Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1912, Page 4

- EARLY DAYS OF YALE WHEN THE FAMOUS COLLEGE WAS IN ITS INFANCY. Wonderful Changes Have Been Made as the World Moved On—Athletic Field a Thing Unknown to the Founders. On Saturday, November, 23, at New Haven, the Yale and Harvard football Igladiators matched ‘their wits and stamina in a struggle for victory be fore forty thousand persons of both Mexes waving flags and shouting at ‘the top of their lungs. It is a pity that Dr. David F. Atwater of Spring- 'field, the oldest living graduate of {Yale, class of 1839, could not see the performance, for there was nothing lke it in his days at collega The #pectacle would be too strenuous for khe old gentleman, however, and as for getting to the field of battle and returning safely to his home without physical hurt or mental collapse, it is mot to be thought of as feasible at his age. Football as a visual diversion is a game for youth and for vigorous middle life. ‘When Dr. Atwater was at New Hav- en the students were not athletic. [What they spent on college sports would scarcely have filled a blind man's cup with coppers. The doctor remembers a gymnasium, but it was wvery small, the apparatus was meager, and the students made little use of it. One does not have to go further back than the late seventies at Harvard to remember that the gymnasium of that comparatively modern day was a cir- cular brick building not much larger than a prosperous farmer’s smoke- house; ridiculously primitive and in- adequate was the equipment accord- Ing to latter day notions, and the su- perintendent was a stout gray little man who could spar and fence a bit, but that was about all. To return to Yale In 1834-39, physi- cal prowess seems to have been de- manded only when “town” and “gown” fought together, and brute strength was then more in evidence than skill In boxing and wrestling. The college leader in such affrays was known as Major Bully, the biggest and sturdiest man in his class, according to Dr. Atwater. Yale men were much given to debating and literary expression. “Linonia,” “Brothers in Unity” and “Calliope,” were some of the gocieties equipped with libraries and bristling with logicians, the rivalry between these organizations being intense. Amusements of any kind were limited, and from our point of view they were tame enough. The New Haven & e e | Hartford railroad had not been built when freshman Atwmter entered col- lege; s0 there was no running down to New York to see the sights and to dissipate. The stage coach and the canal to Northampton afforded *he only means of transportation. Pro- fessor Benjamin Silliman was arguing that it would never be possible to build steamships powerful enough to cross the Atlantic. The college buildings then consist- ed of a row of brick dormitories, a plain chapel, an atheneum ‘and lyceum building in which the recitations were held; round them. all ran the old wooden “Yale fence.” Entrance ex- aminations were oral and exclusively classical. Flint and tinder supplied Ignition; imported friction matches, few in number, were regarded as dan- gerous. Dr. Atwater remembers a tremendous demonstration of livery stable men against the projected New Haven & Hartford rallroad because It would injure their business. Such was Yale in the old days in the mem- ory of an alumnus still living.—New York Sun. Possum Paradige. Loris is the na#ive heath of the' oppossum. Nowhere else does he pbound so plentifully 'or thrive Eo well. It s here that the Georgia peo- ple get their fine specimens when they wish to entertain President Taft at & possum dinner. Folks come from North Carolina here to hunt them, and our market supplies Delmonico’s and St. Regis and many other famous caravansaries. . As the canvasback duck and the dia- mondback terrapin are to Baltimore, g0 is the possum to Loris. The Mary- land duck feeds on wild celery, which grows on the flats of the headwaters of the Chesapeake bay. It is this that gives them their fine flavor, just as peanuts and zeorns flavor the razor- back hog and produce the Smithfield ham. The Loris posr ni feeds on chick- ens; nice young “it citiekens, such as only Loris has, and masy of them are from the postmaster’s private crop.— Loris News. Self\Gure. Regstaff—Someti¥pes I lle awake half the night. Are you ever troubled with insomnia? Porcollum—Never. When I'm wakeful I begin to repeat to myself some of my early poems, and I fall asleep in no time. . Georgla Syntax. On account of not being able to get power and the copy for grand jury presentments was also late in reach- ing us, is the cause of ue getting the paper out late this week. e ———— FROM THE MOUTHS OF TOTS ' Akerrg : ttlson not want—He makey me lie—Down in |} Examples of Really Humorous Things rhat Have Their Origin In Youthful Brains. 3 ; This unique rendition of the T'wenty- third Psalm is credited to a little col ored sister: “De Lawd am de Sheperd—I shall green pastures he restorey my soul— an’ leadey me side de still waters— ||| Ya, doe I walks thu de valleys of the shadows ob deaf, I will fear no debbil fer he 18 wid me. Dye rod an' dye staff comfotable me—Dou spready vit- tels as presents fer de folks I doan like an’ po’ed ker'sene on my haid till my eup hits so full hit alnt gwine hole no mo'.” Little James is a manly lad of fout || i years.. He has a great dislike for the curls with which nature has so lavish- ||i ly endowed him and a great fondness for the forbidden beverage, coffee. One day, thinking t_q\ discourage his desire for the latter, he was told that it had |} a tendency to make the hair more |} curly. - That night James cried in his sleep, thus explaining the cause of his woe the next morning: “Oh, mother, I had an awful dream last night. I dreamed I drank ga much coffee that my hair gréw inte one big curl on the top of my head and the barber couldn’t cut it off!” MANY INDUSTRIES IN BUILDING | Two Hundred Housed in One Struo ture Located In Fulton Street, New York City. In Fultom street, New York, there Is one structure which, though classed gs an office building, has more than two hundred separate industries. There are lapidaries of various kinds, among them dfamond cutters ané pol- ishers, all from Amsterdam. There ||} are manufacturing jewelers who take |l gold and gems and enhance their i value many fold by their artistry. |Hi ‘There is 2 womun shoemaker, with several Wall street information bu- reaus, a detective agency, burnishers |} of metals, workers in words—other~ wise freelance writers—manufactur-|} ers of face cream and tollet prepara- | tions in general, welt borers, shirtmar Kers, doctors, perfwmers, architects, it engravers, dealers in real estate, in |} sigars, in Hquor. There is one firm which is the largest dealer in the world in black diamonds, the gems | used for boring deepr into the earth. True Philanttiropy. “Really,” began the cellector, I can- | i not understand why a mas of your || resources will refuse to: pay: his hon- est debts.” “Then I'N' tell you,” said |§ .. | the well-to-do citizem, confidentially, || “if I paid up I'd threw yow and sev- ||| eral others out of work; and ¥ haven't |} the heart to do it."—Satire. 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