Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-01
YALE WILL WIN THE BOAT RACE

So Think tho Shelf. Senior Class-An
 Attractive Glass Book Issued Yes-
 terday-Facts and Statistics About
 the Graduating Class In the Scien.
 tific School.
 The Yale class books are increasing in beauty and general attractiveness of make up every year. The Shelf. '92 class book is by no means behind the rest this year. It is printed in large, clear type on heavy paper, bound in boards of brown cloth, with design of gold on the front.
 A new departure has been made in the pictures. Splendid photo-engravings of North and South Sheffield halls, the new engineers hall and the members of the school faculty are printed in addition to the class pictures.
 The present graduating class is the larg- est in the history of the school, having 10S men as compared to 90 last year. The class entered with 139 men; one man was lost by death, J. W. Kennan, who was drowned in the harbor March 16, 1890, and "the pictures" of 39 others, as the class historian puts it, have been "turned towards the wall" In other words the class has lost this number owing to i'll health, accidents and numerous cases of disagreement with the faculty in regard to study. The history of freshman year is written by Wilbur Fisk Day, jr.. that of junior by John Baker Winstandley. while the events of senior year are recorded by J. H. Hammond, jr. The book states that "the blood of kings and conquerors, primes and politicians of every race and nation circles in the veins of 'o2 S." Fourteen of the class came from the Hillhouse high school; eleven from Ando- yer; five from St. Paul's; four from the Berkeley school; Chicago, Lawrenceville ! and Hopkins schools, three each; two from Exeter and the balance from various schools. One man says he came to Yale because he could find no possible reason | for going anywhere else and forty-six ! say that they never thought of going any | where else. Several men have helped to pay their way through college, and one l has paid his entire expenses by his own l efforts. The highest amount spent by a | member of the class is put down as 8, 800 for single year and the lowest $4SO. Only forty-two men, however, have kept accounts and the above figures are not av. l erages by any means.
 | Twenty-three men think Yale's chances I of winning the boat race this year are l "good," but seventeen say "very poor ,
 Seventeen men have had some serious ill.
 ness during their course, and of these five
 have not yet fully recovered. Thirty-three
 men have taken regular exercise during
 their course. Forty-nine think that Yale
 needs an in6rmary, while two think
 Keeley institute would be more appreciat
 ed, and one wants a children's home. 4
 composite of the class would be a young
 man 21 years, 9 months and IA days old
 five feet, 8 inches in height, and weighing
 149 pounds. The youngest man is Man
 ming, who is IS years and months, whil,
 the oldest is Hunt, 30 years and 1 month
 Sessions is the heaviest, 225, and Adams Ii
 the shortest and lightest, 5 feet, g inches
 and weighing 116 pounds.
 THE OLD "GYM" TO BE CONVERTED INTO NEW DINING HALL.
 Plans were adopted yesterday by theYal
 corporation for establishing, for under
 graduate students, a dining hall to b
 opened at the beginning of the fall term
 The old gymnasium, during the sum
 mer vacation, will be fitted up in an at
 tractive manner for this purpose. Tn
 main floor of the building will be trans
 formed into one large dining room, ant
 the kitchen, the store rooms, and all tn
 other appliances will be placed in the base
 ment.
 The dining room will be finished witt
 hard wood floor, wainscoting, etc. Th
 room will be 100 feet long, 50 feet wide
 and 25 feet high, will be well lighted, ven
 tilated and frescoed, and will accommo
 date nearly five hundred students. Tn arrangement will be such that any four
 teen students can combine to secure ta
 ble. The kitchen will be fitted up witt
 the most approved appliances for cooking l and the hall will be thoroughly equippe, for serving the food in the most com plete manner. Table linen and silver will be provided in abundance for the best SGT
 vice. The small charge for rent will SC cure the excellent board at the minimum price. The students who take board her will be charged exactly the cost, and thi is not to exceed four dollars per week. The new dining hall will be in charge o , MT. Vertner Kenerson, @ graduate of tn college in 1891, who is engaged in studio
 in the university preparatory to the medi
 cal profession.
 Mir. Kenerson has become we'll know, during his college course as capable bust ness man with superior executive ability His management of the Yale Co-operativ
 society, the main business enterprise ca, ried on by the students, has in five year
 increased the annual business from $S, ,00 to $50, 1000.
 , During the summer vacations for tn past four years MT. Kenerson has been ii charge of the dining hall at the Profl house in the White mountains, and it , believed that he will bring to this enter prise such wide experience in hotel wor , and such exceptional executive and bus ! ness ability that the management of tn new dining hall will be all that can be de , sired.