Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-11
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The sAceessful Trip Of tho Glse ana
: 1anjo Clubs-She6. Seniors TO Take
u Trip Down into Pennsylvania-
The New Library Net Yet Opened
University Meeting This Even1ng-
stage Coaching Q New Pitcher.
The Easter trip of the Glee and Banjo
clubs this year proved to be one Of the most
successful and enjoyable trips taken BY those
organizations in years. All the members
expressed themselves in the highest terms OF
the pleasures they enjoyed during their brisf
stay in the sunny south. They returned to
college yesterday morning from New York.
Tho FIRST concert was given at tho Hotel
Hygeia, Old Point Comfort, whore both clubs
stopped, Friday, April 4i and after this toll
lowed reception given BY the officers Club
ct Fortress Monroe, which proved an *
tremely pleasant affair. The party went on
special car over the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, and gave concert in Lincoln hall
that evening to . crowded house. They were
most enthusiastically received and enter
tanned. At the concerts given in Baltimore
and Philadelphia the clubs were received
just as cordially and by large audiences.
The Shelf. senior circle will probably pay
visit of inspection to the large bridge works
| in Phoenixyille, Penn, about the first OF
June. They will be accompanied by Profess
sor Dubois.
| The Shelf. seniors are lamenting the fact
| that they are to still have two 8 O'Clock
morning Rotations a week. It was expected
that these two hours devoted to designing
would come at O'Clock instead of an hour
| earlier.
The Shelf. freshmen will have an examine
ton in chemistry on Wednesday, April %.
The Yale and Amherst freshmen mines will
play game May 8 at Amherst.
The books are being transferred to the new
library rather slowly but as fast perhaps as
emit senior class will not have much oppor-
tunity to enjoy it. The handsome memorial
window is not yet exposed to public gaze but
may be seen through the windows on the
other side and is a beautiful piece of work.
manship. The colors are rich and deep and
the figures exquiaitely executed.
A university meeting will bo bold THU
evening to take action on the report of the
athletic committee in regard to q dual
league. The report which favors the rejec'
ton of the propositions submitted by thu
Harvard committee will undoubtedly bt
adopted by the nesting without discussion
This will be the end of the dual League
scheme at least for this year.
| About fifty spectators gathered about tn
gym. lot yesterday afternoon to watch Stag
coach Ridgeway '92, who is practicing for
position on tho nine and change pitcher. HI
is new man at Yale, having just entered
the sophomore class, bat he has had exper
fence in base ball at the Northwestern uni
versity and promises to be the coming pitchs
of Yale. He is a strong, well built man an,
has some difficult curves which he control
very veil. It is time for Yale to develop
now pitcher, who will take Stages plac
when he leaves the university. But thi
year Stage will occupy the box, fact tha
brings Joy to ali Yalensian's hearts.
6herill, L. s., is entered in the seventy
Eve yard dash at the games In Boston to
morrow night.
R. Shaw, go, who jumped from train a
tho old station on Chapel street was, wit
the exception of badly bruised face, uDir
jured.
, There are about thirty seniors writing ca
, says for the Townsend prizes and tho DeFol
} est medal. The essays are due the first o
May, and there is hard work being done 9
present by all the writer's. The best six Of
says are selected and the writer's delive
them at commencement, the winner receiv
ing the DeForest medal and the others tn
! Townsend prizes.
. Most of the students have returned, bu
| there are still many detained at homo b
sickness or other causes.
, Prof. E. ]. Phelps will resume his cours
of lectures on intermediate law to-day at
quarter past twelve.