New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-05
TOPICS At YALE.
THE FRESHMAN CIAss-NEw BUILDrNGs-PERsoNAL
NOTES.

THE FRESHMAN CIAss-NEw BUILDINGS-PERSoNAL
o NOTES.
PROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
NEw-HAyEN, Oct 2.-The attention of
the college has been called recently to the number OF
stories in circulation in regard TO the number ol SUI
dents in the present freshman class III mas Deeh so
much in accordance with custom here for many years to
speak of each freshman class exceptionally large
one no matter whether 1t not that others than
coegans have fallen into the same habit OF eXaggera-
ton respecting the number OF that important DOdy Oh
college men, 1t Is matter Of cOngratuation to friends
of Yale that the number Of largest freshman classes IS
rapdly approximatng to the number of oldest living
graduates 1t also be said by way of encouragement
that every freshman class is sure before the year Is
ended up I'm verdancy what 1t lacks In other re-
spects. The present class s however, large ana unS
ally homcly It's numbers have been estimated rs high
as 200 but quotations from the board or nstruc-
tors show sure but certain decline. That relic OF bar
barsm the rush. has not yet become extinct either,
tbroue any edct OF the faculty intention OF the stu
dents In the first rush Of the term the freshmen
were successful putting more men into the hospital than
the sopbomores Aside from these cheerful little side
issues the college world moves on in the same old PuIi-
tan
During the long summer vacation the campus was the
scene of unusual activity improvements and repairs
on the dormitories were begun quite early Old South
Middle that has braved the blast for many years has
suffered disntergatiOn internally and now appears as
satellite In the brick constellation 1t has ceased 10
be the den of the sOphOmOres, so that now It's we'll
lighted and we-ventiated rooms are baIns In Gilead
for the aristocratc portion of the college commu-
nifty.
There have been other changes. The tOmblike struc-
ture on Hgh-st known TO the students as Skull and
Bones Hail. has bossomed out into larger building
The addition is directly in the of the hall proper and
is nearly fifty feet square 1t is built OF brick with brown
stone facing TO match the original structure. The adj
don oyeraps the hall each side by nine feet and ex
tends the full depth OF the lot 1t Is Of the same height
as the old hail. but contains only one story The inside
will be and fitted up TO meet the needs OF meet
ing and eating The society have In mind to put
in gallery six feet wide around the four sides OF the
ROOM but have not yet fully decided. In each end OF
the room are nrepaces each six feet in width. The
addition will be connected with the Od nan
by the taking ont OF Ihtcen neet o. uno rchr
The addition receives light from five windows In the
stained glass windows are protected outside by
upright and twenty three crossbars SIX inches
upright bars and transverse bar in the middle In
the middle of the wall in ordinary sized door which
length of the rear wall about four feet from the ground
The cellar will he used for furnace room and storage.
The foundations for the new physical laboratory the
gift of Mcssrs Thomas and Henry sloane, G6. OF New
York. are already laid. The old building at No:
Library st. has been torn down 10 make room Tor the
foundations which cover space OF lO2 eet IN deph
by 80 feet in breadth the building VIII a, be two ,E
height OF the latter ap0ye the ground being 100 feet
Will be bult OF stone ana tnc upper part
pressed and common Brick with terra Gotta trimmings.
There VIII he small wing In mont, thirty feet In Width
I'm which there will be recitation and working rooms,
both on the and second floors The lecture room in
the reaT will occupy stories and Will have seating
accommodation for 200 pcrsOIs The cost OF the building
viii he about $4,000. II is expected TO be ready for
use by the classes next May. 800
The donors of the college chapel Robert Bate and his
sister have also given to the college some chimes-a
peal of hve bells The peal is from the Van Aerschot
foundry Belgium and are the first bells that have ever
been brought into this country from that place The
weight the heaviest bell IS l475 pounds and lis diam
ecr is forty inches The bells already on the
campus and will be hOisted into their positions III the
stceple this week. -, 1870,
one of the college newspapers says that II Is claimed
that new nine pin has been added TO the gymnasium
due 10 the overflow OF feelings Of some wealthy grad
uates at their return last June -
The only changes In the faculty nj the opening OF the
term are the appointing Of william NJ. Hall, yaledicto-
rau of the class 1880 tutor and instructor OF the
sophomore class in Latin and the appointing Of tutor
Rerbe 10 be Professor of Mathematics
Louis X. Hull has been reelected captain OF the UNI
ycrsty Crew. .
Among the recent additions to the college publications
IL book of college songs entitled Yale Songs edited
and arranged by f. H. Kellogg president OF the College
Glce Club and Professor Shepard musical director OF
the Glce Club. ,.,
The University Club is opened again this year. and with
1attering prospects, Several changes have been innde
in the building Collins. 49, is president Of the club