Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-30

Free Academy has been definitely set | for Friday, April 30. As stated pre- viously, this meeting has been made possible through the efforts of, and will be held under the direction of the Nor wich club of Yale university. B. H. Embree, secretary of the Bureau of Appointments at the university, has consented to explain to the senior boys who are contemplating entering col lege next fall, the examination system and the self help opportunities which exist at Yale. MT. Enbree's class mate, Grosvenor Ely of Norwich, has also been asked to speak upon the subject, Yale from the Graduates View Point Charles W. Wiley, will accompany MT. Embree, and will pre- sent the undergraduate side of Yale activities. Principal H. A. Tirrell has made arrangements for the meeting to | come at the last period of school on Friday at which time all boys of the 1 two upper classes will be excused from recitationS.
 What threatened to result in a poi- tical issus between the undergraduates of the college and Shelf, was success fully brought to a climax Wednesday evening in a university mass meeting held in Woolsey hall to definitely de- eide what action should be taken as regards the recent changes in the con- stitution of the athletic association. For the last week or two there has been considerable agitation relative to the possible issue of the adoption of the new constitution as revised by the members of the association. The matter of controversy rested in the matter of the management of the four major sports. Under the old system the college sophomores would elect | four of the classmates to compete against four Shelf freshmen for the election to the assistant managership 1 of the four respective sports. The | old system stipulated that two of the l competitors should be college repre- l sentatives and the other two should be 1 from Shelf. Recent complication in ! this system led the association to l amend the constitution to the effect
 that there should be no required num- I Der of either college or Shelf. under | graduates who should be elected, after sufficient competition, to the assistant | managership of the teams. There were | present at the meeting in the neigh
 borhood of 2000 students. Both sides 1 against the amendment before the 1 matter was left for the vote of the l student body. N. $. Talbot led the l opposition, stating that the old system | when adopted should remain for sev- l en years, and inasmuch as but three 1 of the seven years has elapsed in which the system should be tried out I he advocated retaining the old sys- l tenn. Captain Middlebrook of the 1 baseball team led the affirmative with
 the argument that under the present
 system many capable men Were | forced out the positions be-
 cause of the restrictions laid down
 in the constitution. Professor Cor
 win in speaking for the asso- citation explained that the amend i ment was thought expedient by the
 association but that the students were
 to decide the advisability of the new | scheme. However, when the matter was put to a vote the amendment was | defeated by vote of S2S for the is | sue and $50 against, two thirds being
 necessary to carry the project. The 1 Shelf representation was unusually
 large and the comparative ballots | are evidence that many Shelf men were in favor of the change which was of vital importance to the fu- l ture managerships from Shelf.
 1 The annual spring regatta will be | rowed on May 8 this year. The re- 1 gatta this year will be rowed on Lake | Whitney instead of the harbor, where it has been held for the past few l years. Through the generosity of Eli Whitney, president of the New Haven l water works and of the New Haven Country club, permission to hold the regatta on the lake has been secured. | The regatta this year will undoubted- l ly arouse more than usuaD interest in | that ideal water conditions will be as-
 sured, and several outside crews will 1 compete. The other crews will be the | Rock Rimmon Boat club, Springfield 1 High School, and Central High School i of Philadelphia The Rock Rimmon Boat club will row one of the class crews while the Central High School will compete with the first freshman
 eight, and Springfield Higs School with
 the second freshman crew. In addi- dion to these races, the class and I single scull championships will be de- ! cided and an exhibition race will be ] rowed between the first and second | university crews.
 l Tn response to an invitation recently 1 extended by President Hadley, the I choir of the United States Military 1 Academy was entertained on last Sat
 urday and Sunday by the members of
 in New Haven Saturday evening. The l university choir met the visitors at l the station and escorted them to l Dwight hall where they were assign ed rooms throughout the college dor
 mitories. The cadets were accom- | the engineers corps and F. c. Mayer, | the organist of the military academy. The two choirs dined together in the university dining hall where they were | 0nL0TIalnSO py In0 | AlS OHlF0TSlQy Glee clubs The West Pointers at l tended Sunday services in Battell chapel where they occupied the senior
 aisle. The university choir had pre- pared a special programme of three
 anthems for the cadets. Professor J. c. Adams, of the university, who for
 several years was instructor of English
 at West Point was instrumental in bringing about the trip. The visit 1 was the result of a formal invitation from President Hadley to the super | intendent of the Military Academy to come to hear the Yale choir. It was l necessary to get the approval of the l War department for the plan in that
 1t is an unprecedented occurrence for a body of cadets to be allowed a leave
 of absence for any such unofficial trip.
 It was the first time that such a thing has ever happened. It was a compli- ment to the Yale choir. which has the
 reputation of being the best college choir in the country, that the organist was desirous of having the West Pointers come. It was especially ap- propriate that the two anthems sung E