Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-08

New Haven, May 7.-The question
 of organizing. a Yale chapter or the
 proposed athletic honorary society of
 Sigma Delta Psi was taken up at an
 enthusiastic meeting held thls week
 in the Trophy room of the gymnasium
 and as a result it is hoped to start
 tho society here as soon as possible
 The idea has not gained ground espe-
 cial1y rapidly ct all the colleges of
 the east. demanding as 1t does. excel
 lence. in a reasonable degree, in ten
 or a dozen branches of sport. and
 therefore to greater or less extent
 working against specialization along
 one or two lives Yale men. however.
 Anderson of the gymnasium endorses
 it's aim and ideals and it seems that
 Yale men will take the lead in ere
 atfng its standards and showing its
 as it has been made known. is to es-
 tablish definite tests of ability in the
 track and field sports. in swimming,
 in baseball and football. which must
 be met. to insure election. It will not
 be an easy thing to make.
 Among the things that go, or should
 10, to mako up the college atmosphere
 and to produce a distinctive college
 spirit, is a certain social solidarity.
 kind of common ground on which all
 her students can meet with united in
 Lcr6StS. dle hdS, IfOhi tih0 h6A1hS oA
 It's location in a city anording va riety of outside interests, rom its
 peculiar social system. and from the diversity of it's fextra-curriculum ac-
 tivities, great obstacles in the way of
 getting her students together to know
 each other and develop common
 ground. The classes are so large and
 the time and opportunities so limited for a man who is taking a busy part
 have been often felt to be reasons why the men, even in single class, very often leave college without
 knowing even all their classmates
 A decidedly interesting movement to bring about a closer class unity and more Yale spirit has been started this spring. It takes the form of "class parties" The idea developed in the senior class and it was advertised with considerable mystery for couple of weeks before the big event came in the form of g smoker at the Taft. An issue of new Yale sheet. the Bull-Dog, announced the details. The tertainment by class talent. was a bowling success. So this week the Bufl-Pup appeared. It announced a Junior Party, and on Wednesday night l this sparkling event was held. It was for the laudable purpose of infusing more life and more of a get-together spirit in 1915, and it succeeded. A snake dance through the city streets and the campus, and then a couple of . bonfires in the junior oval. until the campus cop put them out. proved it. The seniors are coming back with a second party on Friday. The pre- hminary announcement is that all seniors are expected to appear in chapel tomorrow morning in sailors jumpers. in honor of the festive day. In the afternoon two special cars are to take them down to Lighthouse Point, for the celebration. It prom ises to be glowing occasion.
 | A second expedition for further ex : ploration in Peru, has been announced | before by Prof. Hiram Bingham of | the Yale faculty, under the auspices and support of Yale university and l the National Geographic society Some of the members of the party have sailed already and the topographers leave next week in order to have maps
 of the section of the country to be 1 explored ready when the main party l arrives.
 The nature and importance of the ] work has been set forth by Director Gilbert H. Grosvenor of the National 1 Geographic society. He considers the discovery and uncoyering of the an- 1 cient fortress city of Macchu Pichu, built by the Peruvians centuries ago. the most important archaeoiosical | J 1 says that the work Prof. Bingham has 1 done. and the work he has mapped l out to do, promises to solve the mys- 1 tery of Americas past and throw light on the civilization and the era be- fore Columbus reached the new world 1 over four hundred years ago. The field 1 of work for the new expedition is a ! portion of Southern Peru on the east ern edge of the Andes. AS one of the most inaccessible parts of the Andes 1 the region has been occupied by the | ancient peoples of Peru. and reported
 ruins there that have not yet been studied make 1t an attractive area. Prof. Bingham believes that an ex- animation of the ruins, studies of the l styles of architecture and of other 1 remains that may be found fairly ! near the surface of the ground, should 1 eventually enable a classification to be made, which in connection with bi l ological, photographic, linguistic and historical studies. ought to result fin