The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-25
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
PROTEST OF YALE AGAINST TAKING
BOOKS FROM FREE list NEEDED

by Ways and Means Committee of the
House at Yesterdays Meeting-Haie-
Princeton Gymnastic Exhibition To-
morrow Evening-Scrub Crews Being
Formed-Other, Fresh Campus Items
The republican members Of the ways
and means committee have decided TO
make two important changes IN the
tariff bill Books and scientific appar-
ratus which are not made in this ooun-
try are to- be admitted free during
the debate in the house Of representa-
tives on the question Tuesday evening"
Representative Sperry presented the
petition to the president and faculty OIL
Yale university, asking that books ana
philosophical instruments used in ed
ucational institutions be continued on
the free list. Believing that no prln-
ciple of protection was involved IN the
proposition, Mr.. Sperry said he would
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with the plea of the petitioners.
Some days ago President Dwight and
about eighty professors from an de-
partments of the university united IN
protest against the action of the ways
and means committee in placing books
and scientific apparatus for educatlohal
institutions on the dutiable list AFTER
having been free for many years, anu
strong protests having been received
from other educational cepters, at yes
terdays meeting of the repupllcan
members Of the committee, the para
graph relating to these articles was
changed so as to permit BOOKS ana
scientific apparatus, charts and chemi-
calls, such as not published or made in
the United States, expressly imported
in good faith by and for the use or
any regularly established Incorporated
university, college, academy, school,
seminary of learning or free public IL
brary, and not intended for sale, to be
admitted free of duty.
The paragraph relating to artistic
y
drawings, engravings, photographs, ar
tistic works in terra Gotta and other
materials, which are imported for free
exhibitions and as such permitted to
nter free of duty, has been changed 50
as to provide that they shall be on free
exhibition one-siXth of the time they
remain in this country in any fixed
h,yn 10 n aI n
good faith, and duly authorized under
the laws Of the United States or of any
state expressly and solely for the pro-
motion and encouragement of science,
art or industry. The paragraph fur
Their provides that these privileges shall
not be allowed to associations, corpora
lions, firms or individuals engaged in or
connected with business of a private
or commercial character.
YALE-PRINCETON GYMNASTIC
MEET.
The Yale Princeton gymnastic exhi-
bition, which will take place tomorrow
evening at the Yale gymnasium, will
| be the third given by the two associa-
tons. The first one took place in New
Haven in 1895. and the second was CIV
en- in the Princeton gymnasium last
year. While there is no decision rem
| dered, the respective showing of the
| two teams is watched with a good deal
of interest
| The Princeton team is composed OF
| the following men: r. w. Beymer '9S
| captain; F. D. Pitkin '9S, w. w. Ban
nard '97. F. NJ, Wood ,97, Fl. II, Langen-
| burg 49, Fl. Wheeler 1900, J. M. Evans
1900, F. c. Austin 1900, G. H. White 1900
o. r. Altman '97 is the manager of the
team and it is in charge of Mr.. G. Col
die. trainer. The Princeton men viii
perform on the double horizontal bars
flying rings, double trapeze and in tum-
bling.
The Yale team will be made up as fol
lows: f. r. Lehlbach '97, captain; G
L. BUST, M. S., +. A. Lehlbach '9s, Fl
l.. Hoffman '97, G. F. Cloth '97, w. K
Shepard '97S., b. l.. Cadwalder '9S, A
H. Terry '9S, l.. D. Kellogg '9S, J. B
Burnet '9S, M. U. Ely '9S, r. G. d. Doug
lass '99, r. t. Anderson 9S S., H. Palm
er '99, L. H. Schultz '99. r. G. C1app 80
S., w. l.. Otis 1900, S. Peterson, P. G.
r. H. Cummings '9S S. They will per
| FORM on the nOrlZOntal ana pafalle
bars, flying rings, horse, tumbling AM
in club and torch swinging.
An interesting feature of the exhibi
ton will be the finals in the light, mid
die and heavyweight wrestling matche
for the Yale championship. The worl
in the preliminaries was marked by
good deal of snap and skill on the par
of the contestants and some close strug
giles are looked forward to in the finals
During the course of the evening tn
Yale Banjo club will play several selec
lions. The following men viii act a
Iushers at the gymnasium: P. II. Bale!
'97, F. T. Murphy 81, II. M. Keator 81
s. X. Gerard '97 and G. NJ. Fincke 81
Tickets are on sale at the Coop. ant
cost so cents. Reserved seats are fit
| teen cents extra.
The executive committee of the Y. G
A. has allowed the A. A. to hold ;
handicap jumping contest during tn
| gymnastic exhibition.