Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-08
YALE NOTES.

The Schedule of Examinations Is-
 sued-Several New Features-Car-
 riage During Junior Promenade
 Week-To Preserve the Yale Trophy
 Flags.
 The schedule of the winter examinations was issued yesterday morning. Rscita- tions for the seniors and juniors close Sat urday, December 9, at 1 p. m., for the sophomores on Saturday, December 16, at 12:3O p. m., for the freshmen Tuesday, December 12, at p. m. Only ten days are devoted to the examinations, as the freshmen and sophonaores will have the larger part cf their examinations in Febru- ary. Professor Luquien's examination in n odern French literature will be held next Saturday afternoon. Three other exsmina- tions will be held on the afternoon of Sat urday, December 1s This is @ variation from the previous custom of the examiners as no examinations have formerly been held on Saturday afternoon. The sophs- mores will get through with their exsmina- tions at 10:45 a. m on December 20, while the juniors do not get out until o'clock. sonne of the 5uaiors have felt thst 1t was rather unjust to jet the sophomores out before them. All examinations will close st 3:45 on Wednesday afternoon, Deem ber 20.
 The Christmas vacation will be two weeks and five days in length and only two weeks and four days for those lackless l ones who have conditions, as the exsmina- tion to pass off all conditions will come on Monday, January 3. The term in college ! v-,;l medical school will reopen for the ensuing l term on the following Thursday.
 The arrangements for carriages during
 the week of the junior promenade have 1 been completed with W. A. Kirk, whereby
 carriages can be obtained at the same uni
 form rates as last year. By obtaining car
 riages from him all confusion can bs
 avoided. He can be found in the New Ha
 ven house.
 ! Owing to sickness Professor E. l.
 Richards is nnsbla to attend resitstions a prssents
 PROFESSOR MARATT's LECTURE AT osBoRr | HALL.
 The lecture by Professor Maratt of Browl
 university, which is to be given at Osborl
 hall on Sunday evening at 7:15 o'clocl (not Friday evening, as at first announced promises to be of great interest. Professo Maratt's subject Is -Four Years of ArGh
 .s ological 8bservation in Greece" a topi on which he is thoroughly informed, as b is an accomplished Hellenist, and wa , l American consul at Athens from 1889 t , 1893 In Athens he became the inttmst l friend of Dr. Scalemann, and was name'
 by him one of the executors of his will l Professor ksfatt is the author of 8 delight ful paper on "Schliemann at Home, } which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly few months since, and is a writer sn speaker of unusual ability. The lecture open to the public, though delivered unde the auspices Of th5 Yale classical ciCo. IN THE TROPHY ROOM. ,I A suggestion has been made in regard t the more dilapidated flags in the troph room. The acid used to set the names tr scribed, and the wear to which they hay , been subjected ia decorating for the iunio 7 promenades and class germans have 1T l l iured the flags more or legs, so that severs 7 l are in tatters and their inscriptions hay ! l partly disappeared. If they are left hang $ ing in the room there will very soon t l | nothing left by which to distinguish then t 1 and thus one of the most interesting au l l valuable memorials of Yales athletic vit
 
 ] l we'll to have duplicates made of the flag
 i which are In frail condition, to bs place
 in the trophy room, while the originals sl
 carefully preserved where no harm cs e l reach them.-Ysle News.
 - HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL CLUB. ] A meeting of the members of Yale uu
 versity who are graduates of the Hartfol
 high school was held in 176 Lyceum at G. o'clock last evening and was attended | e about twenty five students. W. H. Lee '94 presided. A. P. Bartlett '94, Maitlan - Griggs '96 and James Ferry '95 s. were a pointed committee to draw up set @ bylaws and perfect the organization of u b proposed club. Another meeting will g held a week from last evening. There 8 # large number of the graduates of tn f school in the university, and 1t is the il t tention to have the club similar to the E. n aIr Ir