The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-19
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMuENCE-
 MENT DAY ExERClSBS.

Lehman-Thinks an American Henley Is
 Not AdVisable-Last Hnlf-Rater Races
 Today Ode for Class Day Written by G.
 w. Chidwick-Yale-Prin Princeton Game.
 The arrangements for the commence ment exercises this year are as fol- lows:
 The candidates for degrees will form on the college square, along the walk running from Alumni hall to Wander bilt hall in the following order: A, B.'s, with the head of the line oppo- site Pierson statue; IL. B.'s, oppo site the central part of the Old Libra ry and behind them M. As, M. L.'s, D. c. Ls, c. E. M. E. s, M. D.'s, and Ph. D. s. Members of each group will | form in the same order in which they will be seated in chapel, the number of the pew assigned to each candidate be- ing posted on the official bulletin boards l before Commencement day.
 | The corporation, faculty, invited guests and graduates will follow the candidates for degrees.
 The procession will pass out of the college square, through the Phelps gateway and after crossing the green will re-enter the college square through the archway of Vanderbilt. When the head of the line reaches the west door of the chapel the candidates for degrees will open ranks and stand uncovered while the corporation, invited guests and faculty are moving into the chapel Nhn lnSr through the westerly entrance, while the graduates enter under the south- western porch.
 Seats.-The candidates for degrees will be grouped as follows: Ph. B. in the north aisle and pews 59 to GA of the center aisle; A. B.'s in the center aisle and the pews as far back as 127 in the aisle just south of it; ILL. B.'s, NJ. l.. s and D. c. LIS in the south transept; M. As, c. Els, M. Els M. D.'s, and Ph. D.'s in pews 12S to 149
 The seats in the south aisle will be occupied by graduates. The entire south and west galleries will be reserv- ed for ladies, as well as the gallery of the north transept. Tickets to the former will be distributed to the mem- bers of the graduating classes through their respective class committees or of ficers, to whom all applications for tickets should be addressed. Tickets in the gallery of the north transept will be at the disposal of the officers of the university.
 Order of ceremonies-The candidates for each degree will be presented by the dean or some other officer of the faculty under whom they have studied
 The bachelors and masters diplomas will be received by members of the sev- eral classes especially selected for this purpose, who, when called upon. will ascend the stage from the south side receive the diplomas from the hands of the president and return to their seats Each of these men will be responsible for the parchments entrusted to him and will distribute them at the close of the ceremonies. The candidates will rise when presented, and remain stand. ing until their representatives have re. turned to their seats. Candidates fol higher degrees will receive their dplo. mas in person from the president
 Each candidate, unless especially ex. cused, must report promptly at 9:45 tc take part in the procession, and must be present in the chapel during the morning ceremony.
 LETTER FROM COACH LEHMAN
 R. c. Lehman, the Harvard coach has written from Poughkeepsie to the Yale News letter on the subject of ar American Henley. He expresses some wonder that the National Association of American Ooarsmen has not drawr college entries. He thinks one obstacle to an American Henley Is the fact tha college oarsmen, before the proper date for such meeting, want a vacation and have had all the rowing they want and continues:
 Ut has been assumed in some guar ters that the American universitie. would be content to decide their rival ries at an American Henley and would : abandon their special matches. This, think is a complete mistake. Many O
 these matches q refer particularly tC the match between your own university and Harvard) have traditional inter est and position analogous to the in : ter-university boat races in England and I am quite sure that neither liar
 yard nor Yale could consent now t forego their annual match for the off , chance of being drawn together in on of the heats of an eight-oared race a , an American Henley.
 Moreover, such regatta, owing t. 7 | the number of entries and events
 would probably have to be spread ove
 three days, and the course must there fore be a short one-say one mile and | half, for it would be absurd to expec , l crews to TOW four-mile race on eacl of three successive days-bearing il , mind too, that fours and pairs wOul , probably be made up out of the mem
 bers of eight-oared crews entered. Thi f happens constantly in England. Tn f question of university supremacy eve , l a four-mile course could not be decide at such a regatta, which would have t
 be arranged so as in no way to clas
 with the special four-mile matches tha now exist"
 MT. Lehman adds that he has nc 5 found among American oarsmen, an especially college oarsmen, any ev dence of a desire for an American Hen cc ley.
 | LAST HALF RATER RACES.
 The last of the regular Saturday hal l rater races will be sailed off Morrl , Cove this afternoon. The cup for whic ! lthese races have been sailed has al J