," for over twenty degree of Master of Arts upon examination years. and thesis. Obtaining a leave of absence He is a prominent member of Baltimore in 1885, he spent fifteen months abroad, Yearly Meeting, in which, for twenty years, five of which he passed at Cambridge,attend- he has held the position of Assistant Clerk. THE HAVERFORDIAX. 99
COUNT LEO TOLSTOI.
line of Pope's, " The proper study too, that the formulations were laid lor THE " of mankind is man," now exists as The Cossacks," which was written later.
a proverb because it expresses a When the Eastern war began, he asked for general conviction. As Browning says, active service, and was assigned to the staff " Man's thoughts, fears, hates " are always of the commander-in-chief of the Russian worth delineation, and a human soul in its army on the Danube. During the cam- aspirations, growth, disappointments and paign Tolstoi continued his literary efforts, developments never ceases to be an object and when the war was closed went to St. of curiosity and interest to mankind. Petersburg, where he found his fame had The author of " My Confession " would preceded him, and that at the age of twenty- therefore have attracted the world's atten- six he was possessed of a name and was re- tion if he had contributed nothing else to ceived in a flattering way by the chief liter- literature than this sincere history of his ary circle of the capital. He soon grew life. He would have caught the public in- weary of life in the city, and retired to his terest not only because of his revelation of country estate, where he continued his a human heart, but because his life in itself writing and began to show his peculiar is enough out of the ordinary to secure ideas. After a year he traveled through notice. Germany, France and Italy. Returning, he Tolstoi was born in 1828 at his maternal wrote less and devoted himself to the edu- estate near Toula, being the youngest of cation of the serfs on his estate. In 1862 four sons. His mother dying when he was he married, and has since been devoted to of tender age, he was taken care of for the enjoyments of his family life, to litera- some years by a sister of his father until ture, and to rural pursuits. In his younger her death, which occurred when he was days he was very fond of sports, especially eleven years old. He then passed into the of hunting. Now he has given that up, care of another aunt, who devoted herself but he still continues his daily physical ex- to Count Leo and his family during the ercise with ax, scythe or sickle, and seems whole of a long life, and of whom he speaks to find the acme of pure enjoyment in follow- in the second chapter of" My Confession." ing the plow. He pursued his studies at home and at It is Tolstoi, the devoted apostle of a the University of Kazan until 1851. At peculiar religious belief, on the altar of this time he made a visit to his brother which he makes a daily sacrifice of self, then serving in the Caucasus—a visit which rather than Tolstoi " in the character of greatly influenced the current of his life. novelist, that is of interest to many. The scenery and simple ways of the coun- According to his own account, the youth try so pleased him that he desired to re- of Russia seem to have been subject to the main, and to this end entered the army, skepticism which was then so prevalent where he remained until the outbreak of among the upper classes of France, and the the war with Turkey. The new surround- young Tolstoi was more or less subjected
ings exerted new influences over his na- to its influence. He began to read Voltaire ture, in response to which Tolstoi wrote and to entertain* a feeling of skepticism, at several of his earlier works. It was here, least in regard to the religion of the church. :
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He perhaps still left undenied the existence enjoyment of life. Many years were thus of a God, and unrejected the teachings of spent, but gradually a sort of perplexity
Christ, but he could accept no faith on trust, came over him as to the meaning cf life. nor a religion whose followers appeared no He continually asked himself, "What am different in daily life from unbelievers. I?" "Why do I live?" The more he What remnant of faith still remained was theorized the harder did he find the satis- soon swept away, and the only difference factory solution of the problem, and the between himself and others was that his more did he feel that his life was really no skepticism was more conscious. As im- life, and although it was outwardly pros- mortality was applauded and virtue derided, perous, he felt that it was " a striving and he gave the rein to his passions, and with ending in nothing," —that all was vanity. his friends lived a life of worldliness and For some time he contemplated suicide as dissipation. Of this period of his life he the only escape from its purposelessness. afterward wrote in words, in reading which From this he was deterred, as he says, by we must remember that they were written an inkling that he might be mistaken. while the author was under the influence of Noticing that the common people about a very strong religious emotion, and may him received their sorrows with resignation, not, therefore, be taken quite ait pied de la that they found a meaning in life and an lettre by the man who is not an enthusiast. ability to enjoy it which he had missed, he" He says began to study them and their doctrines,
" I cannot now recall those years without contrasting them with the society with painful feelings of horror and loathing. I which he had been familiar. Gradually it put men to death in war. I fought duels, dawned upon him that it was not life that
I lost at cards, wasted my substance wrung was wrong, but his manner of living it, and from the sweat of peasants, punished the lat- he became convinced that the contentment ter cruelly, rioted with loose women, and of the common people was the result of deceived men. Lying, robbery, adultery their simple faith believed and practiced. of all kinds, drunkenness, violence and Such an effect did the contemplation of murder all committed by me, not one crime the lives of these people have upon him,
omitted, and yet I was not the less con- that in time his Weltanschauung was com-
sidered by my equals as a comparatively pletely changed. He says of this : moral man." "All our actions, our reasoning, our After his return from his travels abroad, science and art, all appeared to me in a
he was attacked by an illness, from which new light. I understood that it was all
he recovered by a visit to the steppes. child's play, that it was useless to seek a
Several circumstances seemed to have meaning in it. The life of the working conspired about this time to produce a classes, of the whole of mankind, of those
change in the current of his life and that create life, appeared to me in its true
thought, especially the death of his brother significance. I understood that this was
and an execution which he had witnessed life itself, and that the meaning given to
in France, and which produced a profound this life was a true one, and I accepted it."
impression upon him. On his recovery He renounced the life of his own class
from his illness his marriage occurred, and and adopted the simple life of the working his mind was turned aside for a time from classes. At this time he remained in the
the peculiar trend it had begun to take, and orthodox church, but its ritual and creed was given up to domestic happiness and tailed to satisfy him, and he soon ceased to ;
THE HAVERFORDIAN. IOI conform to it. He now began a most care- and the extent to which he insists on their ful search for that which is vital in Christi- application, as in the case of the injunction, anity, and to endeavor to separate the false " Judge not," which he takes as directly from the true in the doctrines of the church. prohibitory to all judicial tribunals. The conclusions at which he arrived, and He asserts surprise that he should have his method of putting these into effect, this been the first to discover the true law of it is which has stamped him as a peculiar Christ. He seems to have been unaware of personage. He believes that the central the faith of George Fox and his followers, principle of Christ's teaching was enunciated one of whose fundamental beliefs was iden- in the words, " Resist not evil," and that tical with his foundation principle; nor is this, together with many other teachings of he the first who has understood the real Christ, have been explained away by the meaning of the sermon on the Mount church, instead of being accepted and liter- neither has the church in general failed to ally carried out, as was Christ's wish that understand its teachings and precepts and they should be. As most of the Bible does to live in accordance with them, while not seem to him to reflect the spirit of accepting the ordinary institutions of civil
Christ, he rejects it along with the chief life. But believing as he does, he has shown doctrines of the church. He sets aside also the sincerity of his belief by acting up to the authority of all the apostles, and re- it. ceives his guidance directly from the words Although Tolstoi may be erroneous and* of Christ. Besides the central principle of one-sided in his interpretation of the will non-resistance to evil, he holds some other and words of Christ, yet he is to be vene- commandments as fundamental. Among rated, since, actuated by the noblest sin- them is the prohibition in regard to taking cerity, he makes great self-sacrifices in an oath and that against judging. His living up to his convictions. peculiarity is his literal acceptance of these A. M. Charles.
AN EXPERIENCE TOLD TO A FRIEND IN A LETTER.
was on the seventeenth of July, 1895, light night, and I was kept pretty busy by
IT that I underwent the experience which my horse, who repeatedly shied at the
I am about to relate. You may strange shadows cast by the moon. At last, believe it or not, but for my part I have no I think about half-past ten or eleven o'clock, choice but to believe my senses. At the I started in the direction of home upon a time of which I write I was staying near road over which I had never before ridden. West Chester, and, making that town a After riding some distance I came to a centre, I had begun a series of horse- thick wood, through which, for about a back rides through the country round. quarter of a mile, and at first with a gentle You probably remember how hot last July downward slope, the road ran. was, and on account of the heat I made a Now I may as well say right here, that practice of riding at night. although not a scoffer at the supernatural,
On the night of the seventeenth of July I have never been a superstitious man.
I rode down the Brandywine upon Puck, Yet I admit, for I wish to tell the story ex- my little bronco. It was a bright moon- actly as it happened, that when I reached THE HAVERFORDIAN. the bottom ot that hill I felt a little nervous. thought the darkness hid him, and it was
It was indeed a mysterious place. The indeed too dark to have seen a man riding trees were interlaced so closely above my even close beside me, but now I hold a far head that in spite of the bright moonlight different opinion. without, within all was as dark as the At length, feeling a trifle nervous, and
bottom of a mine ; actually I could not see wishing to end the embarrassment, I my horse's head. Where the moonlight touched my horse with the whip. Puck did penetrate, it was splashed on the trunks broke into a trot, and then into a gallop, and leaves of the trees like rain-drops, or but yet there beside me, neck for neck, I shone in queerly-shaped patches upon the felt, as well as heard, that strange rider. I ground, like pools of water on a cloudy trust I am no coward, but at that time I day, and seemed to make darker rather felt a great sudden burst of irresistible than illuminate the surrounding woods. terror. I clung frantically to the saddle lest
When, as I afterward found, I had reached I should touch that invisible horse. I the bottom of the hill I heard behind me lashed with the whip, and struck with my coming apparently from the road at about spurs my horse's sides, but still I could the edge of the woods the beat of a horse's hear the deep pants of a steed close beside hoof. Instantly Puck shied and started to me. Glancing ahead I saw where the run. With some difficulty I at last quieted woods ended, and there, bright as day, him, but even after I had pulled him into a shone tho pale moonlight. Somehow I walk the little animal seemed to be fairly seemed to know that if I could reach that quivering with terror. place I should be safe, and leaning out
Almost as soon as I had gotten my horse over my horse's neck, I urged him like a in hand I heard a rider approaching me jockey in the stretch. At that moment I from behind, and soon could hear the would have given all I possessed to have jingle of his bit as he pulled up near me. been at that moonlight. There I felt I
Now, strange as it must seem after my should be safe, and there I should be able former nervousness, at this time I had not to see, and know clearly what was that the slightest thought that there was any- thing which I heard beside me. Nearer thing unusual about what I heard; and, and nearer we came, and when at last we although, on account of the absolute dark- shot out into the moonlight, giving a cry ness, I was utterly unable to see my com- of joy, I turned to look at my late com- panion, yet it did not occur to me that panion. I saw a flash, a puffof smoke, and what was riding beside me could be aught knew no more. but an ordinary man. When I came to my senses I found my-
I said, " Good evening," and then made self bruised and shaken, but not hurt, lying several more common-place remarks, but near a farm house. Puck, looking com- he answered never a word. pletely exhaused, his hair stiff from sweat, There was something uncanny about was standing beside me quietly cropping riding beside a man whose every motion the grass.
I could hear, and yet whom I could not I arose, and with some pain from my
see. I could hear his bit snap as his horse stiffened joints made my way to the house.
moved its head. I could hear the jingle of Telling the farmer some story about which
his spurs, and even the swish of his leg- the only thing I remember is that it was
gings against the saddle; yet, the man entirely untrue, I managed to obtain lodg- himself was entirely invisible. Then, I ing for the night. On the morrow, not THE HAVERFORDIAN. 103 without some fears, I revisited the woods, was flogged, and swearing vengeance on the and there, in the clay formed by a thunder Whigs, deserted. He then became an shower of the previous afternoon, I found avowed Tory, but instead of joining one of the prints of my horse's feet. There were the loyal regiments, he made his home in also the tracks of a strange horse, and from Chester County, and, as he said, " not for the bottom of the hill to the end of the his own sake, but only to deprive the woods, the stranger's horse and mine evi- Whigs of the money," robbed the mail and dently went side by side. At neither edge official messengers of the United States. of the woods, however, could I find any After the end of the war, however, he con- continuation of the mysterious foot-prints. tinued his downward course, took to drink-
Since that time I have frequently ridden ing heavily, and became an ordinary high- through those woods, attended and alone, way man. About this time his wife and by day and by night, but since that night his son, who was then about sixteen years
I have never seen anything out of the old, left him. This event drove him to ordinary. desperation, and for some years he was the
This story is strange and incredible scourge of the countryside. One of his enough, but the supplement which I will methods of robbing was to ride quietly up now tell, is stranger. Several months after beside a traveler, enter into talk with him, this occurrence, while casually glancing and then to cover his victim with a pistol, over the history of Delaware and Chester and demand his money. To resist him Counties, I came across the story of James under such circumstances was death, for
Fitzpatrick. he never hesitated to shoot. It is supposed
Briefly this is what it is : Fitzpatrick, or that Sandyflesh attempted to rob a man by as he was afterward better known, on this method in the very woods through account of the color of his hair, Sandyflash, which I rode, and meeting with resistance, was, at the outbreak of the war of Inde- shot the traveler. The body of the outlaw pendence, a fellow idle and shiftless indeed, and one of his pistols lying beside him, but nevertheless was perfectly honest. He discharged, were found under an oak a was married to a good and beautiful woman mile away from the road ; and the corpse at and they had one child, a boy. At the the top of the hill, by which the other outbreak of the Revolution, Fitzpatrick, pistol lay, was identified as the thief's own chiefly owing to his wife's influence, enlisted son. The night when this happened was in the Colonial army. His career as a July 17, 1795, exactly one hundred years patriot, however, was short, for, on account before my adventure. of some trifling breach of discipline, he Richard D. Wood.
HARVARD LETTER.
Cambridge, January 20, 1896. The College Chess Tournament was fol- DURING the winter months, although lowed by an inter-collegiate tournament athletic interests are chiefly confined played in New York during the Christmas to preparatory work for the spring, holidays, between Harvard, Columbia, there have been contests and preparations Princeton and Yale, which resulted in a vic- for contests in other directions. tory for Harvard by a narrow margin, the 104 THE HAVKRFORDIAN. score of games won being Harvard eight arranged with University of Pennsylvania and one-half, Columbia eight, Princeton and will be held in Philadelphia on May 16. four, and Yale three and one -half. Thirty-two men reported for the crew, A debate with Princeton has been ar- while there were one hundred candidates ranged for, and will be held Friday, March for the 'Varsity nine. Owing to the interest trial 1 3th, in Sanders' Theatre. The de- shown in baseball there will be a College bates have already taken place, and the nine formed, as well as the 'Varsity, which successful men are now preparing for the will have its regular players, and will not final contest. only practice against the 'Varsity, but will A 'Varsity Ice Polo Association has been have outside games. James Dean, '97, has formed, and a 'Varsity team has been organ- been appointed captain of the 'Varsity nine " ized to take the place of the old " Oxford by the Graduate Advisory Committee. team. The New England Skating Asso- The catalogue has just appeared, and ciation has offered a silver cup for a trian- shows a gain of more than three hundred gular ice polo league between Harvard, students over last year. The Yale and Brown and Yale, but Harvard has declined Princeton catalogues have also come out, the offer, owing to her athletic relations so that a comparison can easily be made. with Yale. Harvard has 3600 students, Yale 2353 and On December 18th the musical clubs Princeton 1088. Taking into account the gave their annual fall concert in Sanders' number of students in the summer school, Theatre. Inasmuch as the Faculty had and at Radcliffe College, and adding to the prohibited a Christmas trip this year, the Yale figures the number of women edu- clubs decided to make the fall concert a cated there, we have, as the total number more memorable occasion than usual by of persons educated under the auspices ot reviving the custom of having a 'dance in Harvard 4425. while the number of those
Memorial Hall after it. so educated at Yale is but 2415.
Great interest has been manifested both At such a large institution it is impossi- among students and professors in the Vene- ble for a student to become acquainted with zuelan question, and many strong letters more than a few of his college mates, and have been written to the Crimson pro and con. what is needed to further this is a "Uni- The crew, baseball and track teams have versity Club," so-called, where both gradu-
begun work ; and, judging from the num- ates and undergraduates may meet on a ber of candidates, the outlook is very good. common level. This subject is being vigor- One hundred and fifty men reported when ously worked up, and a committee, with the Mott Haven candidates were called out, Charles Francis Adams as chairman, is and all of these train regularly under per- doing its best to establish this much-needed sonal coaching. Dual games have been organization.
COLLEGE NOTES.
The Winter Term began January 6. The Mid-winter Gymnasium Exhibition will take place on Friday, February 28. The Catalogues for 1895-6 are out.
