Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-14
YALE NOTES.

New course OK LectureS-H4Se Hau
 Matters - News From other Col-
 Ieges.
 E. M. Chapman, 's4, was in town yester- day.
 Childs '83, who played first base on the college nine while he was in college, will play with the Hartfords during the coming sea- son.
 Professor Knapp will deliver lecture on '.Spain, Past and Present." to the High school Alumni association Wednesday even ing before the reception.
 The Columbia college Glee club will give concert at Chickering Hall on Friday even ing for the benefit of the Columbia Boat club
 Professor N P. Seymour, who gave
 course of lectures on English literature here
 last term, will soon commence course at
 Miss Porters school in Pennington.
 Professor Beers is the author of 'The Life
 of the Poet N P. Willis" in the American
 Men of Letters" series. It has just been pub
 lished by Houghton, Mif1in & Co. Willis graduated at Yale in 1897. The western college base ball association has adopted series of championship con- tests beginning May 2 and ending June 13. Each college will play two games with each of the other teams.
 The candidates for the Columbia crew have been coached for some time by 8 former member of the Oxford university crew. President Porter will begin a series of lec- lures to the seniors this week on ;'The choice of profession" Owing to the inconven- fence in hours occasioned by the optional sys- tenn, attendance will be voluntary. There will be only four exhibition ball ,,.4 41a Sa year. Two between Harvard and Brown and two between Harvard and Princeton. A series of dictation exercises for all mem- bers of the university who are familiar with shorthand writing will be given by MT. Brown every Monday and Thursday evening in the old chapel
 The Inter- Collegiate Cricket association of the United States held it's annual meeting in New York last Saturday afternoon. The championship, with the cup, was awarded to Harvard college, which won the majority of the games last year.
 A Fond Mothers Opinion of the Baby Show. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: attended the Light Guards baby show Saturday afternoon and was very much sur prised at the way the affair was conducted
 and if ever there was partiality shown at 8
 baby show it was Saturday afternoon. The idea of picking out married ladies for judges!
 One might know that they would pick out babies that belonged to friends of theirs In my opinion the homeliest babies re- ceived the prizes and the handssmest ones were left out. It is the first time I have ever been on a fools errand and it will be the last. Why, it is ridiculous to think of the manner in which the affair was carried on. Nobody knew who the judges were and Il IL. Besides, everybody calculated that the baby show was to take place at two o'clock, in stead of which it was four o'clock, and the babies that were there on time were com pletely tired out before the time came for them to be exhibited. I have heard a mum Der of people talk about the baby show and they have all looked upon it with a great deal of dissatisfaction. Should great many mothers express their opinion they would coincide with me.
 We'll, I will stop writing as pen can't write all I think. Please print this in the JOURNAL AND COURIER for the benefit of the
 next baby show and oblige A MOTHER. Personal.
 Max Kastner, of this city, has begun his engagement as tenor in the choir of Center
 church, Hartford.
 J. Wilcox has resigned the presidency of
 United States Telephone company, Connecti-
 cut, and as trustee, and has retired from the
 company.
 MT. Halsey c. Thomas, ex-superintendent of the East church Sunday school, has re- covered from the effects of malignant car buncle on the back of his neck. which con- fined him to the house about six weeks. Mrs. John B. Cough, who has been visiting few days with the family of John G. North, left for Worcester yesterday. Mrs. Lucretia M. Benton, wife of Charles B. Benton, died Sunday night at her home, No. 357 Howard avenue. She died from a
 complication of troubles, induced by the re-
 moval of a very large tumor several days ago She was 52 years old. The remains will be
 taken to New London for interment.
 Captain Hyde of the police office continues
 i'll at his home, suffering much from neural
 gic troubles.
 Benjamin Levi, 8 secondhand clothing
 dealer at 137 State street, made an assign
 ment in the Probate court yesterday morn ing.
 Miss Libbie Wilson, residing at MT. G.
 M Baldwin's on Whalley avenue, drew the
 very handsome and elaborate quilt made by
 Miss M. A. Bradley and which was on exhi,
 bition at Armstrong's window. The quilt
 has attracted great deal of attention for the fine work bestowed upon it.
 Rev. Father Murray, of St. Mary's church,
 has gone to his home in Newtown, where
 he will remain until he has recovered from his severe sickness. Rev. P. Lawlor's
 brother is acting in Father Murray's place. Wright, Stoddard & Thompson remove in a few days to their spacious and commodi- ous suite of rooms in Clark building fitted up and improved specially for them. It is said to be the finest suite of lawyers rooms in the State. The library of Colonel Wright, cost ing $12, ,000, was being removed to the new quarters yesterday.