Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-12

the large number of graduates
throughout the country.
John Edwards, ore Of the three re-
manning members of the class of AT,
died at his home In Philadelphia. on
Sunday. Of last week. He prepared
! for Yale at Andover and entered from
birmingham, Mass, his native horne.
After graduation he spent one year
in teaching at Rocky Mount N. c.: he
then returned to study theology i'm the
Yale Divinity school He entered the
college library as an assistant where
he remained until 1885, when he left
to become librarian of the Mercantile
Library in Philadelphia. in which po-
sitfon he remained fer IS years, retir-
ing in 1901, with the title, Librarian
Emeritus" While interested in the
activities of the Phila defpfia Library,
Mr.. Edwards originated a system of
classification and numbering scheme
which possesses important advantages
over any other and is now in use in
libraries throughout the country.
With view to improving the gen.
eral average of scholarship and in or
der to encourage more consistent
Scientific School by recent action
have raised the scholastic standard of
the school and have made other i'm
portant changes in their requirements.
11cI ed4tcI III BidhlIk up the uIldl
scholarship mark in any subject at the
end OF the year, emphasis will be
placed on the term stand, not upon
the mark obtained at the final exami-
nation. The rule in the Shehieid
Scientific School now applied to mem
bers of the Junior and Senior classes,
where students attaining term grade
| in any subject which would entitle
them to henors may be excused from
examination in that subject at the
discretion of the department of study
concerned is now extended to the
members of the Freshman class. A
student will be debarred from exami-
| nation and his deficiency rated as a
| failure in any subject in which his
term standing. falls below 1.8 on the
| scale Of 40
The University basketball team Is
| beginning the year with very good
| prospects. No doubt three of the reg
ulars from the championship team of
| 1915 will be eligible to play, together
| with three of last years substitutes.
| The Freshman team, which is to be
/ organized this year also has some
4 very good material. An inter-class
series Is being arranged to begin the
latter part of this week. Each class
in Academic and Shelf will have a
team, except the Seniors in the two
| departments, who will combine. Cups
| will be given by the management to
/ members of the winning teams. About
| the first of December a meeting of all
candidates will be held and practice
| will begin then for the University
team. schedule has been arranged
for the University trip in Christmas
| holidays, which will last a week. The
first league game is with Cornell at
Ithaca on January Is. A schedule has
which includes five trips and games
with the leading preparatory schools
and Freshman teams of the East.
/ The tenth annual convention of the
/ National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton will be held in Hotel Astor. New
| York City, on December %. Yale is a
rev member of the Association this
year. Professor Corwin will repre-
sent the University at the convention
and both he and Professor Taft will
deliver speeches. Among the speak
ers the executive committee announc-
es Ex-President Taft, President Gar
field of Williams, Professor Corwin
and Dean McClenahan. of Princeton
OF especial interest will be the report
of the Committee ON Publication OF
Rules. The time is rapidly approach
/ ing when the Association will be able
to issue its own book of rules for al
II college sports. 1t is expected that the
relation of the colleges to the Mill
tary preparedness of the nation, in
VOiVlng the question OF military tram
ing in our college might be of inter
/ est at this time.
The first meeting in New Haven Of
the Yale Engineering Association was
held Saturday in North Sheffield Hall
President Hadley greeted the dele
gates, and the Hammond and Masor
Laboratories were inspected before
luncheon. which was served to the
members of the Association in Me-
mortal Hall. During the afternoon