The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-26
YALE NEWS OF INTEREST
RESULT or THE RECENT DEBATING
CONFERENCE HELD here.

Reports to he Submitted to the Three
ColIeges-schedule of Debate-Law
school Notes-Bob Cooks Criticism
The New Dormitory-other Items.
AT meeting of the senior class of
the Sheffield Scientific school held in
North Sheffield hall yesterday afternoon
it was voted that the senior class would
not wear the costumes class day as
have been hitherto worn on that occa-
sion. f. F. Brooks presided at the
meeting and appointed l, Ingersoll 96S.
to the class tri-ennial committee to fill
the place of Lawrence Whitney, de-
ceased
DISSERTATIONS WON.
The first of the disappointment
games was played at the field yester-
day between the dissertations and the
first colloquies, and resulted in vlcto-
ry for the former by a score of 9 to G.
MILLS SONG SELECTED.
The song written by F. H. Mills 1868.
has been accepted as the song to sing
at the Shelf. senior class day. The sing
is to the tune "Integer Vitae"
TENNIS ENTRIES,
Entries for the annual tennis tourna-
ment for the New England champion
ship closed here last night. No entries
have been received from Harvard or
Brown, and it is not thought that any
I representatives from these colleges will
enter. The list of entries is much
smaller than usual. 1t includes the fol-
( lowing: Clarence Hobar of New York,
Malcolm G.. Chace of Providence, Ar
thur e. Foote OF Yale, ]. P. Paret of
New York city, and c. B. McEnroe of
New York, A. E. Kent, C. p. Dodge, w.
P. Sage, E. B. Smith, F. L. Griffith and
L. G. Billings, and F. M. Mundy of
Yale. John Rowland of New York,
winner of last years tournament, will
appear and defend his title as cham
pion after the finals have been played.
The tournament will begin to-day.
The conference on intercollegiate de-
batting was held here Saturday evening
4 between delegates from Harvard Yale
anu IlIlCClOil, ScSll ullVCl5llS Wills
represented by one graduate and one
undergraduate, Harvard's delegates
\ were r. c. Ringwalt and F. Dobyns 9S,
Princeton's Prof. Bliss Perry and J. J.
Moment SO, and Yale's DR.. e. V. Ray
I nolds and G. U. Clark '97. The follow
ing report will be submitted by the del
4 egates to their respective universities
A for ratification.
The dates for the intercollegiate de-
Il bates in 1867 shall be: Princeton VS..
\ Harvard at Princeton December 4,
h Harvard VS.. Yale at Cambridge March
g. Princeton VS.. Yale at New Haven
u May 7. 1t is necessary each year that
one university have two debates closely
\ following one another, and owing to
\ the nlid-year examinations at Harvard
h longer interval between the two Yale
v debates was found to be impossible.
n The debates are to consist of three first
ID speeches of twelve minutes and three
n rebuttals Of five minutes on each side,
q The subject is to be submitted by the
NJ home college seven weeks before the de-
n bate, and choice of sides by the visiting
college is to be made within two weeks.
N The list of judges is to be submitted
\ by the home college six weeks before
4 the debate, and this list is to be returned
n by the visiting college within one week.
. This list of judges shall contain no less
than twenty names. and no one is to be
n named as judge who Is a graduate of
\ either institution. The judges are to de-
eide on the merits of the debate, with
out regard to the merits Of the ques-
ton. The Princeton and Yale delegates
fo a 0f a ,.1,la IA
Y ing that no man shall compete in an
intercollegiate debate who is pursuing
any other than regular undergraduate
n course as candidate for bachelors de-
Il gree in arts, science or philosophy, or
Il who has received degree from any
other college. but the Harvard dele
gates could not assent to the proposal.
& The delegates agreed that there is a
possibility of abuse in faculty coaching
X 1t was the opinion of the Harvard and
Princeton delegates that assistance
from members Of the faculty or per-
sons outside the university should be
\ limited to the giving of information
while the Yale delegates failed to see
II why criticism of practice debates by
i members of the faculty is any more OBJ
Objectionable. With regard, therefore
to, faculty coaching and the participa-
ton of graduate and special students in
these debates, matters remains in statu
I quo, but the above provisions which
I were unanimously adopted by the con-
L ference will become binding if they are
ratified by the committees in charge OF
debating interests at the three universi-
ties.
LAW SCHOOL ITEMS.
The Way1and prize debate will take
/ place at College street hall tomorrow
evening at o'clock. The disputants
are A. T. Bierkan of New Haven, H
S. Burrowes of Wooster, O., H. H. KEEL
1ogg of Carthage, Mo-, e. II. McVey OF
Des Moines, Ia, f. S. Martyr of Wind
sor, VT, A. NJ Robinson of Beaufort, S.
c., E. G. Smith of Martins Ferry, O..
| W. l.. Tibbs of Salt Lake City, Utah.
! The judges are Chauncey M. Depew,
LID, Rev. George William Douglass,
D. D., rector of Trinity church, this
. city, and c. N. Kendall, esq, superin-
| tendent of public schools, this city.
A most able debate is anticipated
The subject is, Resolved, That United
States Senators Should be Elected by
Popular Vote"
Judge Townsend closed his labors
with the class of go yesterday forenoon.
He was rendered perfect ovation by
the class, with whom he was a great
favorite. They exceedingly regret the
oIosa of their lahors under his inStruc-