The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-10
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
RESIGNAlION OF PROF. CAMERON
HANDED no PRESIDENT DWIGHT.

Basket BAH Recognized by tho A. a, u
Measures to Protect the Game From Pro-
essionalism-other Campus Notes.
Professor A. Guyot Cameron, assist
ant professor of French in the Sheffield
Scientific school, has handed in his
resignation as a member of the Yale
faculty to President Dwight. The res
ignation will take effect in June, at the
end of the present college year. and is
considerable surprise. Professor
Cameron is one of the most popular
members of the Shelf. faculty among
the students, who express hope that
his resignation will not be accepted.
Professor Cameron has evidently GER
tain definite plans for the future, which
necessitates his resignation, but what
those plans are cannot be learned at
present.
BASKET BALL RECOGNIZED.
The Amateur Athletic union, recog-
nizing basket ball as one of the athletic
sports, has appointed committee to
take action with reference to Its pro-
lection from certain abuses which have
come into the game. Beginning with
March / sanctions must be secured
from the proper secretaries of the A.
A. U. for all games, excepting as fol-
| lows:
First. The intercollegiate and inter-
scholastic associations, and, second, Y,
| M. c. A. associations, connected with
| the Athletic league. These are to OPP
crate in accordance with their own con-
situations, and as they are affiliated
bodies with the A. "A. U. their own ac-
ton is recognized by the associations of
| the A, A. U.
| Failure to secure sanction will render
participants liable to the same penalties
which occur when athletes compete in
any other unsanctioned games; that is,
| they will be ineligible to compete as
| amateurs in any games whatsoever.
This action, which requires sanction
for basket ball games, was taken in
order that the game may be protected
from professionalism and from those
who are disposed to play in violation of
open amateur sport.
COMMITTEE MEETING POSTPONED.
Captain Gerard of the track team,
member for Yale of the executive COM
mittee of the intercollegiate Track
| Athletic association, has called for a
postponement of the annual meeting of
| the committee, set for New York on
| Saturday, as he and Captain Winsor
| of the University of Pennsylvania will
| be in New Haven on that date to take
part in the Yale track games.
| OTHER ITEMS.
| The annual business meeting of the
| Yale-Harvard track league will be held
at the Massasoit house, Springfield, at
p. M, Friday. Plans for the annual
meeting will be agreed upon then. The
| games will take place in this city this
| year.
| 1t has been decided to call a meet
| ing of the Intercollegiate Golf assoca-
| ton in a few days to arrange a date
| for the Intercollegiate tournament. A
team from the Yale Golf club will play
the Staten Island club team on Satur-
day, May /, at Staten Island
| DR.. w. G. Anderson will be one OF
| the judges at the championship meet
of the Amateur Gymnastic association
| to be held under the auspices of the
| Knickerbocker Athletic club in New
! York on March IS.
Yesterday afternoon Professor Hop
| pin delivered a lecture in the south
gallery of the Art school on 1.-THE In
fuence of the Greek Games on Sculpt-
ure''
Regarding the statement that there
is to be a contest over the Lamsor
will, President Dwight of Yale univer-
sity said yesterday that he had not re-
ceived notice of any such matter and
that so far as he knew there was moth
! ing in the report.
Additional entries to the winter
games are as follows: Running higI
jump, w. c. Carroll, Princeton A. c.;
SS0yard run, j. T. Cregan, Princeton
A. c.; one-mile run, j. #. Cregan
Princeton A. G.
The Ninety-eight Glee and Banjo
clubs will give a concert for the Berke-
ley association, March II, in English
hall.