Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-17
YALE NOTES.

l Protanical Discovery of An Under 1 graduate-Act1on of the New York l A1umnf-Amendme to the Consti-
 tuition of the Boat Club Made Last
 Night.
 Cards have been sent to all members of the Cooperative society asking them to state the amount of their saving. From the mat ter thus collected the average saving of all | the members will be computed and 8 report 1 made next term.
 l The following gentlemen will compose the class day committees of 'S6 S.: | Glass supper Rice, Austin, N. S. Williams, Will | COX and Townley.
 Graduation committee -Blakeley. Tevis and selz Triennia1-Herr, Marlin and Harrison The class president appointed as historians I elected permanent secretary and MT. Miller elected poet.
 Setchell '87, who has already made name for himself in the botanical world by his E'Flora and Fanna of New London County while botanizing along the Thames river last summer found an alga whose peculiar habits attracted his attention. Specimens were sent to Professor Eaton of this college, Professor Barlow of Harvard and NJ. Bornet, the emi- nent French botanist, who is the highest thority oD algB. M. Bornet has not yet been heard from but Professor Barlow does not hesitate to pronounce it new species.
 The New York Alumni association are making strenuous exertions to make their influence felt in New Haven regarding the successor of President Porter, who is soon to be chosen. The committee who have the matter in charge are: Albert Mathews, E Ssh and DAight hil(s5 coier They call upon all graduates residing in or near New York city to become members of the 'taesssoeiation in order that the. affairs of the ually discussed, and thus tend to make the alumni more potent factor in it's manage ment.
 At meeting of the Boat club last evening the three following amendments were adopted without dissent:
 (a) Article 3, Sec. ?, formerly read: The execu- tive committee (who shall consist of one graduate, committee, and ex-ofaco, the the coach, and the cap tain of the university crew0 shall stand charged.
 Thls was changed by striking out the word coach ana the words the president of the Ga the duty of the vice president (who shall not be S sng fT9 the ho shall not be g member of the University crew. In consideration of the extreme rksomeness of their duties the at the close Of their terms Of service sha be paid etc.
 This was changed by striking out the words "at the close Of their terms of service . These amendments were rendered necessa- ry in consequence of contradictions caused by altering certain sections without altering others which bore on the same subject.
 The most important of the changes is that which constitutes the president member of the executive committee in place of the coach. The navy is an undergraduate affair, supported chiefly by their contributions, and it was thought that they should not be in the minority in tho management of the crew, which up to this time has been almost entire ly in the hands of the coach
  Horse Struck IA The Neck By A
 Bullet.
 While one of the guns at the Winchester armory was being tested yesterday, bullet glanced from the target ana struck one of the horses in the neck The animal will re- cover.