Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-13
YALE NOTES.
Y0Ie's New Build1Dgs-A Generous
 Gift for the Gymnasium-Deta of

Y0Ie,s New Bu1ld1Dgs-A Generous
 Gift for the Gymnasium-Deta o1
 the Kent Laboratory.
 The shell used as one of the decorations of the opera house on the night of the prone made was the one used by the '87 crew in the spring of 'S4 when they lowered the Yale record for two miles to 10 minutes and 53 seconds.
 Mir. E. R. Johnes '73 of New York city has offered to pay the architects charges for the that the architects charges amount to per cent. of the whole cost of the building, the gift will amount to $5,000. Prof. Richards has recently been in New York for the purpose of consulting various architects. MT. Johnes is lawyer and while in college was his class poet.
 The Second Glee club gave a concert at Simsbury Thursday evening which was a very enjoyable affair in spite of the fact that the rain kept many from attending. The programme was the same as that rendered at the concert given in Birmingham last week.
 Prof. Brewer will lecture before the Kent club ill the lecture room in the court house next Tuesday evening on ''Governmental h. reference with Public Health"
 During the stay of MT. A. E. Kent in this city some decisive steps have been taken re- garding the new chemical laboratory. F. A. Gooch, professor elect of chemistry, now a member of the United States geological sur vey, has been in consultation with MT. Kent and most of the preliminary arrangements have been made. The building will be on the corner of High and Library, next to the Sloan Physical laboratory and will cost about $75, 900. It will in all probability be built Of Sknpn and will faVnrahlv with laboratory in the country. Prof. Gooch has recently visited the best laboratories in this country and Europe in order that this might be perfect as possible.
 PROTECTION VS. FREE TRADE. Another Interesting Talk by Prof.
 ThOmPsOn to the College Students.
 When Prof. Thompson entered the lecture room in North Sheffield hall last evening to deliver the third of his course of talks on Protection larger audience greeted him, in spite of the rain, than at either of the previous occasions. The subject spoken up- on was ''The Relation of Protection to Agri- culture" and the substance of the lecture is as follows:
 "The free traders say that agriculture proves their soundness, because it is
 
 the most fourishing one in this country. But we answer that the farmers originated protection. In the year of 1789, 96 2-3 per cent. of our population were farmers. They saw how dependent they were on England for all their manufactures and that they had no home market, and they voted for protec- tion more as an aid to themselves so that they might have diversified industries and a man ufacturing population to sell to- To-day we consume 92 per cent. of our farm produce at home. Even in the very beginning the claim that farmers are not protected is false, for in 1S41 bill was passed giving land for farming purposes at g per acre. Is not this premium on agricultural After the Mexican war we gave all soldiers who wanted it farm of 160 acres. But if any of them came to the government and asked for help in some Sther line than farm ing he did not get it. Was this not aiding the industry9 If the manufacturers asked for a school to drill mechanics they would not get it. But the government has founded but do not call it free trade. Both sugar and cotton would never have been raised in this country had it not been for a tariff; and then New England manu- lecturers objected to taxing their raw material, cotton. But we wanted the cotton industry in this country and protection is not for the manufacturers alone. Still we do want this to be manufacturing country, since, although it is seeming paradox, a farminglcountry is a famine country, because we put all our eggs in one basket and when it falls where are wei think the farmers can stand @ little more of this pernicious protection"
 Prof Thompson will continue the subject this evening at 7:3O.