New-York tribune., 1896-02-03
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YALE
New-Haven Feb 2-The Yale Union elected the
following officers on Friday night. TO serve for the
rest OF the college year: President. s NJ Alvord
SO: vice-presdent. c. L. Clark. ~; secretary ii.
w Chapman &C. treasurer, G. l.. Parker, "a
William NJ Beard &c was elected chairman Of the
Executive Committee. his associates being r. l."
Barnard '97 and Hiram Bingham. ir, '9s
Weekly debates between the eating CLUBS or the
Junior class are now held in the rooms Of one Of
the clubs directly after the evening meal They
have proved OF great value in the work OF the
union.
The Day Of Prayer for Schools and Colleges
which fell on Thursday. January 3d. this year. was
observed as follows: prayer meeting for those
actively engaged in Christian work was held at
1920 a. m In Dwight Hail At 9:30 a. M. "A union
reetinp Of ALL the classes was addressed by George
S. Eddy 81. S, and al p. m. the Rev. r. ray
Mills addressed the general meeting of the UNI
versity.
Although the controversy with the S'orrs Agri-
cultural College certain large appropriations
of money by Congress which have come to the
Sheffield Scientific School for number of years
has been decided in favor of Yale the money itself
has not yet been obtained w W Farnam, rsa trean
OF Yale's counsel. went to Hartford some days
ago TO secure the funds. They were told that the
State officers had not yet decided just how they
should act in view of the award and that further
conference would be held soon. IL is thouSil
however, that laIes demands VIII Sooi DC Si""''"
In full. H.,
The Princeton Honor system OF conducting
examinations is being tried AZ Yale As 1t has
worked perfectly at a number of minor examna-
tions at which IT has been used, there Is proha-
blty that II will in time he permanently adopteG
Since ii has been announced that the crew VIII
enter the Henley regatta this summer. there has
cSanre ben MAN, in the work ob Cook coached the
crew on Friday and Saturday, and they now nave
a very good idea of what will be expected OF thcm
Although the principle will remain the same the
stroke will be quckened considerably; to suit the
length Of the course and this Is what Is being
drilled into the The special work OF
Friday and Saturday was on the catch managing
It in such n way that the power of the stroke
begins the minute the oar touches the water MT
Cook when interviewed said that the method OF
training in the tank would be reversed this year
Formerly this work has been purely elementary.
with the result that the action OF the men Wh'n
first taking TO the boat has been SLOW ana hllsat-
isfactory This year IL will be the purpose OF tn.
coaches 10 accustom the crew to the same I'm" of
action in tank work Is necessary "hcn IN t1'
boat. Mr. Cook said that from what ne knew 9I u, :
material he expected INSIDE OF few months 70
see a good Yale crew" the members or Whlch
would average about 40 pounds. II is his opinion
tbot the change of climate will produce no serious
onered as an excuse The men should he in almost
the same condition before leaving THIS country as
they usually three or -four DAYS before INC
race at New London lie THINKS tha' @ ,mls ,t na,
an English university crew In the nea: futurr,
"a race wh,ch every Yale man wants 10 see take
place within a few years Since tn" crew has DC.
rrded 10 20 abroad w r. Cross. 90, who rowcN
No in last years boat. has begun training and
Reard No g. may also begin The following : INC
order of the boat at present: stroke l-nhsloil .
4 Cross. 3 Marsh: 2 Brown. and bow. whitney
The process Of reducing the Candidate ipr tn'
Freshman crew goes on slowly II Is not yet known
where they VIII row