Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-12
ABOUT THE CAMPUS,


Important Changes 80 be Made I'm she
wsrk-The Prize Medals-Prefessor
Moppin,s Lecture on Arabian Archi.
tecsure-Ashletic Games.
The faculty have determined to make some
changes In the different courses OF the re-
quired work which will more or less affect
all the last three years of the course, but
more particularly the junior and senior years.
and will 60 into effect at once. Hereafter
the study of philosophy will be begun at the
beginning of the junior year instead OF dur
ing the last term of junior year, as at pres
ont, and will consist of three hours week
Of required work In logic during the hrst
term. and the same amount of required work
In psychology and ethics during the rest Of
the year.
In senior year all that will come under the
head of required work will be two hours per
week in some one;of the philosophical courses
offered by DR.. Porter, Professor Ladd and
Mr.. Duncan.
This change, however, will also effect the
course in astronomy which formerly came in
the hrst term of junior year. just where
this course will be put in has not yet been
decided on by the faculty, butsit is probable
that II will be put back into the last half OF
the last term Of sophomore year, which will,
II this IL done, neceasitate shortening OF
some of the mathematical courses of that
year.
Tho crew IL working hard under the daily
coaching Of j. Hartwell. Sixteen men will
be taken to the training table on the first OF
March, after which the number will occa-
sionally be thinned down to ten men. John
Rogers, 97, will be In New Haven every Sat-
urday to coach the candidates. HeHelhnger,
'91 s., who Is training for place In the
waist of the boat, is improving, and much Is
expected of him In the spring. He Ia about
the only very heavy man in college to put In
the position that needs him so much, the tax.
ing the place of Woodruff or Corbin of last
years crew. Ferris, '9l, is doing good work
at No. A. In fact all the men are improving
to more or less degree, but Coach Hartwell
says they have to learn great deal in the
next month.
L. L. Button, '92 s. while pulling on the
tug-of-war team day before yesterday
strained some muscles in his neck 30 that he
will be unable to pull on the team for some
time. A light weight tug-of-war team was
to have been ssnt to New York to represent
Yale at the Berkeley association games, but
owing to Buttons injury the team cannot be
formed. He weighed only about 1877 pounds
and there Is no one of the candidates light
enough to fill his position without making
the team over the $50 limit.
The medals for the winners of the cross
country race last fall have just been COM
pleted by Ford The frat prize a gold
silver medal of the same design being Won
by Lloyd '0l. The design of the medal ID
very pretty and rejects great credit on Jew
eler Ford's ability to furnish. first class work.
The work on the new library is progress
ing with usual alacrity. Some little work ID
being done on the large window, and sub.
stitute for the large pillars that hid the view
of the window IL being put in. The question
IL often asked BY students "When is the new
library to be fnishedT" 1t is q question that
has not been satisfactorily answered yet.
Two handsome loving cups were exhibited
in the gymnasium last night, the prizes fol
the shot putting and high jumping contests.
the second one being held last night. The
cups were purchased from Ford, costing
about $25 each.
The lecture on "Arabian Architecture in
Spain" yesterday, was we'll attended. Pro
lessor Hoppin, who lectured on this subject,
travelled through Spain last year and made
personal observations of the principal styles
Of architecture left by the Moors in Spain
A great deal of the original architecture Of
the Moors, however, has been mingled with
that OF the Spaniards. Professor Hoppir
will continue the subject next Tuesday.
Charles Dudley Warner will deliver leo
ture in North Sheffield hall Friday evening
"About Fiction and Other Things"
The second of the weekly gymnasium con-
tssts was held last evening. In putting thu
shot the scsural puts, together with the mum
Der of points received by each contestant
were az follows: Bayard, 80 feet TX inches
points; Moyle, go feet ~ inches, 9 points
Williams, 81 feet 4 inches, 8 points; Elcock
80 feet inches, 8 points; Lentilhon point
and Eaton point. The total number o
points to the credit of each man is as follows
Noyle IS, Mills 0, Williams 8, Bsyard
Elcock 8, Lentilhon z and Eaton 2.
| In the high jump Stokes cleared feet an
received 8 points; Trumbull feet, points
Tracy, 90 g., feet inch, 8 points; Kitchel
o feat inches, 4 points; Tenny feet inch
es, 8 points; Deming feet 8 inches,2 points
and Tracy, 80, feet inch, point. TIL
jumpers are now credited as follows: Tenne
is points, Tracy, 90 s., 10 points, Dustan /
points, Stokes IA points, Deming 10 points
Tracy, 30, 8 points, Trumbull 10 points
| Linahan points, Hammond points, Stoke
q points and Lentilhon 1 point