Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-17
College Notes.

The spring concert Of the Yale orcneSIra
 occurs at the Grand Opera House this even
 ing, and there should be 8 large audience Of
 students present to support the efforts of
 this organization. Miss Adelaide Phelps and
 other soloists will assist. All who go will
 enjoy rich treat if the programme is any indication.
 In the Harvard class races Saturday the juniors won in 11:18 with the seniors second, sophomores next and freshmen bad fourth. Distance not quite two miles. The spring regatta occurs tomorrow after noon and will attract the usual number of college men. The chances are in favor of the sophomore boat as two members Of the junior crew, on account of illness, will be un- able to row.
 The University nine go to Providence to- morrow to play the first game of the series with Brown. The chances are decidedly in favor of Yale, as Brown has made 8 poor 1 showing thus far.
 Other games in the intercollegiate series I this week are as follows: Wednesday, Am | herst and Dartmouth at Hanover; Friday, l Harvard and Princeton at Princeton Satur- | day, ale ana db 1 Prof. Packard discussed the 0edipus ~Ty. | raunus, in reference to it's presentation al Harvard, at , o'clock last evening Some l twenty Yale men will attend the presentation of this play at Cambridge on Saturday after | noon.
 The Columbia spring regatta occurred Sat urdav. The seniors won the two mile race II | II minutes seconds.
 1 Prof. Phillips is soon to give the sopho mores little practical instruction in astron
 omy.
 | Harvard defeated Columbia in game o1 lacrosse Saturday This is the first time that
 the game has been played by American col
 leges.
 1 The students of Trinity College have beer pranted a vacation of three weeks on account of case of varioloid.
 ! The first full dress rehearsal of the oedlpui Tyrannus came of at Cambridge Saturday night. The Yale nine was invited to be pres ent, but was unable to accept. The Harvard Athletic association has made 1 the following entries for the Mott Haver | games: Quarter mile run, B. J. Wendell '93 G. R. Agassiz 'S4 mile walk, ". H. Herrich 1 's2; rni1e run, A. Thorndikes 'S1; running
 high jump, A. c. Denniston 's3; 22O yards | dash, E. J. Wendell '83 bicycle race, R. S. Williston '81.
 1 President BigeIow and Captain Collins went | to New London yesterday to make the final arrangements for the race. A committee consisting of Mason Young, | Esu.. Professor Richards and Mir. Hill, ot ,81. has been elected to superintend all i'm
 provements upon the new Yale park. The trees will at once be removed and the ground ! plouRhed and seeded, and the time at which
 it will become available depends upon how
 soon it becomes well turned over It ls
 probable that the grounds will not become
 available for ball games for at least two
 years.
 The tickets for the play of Medea have sold well, but there are still many good seats remaining They may be had at 50 South Middle between the hours of five and six ID
 the afternoon. Librettos have been printed,
 and tickets good for the same may be had al
 the same place.
 Prof. Sumner in his lecture yesterday morning discussed negro suffrage and then the impeachment of President Johnson. Speaking of the legislation immediately follow 1 ing the war, he said that the opposition party
 did not do it's duty during the year the Re
 publican party were in such majority. The
 Democratic party is not well organized and has not been since the war. A good, strong and well managed constitutional opposition
 is necessary to the welfare of the country.
 Negro suffrage was party measure and was
 not adopted because just or due to the negro,
 or for the public in erests. Suffrageto ne proes. Chinamen and women is question l for each State to decide for itself. No States have any right to coerce another into any
 suffrage movement No good government I comes from coercion. The troubles result
 ing from the adoption of the fifteenth amend l ment in the South were such as might have been expected.
 Although nine games of ball have been
 played by the Collegiate association thus far, there is no certainty as to which
 college will bear of the championship. The
 chances are still good for Yale, with Prince ton second and Harvard third. The stand
 ing of the clubs to date is shown by the fol. l lowing table: