The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-24
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
LECTURE BP Charles j. BONA
PARTE TONIGHT.

YaIe-Princeton Gymnastic Exhibition
wayland Prize Debate subject-Reiay
Team to Run Against Princeton Effect
of the Tariff on Books, Etc.
The annual Princeton gymnastic
exhibition will be held at the Yale gym
nasium Saturday evening, There will
be wrestling for the Yale championship
in the heavyweight, middleweight and
lightweight classes. Music for the oc-
oasion will be furnished by the Yale
Banjo club.
RELAY RACE WITH PRINCETON.
The relay team to run against Prince
ton on the Sd of April at the games of
the Seventh regiment will be chosen
from the following: d. c. Byers '9S, #,
p Caravan '97, s. X. Gerard '97, T. r.
Fisher. jr., '9S S., w. Johnson 80, F. D.
Cheney 1900, B. Johnson 1900, and j. r.
Hinckley '97. The race will be mile,
each man running fifth.
WAYLAND PRIZE DEBATE.
The subject for the Wayland prize de-
bate, which is to take place on May 20,
has been announced to be as follows.
Resolved, That congress should pass
national bankrupt law, with provis-
ions for compulsory as well as volun-
tary bankruptcy"
LECTURE BY G.. ]. BONAPARTE.
Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte of Balti-
more will deliver lecture before the
Civil Service Reform club this evening
at o'clock in the College street hall on
1.-THE Essential Element in q Good Pop
ular Government" Mr.. Bonaparte is a
grandson of Jerome. younger brother
| of Napoleon, who on visit to this
country married Miss Patterson of Bal
timore in 1903 His lecture this evening
| is free to every one.
| THE TARIFF ON BOOKS AND SCI
ENTIFIC APPARATUS.
Among members of the Yale univer-
| sity faculties there is the severest crit
| icism of the duty proposed in the Ding
| ley bill on books and scientific appara-
| tus, republicans being as pronounced
as democrats in opposition to it. Its
working can be strilSingly Illustrated by
supposing that the duty had been in
force during the year Just passed, when
the Rant and Curtius collection OF
books was imported. The former con-
| tains Scandinavian works which con
stitute a distinct addition to the liter
airy wealth of the country, and some OF
| which can be found nowhere else or
| this side of the Atlantic, while the
archaeological part of the Curtius col
/ lection has value of somewhat the
same unique kind. Yet the importation
of these gifts of friends of the universe,
1 ty, had the duty been in force, woul6
have cost nearly $4,000. Counting other
books, apparatus imported for the Shelf
field Scientific school and the chemica
and physical laboratories, and also tex
books used by students, and probably
$1,000 year would not cover the aver.
age annual duties needed for thes,
classes Of importations the use of man.
of which is free to students.
Although Representative N. d. Sper
ny of this district who is an extreme
protectionist, has sent word to Presi
dent Dwight that he will oppose tn,
duty, there is little hope Of accomplish
ing much in the house of representa-
tives. Strong appeals, however will b,
made to Senators Plat and Hawley tt
Iprevent in the senate the obnoxious ta1
on education from becoming a law.