Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-03-06
NEWS OF COLLEGE INTEREST.

A Contest of Words This Evening"
Site For An Infirmary Proposed |
News About the Harvard and
Princeton Athletes-JuniOr Honors
at Dartmouth-Other Notes.
Moonlight in A, Osborn hall, the joint
debate of the Yale union and the Kent
club of the law school takes place at
o'clock. Professor George B. Adams will
preside. The disputants will be Messrs.
Miller, Hill and Aiken from the law
school, and Upton, Hefaon and Hodges
from the union. The question for debate
is: "Resolved, "That competitive ex-
aminations are fair test of ability for
civil service" Ten minutes will be al
lowed each speaker and there will be no
summing up of points by the leaders. No
Judges have been appointed and no deci-
sion will be rendered. The affirmative
will be taken by the union.
The election of officers for the union for
the coming term will be held in Old chapel
next Friday night.
Professor Seymour will deliver this eve
ming the seventh in the course of mechan-
les lectures. The subject will be ''Homeric
Life" and is one which the professor can
make very interesting outside as well as in
the recitation room.
The long proposed scheme for establish
ing an infirmary for Yale students has
been further developed. A letter is now
being circulated which sets forth the
| needs of such an institution and the
amount of money necessary.
1t is proposed to buy lot convenient to
| the campus and erect upon it building
that will accommodate eight or ten persons
| and provide it with all the comforts of a
home. The house is to be under the care
| of competent man servant.
The patient will be allowed to select his
| own physician. In the same building
there will be accommodations for friends
of the sick one who may have come on
from home or elsewhere. Any student
who has ever been seriously i'll on the
campus, will appreciate the disturbances
| of such q building It is considered that
| SIS, 900 will be needed.
Pitcher Keefe is coaching the Princeton
| nine.
| Captain Perkins of the Harvard crew
| keeps his men hustling. Every day until
the recent heavy snow storm the candi-
| dates have been out on the river and have
| by this time been pretty Thoroughly sifted
| down. Perkins and Kelton show the best
finish of any in the boat. Powers, Ran
tone and Jones are also showing up in
good form. The men are all rowing with
out sliding seats at present in order to get
long body swing with straight arms and
firm finish.
The Harvard Freshman Banjo club has
been finally chosen as follows: E. P. Mer-
win, J. G. Howard, F. Snow, DE-. Calhane
E. Tuckerman, B. Wells, banjorines; D. B
Hampstead, S. L. Forsyth, W.T.. johnson
R. P. Hood, guitars.
George G. Frazer of Washington, D. G.
has been elected treasurer of the Princeton
University Football association. Accord
ing to the usual custom, Max, Farren, thu
| outgoing treasurer, was elected presiden
for the ensuing year. The meeting rati
| fed the executive committees renomina
ton of G. G. Cuyler for term of three
years on the graduate advisory committee
The outfit decided upon for the bal
players is suit Of light gray, black stock
black cap, with the base ball monogram
worked in orange. The management ha
announced the following games: Marcl
2S, Philadelphia National league a
Philadelphia; April 3, Williams, a
Princeton; April 4, New York Ma
tional league, at New York; Apr
7, St. Johns, Fordham, at Higl
Bridge; April 8, New York Nationa
league at New York; April II, Lehigh a
, Bethlehem; April Is, Columbia at Prince
ton; April 20, Staten Island Athletic club
at Princeton; April %, Lafayette, at Easton
: April 30, Englewood Field club, at Prince
ton. The games preceding that of Apr
are not included in the eastern TRIP
| which begins with the New Yorks on tina
date and ends with another game with tn
: same club, making very short trip whe
t compared with those of recent years
There are two dates yet untitled.
FRESHMAN GERMAN.
o A freshman german was given last ever
| ing in Academy hall. The affair was of a