Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-02

New Haven, May 1.-To fill the va
 cancy in the Yale corporation caused
 by the resignation of Professor Taft, l three graduates of the Scientific school have been proposed in an organized i movement to add another Shelf man 1 to the corporation. The three can
 didates recommended for the election
 i next June were William A. Rogers, 1 "A S., w. w. Atterbury 'S6 S., and 1 Vance Mccormick '93 s. The nom 1 mating committee. which was ap- l pointed by a. meeting of Scienthc 1 school graduates at the Yale club New l York city, on March 9th, reports that l they were governed solely by univef-
 sity considerations and that they be- l lieve that there is a very general feel- l ing among Yale alumni that for the
 welfare of the university the vacancy l should be filled by a graduate of the
 scientific department and that no can i didate from any other department would compete for the place.
 1 In an effort to do away with coach i ing from the side lines in the foot ! ball games. Capt Henry H. Ketcham of the Yale eleven wrote in February i to the captains of the Harvard and 1 Princeton teams making a suggestion ] to that effect Football Captain Ket-
 cham wrote it has been too much in the hands of the coaches and not enough in undergraduate hands. The captain should run Ahe team alone. i But the Harvard and Princeton cap tains did not favor the abolishment
 of the coaches from the benches and
 no change will therefore be made in
 the coming season.
 The use ef the name of Vale by companies, corporations or societies outside of the university and having no connection with the university should Be restricted or prohibited en- tirely, according te recently express ed views of the university authorities. ] and movement is on foot to bring about reform. For some time the un- authorized employment of Yale's name has been adopted for advertising and other purposes where publicity is in 1 volved But as Yale is a family name primarily, it is not in all cases that 1t has been used illegitimately Sec retary Stokes stated that various or ganizations had been induced with ! out recourse to law. to change their names. He said that counsel of the university was of the opinion that the Yale authorities should be care
 full to prevent the indiscriminate use of the ale name and of the Yale seal especially in the case of insti- i tutions of an educational character where there was chance of confusion in the public mind regarding their connection with the university.
 There is a well known story and it is not much oveTdrawn, of Yale ! student who went home one vacation and was asked if he knew a certain other Yale man in the community. He did not and a meeting disclosed the fact that the second was an alum
 nus of Yale business college, and there are still some people who could be thus deceived.
 The national academy of sciences elected four Yale professors to it's membership at its fiftieth anniversary
 meeting just over in Washing gton. The
 men who received this highest of 1 scientific honors in this country were ! physics; Ross Granville Harrison, pro- ! lessor Of comparative anatomy: La
 fayette B. Mendel, professor of phvsi- ological chemistry and Louis " Pier son, professor of physical geology Fifteen members of Vale university are now connected with the Academy and President Hadley was one of the ! chief speakers this year, on The Re- lation of Science to Higher Education 1 in America.
 In the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival at PhIadelphia Yale won places in three out of five events in spite of the small number of men entered against the athletes of the other colleges. Captain Wagoner of the Yale track team tied fer second place in the pole vault with F'iske of ] Princeton at 12 feet inches. while i Curtis of Syracuse won at 12 feet S 12 inches. w. F. Ross, 1914 s. was fourth in the shot put. at A feet ' inches; R. A. Douglas. 1914 was sec | ond in the high jump. This was won at 6 feet 2 inches by Richards. Olvm- pic champion, and Douglas was one l inch behind.
 Another South American expedition IS to be conducted durinn the com ing summer by Professor Isaiah Bow man of Yale. under the auspices of the American Geographical society of New York The field of investigation | is that part of the Central Andes W