On January 13, C. H. Howson was William H. Bettle has been appointed elected president of the class of '97 for the manager of the cricket team for the coming second half-year. home season. :
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On Thursday, January 9, Theo. C. President Wm. R. Harper, having de- Knauff, of Philadelphia, delivered a lecture clined to deliver the Haverford Library in Alumni Hall, on " The Silver Question." Lectures, Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Brooklyn, editor of the Outlook, will deliver a part of John A. Lester has been elected cap- them in March. tain of the first cricket eleven for the season '96. of On January 3, President Sharpless ad- The Literary Club held a regular meet- dressed the graduate students of the Uni- ing on January 18. After a lively discus- versity of Pennsylvania, on the distinction sion on the life and works of Tolstoi, Mr. between a college and a university. Hoag gave the members a spread. Professor Wm. C. Ladd visited the At- On the evening of January 5, Dr. Gum- lanta Exposition during the holidays. He mere gave a reception to the class of '96 arrived on Negro Day, and heard some and the graduate students. very interesting addresses by noted colored
Electric lights have recently been put up men on negro education. He also "visited along the lane to the skating pond and St. Augustine and other cities in Florida. along the station walk. On Thursday evening, January 16, Hav-
At 4.15 on January 17, Charles D. Nason erford College Banjo Club won a $200 '97, delivered the second of the Biological banjo, as the best performers in a contest Seminar lectures, on the "Ancestry of held at the Academy of Music, Philadel- Vertebrates." phia.
The skating pond is used more than it The Loganian held a debate on January was before admission was charged. Those " 10, on the question : Resolved, That the who do not skate drive up to the pond to substitution of some other system for the see the sport. promotion of students, for the present sys-
On January 15, a polo contest came off tem of final examinations would be to the between '98 and '99. The Freshmen interest of sound education at Haverford." played very well, but were defeated by a The affirmative side, Maier,' Hume and score of 1 to o. Haines, were defeated by A. G. Varney, Maxfield and Charles on the negative. J. Linton Engle '95, has accepted a posi- tion under the American Friend. The posi- Among the books recently added to the tion of assistant librarian, left vacant by Library are him, has been filled by Wm. W. Hastings. " Essays on Scandinavian Literature," H. H. Boyesen. Wm, W. Hastings resumed his work in " Rational Theology in England in the Seventeenth Semitic Languages at the close of the Century," 2 vols., John Tullock. " Anima Poets," Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Christmas holidays, after being absent dur- " Compound Locomotives," Arthur Tannatt Woods. fall. ing the •' The Wonders of Modern Mechanism," Charles
The first series of gymnasium handicap Henry Cochrane. " The Study of Art in the Universities," Charles Wald- contests was held on January 17. The stein. results were as follows: Putting shot, 1, " Labor in its Relations to Law," F. J. Stimson.
Embree '98 ; 2, Wood '96; 3, Lester '96. " Handbook of Electrical Testing," H. R. Kempe. io6 THE HAVERFORDIAJSI.
THE LIBRARY OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
ONE of the best indications of a healthy the regular college work, both of the intellectual atmosphere, and of instructors and of the students. This
honest intelligent study, is the principle is, however, liberally interpreted, place which a library holds in the economy the desire being not only to aid the college of a college. If the library is resorted to departments respectively, but also to inspire by a large number of students for the pur- and cultivate a taste for the best literature. poses of consultation, of study, and careful In the modern library and professional reading, it may be safely assumed that the world the periodical holds an important college is in a good intellectual condition, place, and it is essential that the list of and that there is not much danger of men- periodicals should be as large as is practi- tal narrowness. Judged by such a standard cable. Haverford in proportion to her as this, our college was never in a better means is generous in this respect. state intellectually than at present ; for not The library dates back to the foundation within the past seventeen or eighteen years, of the college. For many years the collec-
if ever, has there been so large a proportion tion was housed in the southwestern corner of the students making an intelligent use room of the second story of Founder's of the library. The benefactors of this Hall, directly over the French classroom. important branch of the college should It was a cosy room and redolent with the feel abundantly repaid by this practical true library flavor. In 1863 the "Alumni appreciation of their munificence. Hall and Library " was built, and the books Her library of 32,000 volumes is some- were removed to their present quarters, and thing of which Haverford may well feel were rearranged and renumbered with great proud. Many larger colleges have smaller care and skill by the then librarian, Clement collections of books, and probably few have L. Smith, now Professor of Latin in Harvard a better selection. Almost every depart- University. Ten thousand doliars was also
ment which is likely to be needed in a raised as a permanent endowment. The
college library is fairly represented at collection of books grew steadily, though Haverford, and several departments are slowly, and was increased in 1887 and 1888 unusually well furnished with valuable by the gifts to the college of the libraries works. The average student hardly real- of the Loganian, and Athenaeum, and izes the excellence of the collection until Everett Societies, and in 1889, through
after he leaves the college. It should be the efforts of Professor J. Rendel Harris of remembered, however, that it is a college the "Gustav Baur Library," of 7000 volumes.
library and not a popular one, and there- In 1 89 1 and 1892, friends of the college, fore, fiction holds a very subordinate place, realizing how essential it is that a library only a few of the standard works having should always be adding to its treasures,
been admitted to its shelves, and most of and increasing its efficiency thereby, raised these having been acquired by gift. What an additional $10,000, a part of which
is known as popular literature also holds a should be spent for books, and a part added subordinate place. The aim of the com- to the endowment. The largest gift came
mittee in charge is to purchase such works in 1892 from that staunch friend and bene- as are best fitted to aid and complement factor of the college, T. Wistar Brown, who THE HAVERFORDIAN. 107 gave $20,000 for an endowment in memory manac," and the " American Almanac,' of his wife and named after her, " The should not be omitted, nor the Smithsonian Mary Farnum Brown Endowment." The reports and contributions. " The American same donor, in 1894, gave a further sum of State Papers," folio edition, and numerous $10,000, as an endowment for an annual national and State publications will also be course of lectures to be known as " The found. Haverford Library Lectures." Little has been done in the way of col-
It is difficult in a short article to go into lecting rare books, and the library is a detailed description of the library, but it indebted to donors for the imprints of may bz said that the collections of mathe- Benjamin Franklin, William Bradford, matical and theological works are very Christopher Sauer, Aldus, Elzevir, Plantin, good, also those of history and political and other celebrated presses which can be science; English literature, including bio- seen in the cases, as well as autograph graphy, is admirably represented. Com- letters of William Penn, John Woolman, plete sets of the Greek and Latin classics and other writers. Few libraries anywhere are to be found with many critical editions, can exhibit the splendid fac-simile editions also works on art, archaeology and philo- of the Sinaitic and Vatican manuscripts of logy. Science in its various branches is the Bible, and the photographic fac- similes well represented. The Baur Library con- of the Vatican, and Alexandrian manu- tains many valuable works in German scripts of the New Testament. literature, also in Arabic, as well as other The manuscripts in Hebrew, Arabic, Oriental literatures, besides several thousand Ethiopic, Armenian and Latin, collected pamphlets on various subjects. The collec- by Professor J. R. Harris, and presented tion of French literature is not large, but by him and Walter Wood, form a collection select and representative. Other collections in which any library would rejoice. might be named did space allow. Com- From this brief resume it will be seen plete, and nearly complete sets of many that the Haverford student has abundant periodicals add greatly to the value of the facilities for research, study and recreation. library. Among these may be mentioned, Poole's Indexes, numerous bibliographies, the Philosophical Magazine, Silliman's and a full Card Catalogue, offer the means Journal, Anglia, American Journal of for unlocking these literary treasures. The Philology, new series of Annalen der Phy- librarian encourages all to be free in asking sik und Cheinie, North American Review, for personal assistance and information, for Littell's Living Age, Quarterly Review, nothing but experience can make any Nineteenth Century, Nation, Nature, Niles' person familiar with the resources of a Register, Magazine of American History, library, or with the relative value of books several of the popular magazines, the Critic, and treatises. It is a librarian's business with many others. Publications of socie- to keep himself in touch with the literature ties are represented by those of the Ameri- on all subjects, so as to know where the can Philosophical Society, Academy of best on any given subject is to be found. Natural Sciences, American Antiquarian Students scarcely realized how much time Society, Early English Book Society, alone can often be saved by asking a few " Chaucer Society, and others. The Annual questions of the librarian, who is never too Register," 1758-1867, the "British Al- busy to answer any call upon him. io8 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
ALUMNI PERSONALS.
'80. Chas. E. Cox was graduated the de- read a paper on " Canoeing on the Lower gree of M. A., by Leland Stanford Junior Susquehanna," and J. Stogdell Stokes on University in 1893. He has, since that " Two Weeks in the Maine Woods." time, been instructor of mathematics in '89. Joseph E. Johnson, M. E., spent that institution. He was Professor of Jr., the holidays about Philadelphia. He is Mathematics in the University of the Pacific Chief Engineer at the Longdale Iron from 1886 to 1 89 1. Here he received the Works in West Virginia. degree of Master of Arts {fro meritd) in 1889. '90. John F. T. Lewis is with Samuel
'85. Elias H. White, LL. B., has resigned N. Garrigues, civil engineer, at Bryn his position at Girard College and will de- Mawr, Pa. vote his time and energy to his profes- '92. Stanley R. Yarnall has resigned his sion. He has an office in the Drexel position with the American Friend and has Building, Philadelphia. returned to Porter & Coates.
'87. Dr. Alfred C. Garrett is President of '92. The engagement is announced of the Cambridge Folk-Lore Society. John M. Okie to Miss Florence Hiskell, of
'87. William H. Tuttrell is First Assist- Bala, Pa. ant Counsel for the City of Philadelphia, at '95. James E. Engle has resigned his the Senate Investigating Committee. position as assistant librarian at Haverford.
'89. At a recent meeting of the Friends' He is engaged in the office of the American Institute Lyceum, Phila., Arthur N. Leeds Friend.
JOHN ELIOT.
JOHN ELIOT, the apostle to the North for the ministry. On account of his non- American Indians, was born at Wid- conformity he soon found England uncon-
ford, County of Hertford, in the year genial soil, and with Hooker and sixty 1604. His father, the Yeoman Bennett others of like belief, set sail for Massachu- E'iot, bequeathed the profit of his lands for setts in the same vessel with the wife and the maintenance of his son at Cambridge children of Governor Winthrop.
University, where John easily distinguished He arrived at Boston in 1 631, at the himself in the study ot philology. In 1622, age of 27. For a year he took temporary he took his degree of A. B. from Jesus charge of the church there, during the ab- College, serving some time as usher in the sence of Wilson, the pastor, and, in 1632, Grammar School of Little Baddow, under shortly after the arrival of his future wife charge of Rev. Thomas Hooker. Under from England, removed to the First Church Hooker's influence he experienced a thor- at Roxbury, settling among the people with ough change of heart, and began to study whom he was to dwell and labor for nearly :
THE HAVERFORDIAN. 109 sixty years, and from whom he was never Indians were not wearied. Prayer in the induced to draw his interest. It was a pas- English language followed, and desiring to torship that was remarkable, and one which leave a keen appetite behind, Eliot returned his enlarged efforts on behalf of the Indians to Roxbury. This was the beginning of a would seem to warrant his relinquishing, series of visits to Nonantum and later to but it was the means of his establishing Neponset, Dorchester, which at last became himself firmly in the midst of the colonists, habitual, and which met with much en- it was the channel for reinforcements, and couragement. The interest, however, was it enabled him to touch and influence the not universal. The sagamores and con- mother country. jurers, for the most part, put themselves in Dr. Warneck, in speaking of the Massa- violent opposition, led by Philip, the Narra- chusetts and Plymouth colonies, says ganset sachem, who, grasping the button of " Although these emigrants expressly pro- Eliot's coat, said that he cared no more for posed to themselves the extension of the the Gospel than for that button. Kingdom of God among the heathen, yet Despite these hindrances, at Nonantum Indian wars preceded by a longtime Indian and elsewhere much was accomplished. missions." Just the opposite is the case. An awakened sense of their social degra- In nearly every settlement made by the dation, a desire for religious enlightenment, Puritan forefathers, there were those espe- a demand for better clothing and imple- cially put aside for the teaching of the ments of industry, the institution of family native, and we have record that their efforts worship, all these showed the fundamental were conscientious, earnest and not with- change that was taking place. These new out fruit. But none of these had the con- demands were met by Eliot with enlarged secration and energy of John Eliot. He effort. He drafted a constitution for the early set himself to master the native newly civilized natives, based upon the Mo-
tongue. He took an Indian into his fami- saic civil polity ; he encouraged their efforts
ly, and by his aid, gathering the syllables in building and in agriculture ; he founded here and there, day by day, under the pres- schools with money sent by well-wishers in sure of parochial duties, he slowly learned England, and in every way aided their so- the harsh twists of the agglutinative lan- cial and religious growth. guage. It was a hard task, such as all pio- Not until 1660 was the first church or- neers in unbroken fields have experienced, ganized at Natick. Eliot had been very but how sweet the reward of his labors. cautious, he wished to be sure that his For fifteen years from the arrival at Rox- converts were truly Christians. Fourteen bury, little time could be given to the In- towns of " praying Indians " had been dian and his needs, spiritual and temporal, formed, settlements influenced by him were for the duties of the home church absorbed scattered through Massachusetts, and on him completely. Now there was. to be a Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, and in change and a brighter future. In the month 1670 eleven thousand nominally Christian of October, 1646, with three companions, he natives were under his care. In all he saw set out for Nonantum, the place of " re- twenty-four natives educated for the minis- joicing," five miles west of Boston, and try. Alas, the noble work that Eliot saw there to a few representatives of the Pequot so well commenced has not survived these
tribe of the Iriquois nation was delivered 200 years !
the first sermon in the native tongue. It One of the greatest efforts of Eliot's life was one and a quarter hours long, but the was the translation into the vernacular of I IO THE HAVERFORDIAN.
the Scriptures and several other works. We cannot fail to take note of the prob- Recognizing the advantage of addressing lems that confronted him and the dangers the Indians in their own tongue, he early that beset him. While fulfilling his pastoral began to put in print the Catechism and duties at Roxbury he regularly visited some of the Psalms in metre, but his crown- Natick, riding horseback across the open ing effort was the rendition of the entire country, begging clothing and other neces- Bible. Surrounded with almost insur- saries for his pupils, or ploughing through mountable obstacles, without a text-book the forest to some neighboring village, or a written word, and with almost no with an Indian behind to notch the trees assistance, he brought out the New Testa- that they might find their way home. The ment in 1661, and the Old in 1663, execu- people of his own church at Roxbury en- ted, as Cotton Mather tells us, with a single tered heartily into all his plans, were his
pen. It was the first Bible ever printed on deep sympathizers, and in native England our Continent, the first instance in which much recognition was made of his work,
the entire Bible was given to a heathen and practical aid extended ; but in Eng- people. A second edition was brought out land Old and New he was by many called
in 1 680-5 . hundreds of copies being printed. an impostor and his evangelistic work called Eliot's rare efforts were greatly blessed. a fable. He lived to see a sad change in The Indian could now read and meditate the condition of affairs. In 1675 King alone upon the Word. It was his own, Philip's war broke out, the tribal affiliations his life-long possession, and the earnest re- of many ot the " praying Indians " proved vival that followed the distribution of the too much for them and they joined the works a thousand times repaid the trans- bands of marauders. A good number, lator for his sacrifices. On a visit to one however, of the better natives stuck to of the towns of the " praying Indians," their white friends. But the bitter ani- Cotton Mather observes, " To see and hear mosity aroused changed the feeling of both Indians opening their mouths and lifting sides towards the " praying Indians." They up their hands and eyes in prayer to the were despised by their own race and sus- living God, calling on Him by His name pected and feared by the whites, so that Jehovah in the mediation of Jesus Christ, Eliot could with difficulty get a word for and this for a good while together; to see right and justice. and hear them exhorting one another from On the 20th of May, 1690, Eliot died, !" the Word of God ; to see and hear them with the words, " Welcome, Joy upon his confessing the name of Christ Jesus, and lips. " What then," queries Mr. Geekie, their sinfulness—sure this is more than "remains of all this marvelous toil and in-
usual! And though they spoke in a lan- dustry ? . . . All this vast labor has guage of which many of us understood but proved a work for one day, not for all
little, yet we that were present that day time." The statement is its own rebuke. saw and heard them perform the duties No one who sees the sequence of events mentioned with such grace and sober coun- can fail to note the results of such an un-
tenance, with such comely reverence in • pretentious life. Back to the mother coun- their gesture and their whole carriage, and try swept the wave of missionary interest. with such plenty of tears trickling down Its influence raised up the first Protestant the cheeks of some of them, as did argue Missionary Society and gave birth later on to us that they spoke with the holy fear of to the American Board of Commissioners
God and it much affected our hearts." for Foreign Missions, whose two thous- —
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and missionaries have pushed steadily not away." This was Eliot's inspiration, on in the direction set by Eliot. Not to it is found at the close of his Indian gram- be disregarded is it that hundreds of In- mar, " Prayer and pains, through faith in dians won for themselves a happier, social Christ Jesus, will do anything." and moral life, and a " crown that fadeth Elliot Field.
