Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-21

New Haven, Feb. 20.-The senior council handed down it's verdict on the
 traditional Washington's birthday
 fence rush this week, and this is what
 the deliberations of the seven mem
 bers of the senior class brought forth
 after it had been decided by them that
 the rush made so much of in the past
 was no longer worth perpetuating Their
 suggestion was that the sophomores defend a 1915 flag placed on a seven foot pole to be stationed on the cam pus At the signal the freshman should rush toward the pole and should tear down the flag. If the freshmen should secure the trophy. their reward would be to be allowed to smoke pipes
 on the street during the rest of the freshman year.
 Owing to the difficulty of getting a full attendance on Saturday morning, when recitations are held, and because of the large number of men who would be going out of town for the holiday, the senior council advised having the rush Friday afternoon at o'clock,
 Thus did the senior council, which found itself in hot water last week, when it attempted to settle the minor sports managerships without at all consulting those various athletic or ganizations transform custom which has always been peculiar to Yale to a form which is both borrowed and is not to be held on the histric morning in midwinter which every grad, re- members well
 The college voted on the question by ballot on Wednesday, and the vote was 492 to 453 in favor of the modified rush. The sophomore class itself was by large majority againsN the new system, but the other three classes cast the deciding votes. The sopho- more class will protest against the act ion of the senior council and of the <@f f ba fvx-n matter.
 The date for the YaIe- Harvard boat races has been set for Friday, June 20. The freshman race will be rowed up stream from the railroad bridge to the Navy Yard at S.15- in the morning. The four soared university crews will row over the same two mile course as soon after as possible The university eights are to start at 53o and row the four miles downstream.
 The letter from Nathan Hale to Miss Betsey Christophers of New London, written on Oct 1s, 1775, from the rev formally presented to the university Monday by Waller Jennings, 1880, who purchased it at an auction in Phila- delphia last week for $1 ,50o. It is an important addition to the university's historical manuscripts, although the content of the latter is wholly per- sonal Of camp life, he writes: 'sI once wanted to come here to see some thing extra ordinary. My curiosity is satisfied I have now no more desire for seeing things here than for seeing what is in New London; no. nor half so much, either. I am little at loss to know how you carry at New Lon- don. Jared Starr. I hear, Is gone. The number of gentlemen is now few that fear how you will go through the winter. but I hope for the best"
 There are 3,288 students in Vale uni versity, according to the new universi- ty catalogue issued Wednesday. The total number of officers is 539. In the graduate school are 474 men in the college 1231, in the Scientific school 1,IO7, Art school 43. music school 169, Forest school 40. Divinity school 90. Medical school 43 and Law school 13S. Forty-nine states and territories and 16 foreign countries are represented.
 Over the appointment of Howard H. Jones, 1908 s, as head coach of the football team for next fall, Yale men have expressed general sat isfaction since the decision of the football committee was announced last Saturday night at the annual ban quet at Springfield, of the Yale Alumni of Western Massachusetts. MT. Jenes was there and promised to give the Yale team the best knowledge and spirit that he himself had seen at