Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-02-27
CAMPUS NOTES.

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at XaIe-A PIanehette on the Campus
Many Coming Lectures General
News.
The Rev. Mr.. Walker of the Center church,
Hartford, occupied the college pulpit yester-
day.
Professor Brastow addressed the general
religious meeting at Dwight hall last even
ing.
President Dwight preached in the Center
church, Hartford, yesterday.
The congregation at the chapel yesterday
was the largest in years. Every seat was
taken.
Professor Had1ey's lecture tomorrow after
noon. 1t is a continuation of the last lecture
| and will treat of the various States and of
some of the leading European nations.
Friday evening Isham was elected presi-
| dent, not captain, of the freshman boat club.
The Apollo club sings at Greenwich on
Friday evening. There will be q reception
| after the concert.
| Professor Peck begins his readings in the
| satires of Perseus tomorrow at o'clock at
| TIA Lyceum.
There will be a lecture preparatory to the
communion at Dwight hall on Friday at 1880
| p. m.
On Saturday next OF p. M at the Art
| school there will be another opportunity to
hear DR.. Julius Sachs lecture on ''Later
| Greek Epics," illustrated by vase paintings.
Tomorrow evening Tutor Whitney will
read paper before the Classical and Philo-
| sophical society on recently discovered allie
CORY in Spencer's Faery Queene.
Two lectures will be given this week at
North Sheffield hall in the course on military
science. The first will be this afternoon at
| O'Clock by Lieutenant III. III. Patrick of the
| United States engineers on "Armies, their
| Organization, Equipment and Tactics" the
| second Friday afternoon by Captain E. Berg
land on Moving, Supplying and Sheltering
/ Troops"
| ticipate in an entertainment at LOOMS Hall
| tonight for the benefit of the New Lebanon
| mission of Center church. Miss Irene Stocked
| has charge of the affair.
| WEIGH, thu great New York pitcher, has
been engaged te coach the Trinity nine.
William Henry Seward, jr., of Auburn,
n. Y, member of '86, has been elected
| president of the intercollegiate Athletic asso-
| citation.
Easement, Grail, Allen and Hanson will
| compose the tug-ef-war team that pulls at
/ Music Hall, Boston, tonight.
Because of the bad weather Saturday the
crew rowed in the tank again. They have
| bsen pulling on the harbor for some time,
Tomorrow evening at the Gym. occur the
| last of the contests in jumping, putting the
shot aud the tug of-war before the winter
games. The picked team will pull the soph-
IGNORES in the tug tomorrow. At the games
at the armory on Friday evening the three
class teams will pull, the result deciding the
| inter-ciass championship. At that time the
picked team pulls the freshmen and the win
ner the sophomores. The latter team is al
most certain of carrying off the champion
ship and the interest will center in the ques-
\ tion who will take second place. The associ-
kaa {a1yi
l cups as trophies and the one getting off Sec
| ond best gold medals.
The winter games will be held in conjunc-
| ton with the Second regiment at the armory
next Friday and Saturday evenings The
New York Athletic club and the Manhattan
Athletic club will participate and it will be
the biggest thing of the kind ever held in
New Haven. There are over $50 entries.
| Fifty-nine come from the New York Athletic
club and large number from the Manhat-
| tan. Company Z of Wallingford will send
| down twenty-five men and the Second regi-
ment will have a representation in the games
of between seventy-fve and one hundred.
All Yale's field athletes of note will be con-
testants. The track has been surveyed and
sixteen laps arouEd the armory will make
mile and the records made upon it will be
accurate and authentic. The three rooms on
the rear gallery will be used as dressing
70 0ns for the contestants.
The managers of the affair will be Colonel
Leavenworth and President Walker of the
Athletic association. Among those who have
entered are A. Perivsralli, F. Weisting, II.
II. Banks, jr., G.. Geit, A. F. Copeland, who
is usually at the scratch in all events in
which he is entered F. F. Edwards, s. D.
Lee, from the Manhattan association; w. 4.
Berlin, S. S. Schuyler of the New York as
ISOLATION and E. D. Lange of the Manhattan,
who is a champion walker and who made the
record of 30s. for one-twelfth of a mile
April 10, 1886. From Yale among others
there have entered G. II. Sheriff. G.. B. Ber-
ger and D. Tenny.
The referee will be w. B. Curtiss of the
Spirit of the Times and the starter will be
George Goldie, of New York. Hageman, of
New York, is the Handicapped The official
reporter will be Captain Callahan of the Sars-
field Guard.
Some post graduates in South Middle, ex-
perimenters in animism, spiritualism and
some other isms, have o planchette which
does some wonderful things It consists of
pointer on a circular disc placed on a table.
Several words and letters are on the disc.
When asked question the machine replies
and with wonderful accuracy. 1t operates
by means of nervous energy transmitted from
the hand of the operator. Two of the group
of its followers have been able to perform
some marvellous feats with it in the way of
making the machine talk. It is an innova-
ton in Ya1e's conservative atmosphere.