LECTURE.
THE first of the series of winter lec- the work of the silver agitators. So suc- tures was delivered Thursday night, cessful have these agitators been that in
January 9, in Alumni Hall. The some working districts there is not to be lecturer, Mr. Knauff, in introducing his sub- found a single anti-silver man. The sup- ject of The Silver Question, said that he porter of the present standard has been intended to give an object lesson rather accused of wishing only gold. What he than a scientific discourse. The need of really wishes is as much of any money that such object lessons is borne home by facts. is needed—and not more. There are 200 free silver newspapers in The lecturer proceeded to show, by a Pennsylvania, and meetings have been held number of lantern views, what industries in support of the free silver doctrine every would be the ones to suffer by a change to night for one and a half years, by a secret the silver basis. He attempted to show that organization called the Free Silver Knights it would not necessarily be the rich who of America. Their proposal is to call a would be damaged. The farmer, the clerk, piece of silver worth fifty cents one dollar the depositor, the artisan, and the gen- a convenient artifice for debtors and silver eral workman would bear the brunt of merchants, miners and speculators. The the disaster, while banks, railroad com- farmer who has suffered from the hard panies, and speculators would get the times has proved to be good material for spoils.
CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editors of The Haverfordian: " For as concerning foot-ball playing, I
I came across the other day the following protest unto you it may rather be called a passage in Stubbes's " Anatomy of Abuses," friendly kind of fight than a play of recrea-
which may not be familiar to many readers tion ; a bloody and murdering practice than of The Haverfordian. Though the a fellowy sport or pastime. For doth not
writer doubtless exaggerates, it shows that every one lie in wait for his adversary, seek- 300 years ago the game of foot-ball was a ing to overthrow him, and to kick him on
much rougher one than at present. It his nose, though it be upon hard stones ?
should be added that the spelling has been In ditch or dale, in valley or hill, or what
modernized. place soever it be, he careth not, so he have Allen C. Thomas. him down. And he that can serve the most December 24, 1895. of this fashion he is counted the only ; ;
112 THE HAVERFORDIAN. fellow, and who but he ? So that by this hundred such murdering devices. And means sometimes their necks are broken, hereof groweth envie, malice, rancor, sometimes their backs, sometimes their legs, choler, hatred, displeasure, enmity, and sometimes their arms; sometime one part whatnot else ; and sometimes fighting, thrust out of joint, sometime another brawling, contention, quarrel-picking, mur- sometime the noses gush out with blood, der, homicide, and great effusion of blood, sometimes their eyes start out ; and some- as experience daily teacheth. times hurt in one place, sometimes in another. " Is this murdering play, now, an exercise But whosoever scapeth away the best, goeth for the Sabbath day? Is this a Christian not scot free, but is either sore wounded, dealing, for one brother to hurt and maim craised (crushed ?) and bruised, so as he another, and that upon prepensed malice dieth of it, or else scapeth very hardly. or set purpose? Is this to do to one And no marvel, for they have the sleights another as we would wish another to to meet one betwixt two, to dash him do to us? God, make us more careful against the heart with their elbows, to hit of the bodies of our brethren." Anatomy him under the short ribs with their griped of Abuses, p. 184. Philip Stubbes. London, fists, and with their knees to catch him upon 1583. Reprint of New Shakespere Society, the hip, and to kick him on his neck, with a 1877.
VERSE.
" Thine Was the Happier Age of Gold."
AUSTIN DOBSON.
Did not Theocritus live then " Thine was the happier age of gold," When Alexandria panted out Her last mad dance—one gaudy rout Theocritus ! Ah, yes, thine age Was peaceful, simple, humble, sage, Of revel-pale, unhappy men ? Content with joys that ne'er grow old, III. Green fields, blue sky, and legends told Yes, sweet Theocritus, in thee By Daphnis, piping, while, hard by, The shepherds piped, and daffodils_ The listening flocks and shepherds lie, Sprang, where the far-off happy hills And know not that their age is gold. Arose—in thy fair fantasy! II.
Such life each poet's fancy rears No ! 'Tis a vain, false dream ! Ah, why Enshrine in fancy's flattering glow 'Tis well. But that each age may see Some mystic time of long ago, Such life, that's best. Let my joy be And pass the living present by ? The shepherd's rather than the seer's. HALL AND CAMPUS.
the pike at the foot of the college The house was unpainted and forlorn box-bordered paths which, by ON lane there stands an old house, then ; the — still me, as whereby— I venture to think—there the way, may be seen—reminded hangs a tale or two. Not that its present box-bordered paths, or rockeries, or hair- appearance suggests strange stories, nor cloth sofas always do, of grandparents and as for the front door, it that I know the true history of its former maiden aunts ; and owners, but its condition a few years ago, seemed closed forever. rear and the people who lived in it then, cer- When, however, I went round to the " tainly affected my imagination. of the side next the Haverford College —
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Store," and went in, I found that the old had to tell him that those treasures did
building was not only a habitation still, but not belong to me. He pitied me deeply a place of business. Yes, if that dingy, old for that, and drew on his mittens to go. office of Jonas's in Dicken's " Martin But wait, he had one more thing to say.
Chuzzlewit " was a place of business, cer- If I ever had any old worn-out pants (his tainly this room I entered could be called mother had asked him to speak about it), one. why, his mother could make them over into
While the clang of the bell which the pants for him. Now I wouldn't give it
swinging of the door had rung was dying away, I wouldn't let on about it, would I ? away, and the proprietor was coming in In all honesty of heart I assured him that from his home in behind, the visitor, as was I would not. And now here's this—why, natural, looked round him. The small, low these very words. I have betrayed his room was crammed with groceries old confidence. ; an
desk by the window, covered with old pens How can I bear to meet him again ! and ink-spots, showed signs of financial reckonings; a big Newfoundland dog was in the fading light in our sleeping by the stove in the corner. STANDING little study at college, he took down Then Mr. W., the proprietor, entered. a well-worn dark-red volume. He was a little old man with a slouch hat " " Yes, Harry, listen listen ! he said. on. He was just the character such a place — Then I looked out upon the snow, which ought to have presented ; or rather, he was glimmered under the sunset, and listened just the man to have made the place what to his voice as he read, walking up and it was. To all appearances he was the de- down the room, his favorite prose the scendant of an old family whose fortunes — beginning of Matthew Arnold's " Emerson." had considerably dwindled. While he was " Twenty years ago, when I was an un- pouring my molasses, and tying four knots dergraduate at Oxford, voices were in the on my pound of sugar, his daughter, a " air there which haunt my memory still girl of ten, entered with two big musty only a few pages, then he closed the book books and began to read by the stove. and put it back on the shelf. What a childhood ! And what a fantastic Now, when that time itself is past, and melancholy memory this childhood of her's when we are separated and his own voice will be—years hence when she is a woman has become only a memory to me, there is a and out in the sunny world ! charm of majesty in the words of that essay
which make it to me also the favorite piece YESTERDAY a little boy with candy to sell came to my door? In order of prose. to show me his wares, he came into the room and set down his basket. He AT the last session of the Biological was soon quite at home, walking around Seminary, January 17, the subject to get a good look at everything which of the meeting was " The Ancestry took his fancy. Each of us answered of Vertebrates," with Charles D. Nason as many questions for the other. I asked him leader. Mr. Nason briefly sketched the about himself and his candy-selling and history of biological speculation on the his home, and he questioned me minutely subject of vertebrate descent and then sum- about a toy canoe and a little drum and a marized the opinions which are now gen- horn which hung from our gas fixture. I erally held by biologists. The relationship U4 THE HAVERFORDTAN.
" of Amphioxus to the lowest vertebrates Nason said : The ultimate ancestor of
was pointed out : then Amphioxus was vertebrates must have been a worm-like shown to be rather closely related to the animal, whose organization was approxi- Tunicates, and the Tunicates were, by turn, mately on a level with that of the bila- proven to be intimately allied to Belano- teral ancestors of the echinoderms. The glossus. The striking similarity of the immediate ancestor was a free-swimming torharia larva of Belanoglossus and that of animal intermediate in organization be- some echinoderms was demonstrated, thus tween an Ascidian tadpole and Amphi- carrying the argument by successive stages oxus." from the lowest vertebrates down to the After the paper there was a discussion in larvae of echinoderms. In conclusion Mr. which several persons took part.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
EDITORIALS Incidents of Sir Walter Raleigh's
The Course in Oratory .... 115 Prison Life 121
A Word About the Tour in Eng- Harvard Letter 125
land 115 College Notes 126
In Mkmoriam 116 Alumni Personals 128
Alumni Dinner 116 Correspondence 128
A Yankee Skipper—A Sketch ... 118 Lectures 130
The Santer 119 Hall and Campus 131
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Vol. XVII. Haverford, Pa., March, 1896. No. S.
W\\* 5iatJcrfor&i*m. of the two colleges showed that the chief athletic interests of both, forbade the ar- EDITORS rangement of a spring athletic contest. JOHN A. LESTER, '96, Chairman. Surely in such an outcome, the only feeling G. H. DEUELL, '96. which either college can foster is the feeling T. HARVEY HAINES, '96. of disappointment. RICHARD C. BROWN, '97. ELLIOT FIELD, '97. CHARLES D. NASON, '97. THE college is the recipient of another GEORGE M. PALMER, '97- favor from the hands of her Alumni. The Committee on Oratory have Paul D. I. Maier, '96, . . Business Manager. procured the services of Professor Hynson A. G. VarnEY, '98, . . . Ass't Business Manager. for two hours each week until the time of Subscription Price, One Year, $1.00 the contests. The appreciation of this favor
Single Copies, . •15 is shown by the fact that half the students
have joined his class. There is a real The Haverfordian is the official organ of the students of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct desire on the part of many students to supervision, on the first of every month during the cul'ege year. learn to talk. Professor Hynson seems to
Entered at the Haverford Post Office, for transmission be just the right sort of man to help us. thr ,-jgh the mails at second-class rates. He is eminently practical. We expect to THE statement in our last numbe- con. see both the prizes well contested for this cerning William H. Futrell, of the spring. Hitherto there has been little to class of 1887, should have read as induce one to enter the lists other than the hope of being the winner. But now each follows :
William H. Futrell is junior counsel for man is assured of a good, practical drill in the Citizens' Municipal Association, who delivery. He will not go in this year with are conducting the examination of the mu- hope of winning on his own inherited ten- nicipal affairs of Philadelphia before the dencies to speak. The man who hopes to Senatorial Investigating Committee. win will have put a deal of labor on the preparation of his paper and the study for athletic meeting with Swarthmore delivery. This is what the honest student AN wants, is proud of the Alumni of this spring seems to be an impossi- and he
it for bility. We regret that it is so. We his college, who have made possible regret much more that the failure of the him to do it. negotiations should give rise to any un- friendly feeling in either college. The THE English tour being now practically meeting was proposed in the first place in assured, our attitude should be one a purely tentative way, and the object for of patience and preparation. Patience, which our committee was appointed was because in the first place even preliminary not to send a challenge, but to see whether preparations, at the distance of three a Swarthmore-Haverford meeting was pos- thousand miles, are not soon made; in the
sible. The meeting of the representatives second place because games with the public n6 THE HAVERFORDIAN. schools of England are not to be had game in England. Our preparation should for the asking. The nicety required in the consist in the first place of definite individ- arrangement of such games is something ual cricket practice, each player paying which we students in an American col- chief attention to his own part of the lege know very little about. game ; in the second place, of reading,
Our attitude should be one of preparation, which should be, in like manner, while it because if we should play the best of the embraces the whole game, concentrated public schools, we shall meet teams of great upon the one department ; and in the batting strength, trained in the best nur- third place, of special exercise, upon which series of cricket, and composed of men who we publish a letter from our athletic di- in a few years will be the leaders of the rector.
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WHEREAS, We have heard with manly qualities of heart and character, do deep sorrow of the death of our formally express our deepest sympathy former classmate, Robert Huey, with his family in their great bereavement;
Jr., and and be it further Whereas, We did not hear of his decease Resohed, That a copy of these resolu- in time to attend his funeral services, and tions be sent to the family of the deceased, Whereas, We are sensible of the great and that they be presented to the Haver- loss which we as a class have sustained by fordian for publication.
it George H. Deuell, his decease ; be Resolved, That we, the members of the L. HOLLINGSWORTH WOOD, Class of '96, sincerely appreciating his Committee.
ALUMNI DINNER.
THE Ninth Annual Alumni Dinner was N. B. Crenshaw, '67, who read letters of held at the Continental Hotel on regret from several who were unable to be Friday evening, February 21, 1896. present. Henry Cope, '69, was then called The reception room was decorated with upon, and made an enthusiastic address on some of the big college banners, and the Haverford cricket. In outlining the history tables with trophies and cups. It was of the game he disclaimed for himself the noticeable that among the large number of title of the " Father of Haverford cricket," guests present, the recent classes were well remarking that the game was introduced represented. Several members of the foot- in the 30's by the landscape gardener who ball team were present, with representatives laid out the lawn. Mr. Cope then referred from three of the present classes. to the arrangements made for the visit of After the dinner had been served, John the team to England, told how the plan C. Winston, the toastmaster, called on the had received cordial support from many Chairman of the Reception Committee, prominent American cricketers, and closed THE HAVERFORDIAN. 117 by an appeal to the students to see to it Princeton, referred to the names of James that during the tour nothing should occur McCosh and Dr. Charles Hodge, of both to blot the scutcheon of Haverford. of whom he related several incidents. L. H. Wood, '96, next reviewed the foot- While he sympathized with Haverford in ball season of the past year, tracing the her cricket and foot-ball victories, there are fortunes of the team from game to game. He higher things in life than athletics. said that while great help in training the men George G. Mercer, '"jj, referring to him- had been received from two Alumni, yet a self as the only Haverfordian who has more general interest would do much to found the straight and narrow way to Yale, keep Haverford foot-ball up to its right followed with a speech of loud praise for standard. his university. President Sharpless was the next speaker W. W. Comfort, '94, responding for Har- f and he could not be heard for some time for vard, referred to the strong influence which the cheering. He referred to the very close Harvard had, through her sons, always union existing between the college, in al- exerted on Haverford. Harvard is the most every branch of academic life, instanc- natural goal for Haverford men, and she is ing the support given to cricket, oratory glad to welcome them. The speaker wished and the courses in political science. Haver- to remove a false impression about Harvard ford is not primarily a college for athletics which was very prevalent. The Unitarian or society. The language of the children spirit at Harvard is absolutely nil. The of Israel would come very aptly from some chapel pulpit is occupied on successive parents after their son has finished his four days by men of varying beliefs, and a " years of university life : Behold, we cast Quaker may yet be seen there conducting our gold into the fire, and there came out a silent meeting. There are over two this calf." Haverford is primarily an edu- hundred Harvard students engaged in prac- cational institution. As such.beirjg a small tical Christian work. college, Haverford should be as good a James Wood, who was next called upon, small college as possible. This she can made a vigorous defence of athletics, and only become by devoting her whole united foot-ball in particular, as a necessary means energy, professor and student, steadily to of training young men for the battle of life. one thing at a time. The one thing for the If foot-ball is rough, life is rough also, and time being should be done in the best way foot-ball is an excellent means of develop- possible. ing prompt and judicious action. President Sharpless spoke confidently During the evening a double quartette, about Haverford's future, and said that no led by A. F. Coca, '96, and several past and one of those before him would have occasion present members of the Banjo and Mando- to regret that he held a Haverford degree. lin Club, rendered selections. The com- Provost Harrison said that the University mittee in charge of the dinner consisted of of Penn°ylvanii was in sympathy Nathaniel B. Crenshaw, '67, chairman with ;
Haverford, and had never intended to dis- Francis B. Gummere, 'Jl, parage her. The aim of both institutions William L. Bailey, '83, should be to maintain a standard in the Franklin B. Kirkbride, '89, college department which should prevent Jonathan M. Steere, '90, men from slipping out of one college into Charles J. Rhoads, '93, the other. Frederick P. Ristine, '94,
Dr. Charles Wood, '70, responding for Joseph S. Evans, Jr., '95. : : ;
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A YANKEE SKIPPER.
