The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-05
YALE NOTES OF INTEREST
APPEAL FOR 1ID FOR GREENS
HEEDED BY YALE PROFESSORS.


day-subject for Bennett Prize Essay
Other Items.
The first game in the Record baseball
series will be played at Yale field this
afternoon, beginning at two O'Clock.
The teams to play will be the Philo-
sophical Orators and the Disappoint-
ments, and the game will be only five
innings owing to lack of time. r. e.
Hume '9S, has been elected captain of
the Philosophicals. Lee Wilcox '97 S.,
has been elected captain of the Sigma
chi team.
SUBJECT FOR BENEFIT PRIZE.
The subject for the Bennett prize has
been announced as follows: THE In
terpretI don of the Monroe Doctrine by
the Cleveland Administration: Its Dis
tinctive Features and Probable Conse-
quences."
This prize is the income of fund of
one thousand dollars given in 1893 by
James Gordon Bennett of New York
city The prize is awarded annually on
Commencement day. By the terms 1t is
to be presented ITO that undergraduate
member of the senior class in either the
academical department or the Sheffield
Scientific school, who shall have pur-
sued courses in political science and
English literature, and shall have pre-
scented the best essay, in English prose,
upon some subject of contemporaneous
interest in the domestic or foreign poll
cy of the United States government, Sc
lected by the faculty"
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER TO
SPEAK TONIGHT
Charles Dudley Warner will deliver
lecture in College street Hall this even
ing on The Present Aspects of Educa-
ton" This is the last of a series of
lectures before the public school teach
ers of the city. The course this year
has been exceptionally well attended
and gratifying to the promoters. The
lecture will begin at eight o'clock and is
open to all members of the university.
OTHER ITEMS.
Secretary c. P. Dodge, go, of the In
tercollegiate Tennis association has
sent out circulars inquiring about the
opinions of the colleges as to the pro-
posed offer of a cup by the University
of Pennsylvania.
The examination in Latin and Greek
for the Berkeley scholarship will be
held to-day.
| Prof. w. L. Phelps of the English de-
partment has published from the press
of CHM & Co., THE Poetry and Prose
of Thomas Gray uniform with the
"Atheneum Series"
T. D. Hewitt, &c. has been taken to
the University crew training table
The University authorities have deci-
ded to send large pictures of the differ
| ent buildings of Yale to the Nashville
| Exposition.
The University Golf club has ar
ranged a team match with the Dyker
Meadow club for to-day at Fort Hamil-
ton.
| Owing to a southeast gale the race of
the half-rater class which was to have
sailed on Saturday was postponed.
The next race will be held to-day.
| An appeal was recently issued in Bos-
ton above the signatures of President
Eliot of Harvard, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, Charles Eliot Norton. and many
others, in behalf of the Greeks, which
contained the following extract: cat
this time when the slender resources of
the Greek government are taxed to the
utmost by the stand which they are en-
deavoring to maintain against the great
powers in behalf of their Cretan kins-
men, Athens city of one hundred and
| L.
denly found her population increased
by twenty-five thousand Wretched
helpless beings, mostly women and chill
dren and old men, who have fled to her
from Crete for protection without
clothing, food or money. In her pres
ent position Greece cannot afford to
support them, and although a union has
been formed to help them at Athens
their means are utterly inadequate to
meet the demands. America is now
asked to add its support, and we hope
that the appeal may meet with the gen.
erous response it deserves. The cause
for which your assistance is asked of
fers good opportunity of expressing
our interest in Greece in her noble
struggle to assert the rights and liber-
ties of mankind"
1t is intended to send the money re-
ceived in answer to this appeal to Hon.
Eben Alexander (YaIe '73), the United
States minister to Greece, and Prof r.
B. Richardson yale '69), the director of
the American School of Classical Stud
les at Athens-to be used in accordance
with their judgment for the helpless.
needy and suffering.
Contributions have already been
made by President Dwight judge Bald
win, Prof. Hoppin, Prof. Brush, Prof.
Beebe and Prof. Farnam, as we'll as by
the following, who will serve as a So
Letting committee and will receive
gifts for this cause: Prof Peck, 124
High street; Prof. Perrin, 463 Whitney
avenue; Prof. Seymour, "a Hillhouse
avenue; Prof. Goodell, 2S4 Orange
street; Prof. Reynolds, SO Vanderbilt
Hall; Mr. C. L. Kitchel, 331 Temple
street; Mr.. c. 1. Brownson, 70 Edwards
street, and Mr. T. W. Heermance. SO
Wall street.
WORK OF THE VARSITY CREW.
Since the recent change in the Yale
crew, which threatened to seriously de-
moralize it, the men have been working
hard and the crew is now getting into
very fair condition. At the four mile
timed row last week the time made was
very creditable, and other evidences
are that if present progress keeps up