New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-30
YALE COLLEGE NOTES.

THE THANKSGIVING REcE3s-No JUBILEE THIS YEAR
MUSICAL coNcFRrs-THE HAZING soPnOMoREs
THE LITERARY PRIZE EssAY-FOOT BALL MAT
TERs.
NEw-HAvEv, Nov. 2S.-At noon to-day the
regular Thanksgiving will bcgn and many OF the
students who live in this negbborn| states VIII 90
home TO spend the three days vacation, with their
friends All are required To be present AT prayer on sun
day morning For years past there was one thing when
was looked forward 70 with pleasure than the
visit home and that was the jubilee, which took place on
the Tuesday evening preceding Thanksgiving Day. u
was indeed the great event OF the whole wear But ths
term the decree OF the alpowerful faculty went out
against IT, and Il thing Of the past That almost
every graduate aud certainly every ~ t
tery rcgres the loss of this old lnsitutOn Il IN 7J
that can be said As last night was Ihe regular Jubhte
night, II was thougl the men Woiu Hf oIllo sVl,
ratification. But the evening passed on very quety:
Tle meetings of the junior societies were Iuy @ttenda
bv both juniors aud seniors and better Time than usual
was e. iOyed On the campus number OF cannon cIacS
ers ami rockets set on bonfire built ana consd
cradle noise made carry IN Tue eVnin5' b, 1G appr
9uce of tutors with notebooks III hand seemed to SUD
due what little enthusiasm there was
The Lowell Mason Society Of the Seminary gave Sc
lect concert in Marquand Chapel last evening The pro-
gramme though short was varied, the songs finely
rendered and the audience pleased The society num-
bers twelve MEMBERS some OF whom are excellent sing
ers.
The Yale Gee Club which is well organized and in
good condition Will give the first concert OF the season
AZ Waterbury tonight An audience has been glarln-
the affair VIII doubtless DC satisfactory 10
ali coacefned
For several weeks past the Faculty have been delber
ang on the cases OF several sophomores who nave been
engaged IN hazing freshmen SO far, two nave been IN
definitely suspended ana two others pretty heavily
loaded down with marks It said the freshmen have
generously hound themselves 70 refrain from all hazng
next year If the Faculty will take back the susp'hu'd
sophomores But Yale Faculty are not easily moved
when once they have acted upon matter ana Il J. not
probable that the offer OF the freshmen Will nave any
effect.
The November number OF The Yae Literary Magazine,
containing the annual prize essay, came out yesterday
The taking OF the Literary Prize Medal is one OF the
greatest literary IN college, and the prize mum
Der of the magazine is always looked for with no hte
interest This year the prize was taken by Mr. Charles
Albert Wight Of the Sophomore Class, and OF North
Hatfield Mass. The subject Of the prize Is 81 Rerre-
sentative woman" The essay of historical ana bio
graphical character, aud carries the mind back to the
time OF the Eeyoat"naty var lne HutnoI ui,mS 'I ~
uuambitiOus, though pleasing ana viva picture oi
mauder of the iics,ians in BURROUGHS army. mo ar
tcls is variolsy commented upon. but on the whole IS
IN the fact that tile writer Il a Boating mau.
A great deal has been said in the papers concerning
the football relations Of Yale with the other colleges
But in much Of what has been said, Yale has not been
correctly represented Fall she the champion
ship with eleven This year, believing that to be
the little game and thinking there would be trouble
in playing with any Of other colleges, she saw no
reason TO change the number OF men. Amherst IufS,
Trinity Rutgers, and fact all the colleges, except
Columbia, Harvard and Prlnceton-the three when
made up the intercollegiate Foot Ball Associatlon-pay
with eleven men, Besides Yale the champion, and
therefore rs the challenged party, considered she had
the right to name the conditions especially If
any change made from last years game.
She therefore did not practice with fifteen men
and of course refused to play with that number though
she did Offer compromise and to play with thirteen
But this rrfus q. Yale has hcen accused % de-
sertng and Of trying 20 break up the Foot Ball Assoca-
ton insisting departing from the rules adopted by
IT, The 10 this is that Yale did NOT Join the asso-
caton at all Il j. true she sent delegates when the
concern WAS ORGANIZED, but II WIS stated al tat meet
Ing that Yale would probably not Join; ana M meeting
few days after tie college voted not 10 enter the a>sO
citation. Thus thc matter stood ar 10 Monday III Din.ng
The officers refused TO play with fifteen. ana the college
indor.ed their action. But Monday the college voted
plly Princeton unde. protest on her own terms IHis
concession was made i'm order To settle the question or
the championship for this year Yale has hcittn me
teams from Tuts, Trinity aud stevens ali Win when
she has played Princeton has likewise been VIGOROUS
in all the games pa ed including tie one with Harvard
As Princeton vii also clam the championship, Iae has
decided waive her right in the matter. 10 handicap
herself by adding four new and unframed men To nor
team and under these unayOrab!c terms 10 play, ana II
possible 10 yanqulsh Princeton