New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-08
YALE.
TIE JUNIOR EXHIBITION OPEN TO FREE CON
pETITION.


~, ,. mar > fSpcciap-The faculty Of Yale
has voted to open The compel'''o" LOT inc hcHiS
lanes Ten Eyclt Prize better known as the Junior
r~hui,ir 20 the whole Junior class. This comedies
n tho undergraduates a privilege that every class
for the last ten or nfcen years has been striving
~ ,vin The Junior Exhibition was first held at
Yale in 1871 and then open l" the entire JUNIOR
class committee Of three. appointed BY the
faculty. reviewed all the essays submitted ana
selected the eight considered the most meFitorious'
Tho writers of the essays thus selected got their
1,,aooIos hv heart and later pronounced them in
rr,I,c the faculty deciding who wa, entitled to
tbo nrize for excellence OF composition and pro-
ru,cI,tiop About fifteen years ago change was
made by the faculty and the competition Wa I'M
tied to men of high rank in study, which. in major
fly If cases dcharrcd the best speakers In each cIS
from the contest. In lseo the Henry James ZEN
rvc, Prizes were established by the KinGsy Trust
Aseocistion-thc scroll and KEY Society.
The annual dinner Of the Yale Chicago club was
hold IN Wednesday night. Thirty five members of
the club and number OF prominent guests at
tended L. ;. lsham, 81, presided. Responses to
toast, were made 10y c. H. HamiI, p. o.: ". c.
Rhodes. 81 G. p. Rowland, 81 =. W. CMlh'. ~
II. l.. Huntington. 81; c. IL. sheriff., l.. :. and
l.. {. DUPONT, 81
The axe of the Oldest man IN the academic
freshman class is twenty-iX year. lhc age "i the
the elias, j., eighteen The heaviest IVAN weighs
2O5 pound, and the li-htcst man seventy seven
pounds. Inc average weight Is 10 pounds. IHe
ta'lc,t man is Is feet = 81 mchc, in height. The
shortest man is only feet iuchc, hl-i. Inc
largest lung capacity Is 500 hle- aud the smallest
iGj Htrcs. 1he largest imitation OF the chest mae
,vo, 1913 inches and tho smallest - n'hc~. Twcl-
one per cent Of the cIis, have detective c'c-i-h
per cent have defective hearing and - - per cent Hc
Professor W. g. sumner sailed yesterday f'r =
>N weeks TIP abroad. Ne viii spent most oi Inc
time lu London and Paris. -.
Joil. lociucr last Years pitcher for The New,
Havcn League nine. It,, been engaged 10 '"d'h
the college nine. ,-.ot
are President, Upton. ~ vice president &" No'"''
81 secretary. Fisk. ~. 9,
The engagement Il Harry Iecchcr the quarter ,a'
and captain ~ Yale, football tcan III o. T. '''
Nev7bcrry Of Detroit. is 8unounccd.
Commerce Commits .0n thi, week delivered before t'c
law school nvc lectures on the Iuirr-ti" 'onnct,e
act. This the INST ,ouroc 81 Icc'ul'' tI''I ''e
the G,coratpns for the Junior promenade in 'fe
armOsy OBJ january 20 VIII BE- by t"-ir- ~ NrN
York. tn" ceiling ~ the am uiN "lu Dot j." N'...,'
at III being covered with blu" p"ti. .Nndrd "il
tar and t.o side, will be hung vi'h banners i'H'l
and other decorations. Tho 80 .hrIl Nui Hr i"i :
from the oci.Iu, u the ccut7c and ni ,N' ,l ~''.'
VIM Dc the 'iuphv cuhlcuat.c : the h'-'. ~ 'hhI
nioulip Fluy special boxes vii 10" clrr ,d l't the
tcclslon. Mlltu. of Ncw-YosE. viii 'a'".
The university crew has berW "c'ltt WORK IN
rrelaration for I'r r. ..' ncI' ~ l,c, u, ~ Tv
are Sinm-. y. =. Brewster. %o B, uHiNriI 30
b. Ferris, SO g. ard Ives, ~ :. Among '"''
cnut.-tng or seat, are llas,ru1n. ~ ia' ''" '
WHO rYncd for tv, years DO TO men 'IrN MINI
~. Morrison. o. ana Eallc ~, 'ulsiun'e- III ia''
year, cr.w orc-'y. %; pyle. ~. horcie. 1913,
Wall.. -. ana Fly. 81.