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YILE NOTES or INTEREST.
Prize Biblical Literature Examination
Addresses by DIR. Mckenzie Next Week
Campus Notes.

Prize Biblical Literature Examination
Addresses by DR.. Mckenzie Next Week
Campus Notes.
W. D. Baldwin '97, e. L. Heermance
81, NJ. s. Rowland '97, N. A. Merritt 97,
and Fl. Bingham, jr,, '9S, took the prize
examination in Biblical literature offer
ed by the American Institute of Sacred
literature at the residence of Prof.
Saunders Wednesday.
The prizes, consisting of 500 for the
best paper and $50 for the second best,
are offered in conjunction with similar
prizes for examinations in Hebrew and
New Testament Greek. The eXamina-
lions which are conducted annually are
open to all college men and women in
the United States and Canada and to
all students entering a first year class
in theological seminary in the fall fol-
lowing. provided that such college men
and women have not taken their de-
grees more than a year previous to the
time of examination. The purpose in
offering the examinations is to induce
! colleges to add courses in Hebrew and
New Testament Greek to their curricu-
la and to provide for college students
| special incentive for the study of the
| English Bible.
| The examinations take place in what
; ever institution the candidate or candi-
| dates may be located and the prizes
| will be awarded in June, DR.. William
| r. Harper president of Chicago uni
versity, is principal of the institute.
The second prize IN the competition
was won last year by Hawkes. '96.
DIR. MCKENZIE TO SPEAK.
At the invitation of the Young Mems
| Christian association of the university
DR.. Alexander Mckenzie of Cambridge
will deliver three addresses at Dwight
hall on Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week at 6:45 p. m.
Tn conjunction with DR.. McKenzie's
visit early morning prayer will be held
| in the '9S room of Dwight hall at 7:3O
a. m. on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
| day of this week. Meetings will also
| be held on Monday Tuesday and We'd
nesday at As and 2:15 p. m, which will
be addressed by some of the students,
On Monday evening special musical
program will be rendered beginning at
as and continuing till DR.. Mckenzie
reaches the meeting.
| NOTES
Forsyth Wickes '9S, one of the signers
of the Corbett letter, has resigned from
| the leadership of the junior Bible class,
and his resignation has been accepted
by the president of the Y M, c. A.
r. S. Kirby '96S. read a paper on
1.-THE United States Coast and Geodic
Survey before the Engineers club in
North Sheffield hall last evening.
The prizes for the winter games were
put on exhibition in Corbln's window
yesterday.
The fifth annual banquet of the Law
rencevile club will be held at Heublein's
this evening Covers will be laid for
about thirty-five. Representatives from
Lawrenceville school, the Lawrence
vile club at Princeton st. Paul's and
Andover clubs at Yale, and a quartet of
the University glee club Will be pres
| emit
The University hockey team will play
the st. Nicholas club at st. Nicholas
rink in New York tomorrow evening
The following three couples will con-
! stitute the Yale Whist team to play
with Harvard and Cambridge on April
10: Cameron 80 and Bryant SO, Sher-
man 80 and Cooke 81, Beecher '9S and
Cameron 1855.