New-York tribune., 1879-12-06
NOTES FRON YALE.

ruY FOOTBALL sFAs0N-ITEMs or COLLEGE, NFws
lrROM AZ OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT Os rnE TRIBUNE
NEw-HAyRN, Conn, Dec. 4.-DHring the
last decade Thanksgiving Lay has not been IN the es-
timatIoa of college men. much day Of Thanksgiving
~ OF football: and that day generally coses tie
football season-a season which been quito event.
fu ths year-nOw that it Is past, tho college breatues
frecr and peace gus whore not ruled Last Thurs
DAYS game Hoboken the final % the season.
and though tie game, was clearly won by lsic- The
tie games between Yale Harvard and Princeton leave
the football record Of this year very nnsaiis actory,
particularly Yale This years result has already
demonstrated the feasibility Of playing with eleven
men instead OF teen- thing which the ale delegates
strongly advocated at the convention tbs year. but II
which they were opposed by Harvard aud Princeton.
The opinion herr n that the teams rear Will con-
sis; OF eleven men. thereby making moro scientific
and less brutal game. meeting the team was called
20 decide whether Princeton should be challenged
again football question decided for this season.
but 1t decided 10 drop the question and DE satisfied
with the result The outlook Tor next year Is very en-
coura ping inasmuch nine OF this years team are
Juniors not 10 meAtiOn several sophomOres. The cap
tain 700. vll probably hold tie same position next
year. t understood that after graduation he will
enter one or tue otaer departnen Of the college
The subjects FOR the John A. Porter prize essay are as
follows % English law landlord ard tenant, and the
rgrarian trouble 2D Athetism and morality historically
considered @ Strength and weakness Of our present jury
j FrOues estimate OF the Character o. tcerO
fj) Goetne's influence upon modern thought 90 Tho
modern realistic school OF literature 90 Art ex
preston of National character s) The OF our
National unity.
The Harvard Freshmen have challenged the Yale
Freshmen TO row an eight-oared straiEhl-away race
with eoxsgains- Although Harvard sends a challenge
Ike THIS ever year. does to alter the opinion
of Yale men that Freshmen not worth the
trouble which would required 70 have respectable
- -,
which twelve men Will he allowed TO take. All whc
take IL viii . in free-hand drawing. and
thew VIII be- divided equally between sculpture ana
architecture. II there should De more than twcVe al-
pranfs the Juniors viii have the preference. they
pettirned for tins optional An exrra charge or Sls
VIII have be pad To reap these advantages
The November LIZ came oil last week, ana consider
able interest howr that issue for he reason
that the prize essay for Tie LII medal expected 10
announced But for the first time the medal Is witn-
held year. owing 10 the fact that the essays were
| mol up 10 TIE required standard
College wiz on the lsth Tor three weeks Vaca-
ton. Examinations will begin next Thursday Dur ng
vacation th" Gee Cab will make an extended "TRIP,
going West far Chicago. and giving concerts IN All OF
/ the principal cities on the way Dtck.
Keller. 81 who rowcd with last years crew AZ new
IOndOu has left college, thereby deprlV1ng tue crew OF
ydluable Since the close OF the football season
the number of candidates Tor the crew mas been IN
creased. They now practising everv day on the
narbor, going in cightoared shells. They Will
be compelled TO have recourse to the ~ nnas uil
small building Is being erected on the lot norm ol
North Sheffield Gal for astronomical observations. MT
be be charge OF the apparatus The College
| will hereafter be urIlshed with correct time
Professor sumner has distributed among the seniors
copies Of his article bi-metallsr which appeared IL
| the last Princeton Rcrfesc
| pfesidert Woolsey Charles Dudley Warner and ex
Governor Hawley among those VINO are 10 dellVer
lectures before the Kent Club OF thc Law School