Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-28


ton will be lost by graduation next
month it was necessary to encourage
a large number of new men in the
activities. All the members of the
freshman cross country team togeth-
er with many of second team We're
present at the meeting. Both the
necessity of new materials and the
advantages of the sport were explain
ed by the captain and Coach Quea1.
The Report that the war depart
ment had abandined its plan Tor hold
ing the students military camps this
summer has been disproved much to
the satisfaction of number of I'M
dergraduates in the university here,
The rumor arose from the action OF
CONTROLLER of the reasl1ry Williams
who has disapproyed accounts
amounting to 5000, which were ex-
pended for student military camps last
year. Captain DoFey, who is in
charge of the camps in the eastern
departn ent, was asked about the mat
ter and asserted that this action would
not effect the camps that came under
his supervision and that they will be
held as usual this summer. Secre-
tary Garrison, has warmly supported
the military camps, and it is expected
that congress will be asked for legis-
lation permitting expenditure of pub
lie funds for the maintenance of the
camps. Since the establishment of
summer military and instruction
camps for students, the plan has
grown to such an extent that they
are now one Of the most important
the country for possible emergiences
by giving them a general knowledge of
military training. Last year at the
Burlington camp, in Vermont, there
Were 33 Yale men, the largest number
from any one college. The great in
%1la bow ln-1 nk hA
camps the past year has been very en-
collraging and shows marked in
crease in the subject of military train
int Diciplins was excellent; the re-
suits obtained were very satisfactory;
and the men as a class showed con-
siderable physical improvement. There
was an excellent condition of health,
and the reports were unanimous in
approving the plan and commencing
the results attained. The camps are
valuable from an educational stand
point in that they bring out clearly
matters relative to our history, es-
pecial!y its military features, which
are little taught and little known. Eff
fort has also been made to define
clearly the difference between mill
tarism and reasonable preparedness.
From the standpoint Of national pre-
paredness these camps are going to
be of a very real value because the
attendance is of high order from
the standpoint of intelligence and
made up of patriotic young men who
are earnestly striving to so prepare
themselves that they may be effective
and efficient soldiers in case the coun-
try should ever have need of their
services,
There has been established in the
Law school new society which oe-
cupies the same relation to the law
| schools of the United States that Phi
Beta Kappa does to the colleges. The
name of the society is the Order of the
Golf. 1t is a common thing in Eng
land to refer to taking or receiving
the Golf by which is meant that one
has been admitted to the bar or be-
come a barrister. The Order of the
Golf is an honor society among the
law schools. 1t is composed of the
faculty and a very limited number of
the men of highest standing in the
the election of members from that
class will be made usually about the
beginning of the second half of the
college year. Not more than ten
per cent. of a class can be elected to
the order. The members wear a
gold key quite similar to that of Phi
| Beta Kappa, though easily dis
| tinguished from it. 1t is understood
that the members Of the Yale chapter
| of the Order of the Golf were elected
| on saturday at meeting OF the facul-
! ty members with Dean Rogers. No
public announcement has yet been
made of the names of the students so
| chosen. 1t is known, however, that
four men have been selected for that
| honor.
This year the compulsory symnastie
| exercise for the academic freshmen
was radically changed from that of
| past years. The system tried this
year has proved a success, and will
| become a permanent feature Of that
| branch of freshman athletics. Form
| erIy the entire class was divided into
| ten squads, each under the supervi-
| sion of a squad leader who drilled his