The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-14
YALES BASKET BALL TEAM
WILL TAKE 4 SHORT TRIP DURING THE OHRISTMIS HOLTDAYS.


 College Physical Directors to be Held in New York City-Third Organ hecitai Oy Harry B. Jepson-Important Club Meet ines-General Yale Notes.
 A short Christmas trip will be taken by the University basket ball team. This is the first time trip has been attempted by this organization and the success of 1t will largely influence flu ture similar attempts. They will play in Philadelphia, Germantown, Balti- more, Washington and possibly several other cities. Negotiations with the | University of Pennsylvania team man. agement availed nothing, as the team has been disbanded. They were defeat | ed here last spring and a return game | was desired. The first game will be in Philadelphia on December 27. This week some unusually hard practce games will be played to put the team In good condition. GYMNAsTIC CONFERENCE. The convention of the college physi- cal directors of the country, the prellm- mary meeting of which was announced some time ago, will be held at the Knickerbocker Athletic club in New York city on December 3l. AL thls meeting a permanent organization WILL be formed, the object of which IS to se- cure uniformity in methods or phySlcal culture and measurements. Represeh- tatives will be present from Yale, liar yard. Columbia University or New York Princeton, University of Penn- sylvania. Haverford, Ohio State unlVer- sity Cornell Amherst, Williams Wesleyan and several of the smaller colleges. At this meeting committees are to re- mort on organization, uniform system of strength tests and system or Ter minoIogy." Dr. Anderson is the chalr- man of the committee on "Termlnolo- ev." The temporary officers or the or ganization are. Dr. Seaver, president and pr. Savage of Columbia, secre- tary.
 ORGAN RECITAL.
 Mir Henson will give the third Of hls organ recitals in Battell chapel thls aI- ternoon at 5 o'clock. The programme Is as follows:
 Josef Rheinberger-Sonata NO. lh IL major.
 I-Fugue.
 II,-Intermezzo.
 III-Scherzo.
 V.-Passacaglin.
 Robert Schumann-Skizzen, op. 5S
 No. in F minor
 No. in D flat, major.
 Rach-Prelude and Fugue in E minor
 Camille nt-Saens-Benediction Nup- tiale. F de la Tointelle-1, Meditation; Z Echo.
 D. Lemmens-Finale.
 The next recital will be given Tues dav. December 21 at the same time ana place.
 OTHER YALE NOTES.
 The Mathematical club will hold its regular meeting this evening at 7:30 IT the Sloane laboratory. MT. Hawks vii read a paper on "Euclid's Theory o Number (first part), and Mir. west lund paper on "Transtormatlo1 Equations in Elliptic Functions
 At a meeting of the Semitic club thi evening in room A, East Divinity hall Dr. H. w. Cunning will read a pape on "Rashfs Commentary on Genesis l. 1-3"
 The winter carnival of the New Jer sey A. c. will be held at Madlsoi Square Garden on Friday and Saturda, nights, December IT and IS. The entr, list is one of the largest ever received and includes the best of American ath letes. among whom are several recor' holders Yale, Princeton, University o Pennsylvania, Columbia, New Tor university and Georgetown universlt will be represented Randolph hall, the new dormitory i Bow etreet Cambridge, now peln erected by the Coolidge family, Will b one of the finest and best equ1ppe buildings at Harvard. Work was DC ,pn on it about the first of last July and the building will be completed, is thought, before the close or the pres ent college year. The building alone to cost s160. 900 and contains fifty singl and double suites. In addition to reae ing and smoking rooms on the groun floor there will be the novelty Of lare breakfast room, open only to those Wh room in the building.
 The result of the Princeton che: tournament is as follows: First pr1z youne '99: second prize, Dana 19O tllrd DrlLG, AdIlGI IouO, Loui LII pi Hale '98; fifth prize, Ely '99 Your and Dana will be the Princeton repr sentatives at New York and Carter al Hale will be substitutes.
 The Princeton senior class election were held on Thursday last. Robe McKelvey was elected president, A. Kelly vice president R. D. Dupps SC retarv and Garrett Cochran master ceremonies
 The Kipling club met in 12 Vanderb last evening.
 The membership of the Yale club New York Is now 6S0, an increase of since it's opening.
 P M. Mclaughlin has been elect captain of the football eleven at Corn for next year.
 There was an important meeting the Buffalo club last evening at No. Wall street.
 There will be an important meetil of the St. Louis club in 2f Vanderb this evening at 6S0. The club will gi 6 german in St.Louis during the Chris
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