The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-26
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
THE CURTIS ARoHEOLOGICAL IT,
 BRARY HAS IRRIVED.

''SsVh'eu tV hh'e ny q. Ms sears " or
 Boston-A Valuable Collection of Books
 on Greek AroheoIogy-The Whist Tourn-
 ament-Annual Y, 4. A. Games-other
 Notes.
 The library of the late German arch aeologist and philologist, Ernest Cur tius of Berlin, the presentation of which to Yale university last October by J. M. Sears, '77, of Boston, was noted in a recent issue of the Courier" has just been received in excellent order In no respect is 1t disappointing. It makes the Yale collection of books on Greek archaeology probably the best in the country. Its value does not consist in the number of volumes which 1t con- tains. Many library of twice the num- ber of volumes has not brought half the price which was paid for this. It was gathered during the long life of a pro- lessor in the most important university in Germany, who had been for years the private tutor in charge of the edu- cation of the Emperor Frederick, when a crown prince, who had been an ac- tive member of the Berlin academy of sciences, and the leading spirit in the excavations conducted by the German empire at Olympia.
 The number of volumes In the library Is $500 With as many pamphlets, Many of these volumes are large and eXpen- sive folios, as the complete set of pub lieations of the Greek and Latin in- scriptions, by the Berlin academy and the British museum, etc, amounting to more than thirty volumes of which. the list price would be about $700, Another set of publications, the Monument, Annali and Bulentino, of the old Arch geological institute at Rome, cannot be obtained for less than $400 Other sets of comparatively small number of volumes, but of great intrinsic and pencuniary value, could be named.
 In the collection of pamphlets, con- trary to the ordinary rule in German libraries, lies perhaps the chief scien- tific and unique value, of this collec- ton, according to the judgment of the German scholars who know 1t pest. or these pamphlets most are now out Of print, and many of real importance are not to be found when most needed, by the ordinary scholars. These pamph- lets are all carefully classified and ar ranged in bundles-115 on Greek cpl graphy; AS on Olympia, 70 on Greek lyric poetry, others on the Quellen- kunde, Greek topography architecture, political antiquities, etc.
 Dr. Keep, Yale '65, of the Norwich Free academy, has consented to deliV- CT before the classical club ana us friends at an early day, an address on the life of Ernst Curtius, or whose household he was for year memper' with MT. Sears, some twenty-five years ago.
 THE WHIST TOURNAMENT. The dra wings for the whist tourna- ment are as follows:
 i Section 1-J. Cameron '99 and O. Bryant '99; F. P. Latimer '99 ana k. i E. Colcord '9S; J. R. Judson 9S' ana l Leeds Johnson '9S; H. w. Bates ,99 s., and H. Bindley 1900; J. c. Pickett ls0o, and L. A. Peck 1900.
 Section 2-N. B. Beecher '9S, and D. P. Cameron '99 S.; s. Gilmon '99 and w. Lee 'ss: H. c. Robbins '99, and r. i G. Ferry '99 S.; F. F. Selleck '97 S., and K. w. West '97 S.; G. D. Sheldon looo, and G. A. Herman '99
 Section 3-W G. Cooke '97, and A. Sherwood '97; Hackett 1900, and Eos ter 1900; Futile 1900, and Goss 1900; Doud '97, and Farris '97; Baldwin 90, and Wood 1900.
 1 Each team is to play every other i team in it's section one match of twenty hands and return; one trump should be used throughout the match The three teams winning the most matches in each section will play in the second round. i DEBATING CLUBS.
 | The regular meeting of the Kent club was held fast evening at o'clock in the Law school. The subject for de- l bate was: Resolved, That the, United { States Should Recognize the Independ- I ence of Cuba" Speakers on the affirm l ative were Avery, Uhlman and F'ousa on the negative Alcorn, Arnold and c. 1 U. Smith.
 The Wayland club held it's meeting as usual in the Law school. The subject ! for debate was: Resolved, That the 1 Treaty Pending Between the United States and England Be Accepted By 1 the United States Government" The affirmative was upheld by Candee, | Greenspun and Lynch the negative by | Merwin, Hankey and Feeley. Stoll was 1 the judge of the debate, and an eXtem- 1 poraneous speech was made by Wilder i THE ANNUAL Y. A. A. GAMES l The annual indoor winter games of | the Yale Athletic association will be | held in the Second Regiment armory on 1 February B. The usual sports will be l held with the exception that boxing be- ! tween the various teams of the Ma 1 tional Guard will be substituted in stead of the tug-of-war contests for merly held.
 Most of the large eastern athletic clubs are expected to send teams, but 1 it is not yet known what colleges will compete. A request has been received from the Seventh regiment to enter a | team in the relay race. The request is under the consideration of the commit tee, and it has not beeen decided whether this team will be taken or some college team in it's stead.
 As formerly announced, all difficulty in securing the use of the arnory has been removed by the recent decision of the 1ao-isIa tI1ra