Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-30
The Bulletins Special Yale Letter
Yale's Provisions For All Who Re main in New Haven - The intercollegiate Races- Changes in Shelf 'Xams-The Yale Dining Hsl-F Rowing Closed-The Yale Cooperative corporation- Various Matters of Note.


 t-l by large part of her under:
 ates during the Thanksgivint
 :. which began at l-2e o'clocl
 .esday afternoon and ends Frida,
 M.ag at o'clock The New Yorl
 Boston trains were crowded witi s-tsents Wednesday.
 lc1- for the many who remain ir New Haven there are attractive holi- are to. be especially in evidence at . anksgiving celebration in Dwighi hall although an interesting pro- gramne will accompany them
 giving solliacation of it's own. while s numtsr of the school clubs are plan ~ ming feeds.
 At Yale dining han a free turkey dinner win be served, so that in many ways there will be Thanksgiving cheer for those men from distant parts of the country who cannot get home. Most hcme-goers will be prevented ruling that cuts fron recitations taken before or after Thanksgiving count double.
 The university cross country team had scarcely a Iook-in at the inter sco1legiates at Harvard last week, and the event went to Cornell. as had been predicted. with AS points. Harvard was second with 5s, and Yale came trail ing in sixth. with 152 points Captain n ming his ', but Hendrick and the other Yale runners were left far behind
 To meet the needs Of many Of the rapidly developing high schools in the country. the governing board or the Sheffield Scientific school has had un- der consideration for more than a year changes in the requirements for adInis- sion to that department of ale uni -ersity. Last week the corporation <H1 Sa7 f-T71 1 md ar official statement Of the new require ments has now been issued The pre- paEarCTy course. as revised, that must be completed for admission is still rigid as to the quantity and quality Of work demanded. though permitting wider range of selection of studies The new zrrzn cement should fulfill it's purpose by enabling the secondary schools to provide courses more con- venfently and satisfactorily for both the pupils who are planning to enter college and those who are preparing for business or other e-prOfessional careers. The amount of work required for admission remains the same as be- fore. IS units. each unit representing approximately one-quarer Of the work of school year.
 In English and mathematics the re- ouirements-three and four units re- spectively-are unchanged, the reyis- ion affecting advanced language stud ieS. history and science One unit of
 
 unit of history and one unit Of science have been made elective or a1terna- tive requirements; so that a student Eho is planning to take up an engi- neering course may drop advanced language and offer in it's place phys fcs. chemistry and mechanical draw inE-- Or, for a natural science course in college language and history may be carried on farther in high schools, irsurirg a more even balance with the scientific side At any rate. the changes have been made after long and careful consid- erafion and much cores pondence with high school principals and 1t is believ- 1 ed that they will be productive of ben edcfal results For the student, both be- fore and after he enters college The Val. dining hall is having one ! of it's best years, so far as the season has yet gone There are $50 regular diners taxing the capacity of Com mons" nearly to it's utmost. and for the first two months of the year the number of transient guests served numbered $500 The new rule allow I of the Dining club has add cd to it's popularity this year. There were approximately 800 guests served before the Brown game, and 1900 peo-. pie. over 6 thousand of them guests. were served at the special dinner be- i For. the Princeton game
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