Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-19
YALE NOTES.

AAAN NOA1Ss
Yale-Harvard Debate-Yale Gymnas-
tic Association Meetlng-Church
Service Music - Professor Beers
New Book ON Coldrige-Sale OF
"Prom.0 Boxes-Kent Club Lee.
tures-Candidates For the Univer-
sity Grew.
This evening the joint debate between
Yale and Harvard will be held in Sanders
theater, Cambridge. It promises to be
most interesting inter collegiate debate.
Tho affirmative side of the question, Re-
solved, s'That Independent Action in Poll
tics IL Preferable to Party Allegiance"
will be debated by Yale and Harvard will
have the negative, with the restriction that
parties shall be considered as necessary.
The debate will be presided over by Col
onel Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The
following men will &C. as judges: General
Francis A. Walker, president Of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology; Mr..
Carl Schurz of New York city, and Profess
sor Adams of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. The Yale speakers will be John
Wayland Peddie '95 L. s., William Henry
Cox '95 L. s., and Walter Haven Clark '96.
Harvard will be represented by a. l..
Prescott '94, A. 8. Apsay L s., and A. 8.
Hayes L s. Fifteen minutes will bs al
lowed each speaker. The debate will be
opened by J. W. Peddie in . ten minutes
speech. The same speaker will also close
the debate, being allowed five minutes for
an extemporaneous speech. Owing to the
heavy expenses 1t has been to charge an
IS 10
seats are nearly all sold, only few in the
second balcony remaining. The debatsrs
will be given an informal banquet imme-
diately after the debate.
Y.a A MEETING.
The third of the public contests of the
Yale Gymnsstic association was held at
8 o'clock last evening in the gymnasium.
There was a good attendance, including
many of the townspeople, and the events
prizes were awarded to the winners. The
first event was the running high kick, for
which there were seven entries. This WAS
finally won by s. K Gerard '97, with a
kick of 8 feet 10 inches. Next in order
came the club swinging, first place In
which was awarded to 81. A. LOOMS '96.
with P. Tuch '96 8.
CHURCH SERVICE MUSIC.
Mr.. John s. Camp. assisted by the choir
of Park church, Hartford, gave a recital
under the auspices of the musical society
of the divinity school last evening, at8:15,
in Battell chapel. The program was as
follows:
.. Sonata op: A. two movements. ..... Merkel
C. PRAYER. in fat. ................L emaigre
a. Hymn1."oh. that my load OF sin were
b. Hymn-Anthem, to the above Words.
.:......::..;....... y. Gsmp
c. re Deun, minor. ..".bucR
PART u-(Musical members.)
Organ preludev
Congregational hymn.
Anthem-''God, to whom we look up blindly" -,
Anthem.caniate Domino. o s. csmr
Authenticated US. Lord, o gently lead US"
.......................... Hawle5
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB.
There will be meeting of the Political
Science club in room 2, Osborn hall, 81
1880 this evening. A paper will be read
by L. A. Welles '93 on the Connecticut
charter under William and Mary.
A cordial invitation Is extended to all
the members of the university to be pres
emit.
NINETY SIX NINE TROPHIES.
The regular members of last year,
freshman baseball nine, including two bat
teries, making eleven in all, have received
trophies in the shape of blue silk flag
about two and one-half by one and one
half feet in dimensions. The inscriptio,
Is in gilt letters as follows:
| 49,
Glass Championship.
Wint ers 95.
NEW YORK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
The annual dinner Of the Yale Alumni
association of New York will be held thi
evening at 6:l0 O'Clock at Sherry's, Fiftl
avenue and Thirty-eeventh street. I'm
usual preparations have been made thi
year, and it is hoped that it will bs one o
the most successful dinners in the histor
will be Judge Henry E. Rowland I'd, th
president Of the association; Presiden
Dwight, Hon. Henry @ Robinson '53, O
Hartford, Henry A. Stiles and E P. Nit
ehell. There will also be present repre-
sentatives from the Harvard, Pfinceto
and Columbia alumni associations.
THETA xI PROM RECEPTION.
A promenade reception will be given b
Theta XII on Wednesday, January 81, g
zoe Crown street. The hours will be fror
4 toe The patronessss will be Mrs Jus
tus 8. Hotchkiss, Mrs. A. J. Dubois, Mr.
James s. Petit, Mrs. Benjamin 81 Cheney
Mrs. 81. Grant Thompson, Mrs. Ed ward
Reynolds and Mrs. q. Rowland Vermiiyt
KENT CLUB LECTURES.
The usual course of leeSzres before th
Kent club of the law school will be d.
livered this year and arrangements hav
been completed for them. The lecture
that have been decided upon are as TO
lowe:
February Is. Professor William q. Mac
of Syracuse university. THE Self destrut
ton of American Slavery"
March 1. Thomas G. Sherman of Ne
} York, Natural Taxation"
Colonel Osborn of the New Have
Register and Hon. William L. Wilson {
West Virginia will also deliver lecturer
but their subjects and the dates have nc
yet been chosen.
UNIVERSITY CREW.
The following is list of the candidate
for the Varsity crew, with their ages An