A Sketch. HE was a thin old man, with long iron- guardian only took care of himself and gray hair, and shaggy eyebrows, be- wasted my money, so I went to sea for my neath which gleamed two piercing board and five dollars a month, in a whale eyes, which were often lighted with a merry ship. I was such a little fellow that all I twinkle. Though bowed with age and could do was to pay out the harpoon line
" thrown on his beam-ends with every cold but I wanted to study navigation, so I got spell," he was very active on bright days. a book and a worn-out sextant from the He especially enjoyed sailing; I have often purser, and learned to navigate. The big seen him come down to an abandoned fellows on board who had come to learn to stone pier, with a basket on his arm or be sailors used to almost drive the life out before him filled of pushing a wheelbarrow me ; they would take the crooked bones with a sailor's kit or with cans of paint. out of the salt meat and squint at the sun He would stand just back of the pier on a with them to ridicule my sextant; however little bank, his hair flying in the wind, and I kept on and when we were homeward earnestly scan the horizon, looking as if he bound I could keep the reckoning. Then truly could read the " signs of the times." those same fellows used to come and beg Then he would set his basket carefully on me to teach them navigation for five dollars, the ground, select a rock washed clean by but I told them now I had the laugh on the spring tides, seat himself on it and then my side, and that's how I got revenged. change his shoes for rubber boots. This In my next ship we were coming back done, he would draw his skiff to shore from Liverpool, and the captain got brain and, after looking to see that he had for- fever, and I was the only one on board
gotten nothing, would push off to his sail- who could navigate. So I went and lived boat. in the cabin and navigated the ship ; we
He kept his boat the pink of perfection ; had a lot of passengers, and they wondered he would always put a canvas cover on her a lot at seeing such a young navigator. before he went ashore, would paint her However, the captain got well, and I went several times a season and do the thousand back to the forecastle, and all I ever got and one other things that only a sailor was a purse of ten dollars made up by the
knows ; nor would he ever allow anyone passengers. I wouldn't have given much
with heavy shoes aboard her, lest her deck- for their lives if I hadn't been there to should be scratched. When he saw that navigate." everything was properly stowed, and that He knew everybody and everybody the ropes could be let go instantly in case knew him. When a somewhat younger of need, he would cast off and go sailing man he had been racing skipper for the
over the harbor at his ease, yet always on man of the place; and so it was nothing the look-out for gusts, and rocks and unusual for him to run up along side of a " boats. yacht and say to one of the " four hundred One afternoon he told me the following of New York: " " " When I wasn't any bigger than that fel- Hello, Charlie, how are you ! which low and just about his age (nodding toward would bring the neighborly response a boy of ten, short for his age) my father " I'm flourishing. Glad to see you again." " died : my mother was already dead. My That last spell did strike me hard, but I ;
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" righted quick enough. " Done up Eustis easily leaving them far astern, and then, if yet?" "Beat him twenty minutes." he had any company, he would generally After this the old captain would sail on, tell yarns, gossip or discuss local politics, perhaps race a little with the other boats, E. Thomas.
THE SANTER.
SOON after the war of the rebellion, a " Fellers," said Sam Mabe/a long loosely- company of energetic railroad men, built man, about fitty years old, as he seated " seeing the future which lay before himself on a nail keg, hev enny o' you'ns the iron and coal region of northern Geor- heard that air critter what Jim Davis were " gia and Alabama, determined to cut through tellin' about t'other day 't th' mill ? " the mountains of Tennessee and Virginia Naw," said Pete John with a grin. " Et to bridge the chasms through which flow you'ns b'lieves all the lies Jim Davis tells, the New, the Watauga, the Holstein and you'll alius be lookin' fur sumthin' strange, the French Broad ; and establish a through an' never seein' ner hearin' it." freight route from these coal fields to North- "Jest whut I tole him," said Sam; "but ern and Eastern markets. t'other night, me an' my boy John here This they did, and soon the screech of wuz possum huntin' on Brown mounting the steam whistle was heard among the an' we hearn the same critter that Jim wuz hills over which Daniel Boone had gone tellin' erbout." " years before, in search of a country where What kind'er varmint were it ? " asked no neighbor should molest him, and he a half dozen voices at once. might be alone with nature. " How you 'spect me ter know?" said
This region was so sparsely settled that Sam. " I never seen it." " " the stations were sometimes thirty to forty What did hit soun' like, then ? asked miles apart, and between them lay a wild Pete. and rugged country, as grand and beautiful " I can't ezackly tell. John sez hits as when first created. atween a wolf howl an' a painter's screech, One Saturday afternoon, along toward but I say hit soun' to me more like water the last of October, 1874, the usual crowd fallin' in er bar'l. A kin' o' deep roarin' of loafers had gathered at the x-roads' sound. My ole 'ooman lows ez how hit store. This establishment did not come air the sperrit o' that raider we'uns fixed up to our idea of a store, perhaps yet, it down on Lower Creek two ; year ago." was a place where corn, wheat, roots, herbs " Jest the same," said Pete, " ef hit comes and peltries, were exchanged for powder, foolin' 'round me, I'll fix 'er with a load o' lead, tobacco, snuff, sugar, coffee, soda, etc. buckshot, sperrit or not." It was also a place where the men of the While this conversation was going on, community met, and spent their rainy the district school teacher, who had gone Saturdays chewing tobacco and spinning down to the nearest post-office to get his yarns. The usual company was present mail, rode up and hitching his mule to a this special afternoon, but such topics of sapling, came in. He listened a little while conversation as the weather, crops, and to what was being said, and then pulled "raiders" were laid aside for something the latest issue of the Walkertown Weekly new. out of his pocket, saying as he did so, ;
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" Here is your' varmint,' fellows," and began air no sperrit. Strange tho', hit be alius jest reading. " Various reports have come to t'other side Silver Creek, an' never be heard our notice in the last few days, saying that 'cept 't sundown er daylight." for the past two weeks, there has been " I'll tell ye, boys," said Joe Short, a lurking about this place a strange animal, tough, hardy mountaineer, " let's hunt hit the like of which no one has ever seen down an' kill hit, an' then there'll be no before. It has never been seen in daytime, more fuss made. Every feller fetch gun but prowls around at night. It has not an' dawgs, an' we'll fix hit." injured any one, but has followed several After some discussion, they decided to persons home after dark, sometimes coming meet the following Monday for the hunt. close up behind, and sometimes crossing At daylight Monday morning, about the road in front of them. It sometimes twenty-five men and boys, with guns and howls like a wolf, but seldom makes any dogs, met at the Silver Creek ford, as had noise at all. been agreed. They had scarcely gathered, "Last Monday night, while Henry Harper when over in the direction of the railroad, was going home from town, and was pass- they heard that strange, and, to them, ing under the high bank which overhangs unearthly sound. The men's hair stood on the road near the old mill, it leaped on his end and the dogs uttered uneasy growls. back. He shook it off, and struck at it Still they were hardy men, and though with a heavy stick he was carrying, but superstitious to a, degree, they started missed it. He struck and struck again at forward in the direction of the sound. the thing, but it dodged him every time, The sun rose and started on his daily and still continued to jump and run around journey across the heavens, but they could him. Seeing that he could not drive it off find no trace of their game. Noon came, he turned and ran toward home, calling and still no santer. They crossed and loudly for help. His father heard his shouts recrossed the railroad tracks, and stopped and went out to see what was the matter. their search long enough to watch the long
He saw the thing and attacked it, but to freight trains roll past them laden with no purpose; for though he struck at it, he coal and crude iron ; they saw the passenger could not hit it. He then called his dog, trains fly along carrying their human and although the dog was a large fierce burden, but they saw no santer. one, he gave a yelp of terror and ran under They went home when night came, but the house, where he remained until the were out again next day as much in earnest next afternoon. The creature at once as before. After awhile they stumbled on disappeared and has not been heard from a party of surveyors, whom they told what since. Our oldest citizens tell us that when they were after. They seemed to be inter- they were boys they heard people talk ested in what the mountaineers had to say,
about such an animal, and that it was called but they were busy and kept on with their
a santer. Let us hope that it has gone work. The chief's son, Tom, however, for good." begged his father to let him go along.
Every one was silent for a full minute. His father finally consented to let him go Then Sam got his voice. and soon Tom, with his gun held carelessly " Varmint er sperrit," said he, " Sam's on his shoulder, and his father's injunction
not the boy to be afeard o' nuthin' as ever to come to camp before dark, almost for- cum inter Viginny, 'cept the devil. 'Sides gotten, was tramping silently along with
ef hit air abul ter holler like I heard, hit the hunters. "
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They hunted in vain until nearly dark, through the hills, but seemed much nearer and were about to give it up, when they than before. heard the sound again, but far away. The "Why, that's no 'varmint,'" said Tom, men stopped and listened attentively. as he heard the familiar sound. "Thar hit be agin, boys," said Sam. " What in the world air hit then ? " What?" asked Tom in surprise. demanded the men in a chorus. " The varmint." " Why, that's the steamboat whistle on " What varmint?" the new freight engine." "The one we'uns are a-huntin'; can't ye And that was the last that was ever hear hit ?" heard of the santer. Just then the sound came reverberating R. N. Wilson.
INCIDENTS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S PRISON LIFE.
i i IV TO king but my father could keep loved Sherborne was threatened with con- \y such a bird in a cage," were the fiscation, she went with her children to words of Prince Henry in rela- James and entreated him on her knees. tion to Raleigh's imprisonment. The I maun ha' the land," was the characteristic
Prince was a warm friend of the prisoner. reply, " I maun ha' it for Carr." Raleigh The two men had much in common. Both himself addressed a dignified appeal to the and loved war, the sea ; both hated Spain, king's favorite. It is needless to say that hated Rome for Spain's sake. It was it was in vain. through Henry's aid that Raleigh looked There was another complaint that the for release from his prison cage, and it was faithful lieutenant had against Raleigh. He to Henry that the people of England looked had an aggravating habit of pacing the wall for deliverance from disgrace abroad and about the garden, occasionally venturing oppression at home ; with the untimely to seat himself upon the bank in full view death of the Prince, however, perished the of passers-by. Doubtless he was a notable hopes of prisoner and people alike. spectacle to the people of London, this
At first Raleigh was allowed considera- tall, handsome man, of whom they had ble freedom. The lieutenant of the tower heard so much and knew so little ; as he complains that " Sir Walter Raleigh hath sat there with his feet hanging down, as converted a little hen-house in the garden proud and haughty in bearing as ever, and into a still where he doth spend his time still resplendent with the gorgeous vest- all the day in his distillations. As late as ments and jewels with which he had daz- Charles Second's time " Sir Walter's cor- zled even the court of Elizabeth. As he sits dials " were famous. Queen Anne herself there puffing away at his silver pipe, over- testified that Raleigh's medicine had looking the scenes of his former activity, it
restored her when at the point of death. is not difficult to surmise the trend his Lady Raleigh, the beautiful Throgmor- thoughts would often take. ton, for marrying whom Raleigh was never What thoughts ! What memories! Memo- forgiven by Elizabeth, lived with her hus- ries of youth, campaigns in Ireland, cam- band in the tower, and was unwearied in her paigns in France under Henry of Navarre efforts to secure his pardon and to save in the religious wars! Memories of man- their vanishing estates. When her best- hood,— his entrance into court, where he : :
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Of all which past the sorrow only stays," soon became the first favorite of the virgin So wrote I once and my mishaps foretold, various gifts and Queen ! Then follow My mind still feeling sorrowful success. monopolies which yield a goodly revenue. * * * He sails the Western sea, My soul the stage of Fancy's trajedy. . # * * "To seek new worlds for gold, for praise, for glory." I hated life and cursed destiny of a He dreams of mines in Guiana, The thoughts of past times, like flames of Hell vast colonial empire in Virginia, which Kindled afresh within my memory. should offset and check the aggrandize- In his " History" he describes how "we ments of the Spaniard. Suddenly he is pass on with many sighs, groans and sad disgraced, imprisoned, released ; a second thoughts and, in the end, by the workman- time he grapples with a Spanish armada, ship of Death, finish the sorrowful business " the leads the van against Cadiz and singes of a ivretched life!' No wonder then, he Spanish king's beard." But before he is sought to bury himself in chemical and again reconciled with his royal mistress, literary labors. she dies and James ascends the throne in Whatever Raleigh's fame may be now, " 1603. By my saul, mon, I have heard whether he is known as soldier, statesman, but rawly of thee," was the welcome he courtier, historian, adventurer or the received from the new ruler at his introduc- " Father of American civilization," as Ban- tion to court. All Raleigh's schemes for croft terms him, his contemporaries of his the humiliation of Spain were so many court life dubbed him the " Summer's counts in his condemnation in the eyes of Nightingale." He was the most versatile a king who shuddered at the mere sight of product of a versatile age. He was also a drawn sword and received the Spanish the most complete representative of his age, ambassador into his special favor. A false and to be this he had to be a poet. By charge is trumped up, the ceremony of a 1589 he had already gained a reputation in mock trial is passed through, and the sen- that line. English literature was as yet tence of death is pronounced, which by the unshapen. Bacon was eighteen years old, mercy of the king is, on the very scaffold Beaumont was but three, and Fletcher commuted to imprisonment. thirteen. Ben Jonson's first publication From his own point of view his life could was issued seven years later. Shakespeare not have seemed otherwise than a failure. was a young man of twenty-five. Raleigh To the very end he was destined to remain was an intimate friend of Ben Jonson and simply Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight. Surely probably knew Shakespeare. Elizabeth might at least have made him an Raleigh persuaded Spenser to publish
Earl. She did indeed give him estates and his " Fairie Queen," and he gives his esti- emoluments, but neither in the offices and mate of this poem in his fine sonnet begin- honors of state, nor in the military and ning, naval commands had she given him a posi- " Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay." tion at all commensurate with his ability, In " Colin Clout's Come Home Again." his services, or his ambition. This being Spencer tells how the " Shepherd of the case, to one of such a character as his, the Ocean " visited him at Kilcolman how could reminiscence be otherwise than and there read him his poem in praise of painful ? Take his own words for it Elizabeth
"Twelve years entire I wasted in this war, " His song was all a lamentable lay Twelve years of my mou happy younger days; Of great unkindness and of usage hard,
Uut I in them and they now wasted are, (-if Cynthia, the Lady of the Sea." : ; ; ; ; ; —; —
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" Of this " lamentable lay unfortunately Raleigh and liberty. We may humor the only the twenty-first book remains, and un-Christian sentiment here displayed the that was composed afterward when in the more easily, when we remember how soon tower, probably during the first part of his the author's hour of exultation was fated to imprisonment. It is invaluable for the be turned into mourning at the death of light it sheds upon the character and his- Prince Henry: tory of the author, and also as affording a " Here lies Hobbinot, our pastor whilere, specimen of the style of popular court That once in a quarter our fleeces did sheer. poetry in Elizabeth's time. Solemn, melan- To please us his cur he kept under clog And was ever after both choly, but very characteristic, are the con- shepherd and dog." beginning, cluding verses King James is said to have remarked
" I " Thus home draw, as death's long night draws on ; when he read this, that he hoped the " Vet every foot, old thoughts turn back mine eyes ; author would die before he did."
Some twenty or more of the shorter Three times Raleigh's life and liberty poems remain. Pultenham in 1589 ob- stood in especial danger. In 1592, in dis- served that "for ditty and amorous ode" grace and in prison, he wrote the scathing " he found Raleigh's "vein most lofty, insolent poem, The Lie." We know that it stung, and passionate." We are very fortunate in from the number of replies it occasioned. the fragments that we have, in that they " Go soul, the body's guest, are fairly representative, having been writ- Upon a thankless arrant; Fear not to touch the best; ten at all periods of the author's life : and The truth shall be thy warrant in that they afford such a perfect reflection Go, since I needs must die, of the man. Everything Raleigh wrote And give the world the lie. is stamped indelibly as his own. His poetry " Say to the court, it glows has not received the attention it deserves. And shines like rotten wood " " In The Silent Lover occur the follow- Say to the church, it shows ing well known lines What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, " Silence in love betrays more woe Then give them both the lie. Than words though ne'er so witty # * * A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity." " So when thou hast, as I Commanded thee, done blabbing, Of his other lighter poems, I shall Although to give the lie " " merely mention The Reply to Marlowe Deserves no less than stabbing, and "Shall I Like a Hermit Dwell?" as Stab at he that will, No stab the soul can kill." the most pleasing.
