The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
WORK AND STATISTICS OE 'PARSITY
 CREW CANDIDATES.

Union Lecture Course-Appeai by Alumni for Funds for University Use-Dory Racing Class-Other Items.
 During the past week the training Of the 'varaity crew candidates has stead fly become more rigorous, both in gen eral exercise and in the rowing in the tank, in line with the plans made at the beginning of the season. The mum Der of the candidates for the university crew is still the same, and all are row ing now almost daily, The coaching has been done entirely by Captain Bail ey. The training table will begin dur ing the early part of March, about the same time as last year. The first and second boats rowed Saturday as fol- lows:
 | First crew-Stroke, D. Rogers; z, Griswold; 6, Whitney; 5, Patterson; 4, Slokovich; 3, Brock; 2, Campbell; l, McLauchlin.
 The second boat-Stroke, Hewitt; z, Marsh; 6, Parkhurst; 5, Cadwalader; 4, Marvin; 3, Abbott; 2, Wilcox; l, Wright.
 Other candidates are Baker, Brewer, Chadwick, Hitchcock, Ledyard, Meigs, McGraw, Sturges, Way and White house.
 The height, age and weight Of the university crew candidates are as toi- lows. G. P. Baker '99-Height, 5:11h; age, 22; weight, 170 c. w. Abbott 99--Height, 61s; age, 19; weight, 1SS1a J. P Brock 1900-Height, 5:09; age, r; weight, ITS. H. G. Campbell '97-Height, 6h; age, | 21; weight, 1T0A. w. E. S. Griswold '99-Height, 6:01; age, 20; weight, 165. T. D. Hewitt '99-Height, 6; age, 19; weight, 159.
 A. c. Ledyard '9S-Height, 6; age, 20; weight, 160.
 A. B. Marvin '99-Height 5:111e; age, 20; weight, 15S. c. T. Marsh '9s-Height, 6; age, 21; weight ITO.
 H. Parkhurst '9s s.--Height, 6; age, 20; weight, 169. | II weight, 164.
 | G. w. Slokovich '9S S.-Height, 5:o9; age, 21; weight, TIE. | A. F. Way '9S-Height, 5:1O12; age, 2l; weight, 1531a.
 H. B. Wilcox '9S-Height, 6; age, P; weight. 1856.
 P, Whitney '9S-Height, 5:1o1s; age, 20 weight, 1751a.
 T. Wright '99-Height, 5;09; age, 19; weight, 175.
 w. Whitehouse '99-Height, 61a; age, 19; weight, 163.
 S. Patterson 97-Height, sol; age, 22; weight, IFS.
 P. H. Bailey '97-Height, 6; age, 2S; weight, 1S31a.
 The candidates for the freshman crew now number between forty and fifty. and are under the special charge of J. O. Rodgers 9S, who does most of the coaching, aided by Captain Bailey and J. H. Simpson '97. The training table will not be started until after the Easter vacation.
 The first crew is rowing as follows: Stroke, Flint; :, Greenleaf; 6, Green way: ,, Cross; A. Niedecken; ,, Bell; 2, | lJdcKSOn, l, V elIlll anu dttci ooil'
 YALE UNION LECTURES. In response to invitations from the Yale union lecture committee, letters of acceptance to lecture have been re- ceived from George w. Smalley, Yale '53, Charles Hopkins Clark, Yale '71, and David F. Wells of Norwich. It is hoped by the committee that other gentlemen can be secured to come to Yale to deliver lectures in the union course, ana definite schedule of the lectures will probably be announced in a few days. Hon. E. J. Phelps has consented to speak at some time later in the year. Letters were received by the committee from Hon. Mark Hanna Hon. Bourke Cochran, Charles A. Dana and Captain A. T. Mahan.
 ALUMNI APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
 The Yale Alumni University Fund association sent out the usual circular letter to alumni in January It is as follows:
 This association makes this time it's annual appeal for funds for the gener- al purposes of the university It's ain is to afford an opportunity to all tc assist their alma mater. Contributions have in the past ranged from $1 te S1000. Any sum, large or small. will be gladly received and will help tc swell the total In 1896 there were re. ceived two contributions of $200, four. teen of $100 twenty-one of $50, sixty. seven of 1925, PA of $10, 26O of $5, ant thirty three of $1.
 "The association has in the past five years appropriated from such contri. buttons an average of over $1O,OO0 an. nually to the income of the university It is hoped that contributions will be continued annually, but no promise fol the future is asked. No student al Yale ever paid full value for what he received. Let us all, as alumni, hell in this way to repay our debt to Yale
 "(Signed Payson Merrill '65,Georgt A. Adee '67, Thomas Thacher n, Otto T. Banard '76, Henry W. Calhoun 'S3 Percy R. Bolton 'S6S.. William w. Skid dy '65S., Robert w. DeForest 70. Thom. as Dewitt Cuyler "A, Walter Jenning: 80 William Adams Brown 'S6, William F. Judson '90S., directors; William w Farnam '66. treasurer, New Haven Conn; Lewis S. Haslam go, secretary 120 Broadway. New York;
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