New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-21
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
YALE'S HIGH JUMPER JUMPS HIGHER
zErA PSI TO BUILD-Two NEW SPORTS.

ZETA PSI 10 BrILD-TWC NEW SfOkiS'
Ncw.,,aven. Conn April 20 (specian-Thomas q.
1hearman, Yale. 80, made himself famous fcp'"''
e., 1855. by a high jump Of feet inches uiereo'
establishing college record that has not yet pee"
broken outside Of college circles. Mr. shesrih~" =
NOT now in training and he has not paid particular
attention 10 athletic development in several ihoi'"'
A few evenings since he attended an eA"oi'o" VI
the athletic club and induced to jump TIC sur
prised himself and everybody else by cea3ins ~
1O5 inches thus breaking his own record ne """A.
SIC could clear > feet IL incheS, Or Po's'''''
he were in training.
Contracts have been awarded for chaptcr-housc
for zsta Psi Society OF Yale. The building VIII "
4sxo4 feet. and the principal matcrai uscu ia ,'
construction will be Roman notified brick, wilie the
large entrance will be made OF carved ONO s'ohc A'
,he general trimmings Of Hre-oxid bluestone Inc
inferior will be finished with qusitefed o'h all"
North Carolina nine and will be lighted by TWO large
.lrlshts from the roof aud large halfcrcuiar
window in The rear. Buchanan d. Derster' Oh Ne"
Work are the architects, and they estimate the coso
III $4,000. " . man.
Ewo men agree to take five shots apiece WIN TENNIS
hall at one another's hats which pinned on con
~cni.n, most What is left Of the hats aiter "'c
ordeal has to be by the owners during 'ie ioi'
1T. ,ext ensuiry As a result. some of the
best known seniors have been about the streets WIN
their heads protruding from battered ana ueciueoN
t,am A
holding the seniors en- route for the chapel IN ''e
carly morning would probably be willing 10 swe"
that the men of 80 were shocking examples
The juniors also have a new sport. Men WHO
appear on the campus i'll "boiied smr's arc i''
mediaeIy seized; their vests are unoutt"neo anu
the usual tab is found attached 10 the lower Gnu VI
the shrtbosom IT is at once clipped of and as quickly
pierced by nail and attached TO an ciin no" c~Ac"
the fruit tree The sport is called fruiting ana 'e
tabs of eighty shirts represent the fruit piucAeu us
far Strange as it may sccm the juniors appear "
enjoy the new sport hugely, and the most ihNch'''e
vf them are dcvisng tabs that cannot DC reiho'o"
with ordinary sharp instruments. Yesterday JUNIOR
who had been plucked again appeared VIII"
shirt fitted out with tab. lie was Se]eu' anu anu
AFTER brief struggle pair Of shears claspeo 'o
tsh 10 sever il, but somehow ii did not sever, ana
the keen edge of the shears became hhcheu ANU
was DESTROYED as the efforts To cut continued III was
not until the whole front of the shirt had been cut
from the victim that il discovered That the taD
was lined with fine copper WIRE A., .,on or hos
heen compelled TO resi- IN because of lll-healtn; ana
Lawrence worth has beer , eSSgu oarSman and
As enthusiastic In boating affairs - vi, ~
The Glee Club Will give concer, II, e" sed tor
the evening Of May :, the pro'eeus " '' "''"
'"I Professor r. H. Chtenden has been elected mcn-
her Of the National Academy Of science cs.os very
The New Haven Bicycle Club ha' offered a VIZ
handsome silver shield as prize 10 ne rae
Thc bcvcle men Of Yale favor the Proposed contest;
Ex-Captain Corbn, OF Yale. heartily faVofs """'
league. A.. ,,.o.,.ive Cam
- 80 Tho vaIc Medical school, stating the needs
~ Inc school and callAg for an endowment W
100000 II is desired to establish four ne" t,Vr'
.E;ns ard erect a 10000 laboratory. The buildings
now in use need an expenditure Of $1,000 for Iears,
rbe Fairfield Alumni Association have prplhl>eu ~
,.,se 40 600 and il 1. hoped that the New YORK
alumni will furnish 100000 more me o'p w a ,S
,,ion.i funds mst he furnished before the institution
can reach the high standard desired ..o.i,-
Professor Phelps l. delivering a most l'ert-,lnII
nd nstuctve series of lectures before the theoloeIe
students on The Application of Legal Princlpies 10
he Fyideuces Of Christianity These lectures are
ne,haps the best intellectual fcasts that nave peen
furnished the students Of any OF me aepsr.nei.,n
,his year and Mar1uand Chapel is not hall bs enough
I" contain all who desire 70 listen TO them