The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-11
TALE NOTES.
Basket Ball Team Playa in Hartford To- night-Second "Club Night" Given by New York Yale Club Last Evening" Bethany School Anniversary.

ntght-SecOnd "Club Night" Given by New York Yale Club Last Evening Bethany School Anniversary.
 In MIddletown, Thursday evening, the Yale university basket ball team was defeated by the Y. M. c. A, team of that city by the score of 26 to il. The Yale team was badly crippled by the loss of several of the regular players, who were unable to play. This evening the team plays the Hartford Y. M. c. A. in that city This is the last game before the Christmas holidays. In all proba- bility the team will take trip during the holidays.
 YALE CLUB NIGHT-CELEBRA
 TION LAST NIGHT.
 The second of the Club Nights" which are held at intervals during the winter at the Yale club, Madison Square, New York, took place there last evening at S;30 o'clock, and a large crowd such as assembled at the formal opening of the house attended. Such well known public speakers as Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, MT. George A. Adee, Judge Henry E. Rowland, MT. William B. Davenport, president of the Yale Alumni association of Brooklyn, and Professor Arthur T. Hadley of Yale addressed those present.
 The evenings entertainment was pre- ceded by a dinner and brief meeting of the Alumni University Fund associa- tion at the club house, and after the speaking above mentioned the meeting was very informal, with singing. etc., as on the first of these nights" held earlier In the fall.
 An informal discussion by several we'll known graduates on the subject of how the club can be rendered most use ful in furthering the best interests of Yale, was participated in by many. Professor Hadley presented the views of the faculty of the university.
 BETHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL.
 This month marks the thirty-fifth an- niversary of the founding of the Beth any Sunday school, branch of the City Mission work carried on by the University Y. M. c. A. In 1863 a chapel was built on Oak street on land given by Hezekiah Gilbert of this city. The whole property was then placed In the hands of a board of trustees, and of this board Professor James Hoppin t' Mt 'clC Sdl FiNOI- tUltSSOI 11bpplI, Professor Frank K. Sanders and Judge Cleaveland of New Haven make up the present board.
 The work of the mission consists in Sunday afternoon teaching among the children of the district in which the chapel Is situated, and occasional eve- ming entertainments, which are design ed to be instructive as we'll as to fur nish amusement. The entertainment given last Monday evening consisted of the usual Christmas festival, together with singing, dancing, and various other features. The officers in charge of the mission for the present year are: D. C. TwitChell '9S, superintendent: c. T. Payne '98. assistant superintendent; w. F. B. Berger '99, treasurer; M. Mills 1900. secretary and W. B. Neergaard '99, librarian
 NOTES.
 At meeting of the '99 Harvard crew J. F. Perkins was chosen captain for next year.
 The regular weekly prayer meeting of the Berkeley association was held in the 1900 room Dwight hall, last eve- ming.
 The sYale Gun club has declined a challenge of the University of Pennsyl- vania club, owing to the lateness of the season. The Lehigh and University of Pennsylvania team will shoot a | match at Philadelphia
 | There was very important meeting of the St. Louis club last night in room 24 Vanderbilt.
 The university library will be open from a. m. to 1 D. m. during vacation 1 except on Christmas and New Years | days.
 | The Princeton catalogue for 1897 9c shows an increase of twenty over the 1 total registration is divided as follows: Academic department 5S0 Scientific de- partment, 360 graduate students, IA; Fellows, II. There is falling off in registration in the Scientific school. but a large increase In the academic depart ment offsets this Forty states and eight foreign countries are represented In the university.