The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-31
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
COLLEGE REGATTA WILL LPEOBIBLY
 BE ROWED AT NEH- LONDON.

The following statement has been made by a member of the college regat- ta committee concerning the proposi- tions considered at the conference of the committee held in New York last Saturday:
 At the February meeting of Cornell Pennsylvania-C Columbia regatta com nittee, it had been assumed that the races would be held at Poughkeepsie, and negotiations with the Poughkeepsie committee were opened on that basis. It was soon found, however, that while the Poughkeepsie people were strong in their desire to have their course se- lected, they were extremely weak in their readiness to provide accommoda- tions either for the crews or the public. Meanwhile the New London board of trade submitted proposition tor the selection of the well known Thames course, and at the meeting of the col lega regatta committee on Saturday, committees from Poughkeepsie and New London attended and presented their respective offers.
 The New London committee offered the course suitably Tagged and marked, free from all obstruction on the days of the races, with a press boat for the Varsity races; free transportation for the Varsity and freshman crews, with their boats and launches, to and from New London; bcat-houses. with neCes- sary floats, and suitable quarters for all the crews; an observation train for the public and percentage of the railroad receipts.
 "Poughlkeepsie, on the other hand, proposed to furnish boats properly an- chored at the start and finish, the course 10 be marked in a satisfactory manner, suitable boathouse, runway and float for each college, but each college must bear the expense thereof In other words, the crews were offered the free dom of the Hudson river, with liberty to occupy at their own expense, such necessary quarters and boathouses as the Poughkeepsie committee might find along the shores. Absolutely nothing else was rendered looking to the accom- modation of anybody excepting the cit izens of Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie offered no accommodations for specta- tors nor attempted to secure accommo- dations for them.
 Upon the merits of these two offers, if the regatta committee had not known of the superiority of the Poughlleepsie course, the decision would have been reached at once in favor of New Lon don; but the defects of the New Lon don course are so well known to boating men, that it was deemed best to seek further for suitable arrangements at Poughkeepsie before a final decision was made.
 '"rhe New London, proposition, only in the point of free transportation for the crews, comprised nothing that was unusual or that might not be reason ably requested by the colleges. The Poughlzeepsie proposition would impose upon the colleges such unusual and burdensome expense that it is quite likely that the colleges may be com peled to forego the disadvantage of the New London course and select the Thames as the place for the races.
 "The Poughkeepsie committee were informed that their proposition was wholly unsatisfactory, and they were advised as to the requirements that must be compiled with if their course were to be selected''
 It is understood that the position taken by the Cornell, Pennsylvania and Columbia committee on this subject was also approved subsequently, by the na o11 Yale and Harvard races.
 DIVINITY SCHOOL LECTURES
 The divinity school catalogue for next year which will appear in a few days contains the following list of special lectures: President William J. Tucker ID. D., LL.D., of Dartmouth college Lyman Beecher, lecturer, subject to be announced. Professor John Bascom D. D, LID. of Williams college, on the "Recast of Faith" Rev. Charles C. Tiffany, D. D., of New York subject to be announced. Rev. George W Knox, D. D., of Rye, N. Y, on the Tn fuence of Eastern Thought Upon Western Theology" The Downs prizes founded in 1896 by William F. Downs esq. of New Haven, will be awarded to the students of the senior and middle claSSeS WHO Sldtl dltStIil tO lilG LtBueSt proficiency in the public reading of the Scriptures and of hymnse A first prize of fifty dollars and a second prize oi forty dollars will be assigned by a com mittee appointed by the faculty to the two successful competitors in each oi these classes.
 TRIAL DEBATE OF THE LAW
 SCHOOL.
 The trial debate to choose the men from the law school who will enter the final trial debate at which the team tc debate against Princeton will be chosen will be held in the law school on Fri day, April 9. Three men will be se- Iected.
 At a meeting of the executive board of the Yale Corinthian Yacht club Monday night, it was decided to oper the club house at Morris Cove on April g. The club regatta will be held June l Special races for 15-footers will take place every Saturday till July l, and open races for 15-footers every We'd nesday. Two cups are offered for the special races besides the regular cups for all classes of the regatta.
 THE WHIST TEAM TRIP.
 The university whist team will leave