In his younger days, Raleigh wrote an "The Pilgrimage" was written in 1603, epitaph on Sir Phillip Sidney. One stanza when he was under sentence of death. runs like this : There is still poison where he refers to his
" England doth hold thy limbs, that bred the same trial, and a touch of the grimmest kind of
Flanders, thy valor, where it last was tried humor, but withal, it indicates an effort to The camp, thy sorrow, where the body died prepare the soul for the " long journey." Thy friends, thy want : the world, thy virtue's fame." The poem should be read in full. In 161 2 he wrote an epitaph in a very " Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, different vein. The subject of this was the My staff of faith to walk upon, Earl of Salisbury, all these years had who My scrip of joy, immortal diet, stood an insurmountable barrier between My bottle of salvation, : ; ; ; ;
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My gown of glory, hope's true gage and covered it all over with those two nar- And then I'll take my pilgrimage. row words : Hie jacet." * * * From thence to heaven's bribeless hall, For some time it had been on his mind to Where no corrupted voices brawl " * * Begin by such a parting light, No conscience molten into gold, To write the story of all ages past, And end the same before the approaching night." No forged accuser, bought or sold, No cause deferred, no vain-spent journey, His plan was to narrate the successive For there Christ is the King's attorney. fortunes of the four great empires of the Who pleads for all without degrees, world by way of introduction to the " His- And He hath angels but no fees, And when the grand twelve-million jury tory of England." The last years of his Of our sins, with direful fury, imprisonment were devoted to this under- Against our souls black verdicts give, taking, stupendous for a man who has Christ pleads his death, and then we live." already passed the age of three score years. 1618, an old, broken-down Again in He had the assistance of Ben Jonson and is again face to face with death. man, he the best scholars of his day. The work last appeal he will make, and that to One was left incomplete. Charles Kingsley his never-failing friend, Queen Anne. speaks of it as " the most God-fearing and " O had truth power, the guiltless could not fall, God seeing history that we know of." But Malice win glory, or revenge triumph James pronounced it " too saucy toward But truth alone cannot encounter all. kings," and suppressed its publication. fled to God, which mercy made Mercy is " The " History of the World is not read Compassion dead; faith turned to policy; it its Friends know not those who sit in sorrow's shade. any more, but had day. Among the men who acknowledged its influence were For what we sometimes were, we are no more Fortune has changed our shape, and destiny John Hampden and John Eliot. Milton Defaced the very form we had before." and Cromwell were among its readers. Finally we see him sitting by his tallow January, 1816, Raleigh was released candle, in the early hours of the day of his from prison to enter upon that last, fatal execution, and penning his last verses, voyage to Guiana, whence he returned to which he carefully presses between the receive the meed of failure. Spain had leaves of his Bible. Here is simple faith long been clamoring for her victim. Octo-
at last ber 28, 1818, Sir Walter Raleigh met his
" Even such is time that takes in trust death on the scaffold at Westminster. He Our youth, our joys, our all we have, who in former times had been declared the And pays us but with earth and dust, "•most unpopular man in England and an Who in the dark and silent grave, atheist," was in a twinkling transformed When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. into a hero. " We have not another such But from this earth, this grave, this dust, head to cut off," was the universal verdict, My God shall raise me up, I trust." and straightway many new ballads were Raleigh never rises to higher flights than heard on the streets of London. The tide when he contemplates death. Who has had turned. In the crowd that thronged not read the sublime conclusion of his great Westminster that peaceful autumn morning history, " O eloquent, just, and mightie were Eliot and Hampden. A new Eng- Death, whom none could advise, thou hast land was beginning to dawn. Lad)' Raleigh
persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou lived on until 1647, thus witnessing the hast done. * * * Thou hast drawne consummation of the movement that together all the farre stretched greatness, owed so much to the inspiration of her all the pride, crueltie and ambition of man husband's writings and martyrdom. ; THE HAVERFORDIAN. "5
HARVARD LETTER.
Cambridge, February 17, 1896. course is guaranteed by that liberal bene- THE " Mid-years," which last for almost factor of the University, Colonel T. W. three weeks, came to a close on the Higginson.
eighth of February. During thei r There is, however, no need for Harvard progress, little ofoutside interest was thought men to seek entertainment in Boston. The
of, since the universal adoption of the lecture University itself provides amply for the en- system leaves much to be done in imme. tertainment and improvement of its mem- diate preparation for the examinations. Now, bers. During the next six weeks this is however, that this rush of work is past, the particularly true. President Francis A. attention of the students turns again to the Walker, of Technology, is delivering a lighter side of college life. course of evening lectures in the Fogg Art A glance at the Calendar of the Univer- Museum, on " Bimetallism Since the Dis- " sity and at the notices in the Crimson, covery of America ; Professor Moore, of reveals the many interests of the student Harvard, will give six illustrated lectures " athletics " of body when not "grinding." In-door on The Fine Arts the Middle Ages ; just now are receiving a large share of at- Mr. Copeland, of the English department, tention, and not long ago over two hundred talks each week on " Some English Wor- men were training for the Mott Haven team thies," of whom John Bunyan, Samuel Harvard's success in the recent B. A. A' Johnson and Charles Lamb are types. In meeting seems to augur well for the out. very different fields of interest, Professor door meetings later in the spring. Lyon will give five illustrated Assyrian A large squad of men are practicing in readings, dealing with recent discoveries in the cage for the base-ball team, under Cap- Assyrian literature and archaeology, while
tain Dean, and a turn of luck is anticipated Dr. Sargent, the well-known director of the
for the coming season. The 'Varsity and Hemenway gymnasium, is announced for class crews are also at work, some on the four evening lectures on " Physical Training machines, others in the tank, which has and Development."
been adopted again this year, after a con- Among the good work done by the lit- siderable period of disuse. Coach Watson erary clubs are two courses shortly to be
has decided that last year's crew was defi- given. The first is given under the aus- cient in watermanship, and consequently he pices of the Cercle Francais, and includes " intends to remedy the defect by using the the following interesting titles : Three " tank in the Carey Building. French Rivers (illustrated), " Moliere in Harvard students always form a good the English Drama," "The Work of the part of the audiences at the Boston theatres French Assyriologists," "Jean Marie during the winter months. This year they Guyan, the Philosopher." The second course are having a treat. Those who are fond of will be given by a former visitor to the music have two opportunities to hear grand University, Prince Serge Wolkonsky. An opera sung, besides having the advantages enthusiastic welcome will doubtless be of attending two series of Boston Sym- given him by the English Club and all phony concerts, one in Boston and one students interested in Slavonic peoples and in Cambridge. The expense of the latter their literatures. :
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" Even these lectures, to say nothing of the Bible and the Reformation ; Professor numerous technical seminars held weekly, Thayer, the eminent New Testament
do not exhaust the list. scholar, treats the Revised Version, and The Sheppard Memorial Church, which Professor Kittredge, of the English depart-
by its ancient records is closely associated ment, takes up the Authorized Version.
with the history of Harvard College, main- Thus it will be seen that while the work
tains a large Sunday school class for Har- in the curriculum settles down to its dull vard men. This class has recently secured level, all sorts of interests and activities the advantages of hearing three great schol- come into prominence; and such will con- ars on Biblical subjects. Thus, Professor tinue to be the case until warm weather Emerton, the historian, speaks on "The announces the proximity of the Finals.
COLLEGE NOTES.
The second quarter ended on January 31. mar School. The subject of Peace was discussed. On February 18, a picture of the Gym- nasium team was taken in the cricket shed. On February 10, Dr. Edward Pick, the celebrated student of memory culture, de- Professor A. C. Thomas gave a reception livered an interesting address in the collec- to the Class of '97 on the evening of tion room, on his methods. February 19. The Alumni have secured the services of Menno S. Moyer, '98, was married on Professor George B. Hynson to deliver two February to Miss Annie Souder, of 19 lectures a week on elocution. Lectures Souderton, Pa. began on February 12.
led J. A. Lester and Edward Thomas a Professor James A. Babbitt has recently regular meeting of the Literary Club on been elected Treasurer of the Philadelphia February 15 on Ruskin. Branch of the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education. The contest for the Alumni Prize for Composition and Oratory will take place The annual Sophomore entertainment in Alumni Hall on April 2. will be given by '98 in Alumni Hall on
March 20. They mean to make it a great A tea meeting was held at the Preston success. The proceeds go to the Cricket Reading Room on January 3 1 . Temperance Club. was the subject of discussion. At a meeting of the Loganian on Feb- '99 elected officers for the second half- ruary 7, the society resolved itself into a year, as follows : President, Morris M. Lee ; House of Representatives, with President
vice-president, Edward Conklin ; secretary Sharpless as Speaker. The meeting was and treasurer, Malcolm A. Shipley. devoted to practice in Parliamentary Law. The Mandolin Club performed before the The following men take special daily members of the West Chester Club at Asso- bowling practice in the cricket shed under ciation Hall, West Chester, on February 15. the eye of the captain and the coach On January 24 the second tea meeting Adams, Alsop, Hinchman, Tatnall, Wistar, of the second year was held at the Gram- Haines, Mellor and Mifflin. ;
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The Day of Prayer for Colleges was ob- for the victorious foot-ball eleven reported served by the Y. M. C. A. on February 5. that they had selected watch charms in the Hugh Beaver and Henry B. Rankin, of the form of a silver foot-ball with H. C. '95 on Broad and Brown Streets Baptist Church, one side and the score, 24 to o, on the other. Philadelphia, addressed the evening prayer The measure met with hearty approval. meeting. A college meeting was called on January
At a college meeting on February 12, J. 29. Swarthmore's refusal to meet Haver- H. Scattergood was chosen as a member of ford in athletics earlier than May 9 was a committee, consisting of President Sharp- announced. The committee was instructed Lester, to ar- less, two Alumni and J. A. to make no date later than May 2, as it range the details of the tour of the cricket would interfere with cricket. Edward eleven in England. Bettle, chairman of the Alumni Athletic The following names of members of the Committee, was present and expressed the Faculty appear upon the schedule of prac- Alumni's views on the proposed trip to England. tice periods : Professors Gummere, Morley, Brown, Mustard, Pratt, Babbitt and Hoag. The student of cricket will find ample It is said that a Faculty team is to be room for research in the following books organized in the spring. " to be found in the Library : The Cricket " On February 6, '97 elected officers, as Field," Rev. Jas. Pycroft ; A Chat About follows : President, Charles H. Howson Cricket," Murdock; "Wickets in ; W. L. " McCrea ; secre- vice-president, Roswell C. the West," R. A. Fitzgerald ; Cricket," " tary, George M. Palmer; treasurer, Francis W. G. Grace ; Cricket," A. G. Steele and N. Maxfield. C. H. Howson was elected R. H. Lyttleton. The periodicals, " The class cricket captain and Morton P. Dar- Cricketer " and " The American Cricketer," lington base-ball captain. are we 1 worth attention.
Dr. Lyman Abbott will deliver lectures A few of the recent accessions to the in Alumni Hall, as follows: March 5, " Library are : Comparative Administrative "Christianity and Socialism;" March 12, Politics Law," Frank J. Goodnow ; "The " Christ's Method of Settling Controver- of Aristotle," Benjamin Jowett; "Theoretical sies " "Christ on the Treat- ; March 19, " Chemistry," W. Nemst ; St. Paul the ment of Criminals." Chauncey M. Depew " Traveler," W. M. Ransay ; Letters and will deliver a lecture during March on Verses of Arthur P. Stanley," edited by R. " Patriotism and Jingoism, an Address on E. Prothew; "The United States of the Establishment of an International Court " America," 2 vols., N. S. Shaler ; Names Arbitration." of Isaac and Their Histories," Taylor ; On the twenty-fourth of January a col- " Money and Banking," Horace White lege meeting was called to discuss the " Economic History of Virginia in the cricket to proposed trip of the eleven Eng- Seventeenth Century," 2 vols , Philip Alex- land the coming summer. The interest ander Bruce; "Vailima Letters," Robert expressed, the " of the Alumni had been and Louis Stevenson ; Philosophy of Mind," the hearty approval of all " Litterature," plan met with George T. Ladd ; Histoirn et " Tan- present. 2 vols., Ferdinand Brunetiere ; The several At a college meeting on February 5, the nins," 2 vols., Henry Trimble, and committee appointed to procure souvenirs volumes of Balzac's works, 128 THE HAVERFORD1AN.
ALUMNI PERSONALS.
Ex-'5S. Alfred Brook died on the tenth Charles E. Gause, Jr., read selections from of February, at his home in Norristown . the writings of present authors, and Clarence " He was a prominent man in business circles G. Hoag read a paper on The Tendency in and near that borough, and was a mem- of Modern Literature." the ber of the firm of Hibberd & Brook, is in the office '90. J. Stuart Auchincloss flour mill at Bridge- operators of a large ot the New York, Lackawanna & Western of the port, Pa. He was also a member Railroad Company in New York City. Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia, and '93. John M. Okie has been elected a director of the Albertson Trust and Safe secretary of the F. E. Okie Company, Deposit Company of Norristown. manufacturers of a well-known brand of '8 1. Walter C. Hadley died on the fif- printers' inks. teenth of February, at Albuquerque, in his '93. On the first of last month, Francis thirty-ninth year. He was the most active B. Reeves, Jr., was received into partnership person in founding the Haverfordian, and in the firm of Reeves, Parvin & Co., ^hole- was its first Business Manager. The suc- sale grocers. cess of the paper was largely due to his '94. Roy W. White, A. M., of the Uni- earnest efforts and practical knowledge. versity of Pennsylvania Law School, was '80 and '93. At a recent meeting of chosen as a substitute on the Pennsylvania- Friends' Institute Lyceum of Philadelphia, Cornell Debate this year.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We are glad to print the following letter of. superiority over the larger colleges.
which seems especially seasonable : Now let us compare the training here
This is the period of the year when and at neighboring institutions. With the
every American college is making active latter, early preparation is very largely, in preparation for proficiency in the various some cases almost entirely, that of physical summer sports. The degree of enthusiasm development, while at Haverford the ten-
in such preparation is almost directly pro- dency is to make it simply an attainment portional to the popularity of the sport in of skill. Many will say at once that cricket
question. differs radically from all other college sports,
Haverford offers no exception to this and that purely physical training is un-
rule, yet her preliminary training is of necessary. I grant the former, But refuse different character from that in most of the to accept the latter; for this very position other colleges. Our most important sport affords the chief ground of criticism on always has been and always should be the part of cricket opponents, who claim
cricket, for the reason that this game allows that development of the individual is advantageous employment of the greatest neglected, and who thus relegate the game number of men, and offers the best chance to the general class of contests in skill. THE HAVERFORDIAN. 129
The questions arise, should this be The runs should be sufficiently long to remedied, and in what way ? It is but rea- produce " good wind," but with frequent sonable to expect an affirmative reply. rests, as the preparation is not that of the
It should be remedied first because much long-distance runner. of the value of a college course has been From April 1 until the regular games lost, if a student fails to leave college a commence, the in-door work may be lessened strong, healthy, well-developed man, and in to fifteen or twenty minutes daily, with the second place because, with the same out-door runs continued and field-practice amount of shed-practice, a sturdy athlete when weather permits. will make a far better cricketer than a The time selected for this training should young, ill-developed one. be that period least interfering with hours Granting from the above reasons that of study and thereby affording the least
preliminary physical training is valuable, nervous anxiety ; it would be desirable that what course of work would be desirable ? this should neither immediately precede, From now until the first of April, mem- nor follow the meal hour. No special bers of all cricket divisions should spend training diet should be necessary beyond from one-half to three-quarters of an hour an abundance of plain hearty food. In fact daily in the Gymnasium, this work always the strict regulations which have so long concluded by a run and this out-of-door's held sway over the training table are grad- when feasible. The work in-doors should ually disappearing. be of a varied character, with an effort at In view of the possibilities of a long development of each muscle in the body. cricket season and its consequent strain, Exercises of varying complexity will be every Haverfordian should be more than valuable, as no game more severely taxes willing to prepare himself in every way the powers of co-ordination than cricket. possible to honor his Alma Mater. Should the exercises taken be those Let us during the coming season, by selected to develop special muscles and conscientious systematic training, both follow the nature of cricket movements ? mental and physical, followed by the best
I should decide not, as faithful shed-prac- playing ever presented on the Haverford tice would develop these particular muscles, field, raise the grand old game of cricket and men with a good uniform development one step higher in national esteem. could make more rapid improvement under Jas. A. Babbitt, instruction of the coach. Physical Director.
