Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-25
College Notes.
The Boat Rnces-The DeFOrest Prize speakinS-BigelOVv and Bromley-The Important Improvements at Alumni Hall.

The Boat Rnces-The DeFOrest Prize spealing-Bigelovv and Bromley-The
 Important Improvements at Alumni
 Hall.
 Both the Yale and Columbia crews were out on the water at New London yesterday, and took practice pulls of several miles each The Yale mems boat house is on the shore just below the bluff on which stands the Brown mansion. They are in the best of health and spirits.
 At quarter past 10 they stripped for ex-
 ercise and started off in their new paper
 boat built by Waters of Troy, and received
 by them about the middle of May There
 are also two other boats in the house, a pair
 oar and what is known as the Hannemahn
 boat, in which last years race was rowed.
 MT. Fred Wood with Parrott and Hull of the
 crew left the wharf at the same time with
 the crew, and followed down behind them.
 The men were in the following order:
 Collins, (bow), Fuller, F. W. Rogers,
 Guernsey, Merritt, G. w. Rogers, Storrs,
 Folsom, (stroke). Hull is the regular man
 for the place which Merritt occupied in the
 morning.
 Yale's launch is the steamer Mantle, well
 known to New London boatmen. She can
 make ten miles an hour, and answers her purpose very well. The New York alumni
 had secured 8 launch which was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, but owing to some difficulty in getting the boat through the New York custom house, it has not been secured for use at the present time. The nature of the above difficulty no one seems to know. The Yale men did no very hard work yes- terday morning, not even going over the en- tire course, and pulling only tbirty-six strokes per minute. They have business-ike look when in the boat, and will certainly show up l in good form on the day of the race. Their diet is plain, but not severely simple as | has been the custom in former years. The DeForest Prize Speaking. The Townsend orations by six members of ! the senior class, in competition for the De Forest medal, were delivered yesterday af- l ternoon at 3 o'clock before large and criti- ical audience in the Battel chapel, President Porter presiding. The speaking was highly meritorious. Great interest centered in the 1 orations of Messrs. Bigelow and Bromley, both l of New Haven. They excited wrapU atten- tion. The result of the speaking was await ! ed with great interest. After an hour of waiting the decision was announced, the ora tions of Messrs. Bigelow and Bromley being considered equally meritorious, and the hon I ors of the day were divided between these ! competitors. The DeForest prize is 8 gold | medal valued at $10O. Competition for it is confined to the six fortunate gentlemen who ! win the much coveted honors, the Townsend prizes, which are awarded for the best es- says. The DeForest speakers yesterday and | their subjects follows:
 Edwin Edgerton Aiken, of Rutland vt., Goethe and Bushnell"
 Russell Anson Bigelow, New Haven tThe Manage
 msnt of the Foreign Relations of the United States during the Civil War"
 Isaac Bromley, New Haven, "voltaire." manship of Robert Walpole."
 ! Levi Abraham Eliel, Chicago, H., ''voltaire." The Alumni Hall Improvements. The visitor at Alumni Hall is struck with | the marvellous transformation 1t has received through the iberality of Henry Farnam, Esq. The hall has been greatly improved 1 and beautifed. New walls and ceilings re- place the old. A new floor succeeds the old, ] and this fine hall has been greatly embel- ished. The Improvements are not yet con- pleted. Three new chandeliers of forty l burners each, and lace curtains for the win
 dows, are to be put in place in time for the I senior promenade, which occurs Monday | evening. The scene of gayety and loveliness which will there be presented all may i'm agine, and certainly the alumni of the insti- tuition who partake of the annual dinner next week will feel new sense of pride in this as- I sembly room of the alma mater. The BaccaIaureate. On Sunday morning President Porter will ! deliver the Baccalaureate sermon in the chapel.