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which became known as the Yale Banner lz Pot-Pourri. In 1938 the latter part of the name was dropped. There can be no doubt that the period from 1841 to 1941 has been a century of continual and steady advancement for Yale in every sense of the word. Not only has an improved Banner evolved (adv.). Many out- standing transformations have taken place. Whereas the student of a century ago was offered less diversified curriculums, the Yalensian of today chooses from a much wider variety of courses, and at the same time concentrates more attention in one major field of study. By comparison with the earlier Yale, it looks as if the Faculty now approves of independ- ent specialized study. Moreover, a greater number of undergraduates are participating in some type of athletics than in the earlier period. In the 1941 Yale of larger Classes the undergraduate cannot possibly know all his classmates, as compared with the close-knit smaller Class of the nineteenth century. Although many old customs have passed from the campus environment, new traditions continue to arise. The intellectual life of the community has greatly improved. It must be concluded that the story of the last century in Yale ' s history has been a dynamic one. May Yale always continue to progress toward a fuller realization of the ideals and purposes for which it was founded. The way of the Future has need of those energies which brought the spirit of Yale into existence. There was then, there is now, and there always will be a place in the world for light and truth. JOHN KENNETH SPRING 1841 - Presidents of Yale - 1941 Jeremiah Day 18 17-1846 Theodore Dwight Woolsey 1 846-1 871 Noah Porter 1871-1886 Timothy Dwight i 886-1 899 Arthur T. Hadley 1899-1921 James Rowland Angell 1921-1937 Charles Seymour I937 - XX
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ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE UNITS 1941 as Connecticut Hall. Gone are the Burial of Euclid and the rest of the old traditions. Only a vestige of the Wooden Spoon ceremonies and Con- cert remains in the form of Junior Prom. Hazing and rushes are all but forgotten memories, and the undergraduate of 1941 merely has his Junior fraternities and Senior societies. A new tradition, Derby Day, is now part of Yale custom. Town and Gown relations in 1941 are comparatively calm and undisturbed. Riots still take place upon occasion, but they are more of the prankish type as compared with the barbaric variety of former years. As the decades passed, more and more types of competitive sports have appeared, until by 1941 the undergraduate is offered a huge variety of athletics. With the advent of the College plan, Intercollege Athletics has been organized, and with all the Freshmen housed together on the Old Campus, Intramural Athletics has begun. These plus intercollegiate competition through University, Jayvee, 150-pound, and Freshman teams offer all undergraduates the opportunity to participate in a wider variety of athletics, thus improving general physical health. Moreover, the Yale of 1941 has its Calcium Night, Tap Day, Fresh- man Rally, commercialized tutoring schools, University Health Depart- ment, its Bureau of Appointments to take care of the bursary men, Senior Prom, Freshman Prom, and Political Union. The University Library, housed in the magnificent Sterling Memorial Library building, contained at the end of June, 1940, a total of 2,219,642 volumes and is Yale ' s greatest single asset. As to the Banner, the earlier pamphlet form developed into more of a booklet in 1870, and grew rapidly in size each year thereafter. Intense competition existed between the Banner and the Yale Pot-Pourri, and finally in 1909 the two yearbooks were consolidated into one publication, a wide variety of athletics by 1941 sfej XIX
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