LECTURES.
the morning of the fifth, in Alumni on one's feet and to express one's thoughts ON forcibly. Hall, there was a college lecture clearly, concisely and on " Oratory." President Sharp- Mr. Allinson then made a few remarks less introduced the chairman of the Alumni and introduced Mr. George B. Hynson, who Committee on Oratory, Edward P. Allin- trained the University of Pennsylvania men son, who made a few remarks and then for the debates with Cornell and Princeton. introduced Robert C. Ogden, of Phila- Mr. Hynson gave us some practical in- delphia. Mr. Ogden, as a business man, struction about public speaking, empha-
spoke of the value of the ability to think sizing the fact that true oratory is that 130 THE IIAVERFORDIAN. which is based on conversation. He also Church and the Puritans. Penn sided with spoke of voice-culture, and maintained that the Puritans naturally, on account of the there is no more need of a man's voice persecutions of his. uncle George. It so breaking down than of a blacksmith's arm happened that Thomas Low preached in so doing. the University, and his words appealed to President Sharpless then stated that the Penn. He, with several others, absented Alumni Committee had engaged Mr. Hyn- himself from chapel and refused to wear son to give a course of instruction to the college gown. To his father, who was Haverford students, and that the arrange- nearing a peerage, with the title of Wey- ments would be announced in the near mouth, this was a source of much grief. future. He called William home, and in order to
cure his Quakerism filled in his time with ALBERT S. BOLLES delivered his dances and theatre-going. But William first lecture on " William Penn and continued grave under it all. He was next the Early History of Pennsylvania," sent to France, and being introduced into in Alumni Hall, February 13. He pictured gay society seemed to lay aside his wonted first the eventful times in which Admiral gravity. He was met in the street one Penn, William's father, lived. He saw the night and called upon to defend himself, doom of Charles sealed at Naseby. The whereupon he drew and acquitted himself dark days of the Commonwealth were right well. The news of this event was very ushered in. All Northern Europe was in gratifying to the Admiral. He managed flame. Gustavus Adolphus and Wallen- his father's home affairs while he was ab- stein had perished. Literature seemed to sent in service. The Admiral had no fears have perished. The Bard of Avon was of a relapse, but his hopes were doomed. dead thirty years, but pilgrims had not Thomas Low came to preach at court. comnvnced to flock to his tomb. Matur- William heard him and again became seri- ing in such times as these, the Admiral took ous. He was soon apprehended and lodged naturally to the navy. He took a Spanish in jail with some Quakers. His father prize while cruising in St. George's Chan- called him home. He now persistently re-
nel. His ability was not overlooked by fused to uncover the head ; for this he was Cromwell. But the Admiral seemed to see turned out of doors. The custom of un- an end to these things, and made overtures covering the head, with a hundred other to Charles. He was found out and lodged French fashions, had been introduced by in the Tower; he lost his office and his Charles. share in Jamaica. He resided near Cork William Penn still wore his rapier, but till 1659, when it was whispered that Crom- he soon laid this aside, and thenceforth the well was weakening and would soon be no pen was his only weapon. He waited on more. Richard soon showed his weakness the Duke of Cumberland in company with and the Commonwealth succumbed. The Thomas Low, and also the Secretary of Admiral won over the Navy to the King, State. On December 16, 1668, Sir John and was sent to Parliament from Wey- Robinson, keeper of the Tower, saw Penn mouth, with Montague. His son William, at the gate. It was an unauthorized arrest
now a tall, well-proportioned youth of and Sir John feared to entangle himself in fifteen, was sent to Christ Church, Oxford. the business. The arrest had been ordered There was existing in the University at by Lord Arlington, Secretary of State, be- this time considerable feeling between the cause of the publication of " A Sandy !
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Foundation Shaken." He trumped up a William's release for him. The King sent charge of blasphemy. " No Cross, No his chaplain to set William right, so he Crown," was written during this confine- might release him. This was no less than " ment. Of it the Admiral said, It is a the great Stillingfleet. Again and again serious crown to me. It is a great piece Penn, with his Bible, met this great, learned of prison literature." man. William told him finally that " Who- The Admiral resigned from the Board of ever may be wrong, those who use force in Admiralty and his residence in the Garden religion can never be right." He walked forth of the Navy. The Duke of York requested from prison a victor over King and Council.
HALL AND CAMPUS.
PROMINENT college professor has the opposite wall stood a large desk, whose A been severely criticized by the press level top was stewn with examination for his utterances on public ques- papers, correspondence, an occasional pipe, tions in a current number of one of the several pen-wipers, and an inkstand. monthlies. " The idea seems to prevail that a Beyond this desk was a large wall book- college professor is unqualified by the nature case, in which deep mathematical disserta- of his position to pass judgment on the tions were artistically mingled with common questions of the day," says the Brunonian. papers. In addition, books, papers, and an
"... Looking at it from a rational point upturned waste-paper basket, made the
of view there is no class of men who are in scene all that could be desired. But, no ! a better position to pass a judicial and the dominns loci was absent unbiased judgment on society and public questions than college professors, and the fact that they are interested in such ques- all our college buildings surely tions is a hopeful sign. They have no OF none can compare in interest with party to uphold, no subscribers to please the library. Its walls are so well no advertisers to serve and so are of all lined with books and objects of interest, men in a position to be independent.'' that its interior has none of that bare, Surely the opportunities for calm and dis- unfurnished look which characterizes the interested consideration of national and class room. Coming out of the sunshine local issues give the college professor into its subdued light, the stillness, the vantage ground that the party politician Gothic windows and our whole surround- can never hope to occupy. ings, inspire us with a strange feeling closely
akin to awe. It is as if we were entering the presence of a learned assembly com- WAS ushered into a hall, in which a posed of the men whose works crowd the
piano and hat-rack first eye. before us. It is not till I caught my shelves the black Behind the instrument was a door and white illustrations of Harpers' Weekly, opening into a curious apartment. The two and the familiar covers of a whole row of windows amply lighted all corners of this familiar monthlies catch our eye, that the small room. On the left was an arm-chair, illusion is broken and we cease to walk on a smoker's delight, while between this and tip toe. 132 THE HAVERFORDIAN. THE " Literary Club" held a meeting A reading followed. Edward Thomas on Saturday evening, February 15. read passages from " Modern Painters " as
The subject was Ruskin. J. A. specimens of his early productions. An Lester described his position on Art. informal discussion followed.
Ruskin intended when he left college to The " Club " is filling a useful place in devote his life to the study of nature, but was college. forced into a contention with the Art of his It brings together in an informal way time on account of its glaringly false ideals. men of like interests. Such association
For the same reason he was drawn into is sure to develop inquiry into regions Ethics and Political Economy. that were not known before.
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EDITORIALS— Harvard Letter 140
Haverfordian Prize 133 College Notes 142
Harvard Letter 133 Alumni Personals 143
Bequest of the '96 Board ... 133 Gymnasium Exhibition 144
The Use of the Library 134 The Library Lectures 145
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Subscription Price, One Year, $1.00 The need for a different disposition of Single Copies •15 our exchanges has been recognized for some time. At present one cannot often The Haverfordian is the official organ of the students of Haverford College, and is published, under their direct find what he is looking for without a long supervision, on the first of every month during the College year. search through the motley mass of matter that accumulates upon the table. We be- Entered at the Haverford Post Office, for transmission thr ugh the mails at second-class rales. lieve that students ought to know what is going on at other colleges, and so we want WE publish, in the correspondence to encourage in every way the reading of colunin, a letter outlining a plan exchanges. in connection with the trip to We suggest to the next board that some England, which, if carried out, as it no one editor be appointed to look after the doubt will be, in the right way, we think papers and put them promptly in their will benefit the college. places. The list might be increased. Many large colleges and universities are still un- represented. In view of the foreign cricket PRIZE often dollars was offered by trip this summer, if a few exchanges can be the Haverfordian last A September, obtained from the English schools they to the student who had most liter- will be of very great interest to the college. ary work accepted by the board for publi- cation. During the past editorial year THE judicious fostering of an exchange many articles have been submitted, and a list of the best products of current good many accepted. No one man has, college journalism has been neg- however, contributed enough to warrant lected for years past. It is in order to get the board in awarding the whole prize. A good exchanges, and to provide a suitable prize of five dollars has been awarded to home for them, that the board has made Milton Clauser, '96. this bequest. ;; —
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THE USE OF THE LIBRARY. WHEN Tom Brown went to Oxford, author has been studying so constantly he was surprised to find so little that he has never had the time to read to do in the way of study,—no anything. more in quality and quantity, he wrote his Twenty-five years ago there were no friend, than he had in the fifth form at graduate courses of any account in the Rugby. Something of the same sense of country. A man took his bachelor's relaxation comes over the American boy degree, and then turned either to his pro- who exchanges the discipline, the coaching fession or to business. Even twenty years and cramming of a good school for the ago, as the writer well remembers, notices seeming independence of college. He pro- were posted on the bulletin-board at Har- ceeds to construct a theory. Perhaps he vard, a month or two before commence- decides that he has made a bad choice ment, inviting members of the Senior Class to Pharpar College, or the University of to apply at the dean's office in regard to Abana, he should have gone, and not to this or that professorship in some college, this inconsidered corner of Israel. Perhaps mostly, it is true, a western college,—but he draws wider conclusions, and forms a college for all that. Now .... well, low estimate of the higher education. Per- does any college ever have to post a notice haps he thanks his stars that he has so at all ? An army of applicants, with the " little to do, and resolves to fleet the time Ph. D. brand fresh on the brow, camp carelessly, as they did in the golden world." about the gates of every college from Or, perhaps, he asks himself more seriously Sandy Hook to Berkeley. Five years ago, what this unchartered freedom means, and perhaps, there was a bad outlook for the what he is to do with it. small college ; some persons thought it
The freedom, so it will dawn upon him, would be crushed between the upper mill- means personal responsibility for his use of stone of the university and the lower mill- his time ; and if he but make friends with the stone of the school. Already, however, will speedily find that no hours set in small colleges, library, he the reaction has ; the
are better employed than those which he when really good, are prospering ; and it gives to the judicious reading of good is not impossible that another generation books. Haverford men have always borne will see the great universities, one by one, the reputation of wide and critical readers giving up their undergraduate departments, and students now in college can make no concentrating their forces upon graduate braver or wiser resolve than to support work, and leaving the bachelor's degree to this good name. Special work and the smaller but not less important institutions. strain of strenuous but narrow pursuits, Certainly the student at a good college render general reading an almost forbidden need not regard himself as citizen of a mean field to the university student; but the man city. When the relations of school, college in a college like ours, has an opportunity and university are better adjusted, greater which it is worse than foolish to throw stress will be laid upon the function of the away. One hears learned doctors lament- colleges to make their students read widely ing the lack of such opportunities, and one and wisely, and so acquire that culture for may meet dissertations pitiably weak in which a schoolboy is too immature and a style and manner, because the erudite graduate too busy and too confined. The THE HAVERFORDIAN. 135 tendency is evident in all directions of habit a power, a distinction, a new sense, college study. There is less talk of original which special studies cannot bestow. With- work and research—the function of univer- out this foundation, special studies turn sity studies—and more talk of reading. out an able but shambling and awkward About the actual work of the college class- scholar; with a basis of such liberal culture, room runs a belt of private reading; along the strength of the specialist is made as the with the German or French classic to be strength of ten. studied, goes a mass of books to be read in No commonplace is so utterly a com- private; so it is with Greek, with Latin, monplace as the advice to read good books; and particularly with English, and with but it is another matter when one insists history and kindred subjects. Even in the that much of the advanced work done in
sciences this will hold ; as to mathematics, our best universities, is warped and baffled the writer will not meddle with a mystery. by the lack of that literary and historical Let the college student, then, read,—read sense which comes from a wide and judi- with his eyes and read, as Coleridge put it, cious knowledge of books in general, and with his fingers. Diligent and enthusiastic which is best obtained during a course at reading of this sort puts into one's mental college. F. B. G.
THE TEACHER.
order to show what is meant by a true While Rousseau revelling IN was in de- teacher, the two men who have done bauchery at the French capital, Pestalozzi
perhaps the greatest work for educa- was a child at Zurich ; the one already tion will be compared — Rousseau and Pes- planting the seeds which were to germinate talozzi. and grow in the fertile soil of the French At the mention of Rousseau's name we mind, the other, on account of his sim- think immediately of the French Revolu- plicity of character, called by his friends, tion, of all the horrors of the Commune, Harry Queer, of Follyville. The one, " full of all the license incident upon the removal of enthusiasm for the beautiful and the of restraint. Some of us possibly think of good, defended with invincible logic and that greatest fallacy of the eighteenth cen- passionate eloquence the eternal principles tury, " education according to nature." of justice and morality, and committed the For such the great reformer loses his most shameful and culpable acts." The splendor, and is merged into the hosts of other, preparing himself for his great mis- those who have fought for new educational sion by his simple mode of life, lived as a ideas. child these eternal principles of justice and
Pestalozzi, on the other hand, causes no morality, and spent his life in unselfish thrill of recognition. He has not brought devotion to the good of others. The one about the downfall of a government and was an educator who, while writing learn- the liberation of a people. He has not edly on the best methods of training a son, given to all a common, root idea which placed his own children in a foundling pervades every department of human ac- hospital. The other was a teacher who, tivity. His work has been along other having little income, took into his own lines. His mission has been in personal family the four score pauper children of work with children. the burned town of Stanz, and with the —
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help of but a single servant taught his Socrates had that has made him immortal. school. The Greek teacher, in his strivings for the Pestalozzi was the teacher. The teacher attainment of beauty both in form and in —at the word, rise in our minds all the action, never thought of the neglect of the tenderest emotions, thoughts of mother, personal factor. Later, the Jesuits made
our first teacher, and the memories of more of this, and, that the personal influ- home; thoughts of the little red school- ence of the teacher might be greater, they house on the hill, the master's desk, old promoted the teacher with his class, thus and scarred, and the benches well polished bringing the pupil under the influence of
by years of wearing ; thoughts of that one man during his entire school career. Great Teacher who made His instruction In our own day the true function of the
suitable for all time by taking the common teacher has been so debased that in our
things around for His illustrations, of that larger schools it is no uncommon thing to greatest of all teachers who teaches us day see teachers who do not even know the
by day the way to eternal life. names of their students, much less their The calling of teacher is the greatest of trials, difficulties, hopes, aspirations, long-
all callings, and the calling, too, which has ings.
the greatest responsibility attached to it, The teacher should also be not only a
because to the teacher is entrusted all the leader of youths, but a leader of thought.
capacity for good or for evil that lies in the He should have something to say to which
child. On him depends all the future men can afford to stop and listen. He development of the individual. With such should be not only the teacher of his school, responsibilities and such possibilities before but the teacher of the community. From
him, it is needless to remark that the him there should go forth an ever-widening
teacher should be a lover of his work ; he circle of influence which should embrace
must not be man keeping school, but man why not the world ? teaching. As a wise old gentleman of this In our day and generation the study of commonwealth says, "there are more moral and religious subjects has been so
schools kept than taught, because there are divorced from the schools, that if the men misplaced in the profession who are schools are to have any influence for good,
doing more harm than they are doing it must come through the personality of good—men who can keep school but who the teacher. By a love for the man and an cannot teach." imitation of him will the pupils gradually The true teacher, they say, like the poet, form their moral code which will influence
' is born, not made. It was Garfield who them all their lives. If his example be bad, said that a college for him meant Mark or even neutral, the teacher has committed Hopkins on one end of a log and himself a crime the evil effects of which will go
on the other. The part of a man that is down through the ages. the teacher is his personality, not his The reward for such a teacher will be in knowledge. Knowledge passes away, but the love which he must have for his pupils,
it is the teacher's influence which always and in their affection and veneration for
remains. This is true of teachers in all him. How pleasant in after years to look ages. It is not the wisdom of Socrates upon splendid specimens of moral man- that excites our wonder; in many ways a hood with the conscious pride that his small boy of to-day excels him in knowl- hand has molded the clay, and that by his
edge ; but it is the personal influence that endeavor humanity has been raised. How wmmmm
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THE HAVERFORDIAN. i37 pleasant, also, for the pupil, now grown Met there the old instructor of his youth, older, to think of his teachers and to try And cried in tones of pity and of ruth: to learn in how much each one has left his ' Oh, never from the memory of my heart stamp. Your dear paternal image shall depart,
" The great Italian poet, when he made Who, while on earth, ere yet by death surprised, " His dreadful journey to the realms of shade, Taught me how mortals are immortalized!'
A FOURTEENTH CENTURY MYSTIC.
