New-York tribune., 1896-11-16
YALE.

YALE
New-Haven Conn, Nov 15--The academic de-
par,ment has been stirred up hi. week over the
rumor tha, the faculty has decided after this term
10 allow cuts" Students are now allowed
10 take six cuts a term for freshmen and sopho-
mores ard e!sh, for upper-class men. The faculty
has experimental with the freshman c.ass this fai
IN reducing a mans standing by certain amount
whenever vnexcused cut IL taken. and II Is said
that they propose extend this rue 10 all the
other Classes.
Reports from the football management indicate
tha, the rush for seats sor The YaePriHceton game
!s greater than before.
The REGULAR fal meeting OF the Yale corporation
has been omitted this fall for the arst time in man.
years on accoun. OF President, Dwight's absence in
Europe The business to be transacted was only
routine work.
The second exhibition IN the art school Of exam
pies Of The work OF the bes; illustrators OF the
country Will be opened with a reception on the
evening OF November ls. and will last two weeks
The works have been loaned 10 the ar, schoo by
Scrlbners and the Century Company.
AT d meeting he'd last Monday evening the PAilo-
sophical Cub was reorganlzed for the work OF this
year The following officers were elected: Professor
Ladd president: Mr. Clark T. G.. vlce-p:esideni:
Arthur Davies, secretary and treasurer. and an
Executive Committee consisting o. d.. ii. Davis.
Mr. Green p G.: Mr.. Kendall. J.. G.; M. Lloyd,
T. c. and DR.. Buckner. The annual work Of he
club VII consist OF papers by its members. book
reviews and literature ana lectures. II posi-
Bile by distinguished psychologists ami philosophers.
| Recen; statistics on the elective course IN the
Sheffield Scientific School are interesting rs SHOW
hIst, wiki lO3 students. The others are as follows
Mechanical engineering. &c men; civil ensinetIins
q; electrical engineering. S5: biology .; chemistry
70. and natural history and geology. each ,....
The Yale Epitome" new periodical. has JUS;
soely with college publications. its aim being TO
reprint represen;atNs art!c.es from e1en s,. EVtf.
OF the articles has been left the edtora. boards
Of the respective papers The ediiorS and pHos as
Alfred Ingram. Lemuel X. HoptoH. 80 s, ana Alex
Tae repcrt Of the Ya,s Financial Union for 1885,
9S, whicA comprises ;he accounts Of the four aih-
leiic teams OF The University has been inade pub
lie by Walter Camp. 49, treasuref aid ShoWs re-
cep:s OF s5l,.39 So. ard expenditures or s'5,siS IL
Both the Football ana Ba;ebaiI assqcia;ions had had
am e team were gnaSe ho 20 Py eHpen5es Hs re The
The work OF the University ere" candidates silil
goes OF aons me usual lnes Q; PF'c5icG 81 , on & me
win the inen for the lls. week. ana may stay a
week .oaser In staere1i given by Mr. Cook
10 me as .rWs n, qssS IsssSn az ~" rew siroLe
as is commonly supposed BY outsiders; bu, that she
whch Was used twenty Years ago bu: has beer
gradually departed from in more recent crews
oa. ias M or q the Dl Junior Exhbod as It is more
commonly known. has jus been given oa;; !;, and i-
%sopmeTt ys o, so1iS Gai Afrca seconam in Amer
lean Politics" The Englisi Admirals OF the tigh-
in Regard TO ;he Fur;ner Acquisition Of Territory
william Morris" "Th, Elizabethan Tragedy, OF
Bood The Book Of Esther" The Popular E'ec-
ton OF Senator'S" Reform in the Consular Service
of the United States and 'Heine."
The list for the Townsend Defores: prize compe-
on OF the senior class has also been announced.
and comprises the following topics: The Prone
9sns The K Kass Paec ana The e cram Isen IN Eng
lish." The French Revolution and The. English
The French Canadian" "The Literary Politicians
q the Eigheenth Centqryn rrhe Housing q ;he he
Nineteenth Century" and The American Protective
Assoca ton
The subject for the c. WHY'S Bets prize compe-
i;ion IN The sophomore class is A Study IN the
Style of Thomas De Quincy" based on me follow
ing works. The English Mail Coach" 'Suspiris
de Profundis." Conversation" and The Re'OI of
the Tar,ars."