The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-13
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
DIR. BANCROFT OFAND0VER ON TAx-
ALTON or COLLEGE PROPERTY.

Ahle MON WIN oVihPuto III thS - 80 ~
Games in New York To-night-Hand-
some Prizes to be Awarded-Hockey
Items.
DR.. Bancroft, the principal of Phil
lips academy at Andover, and clerk of
the corporation which controls the
academy and also the theological SEM
mary, the aggregate of the value of
which property exceeds a million and
a half dollars, has sent an interesting
communication to the Yale News in re-
gard to the taxation of college proper
ty. He says that local taxes are laid
upon the property which yields rev.
enue in the ordinary business way, but
it is not laid upon dormitories, playing
fields and the buildings which are oc-
cupied with the regular work of the
institutions. In case a house is occu-
pied by professor, and he Is charged
rental for it, it is taxed; but If a pro-
feSSor is voted a certain cash sum, to-
gether with the occupancy of house,
as his salary, the house is not taxed.
Local assessors from time to time
have been disposed to increase the val
uations and to bring into the tax levy
properties which have been heretofore
considered as exempt under the stat
utes. The real question is one of stat
ute law, and must be decided upon that
basis. 1t is not question of the en-
enlargement of learning and of char
liable endowment. 1t is the question
of the application of a general princi-
pie defined by special legislation, and
the local officers have, in theory, no
discretion in the matter whatever.
THE N. J. A. C. GAMES TONIGHT.
The following men from Yale have
been entered in the various events in
the meet of the New Jersey Athletic
club to be held in Madison Square Gar
den tonight:
Sixty yards dash-D. c. Byers, 7. r.
Fisher, S. x. Gerard, F. v. Chappell, r.
M. Graft, F. P. Caravan, c. y. Conway.
E. H. Noyes, R. W. Burnett.
Two hundred and twenty yards dash
&C. C. Conway, B. w. Burnett, jr., D.
c. Byers, F. G. Chappell, F. P. Garvan.
Four hundred and forty yards dash
S. Mel. Buckingham and F. P. Gar
van.
Eight hundred and eighty yards run
Il. Y. Lane and G. S. Oliver.
One mile rum. Scudder B. j. Teas
dale and G. H. Palmer.
Standing hop, step and jumps. 4.
Gerard.
Pole vault-Bascom Johnson, c. I.
Vanwinkle, R. G. Clapp and w. E. Sc
lin.
This promises to be one Of the largest
athletic meets ever given in New York.
Yale, University of Pennsylvania,
Princeton, Columbia, New York univer-
sity. College of New York and George
town will send representatives.
The prizes for the athletes will be-
handsome medals, and in the champi-
onship events, under a new rule Of the
A. A. IT,, there will be five. instead of
three prizes. A handsome silk banner
will be presented to the club or college
scoring the greatest number of points.
Walter Christie says that Princeton
will get it; Mike Murphy has claimed
it for Pennsylvania, and Keene Fttz-
patrick thinks that it will be won by
Yale men,
TO PLAY THE ". Y. A. G.
The university hockey team Will play
the New York Athletic club this eve
ming at the st. Nicholas rink in New
York. The lineup of the Yale team
will be as follows: r. e. Smith SO s.,
goal; s. Stoddart '99, point; ). A. Hall
81 s., cover point; H. v Ryder 81, G.
P. Sheldon 1900, W. A. Barnett 9S, and
G. Walworth '97, forwards.
A VALUABLE GIFT
DR.. Jonathan A. Coles of Newark has
presented to Yale university a fine clas-
steal statue of the Hermes of Praxiteles.
1t was recovered from Olympia in the
course Of the recent excavations The
statue will be placed In the university
library.
SANG IN HARTFORD.
A double quartet from the University
Glee club, composed of Taylor '97,
Brewer 81 S.. Carey 81, Wadsworth 9s,
Ledyard '97. Lapham '97, Stalter, P. c.,
Schneider '98 sang at the annual ban
auet of the Hartford Alumni associa-
tion last evening.
BOYS CLUB ENTERTAINMENT.
There will be an entertainment this
evening at the boys club An inter
esting program has been prepared and
will be rendered by men from 1900. 1t
will consist of boxing, banjo music and
quartet singing.
OTHER ITEMS.
The freshman basket ball team will
play the New Haven Grays in the
gymnasium this evening at o'clock
The Yale relay team will race against
the Holy Cross relay team, at Worces-
90 e
Holy Cross indoor games.
The Mott Haven games will be held
on Saturday, May 20, and the intercol-
legiate bicycle meet on the preceding
Wednesday.
The baseball candidates will not be
called out until after Washington's
birthday.