Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-04
YALE NOTES.

The wayland Prize Debate of the Kent Club Last Night-The Victors- r. The Yale spring Regatta To.
 mOrrow-General News and Com.
 ment.
 The annual Yale Kent club debate for he Dean Wsyland prizes was held st Os- 'orn hall last night. The subject was, Resolved, That 1t is expedient to place additional restrictions on the right of sui rage in the United States" The speakers were Martin Conlon, New Haven; Hsrri- .on B. Freeman, Hartford; R. P.Freeman, New London; Benjamin F. Weddsn, New | London; G. R. Montgomery, Adana, Tur- key; Charles B. Whittlesey, New London, and Robert Wright, Hartford. The judges, I. E. Bromley, Rev. W. L. Phillips and George D. Watrous, awarded the first prize to Martin Conlon, the second to George R. Montgomery and the third to George o. Redington.
 JorTINas.
 The tournament of the Inter- Collegiate Fencing league will be given at the New York Racquet club to-day. Yale, Harvard and Columbia will be represented. H. P. '94S., W. T. Denniston L. S., and G. s. Hsydook '97 are the Yale con- testants.
 The death is announced of Clifton Wet more Welles, the class boy of '89. He died of scarlet fever at the home of his parents in New York last Saturday.
 Professor Ladd has published . new book entitled Psychology, Descriptive and Explanatory" It Is supplemental to his recent work on Physiological Psy- chology." It treats of the phenomena, de. velopment, etc, of the human mind. Scribner & Son of New York are the pub fishers.
 The tie in the college chess tournament has been played off by Bonsall's victory over Ross. This gives to Bonsall the uni- versity chess championship for the year. Pourri is nearly ready for publication. It contains over 200 pages of reading matter, and includes Autographs of unusual excel lence. The work is done by the Neriden Grayure company.
 WORK ON THE DoMIToRIEs.
 Work has been progressing steadily on the dormitories during the past few weeks. The Wander bilt in particular. has made rapid progress towards completion. The rooms in the west wing are nearly finished, the window seats as we'll as the mantels, which are very handsome, having been placed in position. The window seats are lower than those in Welch and have shelves arranged beneath them which are very con- venient. The wainscoting is nearly com. pleted and the doors are mostly hung. Small sized elevators, to be used for carry ing, are being put 1t and the one on the
 west side is ready for use. The work on
 the windows and window-sashes Is going on rapidly. The iron stairs in
 three halls are finished excepting
 the marble tresds. The outside of the
 the building will be completed shortly, as
 the carvers expect to be through in about
 two weeks. The stone wall in the court is
 com pleted and ready for the iron railing,
 tire front of the building has been com
 menced. The foundations for the curbing
 around the court have been set, as well ss
 that for the curbing on the street. The
 brick sidewalk will soon be torn up and concrete similar to that in front of Osborn hall will be laid. The pointing of the stone work has also been finished, thus enabling the removal of the scsffoldipg.
 Work on the White and Berkeley dormi- tories has progressed, but not so rapidly as that on the Vanderbilt The work of clustering and tiling is finished and the wsinscoting of the rooms is completed. Work on the trimmings has been started and pointers have commenced tinting in two of the halls have been laid, and the rest will be finished in 8 short time. YALE ART SCHOOL.
 For the benefit of those who intend per suing 8 course of art after graduation we give brief account of the work and aimi of the Yale art school. The school aims te provide thorough technical instruction ir
 the arts of design, viz: Drawing, painting sculpture, architecture and copper plate | etching, and to afford knowledge of such ! branches of learning ss relates to the philosophy, history and criticism of art As professional school of art the aim it | to furnish thorough course of study ir the practice of the studios, and as . de partment of the university to provide | instruction in the fine arts as constitu. | ent part of a scheme of general culture These depsrtmentso of practice and criticism may be regarded as distinct or correlative The technical instruction for professional | students is based upon methods we'll adapt | o0 " AA5SiEAAhO oA0 AoSuAtlepy oAO kEOuuO | the pupil in the elements and fundamental principles, which constitute @ grammar | of art, as foundation for all forms ot ! special application. The instruction in the ! department of history includes courses o1 lectures by the various instructors of the | school, arranged to include profe ssionsI ! students in the regular course, and classes from the department of the university | when 1t is recognized as au ''election' ! study. The regular prescribed course oi ! study for professional students covers 6 | period of three years, but pupils are en. l eouraged to remain In the school and pur l sue advanced studies after the expiration l of the prescribed term. The fees are 8,
 annual fee of five dollars No pupil Is re
 ceived for @ term of less than three months. The tuition fee for 8 fourth years attendance Is one-hslf the usual rate; pupils remaining for a longer period are classed as Honorary students" as such they are exempt from the payment of 6 tuition fee, but are charged an annual fee
 of $10. The school is open to both sexes no pupil is received under fifteen years oi sgs. All applications for admission
 ehould be made through the director. The | school opens on the 1ss of October, and
 the closing exercises are held on the 1st O1 ouu0. At buo ouu OI tuo ECuOOl year
 an exhibition of the work of the various classes of pupils is held, continuing open through the summer months. An elective course is provided for the junior and senior classes in the academical depart ment, ss set forth in the prospectus of elective studies in that department of the university.
 YALE SPRING REGATTA. The spring regatta will be held at Lake
 Whitney to morrow afternoon. It prom
 ises to be fully up to the usual standard of
 interest, especially ss affording indica-
 tions of the development of the Varsity
 and freshman crews up to the present
 date. There will bs a single sculi race and three eight-oared shell races. All four races will be rowed over the new mile and @ quarter course, from the second bridge to the basin above the dam. The first race will be between the junior eight and the 'Vsrsity, the latter rowing in the
 same order as for the last two months. The second race will be between the sopho- mores and the freshmen. The winner of this race will TOW the winner of the War sity junior race. The single scull race will be for the George H. Ford trophy. Percy Bolton, the coach of the record
 breaking 'SS crew, Is coaching the Varsity this week.
 WALLINGFORD.