Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-22
YALE NOTES.

About she Oriental C0ngress-Evengs
I'm the Coming FAN Games-An Kxeit.
inG Contest Looked for-The water
question Much Discussed on the
Campus-A Formidable Array OF
Apollinarts Bottles.
Prof. Harper will read paper Tomorrow
night at East Divinity hall on the "Oriental
Congress-" recently held at Stockholm.
The events in the fall games which are to
be held on Saturday are 100 yards dash, 220
yards dash, quarter of q mile, half mile, one
mile run, one mile walk, 900 yards hurdle
race and q two mile bicycle race on the track.
The field events viii be the pole vault, high
jump and broad jump. Tho hammer and
shot contests will not be held, because there
are not enough entries to warrant the Ath-
letic association to give prizes. Ono of the
most interesting featues of the games will
probably be the tug-of-war contest between
'92 and '83. The teams are we'll matched,
and If the freshmen do not lose their heads
an exciting and close pull may be looked for.
The races and jumping matches are to be
handicapped, SO that the new men may have
an equal If not better chance to win than
those who have been in former contests.
The prizes are to be gold medals for the firsts
and silver for the seconds. The entry list
will be closed at O'Clock this evening.
Those who wish to enter the contests and
have not done 30 should hand in their names
to F. O. Walcott, 1856 Farnam, before that
time.
F. G. Strong 80 8. and E. v. Hale 81
have gone home on account of sickness, the
former having typhoid and the latter inter-
mittent fever.
A stranger going through the halls of Far
nam and casting only cursory glance at two
or three dozen bottles in the corner of one of
the landings might suspect the habits of some
of the inhabitants of that dormitory. Upon
closer investigation, however, it would be
found that they were empty Apollinaris bot
ties. The most natural question to ask would
thema The fact Is, the students are boycott
ting the drinking water since such fears have
begun to be entertained that it is causing
such havoc. The need of well on the
campus is sorely felt at present. The expense
of digging and maintaining we'll would GER
tsinly DE very insignificant. There used to
be pump, thirty years ago, near where the
Siliman statue now stands, and the water
was fine. And there was another for many
years back of the old chapel. Ever since
this term commenced complaints have been
numerous of bad effects from, the water.
Though the water in itself were pure, the
places from which it must be drawn in the
old brick row arc too vile to insure safety In
its use. The water spigots are placed over
the sinks in which slops are thrown by the
janitors. Steps ought to be taken to remedy
this, and the most feasible plan would be to
drive we'll on the campus where students
might drink to their hearts, content pure,
sparkling water without danger of contract
ing any disease.
There is nothing in connection with the
two deaths from typhoid fever at Yale to
r.. IL kt1v>o Ioko Ne
epidemic. DR.. Seaver, the college physician,
says the health of the students is fully as
good as usual in the fall of the year. There
have been four cases of typhoid fever. Two
have proved fatal. With Roberts death
come the reports Of elk new cases. DR..
Seaver says they are of very mild form and
gives this list: Gerald NJ. Borden of Obi
cago, Freshman class; Edward P. Drew of
McIndoe's Falls, Vt, Junior class; Arthur
B. Russell of South Norwalk, Junior class;
Albert H. Barclay of Pittsburg, Pa, Junior
class.