The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-05
YALE NOTES OF INrARESr.
Fred 1T. Murphy, '99, Elected Tootbu
 Captain for 1896

Captain for 1896,
 At a meeting of the varsity football team last evening Fred T. Murphy '97 of Junction City, Kan, was elected captain of the eleven for the season of 1896, It was thought that there would be some contest between French '97 and Murphy for the honor. The lat ter was, however, unanimously elected. Mir Murphy prepared for college at Andover, where he was also prominent in athletics, having played on the An dover football and baseball teams and was captain of the former. Since be- ing in college he has played three seasons on the varsity football team at right tackle, where he is one of the best men ever at that position, and for two seasons on the varsity baseball team at second base, a posi- tion he has creditably held
 He is twenty-three years of age, six feet in height, and weighs 16S pounds when in training. He is one of the most popular men in his class and al though he in many respects resembles ex-Captain Hinkey he does not con- tinually carry "grouch' as was said of Hinkey, The election of Murphy meets with the approval of the entire college and great things may be ex- pected from next years team under his captaincy.
 meeting was held last evening in 92 Osborn hall for the purpose of con- sidering the advisability of forming Yale Civil Service Reform club. Pro- fessors Schwab, Fornam and Beebe spoke on them later. The meeting was largely attended and a committee consisting of w. R. Cross '96, Garrison '97, P. c. Peck '96, Cuntz, P. G., and Stokes '96 was appointed to draw up a constitution and present the names of candidates for various offices in the so- cdety at a meeting to be held at the same place next Monday evening A meeting of whist enthusiasts was held last evening at ' o'clock at 124 North for the purpose of organizing a whist club. A club was formed with Conlln '96 president, Beecher '9S vice president, Frank '96 secretary and Pill kins '96 treasurer. The object of the club is to create sociablity among whist players and to form firm basis upon which to work in arranging con tests and tournaments.
 Dr, William Lyon Phelps lectured last evening in Osborn hall on Thomas Car lyle under the auspices of the Phi Beta Kappa society. The occasion was the one hundreth anniversary of the birth of Carlyle. As Dr. Phelps rose to speak he was greeted with tumultuous and prolonged applause, indicative of his great popularity with the under graduate body. pr. Phelps exhibited a medal given to Carlyle twenty years ago on his eightieth birthday. It be- longed to the late President Porter of Yale and was loaned to Dr. Phelps last evening by Miss Porter Dr. Phelps said in his lecture that in comparing Carlyle and Keats 1t is at once evident that the one is a disciple of duty. the other of beauty. Most of the erronious impressions we have of Carlyle are due to the writings of the historian Froude. In his political writings and in his historical works Carlyle was dis pleasing to many as in his political works he wrote from the standpoint of a monarctist, which grates on the feel ings of those of democratic tendencies, and in his historical works his methods is entirely opposed to all canons of con stitutional history and it is done in a style peculiar to Carlyle. As an es- sayist Carlyle stands preeminent and has taught us method
 The lecture was listened to with wrapt attention and every point was brought ous as only Dr. Phelps can do it.
 The first smoker of the Yale Hill house High School club will be held at Stewards cafe next Saturday evening.
 The regular meeting of the Wayland Debating club was held at room 24 In the law school building yesterday af- ternoon After an extempore speech by J. s. Greenspun some time was de- voted to a drill in parliamentary law. The subject for the debate was, "Re- solved, That an attorney may consci- entiously plead any case in law" The affirmative was upheld by c. F. Peter son, s. c. Sladder and H. Waterman; the negative by P. N. Goldbaum, W. Candee and G. E. Small.
 The Yale representatives in the Yale Princeton debate will leave for Prince ton next Tuesday noon and will be ac- companied by Walter Clark '96, presi- dent of the Yale union, and Waller, S.S.
 The following members of the junior class of the law school have been ini- tiated into Book and Gavel Dane, Bat terman and Hatcher.
 The regular meeting of the English club on Monday, December 16, will be omitted and the work will be resum- ed early in January.
 Legal Fight Not improbable.