Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-16
G. T. ApEE, Treasurer. GENERAL NOTES. The Yale Glee club will give its annual

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 G. T. ADEE, Treasurer.
 GENERAL NOTES.
 The Yale Glee club will givs its annual concert at FarminGton on June g. The concert which was to have been given by the Second Glee and Banj D clubs at Stsm- ford on May 23 has been abandoned. T. F. Archibald '96 and N. A. Smyth '97 spoke before the Y. NJ. c. A. meeting at Andover last Sunday.
 Ths Yale-Harvard athletic cup won by Yale on Saturday is considered the meet handsome college trophy contested for in this country. It Is of solid silver and stands sixteen inches in height.
 The Pot Pourri will be out the fyst part of next week instead of on Thursday of this week as was recently announced.
 A special relay racs between Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania has been arranged for Tuesday, May 22. The first thres of the University of Pennsylva- mia men will be selected for ths Cornell dual games and the Mott Haven meeting.
 John Clsrkson has signed contract to coach the Harvard team next winter. DEBATING AT YALE. The following communication from "A Graduate" appeared in the Yals News yes- ssrday:
 "The recent discussion about tha lack of debating talent at Yale and the means pro- posed to remedy the defect seem to be based on a m:sconception of the case. ! While enthusiasm among the alumni may 1 tend to stir up larger interest in the subject so that debating may | become more prominent as col- | lege affair, and while some changes | in tho course of study may prove more fla ! vorah1a t0 froin dabatSrs rnr,at rot bo forgotten that neither of these expedisnrs can actually change the condition of things. The palmy days of Linonia and | Brothers had neither of these outward con- ditions to help them. English literature | was far 1eEs studisd in the curriculum than nov; the support from the alumni | must havs been very slight; yet in the col ! lege and in the country at largs greater number of clear and forcible speakere were to be found, in proportion, than now. | The secret of their power lay in persist | snt thinking upon topics of interest for themselves independent of general opin- ! ions. Their individuality was strong | enough to stamp itself on their thoughts. ! and it was the vigor of thei. own minds | that made 1t possible. Ia many instances | we may have surpassed them, but it Is not | to be denied that they far outstripped us | in sobsr, careful thinking So many of | our elective courses are but huge schemes of statistics, collected and arranged for Us, | leaving nothing else for us to do but keep l long note book, hence we allo " ourselves to become dependent on such methods, and are not stimulated to individu al if ,rt. cy to fiil their pages with compilations Bssides this mental sl1ggtshnees, there is the tendency to underestimate the value of the college course; it is looked on as 8 stepping stone merely. All our thought i is for the future, to the exclusion of any real valuation of the present Whatever does not apply directly and definitely to our professions, so that 1t will bs of some material advantage, is thrown aside as un- worthy of our attention. Training, men, tai development, for it's own sake, Is not an object of general pursuit.
 By mere chance the weakness In debst- ing has shown us these graver defects, and the remedy for these two evils will not only strengthen in that particular point but give the college as 8 whole greater power. These defects the students can overcome themselves, and then having surmounted them let us talk of train 'ng in delivery and grsces of spsech. The latter are Of little importance if they are not first made substantial by power to think with considerable thoroughness." The Yale Gun club will hold handicap shoot Thursday afternoon at { o'clock. for the cup which has been presented to the club. The shoot will be open to all mem- bers of the university, and each new comer will be given the limit of the handi- cap. Each man will shoot at thirty key stone targets from three unknown angles. The cup must be won twice by one man before he becomes permanent owner. The sixty first annual convention of the Psi Upsilon fraternity will be held with the Kappa chapter of Bowdoin college on May 16. IT and IS. Ysle's delegates to the convention will be T. Eaton '94, L Deni- son. '96 and J. B. Hone '95.
 William Henry Bishops novelette of Monte Carlo entitled IA Pound of Cure,n is concluded in the June Scribner with a dramatic situation. It will be published i9 book form [ y the Scribners.
 Chauncey N. Depew will deliver the oration before the Phi Beta Kappa society ot Wesleyan university, Tuesday, June
 The Freshman Glee club will sing at the Howard avenue Congregational church to- night.
 Colonel R.. P. Hughes of the United States army inspected the military depart ment of the Sheffield Scientific school. and the Yale battalion at the armory yester- day.
 In the hrst round of the 'o7 class tepnfs tournament Kent yesterday beat Ryder 5-7, 66, 64, 46, GA The drawing for second place resulted as follows: First, Ryder vs. Cooke; second. Ripley VI. Pin ehot.
 The university nine will leave this morn ing for Amherst, where they will play the Amherst college team this afternoon. The batting order of the Yale team will bs as follows: Rustia, T. f; Murphy, 2b.; Case, 2. S.; Stephenson, 1b.; Keator, c. f.; Ar buthnot, Sb; Speer, l. f.; George, c; Tru- deau, D.
 The freshman nine will play Amherst 'o7 at tho field this afternoon, the game to be called at 4:15. The batting order will be as follows: Quinby ss. Harris If, Jerrems If, AcCandless p, o Reed cf, NcCancs 2b, R. Reed 1b, Fincke 8b, D-Forest c.
 A picked nine from 'o7 was defeated yes- terday by Kinas school of Stamford by . score of 18 to 1o
 Will Go to Bridgeport.
 The Danish Brotherhood of this city will 1 go to Bridgeport on . pionic June to 1 meet the other eastern lodges which will l be in that city.