Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-20
NEWS ABOUT THE CAMPUS.

The Statue of Benjamin S1lliman
 Overthrown-Univers Chamber
 Concert-Y. A. A. Gold NIedaI-Divfn-
 ity School Ball Team-The Kent Club
 Lecture Last Night.
 The students on going to chapel yesterday morning were much wrought up to find that somebody, forgetting all respect and esprit dcorps, had torn down the statue of Prof. Benjamin Silliman during the night. The statue stands in the area in front of Battell chapel and Farnam. It is supposed that a crowd of thoughtlsss students coming home late had thought it would be 6 lark to "down" the statue. They procured rope which the workmen at the new recitation hall had been using, and fastening 1t around the neck of the statue easily overthrow ir. Nobody in a sober mood would nave been guilty of such an act, which can only be set down as piece of vandalism. The faculty will take energetic measures to discover the perpetrators of the deed and if they are found out it will proba- bly, go hard with them.
 The fifth in the series of university cham- Der concerts will be given this evening in North Sheffield hall at 8:15. The concert Adolph Hartdegen and MT. Alexander Lambert, The sixth and last concert will be given by the Beethoven quartet on April B. TEe following is the programme for this evening:
 1. Beethoven Sonata, Op 69, A major For cello ana piano. | <. hlel- Cello solo.
 Liszt '-.---lia., piano so1a E6ude de coneerf' 4. Mendelssohn. Sonata, Op. 45, B flat major
 Davison go 8. 15O pounds, Ely 162 pounds, Heyworth go s. will begin training soon. There will be meeting of the can didates in about week to elect permanent captain.
 The University Glee club have slightly al- tered their programme for the eastern trip. Not being able to get house in Boston when they want it they will go to New York and take steamer from there to Old Point Con- fort. As they will have an extra day thus they will give another concert somewhere in the South The place where this concert will be given has not yet been decided upon. The club give their annual concert in North ampton next Friday night.
 Of the men who are contendlng for the the gold medal which has been offered by the Y. A. A. to the man winning the most points in the all open amateur games, the following are the leading 10: Lentilhon '89 S. .,21 points; Robinson go, 19 points; Williams '91, F points; Lloyd '91, IT points: Hinkley '99, 15 points; Walker 'S9, Il points; Shearman '8s, 10 points; Elcock, M. S., 10 points; Ryder :91, points; Deming go S., 8 points.
 There is some difficulty between the Apol- 10 Banjo club and the second Glee club. The Banjo club want one-third of the profits and their expenses paid. This the Glee club is not disposed to grant and unless they come to an agreement they will nave to travel alone.
 The Apollo club will give concert Friday night in South Norwalk, after which they will be rendered a reception by the local yacht club.
 Student Life at Oxford" was the subject of the lecture at the county court house last evening by Rev. H. N. Cunningham of Water- town, Conn. Mr.Ounningham, being grad uate of Oxford, was thoroughly qualified to discuss this topic, and his humorous little sketches of incidents of college life and the graphic portrayal of several we'll known Characters proved very interesting to the large audience assembled. He began with a description of life in the Brazen Nose prepar- atory school and worked up through the ad- vanoing stages of school life into college life at Oxford and finished with vivid deserip- tion of the graduating year at that univer- eity.