Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-04
COLLEGE NOTES.

New Board of Editors President
Dwight to Speak-YaIe Furnishes
Many College Pres1dents-Yalea and
Cornell Race-Baldwtn's New Gift
-Glee Club Concerts - Harvard's
Crew.
Mr.. Olive n. Day has been elected chair
man of the newly chosen news board, and
Pierre Jay financial editor.
E. F. simms, '91, has been compelled to
leave college temporarily, on account of
poor health.
President Dwight will speak ''Uni-
versity Extension" at the first public
meeting of the committee of university
and school extension at Chickering hall,
New York, on the evening of March II.
College presidents who have been con-
nected with Yale, either as graduates or
teachers, are as follows D. G. Gilman,
Johns Hopkins; Franklin Garter, Williams;
F. A. Walker, Massachusett Institute
Technology; j. w. johnson, University of
Oregon; Horace Bumsted, Atlanta Univer-
sity; Austin Scott, Rutgers, and w. 4.
Harper, University of Chicago.
The chances are against race between
| Yale and Cornell.
A recent gift to Bowdoin college is flag
used by boat crew of the class of 80 and
now suspended in the library over the
northeast gallery. The donor is Captain
F. A Kendall, go, U. S. A. The members
of the crew, which was the proud posses
sor of this bit of silk, nearly all enlisted
for the war, eleven serving in the army
and one, Speaker Reed, in the navy. Two
of the number became bligadier generals,
two major generals, two captains, while all
were higher than privates. The class of
go was the pioneer of college boat racing
on the Androscoggin, Their crew of four
teen men were as follows: John F. Apple
ton, John M. Brown, F. A. Kendall, ]. w.
Metcalf, George Cary, w. 7. II. Craig, l..
G. Downes, Charles w. Gardiner, w. D.
Haley, Charles S. McCobb, Charles E. Nor
rill, Thomas B. Reed, w. w. Thomas, jr.,
A. B. Twitchell.
The following seventeen of the Harvard
seniors have been taken into Phi Beta
Kappa:
W. G. Howard, A. Hall, R. E. Tileston
H. R. Gledhill, F. w. Coburn, A. w. bud
ley, E. o. Parker, S. Parsons, F. w. Burl
ingham, A E. Burr, w. Reed, G. H. Chit
tenden, H. H. Baker, j. Cummings, j. O.
Powers, H. Tallant, R. R. Hale.
The first eight men from the junior elias.
who were honored as highest ranking mel
in the class received their election in thu
following order
A. R. Benner, L. w. Bartlett, R. M
Lovett, L: H. Davis, w. F. Harris, R. w
Hale, G. w. Page, S. Adams.
DR.. Robert F. Harper lectured last eve
ming before the Classical and Pathological
society. His subject was "Recent Worl
in Semitic Philology."
The following concerts will be given b.
the glee and banjo clubs: At New Britain
March 16, at Rutherford, April 10; a
Wesleyan college, April "A; and probabl
a double quartette from the glee club an
, a sextette from the banjo club will visi
Dobbs Ferry, April 10, and Poughkeepsie
Friday, May /.
Winthrop '91 has begun training for tn
Harvard crew. He rowed No. 2 last veal
! but it had been understood that hea,
: trouble would keep him out of the boa
this year. The coaching so far has bee
done by Adams '8S.
THE REGULAR GYM. CONTEST
, Took place last night. Wright won tn
shot putting event and Lyman the hig
jump. Following is the score of bot