Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-25
CAMPUS NOTES,

The Lit. QuarreI-Mr. Pinchot De- cIines-Day of Prayer-COntests at the Gym.
 There are four cases of books in England for the library awaiting shipment.
 "The Philosophy of Religion" is the sub. jsct of university lecture by Prof. Ladd this afternoon.
 A team of fifteen men has been entered by the Athletic association to take part in the Manhattan clubs games January 28.
 Cornell is to have $40,000 Y. M. 0. A building, the gift of A. S. Barnes, the pub fisher. The freshman crew has elected Y. s. G. Moves as temporary captain.
 All departments of the university were represented in the large audience that listened to Prof. Hadley's interesting lecture on Newspapers yesterday afternoon He showed the way in which newspapers should be used as sources of contemporary history.
 The present troubles over the election oi the '89 board of Lit. editors have rendered the election soscalled needless. If the board is going to reject the men elected unless the ones agreeable to them are elected they might just as well abolish the performance of an election by the class. The interests of the Lit. would be as well if not better served should the old board appoint the new, and the unpleasant conditions that have arisen this year would be removed.
 Mir. Clifford Pinchot, who was appointed on the new Lit. board, has declined. Chair man FeIlowes of the board said last evening that MT. Pinchot had persisted in his declina- tion and that four men would constitute the next board, as the constitution of Chi Delta Theta forbade new appointment after the resignation of an appointee.
 Tomorrow is the annual day of prayer for colleges, and, as is customary, all recitations after 9:30 will be omitted. At eleven o'clock the several classes will meet in their respec- tive rooms in Dwight Hall where they will be addressed by different speakers chosen by themselves. The seniors will be addressed by the Rev. Dr. Munger, '51, of the United church; the juniors by the Rev. Joseph H. Twitchell, '59, of Hartford; the sephomores by MT. F. F. Abbott, '82, and the freshmen by the Rev. A. B. Nichols. 80, of Trinity church. At D. m. there will be university meeting in the auditorium of Dwight Hall which will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Twitchell.
 The first of series of contests in putting the shot and the running high jump was held at the Gym. last evening under the di- rection of the Athletic association. The purpose of these contests is the developmsut of material for the Mott Haven team and to sustain the interest in such contests. The entries were as follows:
 Putting the shot-Sawyer 's9, Bayard go, Robinson go, Hunt L. s., Williams '91, Chadwick '91, Sweeny go S., Ewing 'S9, HartweH '89 s., Tracy 80, Dodsworth go s. and Foster '91.
 Running high jump-Parker '91, Berger '8s S., Shearman 'S9, Williams '91, Penney '91, Waite go, Tracy go, Ives go S., Wolf '89 S., ". Dodge go S., St. John '91. Dennis '9O, Lincoln '88, w. G. Smith 'o1 and H. s. Woodward go.
 Mir. Hartwell 'S9 S., who had handicap of uix feet, put the shot 31 feet ands5 inches, event. MT. Bayard put the shot 31 feet and 10 inches, but could not oyer come his handicap. MT. W. G. Smith '91 won the Other event, jumping 5 feet and 3 inches, having handicap of nine inches MT. F. c. .,Shearman '89 jumped higher, but was too heavily handicapped to win. A large company of Yale men witnessed the contests, which were in every way satisfac- ;ory and highly successful.