Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-29
lIEIIN|S sPECIAl YALE LETTER
Cs~. Coming to Gales Ferry co.eh Nicals Doesnt Con
 aider the Situation Hopelsss Requnemen for Admit
 sion in New Athletic Society Other University Interests

a cloud of sand was blown over from tho new bowl across the strset and sfiOwered the players on the diamond The first of the championship games comes with Princeton at the Held on Saturday.
 Commencement week at Vale is now only two seeks of, the svsnts of that busy week starting with the campus play, Quentin Durward, on Saturday evening. June 13. On Sunday morning in Woolsey hall President Hadley, who he has been delivering a course of lec- lures, will preach the baccalaureate sermon. On Monday June J5, the class day exercises will be held on the campus. followed in the evening by the musical clubs concert and the senior Tuesday afternoon at the held and on the campus Tuesday evening the an- nual gathering of the old graduates. "Wednesday morning are the com msncement exercises, and on Friday the Yale Harvard regatta at New London.
 The Yale school of religion, Dean Charles R. Brown said the oktsr day, may fairly be considered one of the two leading divinity schools of the country. The reasons that he gave are that it is a university school, giving ell the advantages of many collateral courses of study, combining modern scholarship with spiritual earnestness and missionary enthusiasm; that it is non-sectRriaH; that 1t has the best equipped missionary department of any divinity school in America; that by arrangement with the academic de- pertinent both college and theological training can be secured in six years; that its faculty includes men of inter ,Ark a 1-~A- its situation in New Haven gives 1t a chance to see and participate In the best methods of church and charity work; and that it is Yale and it's Yale degree Is good for it's full face value in any. part of the world. To the great majority of Yale en.whose aim seems to be to keep as far as possible from that lifeless looking divinity quadran- gle, Dean Browns words are, or ought to be. something of revelation.
 The requirements for admission to Yale chapter of the honorary athletic society, Sigma Delta Pei, have been drawn up. and trials for those who de- sire to become members are to start at the field on Friday afternoon; 1900 points are necessary to gain member ship, and the way in which they are to be obtained will make for all round athletic development. Fourteen or fif- teen events are at present on the list, each to count 50 or 100 points, or even mere, according to the ability shown by the contestant. The 100 yard dash run in 12 seconds will count 50, in II second better 10 points. The broad jump requirements are IT feet and IS feet. the high jumps feet inches and feet, the shot put 25 feet and 30 feet, for 50 and 100 points respectively. Throwing a baseball 25O feet will net rx, fr <ha ft~nl yards the same number of points. The mile must be done in minutes to ket 100 points, half a minute slower will give 50 points. A ten mile walk in 2 1-2 hours is another 100 point event, as are climbing 20 foot rope in sec onds and drop kicking with 50 per cent. accuracy from the 90 yard line. A row ing requirement., single or pair oar, is to be fixed later. Of every contestant will be required a. 200 yard swim, but in no specified time. The Y in any sport will count 400 points and minor sport insignia from 100 to 200 points
 Twenty four members of the Vale university track team left Thursday afternoon for Cambridoe to take part in the 39th annual intercollegiate track and field finals Saturday afternoon in the Harvard stadium Cornell, Penn sylvania and Yale are the favored uni- versailles, but the three are so close that the outlooks calculated are by nc means sure. Pennsylvania won last year with 24 points. while Harvard was second with 21 Ia points. Har- yard is apparently out of 1t this year judging from Ya1e's victory two weeks ago. And with the others Yale has ar excellent show by reason of the new system of scoring. the first live places counting 5, 4. 3, and l.. respectively
 since Yale has a well balanced team with at least two capable men in eyert event save the sprints. Pennsylvania has scarcity of second string men on the contrary. and so in any event any two places except a fourth ant fifth will keep Yale on a par wftf this rival. Cornell had score o IT 1-2 points last year and Is expected to better this, but her team is hnrd1. as we'll balanced as Yale's. Tn cas, either Cornell or Pennsylvania win tn, l meet, one or the other will get perma- nent possession of the interco11egiat, trophy which has been up for comped ton since 1904. Each has four leg, on it, while Yale has two and Harvard one In 1903 Yale won the precedint trophy.