Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-01-25
College Notes.

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February &c.
College Notes.
Glass prayer meetings at 6:3O this evening.
The seniors elect the following committees
at $50 this morning: Glass day, five men,
bers class cup three members; class ivy,
three members, and class supper, five mem
bers. These are the last committees that the
class of ,81 elect, and there should be a full
attendance of members.
The event of the week is the orchestra
concert to be given at the Grand Opera
House this evening. The members have
practiced faithfully for many weeks and will
render some fine selections. The Yale Glee
club will assist and sing several favorite col
lege songs.
Prof. Wheeler will lecture to the seniors at
eleven o'clock this morning on the history of
England during the reign of Henry VIII
President Porter will deliver his first lecture
on 'The Evidences of Christianity''at twelve
President Sumner lectured yesterday morn
ing on the campaign of 1886 and the financial
crash of the following year.
Yale was well represented both in the gal
lery and on the floor at the Turn verein bali
last evening.
Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, who preach
ed at Trinity Sunday, is classmate of Presi-
dent Porter, having graduated here in 1881.
The winter athletic sports will be held in
the gymnasium on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons, February % and &c, the pro-
gramme being follows: horizontal bar;
standing high jump high kick Indian club
fAnQinO. yvracf1ino
tug of war (teams of 600 lbs. and individual
tug of war. Sparring and wrestling to be di-
vided into heavy, middle, light and feather
weight. The prizes this year and hereafter
will consist of medals.
Prof Weir, of the Art school, is to give a
course of lectures on art at Princeton during
the present term.
Lit. election tomorrow afternoon in Prof.
Dana's recitation room.
The sixth annual meeting of the Inter-
Collegiate Athletic association took place
Saturday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New
York Ten colleges were epresentsd-Am-
herst, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard Lehigh,
Princeton, Rutgers, Stevens, the University
of Pennsylvania and Yale. The report of
the treasurer showed balance in the treas
ury of $197 Sc. A resolution was adopted
making the rules for the field meetings of
the association identical with those of the
National Association of Amateur Athletes It
expend sum not exceeding $50 to procure
a silver cup to be held each year by the col
lege winning the most first prizes. The next
field meeting at Mott Haven will take place
May %. Lafayette College was admitted to
membership in the association, and the exc
cutive committee was empowered to pass
favorably upon an application for mem
bership which it was understood that McGiIl
College of Montreal desired to present
Officers were chosen as follows: President,
w. L Badger, of Yale; vice president, E. j.
Wendell, of Harvard: secretary, A. Harvey
of Columbia; treasurer, Fl. F. J. Porter, of
Lehigh; executive committee, G. FL. Taylor,
of Columbia, W. P. Field of Princeton, and
the chairman, w. I. Badger.
football meeting will be held on Wednes-
day evening to take action in regard to the
reply of Princeton to Yale's recent letter.
Princeton now offers to play a championship
game with Yale in the spring, but of course
it is now too late for the latter to play.
The boat club meeting held last evening
was well attended President Bigelow occu-
pied the chair and called for the report of
the committee appointed to revise the con-
Mr.. Bartlett of the senior class
then read the changes that the committee had
made. No action could be taken in regard
to these changes, as the constitution requires
that all changes must lie on the table for
discussion over one week. 1t was voted
then to allow the junior promenade
committee to the flags for decoration.
The chair was instructed to appoint COM
mittee to collect funds for the purchase of
flags for last years victorious crew. Mr.
Hill then took Mr.. Bigelow's place as chair
man of tho meeting. and the latter made
some remarks concerning the ragged condi-
ton of some of the club flags. He thought
that as Yale had won SO few flags, and as the
alumni were interested in seeing them when
they visited New Haven, that the undergrad
mates should be patriotic enough to keep
Them in order. Remarks were made by
Messrs. Guernsey and Mickey of the senior
class, and Mr.. Gilbert moved that commit
Tee be appointed by the chair to supervise the |
repairing of those flags which were in bad |
condition. The motion was carried and the |
meeting adjourned sine Mora
Mr.. SeWell Payne, of Pokamoke City, |
Maryland, shot at a hawk from one of his |
windows on the goth inst. His wife stood |
lear and told him to shoot the other barrel. |
n moving quickly to do so the gun was acct
lentalIy discharged, and it killed his wife, /
She was "a years old and had been married |
rear. Payne was almost distracted over the /
Ieath of his young wife.