Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-11

By the preliminary list of under graduate students issued this week by the university, the largest freshmen classes in the history of Yale are shown. The enrolment in the college class of 1918 totals 415. while in the class of 1915. Sheffield scientific school, the number is given as. 436 students. The total number of men in the two undergraduate departments is 2,414, 1926 of them in academic and 1.088 in Shelf By classes the enrolment is: Academic: Seniors 2S9; juniors 281; sophomores 341; freshmen 415; Shef- field: seniors PIP; juniors 3S0; fresh men 436. In the scientific school there are also ten special students.
 While the lists of the graduate de- partments' student body has not yet been completed, an estimate places the number at about a thousand, so that the total university enrolment will be approximately $500
 Another Norwich young man enter ing the first year class in the scientific school is Charles Wolcott Wiley, and in the senior class of that department is Malcolm R. Wibberley of South Canterbury.
 The political campaign was resumed with all stress in college this week. Last spring, Taft, Wilson and Roose- welt clubs were formed with great displays of enthusiasm and even so- cialists were going to organize. but they never got around to it. New Ha- ven has been a storm center for poli- ticians this fall, and the infection, aid- ed by the recent visits of Governors Wilson and Johnson on the stump for their respective parties, has again en- tered the university.
 The Wilson Marshall club was the first to be organized this year. A big crowd of their supporters met on Tuesday night under the sanction of the state central committee and took the first step in it's campaign. From headquarters in historic old Connec- ticut literature and buttons are from now on to be distributed without stint
 Prof. Yandell Henderson, who as an exponent of progressive principles has made more than one stir during the past few months, was the fore most speaker before the Roosevelt contingent Wednesday evening.
 The Yale Taft club is not uncover ing it's fall plans just at present. | Vale cross country runners will have to go to Cornell this year fol the intercollegiate run. While in pre- vious years 1t has been the custom te hold them on the morning of the Yale Harvard football game, this year or November 23. in Brookline or New Haven, this time 1t was decided by the intercollegiate association to give the event setting all its own. There. by they hope to attract more atten. ton. The runners after the six-mil, race will be entertained with nov. ing pictures of the Olympic games. One of Yale's most promising dis tance runners this fall is Tommy Hen drick, '13S.. formerly of Norwich. II the first run of the season, Saturda, afternoons which took the form of : | four-nile paper chase, Hendrick let 1 the field home and finished by al easy margin in first position.
 Closed gates and secret practic, have been again the rule with the uni versity football eleven this week il 1 spite of the earIiness of the season The dash with which the game witt 1 Syracuse opened last Saturday was tn most encouraging thing of the seasol so far. In two minutes after the whis tie blew. Yale had pushed the ball owe the line. and in two minutes nor repeated the touchdown. Lefty FIynr a big, six-foot Shelf giant so name, because with his left leg he sends hi 60-yard punts down the field, has beel the subject of all talk since the gam and he has been generally given tn | fullback's place for the rest of tn | season. Remaining in obscurity unti l a few weeks ago, for last year tn l Sheffield class of 1914, of which h
 is member, were debarred from ath
 letics during the whole fall followin
 the Prospect street bridge burning af fair, Lynch blossomed forth in flu
 glory Saturday with his long kicks an
 splendid line plunges, and since the
 he has been hailed as a second Te ] Coy. With little more attention fror
 the coaches, Flynn really should b
 sure of the fullbaclS's place. The
 Captain Spalding will so in as on
 halfback and Philbin, Walter Cam,
 Jr., who Is just getting over a lon
 illness, and several other men. wi
 fight 1t out for the other position.
 The quarterbacks so far have bee
 having lots of trouble and none (
 them has been able to run the ma
 chine with the ability shown by How I last year. Lafayette comes Saturda
 with & strong team to give the Yal
 eleven its one game preparatory fe
 the annual trip to West Point.