The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-27
THINGS ARE LIVELY
At THE COLLEGE
Up ON THE HILL

j. II. Alger was yesterday elected cap
tain OF the football team OF class OF 1909.
by the men who won their numerals in
last years class game.
Manager Smith has nearly completed
the schedule for the team an dexpects
u have IL out in a few days. Among the
games already arranged are included
games with Pomfret. ST. Marks, Dean
and Moses Brown The finst game will
be played on oct II. with st. Marks, al
though a practice game will probably be
played with the Classcals about the first
OF the month.
THE NEW RULES.
At the last meeting OF the athletic
board the following rules were drawn
up TO be voted upon by the student body
in the near future:
l. A member of the varsity second
team may wear "B I'd In white, on
brown sweater
q The basketball team shall be allowed
10 wear insignia on the middle OF the
sweater.
g. In basketball. in case Yale, Harvard,
Princeton, Pennsylvania or Dartmouth
are not played a participation In ma
tority OF the games played shall entitle
the player to the emblem.
T. In hockey the members of the team
shall wear a white black "B. II. T."
8 In golf those men who have plaved
in the New England intercollegiate Golf
association championship shall wear the
white block "B G.. t.
6 All men on varsity teams shall wear
brown stockings with two stripes, one
half an inch wide, and one and one-quar-
ter inches apart across the calf All men
on class teams shall year plain brown
stockings.
T. The Debating Union shall not adopt
ans insignia the hat or cap, but shall
adopt insignia approximate to debating.
These rules are expected to do away
with the talk as 10 whether members OF
the golf and tennis teams might not be
allowed 10 wear the "B." Besides these
several rules many new amendments in
the constitution were proposed. These
however. effect only its wording and not
its principles.
JONES '0 ELECTED.
Yesterday afternoon at a meeting OF the
tennis association Z. D. Jones 07 was
elected president. l. G. Jennings 0S vice
president f. II. Babcock '0. treasurer.
and F. X. Budlong. secretary and mana
ger.
TRY-OUT is POSTPONED.
Because Of a lack Of tenors and i'm or
trials for the Glee club which was TO have
been held yesterday, was postponed until
Friday afternoon. The club is TO make
several trips this year besides the joint
concert in Springfield the night before
the Dartmouth-Brow football game.
FIRST CONCERT.
The Brown Symphony orchestra gave
its first concert OF the present academic
year last evening in front Of Manning
hall. but there were not as many specta-
tors present as usual on account of the
cold weather.
The orchestra showed the results OF
practice and rendered in a very credita-
BILE manner an enjoyable number OF Sc
lections
STUDENTS WILL BRAY"
For several years Brown has not had
"a college band to represent IL at the ath-
letic contests. Last spring efforts were
made to form one and at several ball
games a band was present. This year
however, Brown expects 10 make siren
uous efforts to form a credtable organi-
zation.
WILL WILL HIS LIBRARY.
Elmer L. Coothell. a prominent gradu-
ate of Brown university and member of
the advisory committee of the civil engi-
neering department, has recently an
nounced that his entire engineering H.
brary of several thousand volumes will
become the property of Brown university
at his death
OF the senior, junior and sophomore
class a total Of rs men are taking civil
engineering In the freshmen class, how
ever, there are over 80 men taking engi-
neering courses. II present progress con-
tinues new additions will have to be
made.
JUNIOR CLASS TO MEET
The Junior class will hold a meeting
this evening i'm the Brown union to NOM
mate the assistant managers OF the diff
ferent teams and elect class officers.