Yale : Her Campus, Classrooms and Athletics by Walter Camp and L.S. Welch 1899

Yale : Her Campus, Classrooms and Athletics by Walter Camp and L.S. Welch, hardcover book in good condition, some wear and minor bumping to the cover. The spine has some white discoloration on it, as seen in the image. Published by L.C. Page and Company, Boston, 1899, First Edition. Part of the American University Series. A large book at 628 pages. A detailed early work on Yale with roughly 100 illustrations. Includes chapters on Initiation, Tap Day and the Society System, For God Country and Yale, Yale Journalism, In Battell Chapel, The Scientific School, the School of Fine Arts, The Divinity School, The Law School, The Medical School, The Department of Music, The Graduate School, Political and Social Science, The Classics and more.

The Athletics portion of the book includes Rowing, Football, Baseball, and Track with text written by Walter Camp, as well as a list of results and records and images of early players. Walter Camp is known as the "Father of American Football." He played football at Yale and coached football at Yale and Stanford and had an impressive 79-5-3 record. 

A rare book.