U IN the year of our- Lord 1340, it came read great books, and turn over the pages to pass that a Master in Holy with great diligence, which is a very good Scripture preached ofttimes in a thing; but these [spiritually enlightened certain city, and the people loved to hear men] read the true living book wherein all him, and his sermons were the talk of the things live; they turn over the pages of the country for many leagues around. Now heavens and the earth and read therein the this came to the ears of a layman who was mighty and admirable wonders of God." rich in God's grace, and he was warned Man's actual destiny was a theme of far three times in his sleep that he should go greater interest to him. He was much to the city where the Master dwelt and hear influenced by the preaching of Eckart, the him preach." first of the fourteenth century German In this simple and direct language begins Mystics. Eckart had been placed over the what is now known as the " History and Dominican Order in Saxony, on account of Life of John Tauler." This manuscript, his severe moral character, at a time when attached to Tauler's Sermons, has been the monks were particularly insubordinate, known by the name of " The Doctor and and had restored perfect order. He was the Man." But Dr. Schmidt has estab- now preaching in Strasburg. He preached " lished beyond a doubt that the " Doctor to the common people, which was in those " is John Tauler and the " Man is the great days quite unusual. And he preached to " Friend of God in the Oberland," Nicholas them what Hegel calls the "Foundation of of Basle. This fact of the genuineness German Philosophy,—the perfect repose of and veracity of the narrative rests upon the a spirit in absolute union with God." He evidence of the " Mcmoria " of St. John's said, " God and I are one in the act of my Convent of Strasburg. These were hidden perceiving Him." Doubtless such talk for four centuries, and on coming to light went far over the heads of most who heard furnished the evidence for identifying the him. But Tauler was a ready listener.
" Doctor" and the " Man." While he bears marks of Eckart, he is a John Tauler was born in Strasburg in much more practical man, and concerns
1290. Little is known of his early history himself with the concrete affairs of life as but it seems that his parents were moder- man lives it. ately wealthy. He joined the Dominican The fourteenth century is famous for its Order at eighteen. He studied in Paris at revival of mysticism in Germany. Besides the College of St. Jacques. His nature numerous men of mark among them, there was not particularly nourished by the cold were sects which literally filled the Rhine philosophical spirit and intellectual atmos- provinces. The " Beghards " or " Brethren phere that pervaded the university. He and Sisters of the Free Spirit " made no writes, " These great masters of Paris do distinction between the Creator and created. I3« THE HAVERFORDIAN.
With this gross pantheism Tauler had come to a man, he must be empty and quit an undying controversy. He inveighed of all the things of time. Know ye that against them bitterly when he came to when this same Master comes to me, He Cologne in 1356. teaches me more in an hour than you or Tauler's lifetime was a time of great all the doctors from Adam to the Judgment interest in his native city. Two contest- Day will ever do." ants for the imperial throne brought on a He told him further that he was actuated war of eight years' duration, and then the by a love of the creature (self), that the Pope, jealous of the power of Louis of lettet was killing him, and that he was a Bavaria, the new emperor, refused to crown Pharisee. These points he proceeded to him King of the Romans. The realm was prove. At first the great Doctor was put under an interdict. Louis issued an inclined to be angry at a layman who thus edict compelling all priests to officiate or presumed to teach him. But he was com- leave the realm. Many preferred banish- pelled to acknowledge the truth of the ment to disobeying the Church, and many statements, and fell on Nicholas' neck and places of worship were closed for twenty- kissed him, and besought him to teach him six years. In all this controversy Tauler the way of life. sided with the emperor, and was ever Nicholas gave him first twenty-four actively engaged in hearing confessions, alphabetical rules of life to learn. Then administering the Sacrament, or preaching he told him of the troubles in store for the to the distressed people. follower of this way, that it was the way of
About this time it was that Nicholas of the cross, that he would have to give up
Basle came to see him. He walked thirty study and preaching and live a life of con- leagues to reach him, heard five sermons, templation. He said men would despise and then, to quote from Nicholas' own him, and say his life was turned to naught, narrative, " God gave this man [Nicholas] but told him not to be dismayed. Nicholas to perceive that the Master was a very then left him, counselling him to seek the loving, gentle and good-hearted man by Holy Comforter. After about two years, nature, and had a good understanding of being so exhausted one day by watching the Scriptures, but was dark as to the light that he could not join his brethren in their of grace." Nicholas asked him to preach devotions, he fell into a swoon. On awak- on the " Highest Perfection Attainable in ing he felt renewed strength of body and this Life." He wrote out this sermon after spirit. Nicholas, on being summoned, hearing it, and then read it to the Master. pronounced this new life the " true and
He would then go away to his home, but mighty gift of God's grace. His soul had Dr. Tauler did not suffer him. He said he been touched by the Most High." would give him some counsel did he not He told him of the great need of humility fear to displease him. Upon the Doctor's to keep such a trust, and said, " If God assuring him he would take it in good part, gives you to do so, it were well that you say what he would, he told him he could now begin to preach again." On notice preach a good sermon, but did not live being given that Dr. Tauler would again " according to it. Sir," he says, "I give preach, the church was crowded beyond you to know that neither your sermons nor its capacity. The Doctor mounted a high any outward words that man can speak pulpit, and holding his hood before his " have power to work any good in me ; but eyes said : Oh merciful, eternal God, if it if the highest Teacher of all truth shall be Thy will give me so to speak, that it may —
THE HAVERFORDIAN. 139 be to the praise and glory of Thy name and and his intellectual gifts were greatly the glory of this people." He stood thus blessed. His sermons were much more for nearly an hour seeking to give utterance effective than before. Coming from the to the sermon he had for the people, but heart they reached the hearts of others. could not because of his deep emotion, and He became truly a "friend of God." The dismissed the assembly. The people were " Gottesfreunde " was not a sect, but was now confirmed in their belief that he had formed within the church. Nicholas of lost his head, and the brethren forbade his Basle was its head. It numbered in its list preaching because of the disgrace it brought such persons as Henry von Berlichingen, upon them. But he soon preached a won- Rulman Merswin, the wealthy banker who derful sermon at a ladies' convent, where founded the Grunen-Worth Convent of twelve were so affected that they seemed St. John on an island at Strasburg, Suso, as though dead. He came to be held in Christina and Margaretha Ebner. It em- great esteem in the city, and whenever any braced men and women of all ranks. It of the people had a weighty matter to consisted of priests and laymen. They settle, they referred it to the wisdom of the were simply people who were more alive Doctor for decision. to the realities of religion than the people This experience of Doctor Tauler's is around them. They drew their name from
is " called his conversion ; but it not a con- the text, Henceforth I call you not version in the ordinary sense. He was servants but friends." They had forsaken already leading what we call a religious all, as Christ did, and were working to save life when Nicholas came to him. His the lost. doctrine seems to have been the same Nicholas had been a man of means, but before as after this event. The difference had become dissatisfied with the ordinary
his life is " in brought out in his own Ser- way of life ; and finding true religion, as we mon for the Second Sunday in Advent." have seen he helped Tauler to find it, he Here he shows how the one kind of life looked round to see whom he could influ- seeks and relishes new facts of a religious ence. He formed a close circle about him ; nature. It is purely an intellectual exer- these lived in secret and had secret messen- cise. The fact is learned and there is an gers. They formed a society within the end of it. The mind passes on to new society ; and, as appears from the writings conquests. But the other life seeks to get of Rulman Merswin, had plans for the down to what he calls the ground of the extension and reform of Christendom which soul. The enlightened understanding seeks could not be entrusted to the many. They to attain to union with God, and to see believed fully in the rites of the church, with the spiritual eye the hand of God. in transubstantiation and in purgatory. " I have a power in me," he says, " which Instead of their renunciation of the world enables me to perceive God : I am as cer- leading to an ineffective quietism, they have tain as that I live that nothing is so near to exerted a very positive influence on their me as God. He is nearer to me than I am times. to myself." Cleaving to God alone, was, indeed, no The change in his way of life would then selfish gospel. Tauler ever urges to works seem to have been a deeper grounding in of love. Mystic though he is from start to that which is true. To put it in modern finish, as attested by his sermons, he yet phraseology, his religion had been of the had such an interest in men, such a love head entirely, but now was of the heart, for their souls withal, that he could but 140 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
work among them and try to reclaim them state, such a striking example of the truly as his Master and Friend had done before good man, and to find that his philosophy
life him. He had abundant opportunity ; when of had so much in common with our Strasburg was deserted by her priests, he own. These facts are especially instructive and two friends were the only remaining when we consider how much his sermons ministrants. In 1348 when the Black have in common with Luther and the Dis- Death swept over the town and 16,000 senting Bodies of England, culminating in people died, he remained at his post, and the followers of George Fox, the leading devoted himself to administering the sacra- mystics of modern times. ment and carrying consolation to the sick Luther republished a small volume of and dying. Observe the practical turn in sermons of "The Friends of God" called, " " this : Works of love are more acceptable Theologia Germanica," and said he owed this to God than lofty contemplation ; art thou more to book than to any other save engaged in devoutest prayer and God calls the New Testament and Augustine. Th<» thee to go out and preach, or carry broth Quakers, with their Inward Light, go right to a sick brother, thou shouldst do it with back to the underlying principle of John joy." Tauler's sermons. And this is the same as If there was nothing of the quietest the foundation of the New Testament, par- tendency in John Tauler neither was there ticularly the Gospel of John and the writ- any of that explosive, impetuous mysticism, ings of Paul. But a true description of this
which Vaughan characterizes as Montanist; life can never be written. It transcends the indeed, if, as Vaughan says, "it is not the power of language to describe it. To quote holding of a doctrine of an inward light from Chapter XXI. of " Theologia German- that makes a mystic, but the holding of it ica," " Now, it may be asked, what is the in such a way as to ignore or diminish the state of a man who followeth the true Light proper province of the outer," we can hardly to the utmost of his power? I answer call Tauler a mystic. He maintains such truly, it will never be declared aright, for an even balance between the contemplative he who is not such a man can neither
life and the life of practical usefulness, as understand nor know it, and he who is,
makes his life a striking example of the knoweth it indeed, but he cannot utter it, proper use of mysticism. In an age when for it is unspeakable. Therefore, let him there are evident signs of a return to an who would know it give his whole diligence ideal philosophy, it is particularly refresh- that he may enter therein will ; then he see ing to turn back the pages of history and and find what hath never been uttered by find amidst the corruption in church and man's lips."
HARVARD LETTER.
THE most important event of the month and attracted an audience that comfortably was the joint debate with Princeton, filled Sander's Theatre. Harvard's record
on the evening of March 13. Har- in debating is one of which she may well vard won easily, it taking only a little over be proud, for in the last four years she has three minutes for the judges to reach an won twice from Piinceton and five times unanimous verdict in her favor. The de- from Yale, while there are no defeats to mar bate was of a hisrh order of excellence, her list of victories. The debate with Yale THE HAVERFORDIAN. 141 takes place next month, and it is felt that I should like in closing, to give a brief Harvard must put forth exceptional efforts account of two Cambridge institutions, to win, as interest in this subject has in- which, while forming no part of the Uni- creased greatly at Yale during the last versity proper, yet stand in a most intimate year. relation to student life. These are the Athletic activity at present consists in Prospect and Social Unions. The Prospect preparation rather than achievement. The Union was founded in January, 1891, and various teams are training faithfully, but it is, as its circular states,. " conducted by seems too soon to make any predictions as wage-earners, Harvard students and pro- to their probable strength. The crew fessors." The aim of the Union is to practice from now on is to be open—an afford to the wage earners of Cambridge, innovation which meets with the hearty opportunities for pleasantly and profitably approval of the college. The prospects for employing their evenings. On Wednes- a good lacrosse team are said to be excel- days, from October to April, lectures on lent. In baseball there are, at present, timely topics are given by prominent men, about thirty-three candidates for the team, while Saturday evenings are devoted to exclusive of those trying for battery posi- social entertainments and smoke-talks. On tions. An unusually large number of the other evenings of the week instruction games are scheduled for the season, which is given in the form of regular courses. opens on April 13. The instructors in these courses are almost The Camera Club gave, early in March, all Harvard students, who give their services its annual exhibition of work, which, gratuitously, and among them are many of while hardly up to the standard in the the most brilliant students of the Univer- number of photographs shown, was, never- sity. As must necessarily be the case, theless, extremely interesting. A view on much of the instruction is elementary, but the Brandy wine won the first prize for artis- by no means all of it. There are many tic excellence. courses given which are distinctly of college
The Hasty Pudding is rehearsing Branglc- grade. All these privileges are enjoyed brink, a comic opera written by members of by the payment of a merely nominal fee. the club. Seven public performances (four The Social Union, which has about five in Boston and three in Cambridge) will be hundred members, is very similar to the given just before the spring recess. The Prospect Union in its aims and methods,
Pi Eta, a close rival of the Pudding, will the chief difference being that the former is produce The Alcayde about the same time. co-educational while the benefits of the Owing to the action of the Faculty, the latter are confined to men. Both of these performances of both plays will be re- institutions have long since passed the stricted to Cambridge and the immediate experimental stage, and have become vicinity. potent factors for good in Cambridge life. The college enjoyed a rare treai on the They are a great benefit, not only to those evening of March 6, when Dr. Horace who receive instruction, but also to the Howard Furness read Henry V. before an hundred or more Harvard students who audience which completely filled Sander's are privileged to impart it. Theatre. Cambridge, March 16, 1896. —;
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COLLEGE NOTES.
The third quarter ended on March 27. On March 14, Mr. Henry N. Hoxie led a very interesting meeting of the Literary Dr. Lyman Abbott led the morning de- Club on the subject of Robert Browning. votions on March 13. " He read " Saul and discussed it at length. The Musical Association has had photo- graphs taken by Gilbert & Bacon. At a college meeting on March 11, a communication was read from the Univer- On March 18, Mr. Hoag lectured at the sity of Pennsylvania, asking Haverford to Preston Reading Room on A Visit to enter the relay races at their athletic meet- Venice ing on April 27. The matter was given in- Dr. W. P. Mustard read a paper before to the hands of J. H. Scattergood, '96, with the Classical Club, of Philadelphia, on the power to act. evening of March 13, on the subject, The of the Dclphin Classics. At a meeting Loganian on March 6, the following question was discussed President Sharpless presided at a Tea Resolved, That the United States would be Meeting held at Twelfth Street Meeting better off to-day if the monetary systems House, Philadelphia, on March 2. introduced since 1873 had not been intro- The Mandolin Club performed at an en- duced. The affirmative side, Sharpless, '96,
tertainment given on March 1 3, for the bene- and Thomas, '97, defeated the negative '98. fit of the public schools of Bryn Mawr. Swan, '98, and J. W. Taylor,
The Neighbor's Club met at the home of A meeting of the Foot-ball Association Dr. Gummere on March 17. Professor E. was called in the collection room on Feb- W. Brown read a paper on Englisli Univer- ruary 26. The following officers were
sity Life at Cambridge. elected : President, A. M. Collins, '97 ; Vice-
President, A. G. Scattergood, '98 ; Secre- At a college meeting on March 5, the tary, W. Morris, '99 ; Manager, F. N. College Association presented a watch- J. Assistant H. Maxfield, '97 ; Manager, T. charm in the shape of a silver foot-ball, of Wistar, '98. The manager was directed to unique design, to each of the Foot- ball pay the Foot-ball Association's quota of Eleven which defeated Swarthmore. the cost of the souvenirs given to the vic- Training for the spring Relay Races has torious eleven. commenced in earnest. Among those who Handicap contests have been quite suc-
have entered training are : A. C. Thomas, cessful this winter. At a contest on March Scattergood, and Hartley, '96 '95 ; Lester, ; 13, places were won as follows : Howson and Round, '97; Haines, Lycett, Putting shot, Haines, '99, Lester, '96, Holloway, Stokes and Butler, '99. Stokes, '99; running high jump, Conklin,
The Literary Club held a regular meeting '99, Lester, '96, Thomas, '95 ; hitch and
on February 22. After Adams, '96, Palm- kick, Holloway, '99, Jacobs, '97, Gilpin, '98;
er, '97, and J. W. Taylor, '98, had enter- pole vault, Gilpin, '98, Coca, '96, Lycett, '99. tained the meeting with readings from On March 18, Hastings P. G, broke the
' Ruskin, Adams, '96, gave the party a spread. college record in the hitch and kick by THE HAVERFORDIAN. H3 kicking 8 feet 6 inches. J. H. Scatter- — is right to show pride in such a work, good's pole vault of 8 feet 3 inches, and which would do credit to any University Hartley's 30 chest pull up, also broke the in any land. college records in those events. Some of the recent accessions to the
Among the books of the month, one library are : " Vergil in the Middle Ages," Comparetti. calling for special mention here is Professor " Bayard Taylor," Albert H. Smyth. Brown's " Introductory Treatise on the "The Makers of Modern Rome," M. O. W. Oliphant. Lunar Theory," published by the Uni- "Critical Handbook of the Greek Testament," Edward versity Press of Cambridge, England. C. Mitchell. "Grundriss der Englischen Metrik," Schipper. Here is a case in which an active investi- J. " Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers." civilizing the frontiers of intellectual gator, " Lateinisch-Romanisches Worterbuch," Gustav Kor- province and alert to extend the flag beyond ting. " the aurora borealis and the procession of " Mathematische Werke " (2 vols.), Karl Weierstrass. "Quintus Horatius Flaceus Opera " vols.), Gasper the equinoxes," spares the time to write a (2 Orelius (ed.). account of the progress of the systematic " De Re Metrica Poetarum Latinorum," Lucian Muller last twenty years. We read (elsewhere) " Select Works of St. Ambrose," Romestein (ed.). " that " of the making of books there is no Methoden zur Theorie der Femaeren Forinen," E. Study. end," and also that " much study is a weari- " The Buchaneers of America," John Esquemeling. ness to the flesh ;" but consider how much " Empire of the Ptolemies," J. P. Mahoffy. work is avoided for the student by the " History of XIX. Century Literature," George Saints- making of such a book. He reads this bury. "The Principles of Sociology," Franklin II. Giddings. book ; if later on he has occasion to " Introduction to Political Science," J. R. Seeley. the memoirs out of which the book consult "Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory," Ernest is built, he has the master-words of that W. Brown. particular jungle. We feel that our small " The Pilgrim Fathers of New England," John Brown " The Beginnings of Writing," Walter Hoffman. college—and in particular our Astronomi- " The Pigmies," A. de Quatrefagas. cal Department whose credit has long ago " Uber lineare Differentialgleichungen d. zweiten been solidly established along different lines Ordnung," T. Klein. ALUMNI PERSONALS.
