The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-05
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
AVALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS
 ADDED TO THE LIBRARY

Relating to Scandinavia and Part of the
 Late Count Paul Riant's Library-Lit
 Medal Competltion-Junior Prom Dance
 orders-Freshman Baseball Officers
 Other Items.
 A meeting of the freshman baseball association was held In Alumni hall last evening for the purpose of electing freshman baseball officers. H. M. Keator '97, captain of the Yale Varsity baseball team, presided. The nomina- tions for president from 1900 were Wickes, Nims, Brinley and Schweppe. MT. R. J. Schweppe of St. Louis, Mo-, was elected. The nominations for vice president from '99S. were Hogle, War; den Mitchell, Mccullough and Grant. MT. c. A. Warden of Philadelphia was elected. Nominations for secretary and treasurer, from 1900, were Francis, Ten ney, Phillips and Minor. MT. D. D. Penney of Minneapolis was elected
 A large collection of books and pam phlets relating to Scandinavia has re- gently been presented to the univer- sity. This collection was part of the library of the late Count Paul Riant one of the best known writers on the history of the Crusades and Christian institutions in the Latin Orient.
 As soon as Count Riant's library was arranged for sale, a catalogue was sent to MT. Van Name, who soon found a generous patron of the library, on whose account the collection was pur- chased at once, at a very low figure. This gift contains nearly 5,100 bound and 800 unbound volumes, and 16,000 dissertations and theses.
 LIT. MEDAL COMPETITION.
 The editors of the Yale Literary Mag azine offer each year gold medal val ued at s25 for the best written essay. In 1894 there were fifteen essays writ ten by the class of '95 in competition for this medal, It was awarded to l.. Denison '95. In 1895 from the class of '96 there were but nine essays sub mitted, none of which was of suffi- cient merit in the eyes of the judges to deserve an award of the medal. Last year, 1896, the medal was awarded to c. P, Kitchel '97 There were ten es- says written by the clas of '97. This year there have been fifteen essays handed in from the class of '9S, an in crease of five over last year.
 YALE UNION MEETING.
 The regular meeting of the Yale union was held last evening in Union hall. The subject of debate was, Re | Tbot ;,, 1, | tenn should be abolished" The speak CTS on the affirmative were A. B. Kerr '97 and Fite 97; on the negative, George l Parker '97 and A. Ewell '97
 | JUNIOR PROM. DANCE ORDERS. l The preliminary dance orders for the | junior promenade have been arranged and provide for eighteen dances and in termission arranged as follows: Two | step, waltz, two step, waltz two step, waltz, two step, waltz, two step, waltz, two step, waltz, two step, waltz, two | step, waltz, two step, waltz
 OTHER ITEMS.
 A silver loving cup is to be presented | to J. l.. Knapp '96 by the students of Phillips academy, Andover, in recogni- | tion of his services in coaching the An | dover football team.
 | The Rev. George William Douglass, D. D., rectory of Trinity church, ad- dressed the Yale Berkeley association last evening in the 1900 room of Dwight hall. This is the last address delivered to the association this term.
 The next lecture in the Dwight hall | lecture course will be delivered on Mon- day evening next by the Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyler, D. D., of Brooklyn, N Y.
 The semi-final round if the golf tour nament will be between Smith '99 and Terry '98 and Colgate '97S. and Reid '99 1 The basketball team will play the Wesleyan college team on December II. | Beecher '9S and Perkins '9S defeated Futile 1900 and Goss go for second place in the University whist tournament.
 The Yale Hockey club will play the St. Nicholas club of New York city this evening at the latter's rink Robert J. Cook '76, the famous Yale oarsman and coach of Yale crews for the last few years, arrived in town yes terday and will remain for a few days