The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
APPOINTED DBYIRESIDEET D WIGHT
 TO SPEAK IN CHICAGO.

Debates in the Yale and Freshman
 Unions-Other Notes.
 A request was received by President Dwight recently from the Union League club Of Chicago, famous club of that city, requesting him to appoint student of Yale to speak to the school children of Chicago on Washingtons birthday In accordance with the re- quest President Dwight has appointed Henry Dunster Baker of the senior class. resident of Chicago, to deliver the address. MT Baker is prominent in college Journalism, being an editor of the Yale News, and is exceedingly pop ular in the undergraduate world As an editor of the News he has displayed exceptional talent, and in addition to this is painstaking student and will ably represent Yale on the occasion. His father is prominent Chicago bus mess man, was prominently connected with the management of the worlds s Eais, and is at present president of the Chicago board of trade. Mir. Baker will speak on "Education and Politics"
 meeting of those interested in form- ing baseball nine. to represent Yale law school during the coming season was held yesterday afternoon in room 19 of the law school building. An or ganization was formed to be known as the Yale Law School Baseball associa- ticn. Committees were appointed to draw up constitution and rules and to arrange all necessary details of the association The following officers were elected: President. s. C. Sladen; treasurer, S. K Mccall; secretary w. F. Alcorn; manager, w. c. Atkins Pre- liminary steps were taken toward form ing a nine, the makeup of which, to- gether with the schedules of games, will be announced later.
 The first lecture of the Mechanics course will be held this evening at North Sheffield hall, commencing at s o'clock. The course is one which has been given for a number of years and has always been very popular. The lec- ture this evening is on French Roads and Road Making" and will be deliv- cred by General A. P. Rockwell Tick cts for the course of twelve lectures may he obtained at the Coop. store for $1.
 At meeting of the Chess club held in 196 Old chapel on Wednesday evening the following regulations were adopted in regard to the handicapping and rules concerning the coming chess tourna- ment:
 Class I. scratch)-Murdock 'ss S., - '96.
 Class 2 P and Move)-Sehlbach Ma ther, Holt, McCalmont, Van Sternwyk.
 Class 3 P and Moves)-Low, Ware, Gilman Dodd, Dayton, Sladden, Rob- bins.
 Class Kt)-Kent, Barnard, Nier, Gard Teasdale, Porter, E. l.. Smith, Blumenthal, Perkins '96.
 Class 5(R. .)--W Cooke, ,Luquiens, Cobb, Ripley, Benjamin.
 Class (R. and Kt.)-Emmons, Nicho- las, Chickering, Siviter, Chace, Smith, Burton.
 Class 1 gives 2, class 3 gives 3, class gives 4, class gives 5, class 5 gives G. K B., pawn and one move.
 Class i gives 8 moves, class ? gives 4 moves, class 3 gives 5 moves, class 1 gives moves-K. B. P. and 2 moves.
 Class l gives moves, class 2 gives 5 moves, class gives moves-Q. Kt. Class 1 gives 5 moves, class 2 gives moves-I. R.
 Class 1 gives moves-I. R. and K. | Kt.
 The list of drawings has been posted at the Coop. Results of the prelimina- " round must be posted at the same place by Tuesday, February il, and of the first round by Saturday, February 15. Contestants must arrange their own games and any games not posted on time will be erased from the tourna- ment.
 The regular meeting of the Leonard Bacon Debating club of the divinity school was held on Wednesday after noon. The subject for debate was: "Re. solved, That the reading of the Bible should not be prevented in the public schools
 M F. Davis of Detroit has invented a new kind of oar which he has showr at Harvard and other universities ant which has attracted a good deal of at tention The invention is a shank for z sweep and by it's use 1t Is claimed tha distance of eighteen inches is gained in each stroke when rowing at abou forty to the minute or twenty -eigh inches when at about thirty to the min ute. It gives the blade an earlier ant more solid anchorage, and the row lock is so constructed that the bladt enters the water at the same level ev cry stroke.
 The oar is in two sections. From the row lock to the tip of the oar il the same as an ordinary sweep, but in board the leverage is only thirty-twt inches instead of forty-two, as is usual This latter part of the oar is made O round steel tubing, the shape being reverse curve. At the end there is al arm about four inches long, which rum at right angles with the main part ant to which is hung the handle bar ol which the pull is exerted The bandl bar is supplied with horizontal and yer tical swivels, forming universal joint and makes two separate handles in stead of one. This makes it easy. it i claimed to row the entire stroke iron catch to finish without the slightes swaying.
 The above advantages are thos which the inventor claims for his nev oar. Mir. Davis is well known for hi inventions, many appliances now in us being due to his genius, such as tn three-brace outrigger, roller seat, swive row locks, and many other improve