Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-22

competition for the Vernon Prize of s1oo. The purpose of this prize Is to stimulate the musical and literary ef- forts in producing songs illustrating
 Yale life and associations.
 The past week marks the fifteenth
 anniversary of the founding of the
 Yale Station Post omce. and In con-
 sideration of that fact and Postmaster Clark's excellent service as the head of Yale Station since its inauguration in the University. vote of apprecia- tion was passed by the Yale Corpora
 sion at its last meeting. The Yale Station Post Ohice was established in
 October, 1900, in order to render to the members of the university the best possible mall service. Previous to Its establishment mall had been delivered to the various dofmitories by post men with consequent confusion and some losses, unavoidable under the old system. and these facts coupled with the constantly Increasing size of the
 university necessitated the change.
 Thomas F.. Clark was appointed su- perintendent of the new station by ven postofice, of which the Yale sta-
 ton is part. During it's first year
 tho post office was located in the old
 brick row on the College Campus,
 where it remained but a year, when it
 was moved to its present location in
 Fayerweather Hall That 1t has been Pa success beyond the most hopeful expectation is evidenced by the great increase in business during the fifteen years of it's existence. When the of-
 were installed. This number has been
 increased to 2,o45. Tn 1900 the office
 served the College proper. while today | it takes care of every department of the university. supplying lock boxes | for each dormitory room The re- | fN1kz 70 k1,1 per cent over the first year. The &C., tual work of the office equals that of | an ordinary town of 10000 or 0,000
 Postmaster Clark has not only pro- | tected the student body from various
 frauds but has done much to prevent jcctionable material. He has also lectured to the student body on postal
 service and the government.
 One of the most important monu. merts that the university possesse.
 was unveiled during the summer
 namely the Civil War Memorial iT Memorial Hall. The two tablets
 placed on either side of the entrance
 to Memorial Hall bear the names O.
 the Yale men who lost their lives 1T
 the Civil War while in active service
 On either side of each tablet is a fig
 ure representing respectively, Cour
 age. Devotion. Memory and Peace. I
 was significant that this memoria . was unveiled fifty years after tn close of the war. The unveiling ad . dress was made by w. w. Gordon 'S6S. In his address Mir. Gordon cite' the gathering of Yale men held il June, 1865, when an appropriate me ) morial was discussed. At this gath ering in connection with the war tn | deeds of 75S Yale men were recounte6 | The plans made at that time resulte l in the memorial which was unveile last June. The. growing recoguitio both in the North and the South c ] courage and devotion to ideals mad it possible to include the names of a g Yale men who lost their lives in tn 1 great conflict, 113 on the Union sid' = and 55 on the Confederate side. Tn s present movement was formally in
 augurated at a meeting held in Wool
 sey Hall during Commencement Weel r TJune 1909. At this meeting MT. Tai = as presiding officer appointed the Me B morial committee which included sey = eral men who had served in bot . armies. Judge Rowland and Generi . Gordon classmates, whose friendshi d had never been broken by the faI t that they participated on opposit ), sides of the great struggle, were lenC d CTS in the movement, and each serve r as chairman of the committee. TT e memorial cost SPA, 900. Of this amour Is subscribed in amounts varying fro e $1 to $1,00o, and the remainder hi n been guaranteed by the members g the committee. Ex-Governor SimeC Il I1. Baldwin, Yale '61. of Connectic' y made the presentation speech, whi tt President Arthur Twining Hadley ai l. cepted the memorial for the unive h sity.
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