The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-16
YALE NOTES.

twenty-five men. These are training in the gymnasium daily under the su- pervision of L. Tweedy '99. The work at present consists of short runs and body exercises. The material is very good, and there is a large number of freshman candidates. The team has lost B. Hill '97, last years captain; Butler and French. The last year s members who are training are L.. Tweedy, Anderson, Walker and Me- Cutcheon. The squad expects to get out on the read for daily spins about March 1, the time of the year when the roads ordinarily get into good condi- ation. On May the squad will begin using the cement track at Bridgeport for the remainder of the season. The team will be entered in the Harvard games to take place in Cambridge on May IA, and in the intercollegiate games, the time and place for which have not as yet been chosen. The men will also be entered in a number of outside meets. At the Harvard meet the bicycle events are to be separate, and will be raced on the Charles River track.
 BASEBALL STATISTICS.
 The candidates for the university, law school and freshman baseball teams have now begun training, and a list of the candidates trying for the various positions will doubtless be of interest:
 Pitcher, university z, freshman 5; catcher, university 6, freshman 5; first base, university 6, freshman 10; second base, university z, freshman g; third base, university 5, freshman 5; short stop, university 2, freshman G. outfield university IS, freshman 2S: total, uni versity 51, freshman 6S; trying for two positions, university 6, freshman z; to- tai, university 45 freshman 61. There are thirty candidates for the law school team. thus making 136 men in the university in training for the baseball teams.
 THE BOYS CLUB. The committee from 1901 and 1900 & which took charge of the Boys club ir January has been exceedingly well sup ported by the class and there have beer a good number of men in attendance each night. During the fall while 190( and '99 $. were in charge, the average number of men at the club was from | four to six, while the present commit tee has managed to have from eight to twelve men there each night. The average number of boys is about sixty a night.
 The group system" which was in augurated by last years management has been carried on by the present with system consists of separating the boys 1 into small clubs of about twenty mem l bers each, with four students in charge of each club. These clubs meet once | a week and have their own president and secretary. After every meeting each student takes five boys and teach | es them some industrial work, such as | chair seating or Venetian iron work | The committee has an entertainment 1 in consideration, which will take place sometime in March.
 { The committee felt that the club while valuable in giving the boys : good place for amusement, was no | helping them as much as it might, ant 1 with this thought in view a reading club has been formed which meet: | y | Garter 1901 is in charge of the club. | MIR. JEPsON'S RECITAL. l Harry B. Jepson gave the ninth of z series of organ recitals in Battell chap | el yesterday afternoon at o'clock l The chapel was we'll filled with lover: 1 of music and they were we'll repaid fol attending. The introduction to tn, third act of Lohengrin, by Wagner was brilliantly played by MT. Jepson. l The next recital will be given ol 1 Washington's birthday at o'clock il | the afternoon.
 FRESHMAN UNION. | The weekly debate of the Freshman union was held last night in Alumn hall The subject for debate was: "Re solved, That the country is a bette | location for college than the city | The speakers on the affirmative wer | A. M. Webb and o. M. Wizard, and ol the negative R. s. Spencer and H. W King.
 LIEUTENANT MURRAY PRoMoT
 ED.
 Lieutenant Murray, First artillery | was promoted to a captaincy in tn
 First artillery on February 10. Thi promotion was caused first by the re
 tirement of Major James Chester
 Third artillery, Captain E. Van A. An drus being promoted to take his place Lieutenant John Pope, jr., First artil lery, on being promoted to the plac
 left vacant by Captain Andrus, wa found to be physically incapacitate
 for duty and in consequence retired
 thus causing the promotion of Lieu
 tenant Murray. Captain Murray wi
 probably not leave Yale at present, a
 least not before the end of the aca
 demic year.
 MEDICAL SCHOOL ANNUAL. The senior class of the medical schoo will publish the "Yale Medical Annual in about month or so. The book thi
 year will include the whole school, no
 being limited to the senior class, an,
 will contain the following articles an,
 illustrations: Senior class pictures
 history of first year by H, G. Watson
 history of second year by A. H. Dun
 don, history of third year by J. L. Per
 kins; class pictures of '99, 1900 and 1901
 "The Faculty" by the editors; "Educa
 tional," by A. E. Cobb; ''Yale Medica
 Journal" by J. H. Hurst; Social" b
 J. s. Loomis; Political, by F. F
 Heery; Athletics" by A. H. Hine
 Financial" by F. W. Nolan; "Per