'52. No one could have been lost out of '90. Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride, Jr., has the Haverford Circle who would have made gone to Europe to continue his medical a greater gap than James Whitall. He studies. was graduated in 1852, made a manager in 1857, and for thirty-eight years has been a '92. Joseph H. Dennis is chairman of most faithful, interested and liberal helper in the Publication Committee of the B. S. N. S. everything which pertained to the good of Quarterly, the organ of the Bloomsburg the college. So quiet have been many of State Normal School, where he is engaged his gifts that no one can tell the extent of in teaching classical languages. his donations, but they have been many thousands of dollars. Worth more than this has been the impress of a strong '93. John Roberts has left the employ of character and conscientious conviction on the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and
the life and spirit of the place. He died will devote his time to farming near Down- 2d month 28, 1896, aged sixty-two years. ingtown, Chester County, Pa. 144 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
THE GYMNASIUM EXHIBITION. ON the rainy evening of the twenty- downwards from loops on the ceiling, made eight of Second month, some two- the company fairly hold their breath.
hundred and fifty people collected In the line of pyramids, Mr. Babbitt in-
in the Gymnasium to witness the third an- troduced the new feature of having ladders nual exhibition. to form the bases of them. Besides the The occasion was in every way a happy five ladder pyramids, there were the "domi- one. The walls of the room had been noes " pyramid, etc. tastefully decorated with flags and scarlet Two college indoor records were broken. and black bunting, and by eight o'clock A. D. Hartley, '96, raised the pull-up record the temporary seats, which occupied more to 29, and F. B. Jacobs, '97, broke the hori-
than half the room, were nearly all full. zontal bar jump record, raising it to 8 feet
The banjo club and piano, which Mr. Bab- 3 inches. bitt procured for use in the gymnasium After the exhibition, the whole company during the winter, filled the north end. withdrew into Alumni Hall, from which Pretty programs of the occasion, contain- the benches had been removed, and the ing a picture of the team, were handed to floor covered with rugs, and sofas and
all as they came in. chairs scattered here and there. While During the evening the banjo club the company chatted and refreshed them- played the " Brazilian March," " Colum- selves with the collation provided, the bian Students," " Normandie March," and judges were preparing their report These various other selections, and while the were Dr. E. C. Ehringer, Director of the tumbling was in progress, A. F. Coca, '96, West Chester State Normal School Gym- solo. nasium Professor Richard Pertuch, Phy- played a ; Three young men from the Grammar sical Director Philadelphia Turngemeinde, School, as last year, gave an exhibition in and C. M. Williams, Director Temple Col-
tumbling, but the star of the evening was lege Gymnasium. This is the report
Frederic M. Vail, '89, whose daring tricks which they finally presented : on the trapeze, finishing with walking head
Event. First. Second. Third.
Wand Drill W. J. Burns, '97. G. M. Palmer, '97. J. H. Scattergood, '96.
. . '98. '96. Long and Side Horse, W. J. Burns, '97. V. Gilpin, T. H. Haines, Parallel Bars, F. B. Jacobs, '97. F. Stadelman, '98. A. M. Collins, '97.
. '96. Horizontal Bar Jump, . . F. B Jacobs, '97. J. H. Scattergood, W. W. Hastings, P. G. Swinging Rings F. B. Jacobs, '97. A. D. Hartley, '96. V. Gilpin, '98.
Horizontal Bars F. Stadelman, '98. F. B. Jacobs, '97. A. D. Hartley, '96.
. '97. Fancy Club Swinging, . H. H. Lowry, '99. A. M. Collins, '97. R. C. Brown, '98. '96. Tumbling, F. B. Jacobs, '97. F. Stadelman, J. H. Scattergood,
The summary of points is as follows : The banner was awarded for the third
1st. 2D. 3D. Total. consecutive time to '97, for whom F. B. o 2 10 96, 4 Jacobs practically won it with his contri- '97. 6 2 41 3 bution of twenty-three points. VS.- '5 Mr. Babbitt then announced that the '99>- 5 P. G. 1 prize of decorated Indian clubs to the man THE HAVERFORDIAN. i45 making the most improvement during the After expressing the great satisfaction winter was awarded to A. C. Maule, '99, felt by all at the marked improvement that and that a set of decorated foils for Indian had been made since a year ago, Mr. Bab- clubs was awarded to P. D. I. Maier, '96, bitt thanked the judges for their kindness, for his faithful work. The first prize for and. amid a rousing cheer from the com- the best optional individual work in the pany, he and the judges mingled among gymnasium was awarded to A. D. Hartley, the jolly crowd, and the ceremonies were
'96 ; the second, to P. D. I. Maier, '96. over.
LECTURES.
CHRIST AND SOCIALISM. labor organized against each other, —sel- the evening of Third month, fifth, fishness vs. selfishness. ON Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Brooklyn, Now we are having a reaction against delivered the first of the Haverford this individualism. In the Church, men are Library Lectures for 1S96, in Alumni Hall, endeavoring to unite on common ground, on the subject, " Christ and Socialism." as evidence the Y. M. C. A., Salvation
Dr. Abbott first discussed the social Army, etc. In regard to the State, it has characteristics of Christianity. He showed charge of the mails, parks, free education, " the democratic nature of the old Jewish protection," etc. • theocracy, and indicated how the new dis- The reaction in industrial relations we pensation of Christ copied it in many par- call socialism. Capital is organizing into ticulars. He also briefly pointed out some brotherhoods, i.e., corporations and trusts. of the changes Christ instituted. He then Labor is organizing into its brotherhoods, traced in a few words the development of its unions. The idea of fraternalism is the extreme organization of the Churcn entering into our life. under Roman Catholic sway. As the last division of his topic, having In the second division of his lecture, Dr. shown that they are both aiming at the Abbott outlined the history of Socialism. same mark, the reorganization of society on In the Church, the Reformation was only a a basis of human brotherhood, Dr. Abbott protest against excessive organization. discussed some of the points of difference
Going too far, the strict individualism that between Christianity and socialism. These arose has grown into the sectarianism that are mainly differences of method. (1) So- we have now. In regard to the functions cialism places the happiness of man in their happiness of government, the same changes have condition alone ; Christ says that taken place. First there was Rousseau's depends upon character. (2) Socialism social contract theory, then " Jeffersonian says, " Change men's condition, and men will " i. e., says, " the men, Democracy," then anarchism, indi- change ; Christ Change vidualism. and they will change their condition." (3) Industrial relations have undergone simi- Socialism appeals to the lower in men, and
lar transformations. Out of slavery grew gradually rises to the higher ; Christ would feudalism, i. e., excessive organization. Af- tell him first that he is a man, a son of God, ter that, we find industrial individualism, the and he will rise himself. insistence on the right to buy and sell in In closing, Dr. Abbott said that individ- the best market. As a result, capital and ualism has undoubtedly gone too far, and ;
146 THE HAVERFORDIAN. that Christianity is the force that is putting Labor wars arose because at the begin- us back into a healthier, fuller life of bro- ning of the century there came in a spirit therhood. of individualism which dictated that each man should look out for himself, and at CHRIST'S METHOD OF SETTLING about the same time the use of machinery
CONTROVERSIES. came in making it necessary to employ The second of the Haverford College labor in great armies. Under this system
Lectures was delivered Thursday evening, there was no risk for the manager, but all
March 12, by Lyman Abbott, the subject the risk fell upon the individual. Combi- being, " Christ's Method of Settling Con- nations of labor against combinations troversies." The lecturer took, to illustrate of capital are but the natural result. his first principle, the well known portion Since 1830, it has been characteristic of of the fifth chapter of St. Matthew. From this country that the two camps of labor this he drew the conclusion that we should and capital have been steadily growing. not resist personal injury, impressment, or These conflicts take the form of strikes. forms of law. Force must not resist force. " In essence, a strike is a combination of While we must not resist personal injury, two or more workingmen to say that they we may resist wrong inflicted upon another won't work for the wages offered." The love and loyalty may fight but selfishness cost of these strikes has been enormous. must not. There is a great distinction be- Sixty-three million dollars in seven years tween love wrathful and selfishness wrath- represent the smallest part of the loss, that ful. This principle is becoming more and of the capitalists and that of the laborers ; more recognized in modern society so that it does not take into account the loss to the the tendency of civilization is to place the public and the widening of the crevasse be- protection of one man in the keeping of tween labor and capital. The Manchester another. School, or the laissez /aire system is
The second principle is found in the wrong. Selfishness against selfishness can " eighteenth chapter of Matthew : More- never bring about prosperity, and while over, if thy brother shall trespass against public opinion is coming to realize this fact, thee, go and tell him his fault between him it is necessary to settle the disputes be- and thee alone : if he shall hear thee, thou tween labor and capital by conciliation, by hast gained thy brother. But if he will not arbitration, and, finally, by law.
hear thee, then take with thee one or two The first reference to arbitration on a more, that in the mouth of two or three large scale was when, in the seventeenth witnesses every word may be established. century, Henry of Navarre proposed a
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it General Court of Christendom. After-
unto the church ; but if he neglect to hear wards, William Penn, and later still, John the church, let him be unto thee as a Jay, proposed much the same thing. The heathen man and a publican." In this United States has led the world in the quotation there are three principles for the recognition of this principle of arbitration. settling of disputes— conciliation, arbitra- To her Supreme Court, which has prevented tion, law. " These three principles are to disputes between the States, is due the be applied in controversies between class greatest praise. Reasoning from analogy, and class, nation and nation, as they have the growing sentiment of men, both in historically been used in settling contro- America and in England, has been toward versies between man and man." the establishment of a Supreme Inter- THE HAVERFORDIAN 147 national Court, to which all international nals. Criminals are such because of birth, questions shall be referred. There is a real training, environment or deliberate choice. difference between such a court and a court There are about 700,000 in the United of arbitration, the one is always organized, States, and they are increasing in propor- the other is organized after the prejudices tion faster than the population. and enmities of the world have been We employ two means in the treatment aroused. Such a court would establish a of criminals, capital punishment or the in- body of law to which lawyers in any inter- stitution of penal colonies, chain gangs, national dispute could refer and determine State prisons and county jails. We apply at once what was the law in any particular retributive justice for three reasons : for the case. The decisions of such a court would protection of society, out of hate of the be enforced by the public opinion in the criminal, and because of the deterrent countries concerned. power of fear. Our methods are the same Europe has 4,000,000 armed men taken in kind and spirit with those in vogue in the from industry for police or aggressive middle ages. All this is wrong. God duties; one-third of her taxes is paid out planted in man the instinct of vindictive- for interest on the war debt, one-third to ness for the reformation, the cure, not the keep up the army, and the rest is used for punishment of the offender. Punishment the good of the State. is God's right, not man's. Our punish-
In his delineation of war and its horrors, ment fails to check crime. Christ comes to the orator became very eloquent and the man in his sin, to cure him of his sin, by large audience frequently burst forth in ap- the inspiration of hope and love, not by the plause. deterrent power of fear. All our methods should be to a reforma- CHRIST ON THE TREATMENT OF tory end, to treat crime as a disease, a CRIMINALS. physiological, intellectual and moral dis- Dr. Lyman Abbott delivered the last of ease, an exercise of guardianship, not ap- his series of lectures, on " Christ on the plication of punishment. Dr. Abbott then Treatment of Criminals," before a laree spoke of the methods and success of insti- audience in Alumni Hall, Thursday even- tutions like the Elmira Reformatory, con- ing, March 17, at 8 o'clock. He said in demned the contract system and the indis- substance : criminate herding together of criminals. Christ came into the world to establish a Criminals should remain in charge until new social order founded on love. The reformed. Christ, in His scheme, would primary objects of Christianity and Social- substitute reason for force, love for hate, and ism are dissimilar, the former emphasizing hope for fear. the good of the individual, the latter the Dr. Abbott closed with a few words of good of the class. Reason should be sub- exhortation to Haverford students and was stituted for force in the treatment of crimi- vigorously applauded.
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW feature has lately presented it a good idea to give an opportunity for A itself in connection with the tour of future Haverfordians to accompany the England by the Haverford cricket team. The matter has been carefully con- team. Several of the faculty have thought sidered and arrangements have been made 148 THE HAVERFORDIAN.
to organize a party under the escort of ley Regatta, where Yale will row, and the two post-graduate students. Gentlemen versus Players at Lords.
The offer of joining this party is open to Cordial letters have been received from all desiring to see England under the same leading cricketers promising to promote favorable conditions as those under which the success of the enterprise in every way
the team travels. The opportunity is one possible, so that a thoroughly good time is which appeals especially to young crick- assured. It can readily be seen that the eters. The trip will consume about two opportunity thus given for accompanying
months, from June 13 until the middle of the party is exceptional, considering the August. The design is to follow the for- character of those forming the team tunes of the Haverford eleven and thus and the hearty welcome accorded from obtain a thorough insight into the heart of abroad.
true English life. In making the arrange- For further information regarding the ments a special point was made in regulat- character of this project, letters may be ing the schedule to allow outside excursions addressed to President Sharpless and Dr. to every place of interest, and thus com- Gummere. Those wishing to make ar- pletely round out the tour. The stay at rangements must do so at once, directing to London has been timed not only with ref- A. M. Charles, erence to seeing all the celebrated and A. C. Thomas, interesting spots, but also to see the Hen- P. G.
LITTLE SKETCHES.
was a warm, summer day, and the three more persons came in and took their IT air was not stirred by a breath of seats in silence. For an hour the bees wind. The weather-beaten meeting- hummed and the cricket chirped from the
house stood in the hot sun and with the window ; but within, never a word, never a help of a tree or two tried to shade the old sound broke the stillness. Thus the hour burying-ground. There was no house in passed. The old man leaned over the di- sight, and the distant chatter of a mowing- viding rail and shook hands with his wife. machine gave the only sign that the country Fifth-day meeting was ended. was inhabited. There was no song of birds, as they were all busy gathering HAVE you ever stopped to ponder food. Only the grasshoppers broke the upon the usefulness of the little stillness with their high notes. wicker structure which nestles, half
Presently, far down the road a carriage concealed by the side of your desk? It is came in sight. Its occupants were an old wonderful how many little kindnesses it has man and his wife. They were Friends, as done for you, all the way from the burying their dress testified. They slowly drew up of a detested mathematics-paper, to the before the meeting-house, and the old man, sheltering of the little note, which is thus leaving his wife, drove his horse to a shaded spared from the ruthless flames, until mo- spot under a large beech, hitched him and ments of quiet thought and calm considera- came back and joined his wife. Together tion have prompted you to rescue it from they entered and took seats on opposite oblivion, and make it the means of sealing sides of the house, facing empty benches, the fate of your future existence, " Despise for they had been the first to arrive. Soon not the day of little things," THE HAVERFORDIAN. vn
this little stone church, which stands in way at the corner of the yard and down IN the midst of its spacious yard, shaded by the road to the pike. I wonder why so oaks and chestnuts, I always love to few of our out-of-town churches are set off worship,—especially in the springtime at under the trees in a good yard, as this one vespers. It seems as if the sparrows are is. It is such churches as this —only more more joyous then than ever—just as the hallowed and softened by years—that help sun's last warm ray falls on the ivy-covered to make the villages of England so beau- wall and fades away up the bell-tower. To tiful. me at least all is at that moment fairer and Even if we should forget every word of more peaceful —the world and its sights the sermon of a service in this church of and sounds more mystically, wondrously ours, one would yet carry away with him beautiful, than in all the week besides. At something worth having with him through vespers, too, I love to see the people walk- the week—the salutary influence of a ing away in little groups, through the gate- glimpse of life's beauty and peace.
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