Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-05

Beta Theta Pi House, now under con- structien on High street. between Elm and Wall streets. This represents radical departure from accepted Jun for fraternity life, since it is being built in order to permit the opening of the house to non-members. The building is to be of the Colonial style of architecture, similar to that of Connecticut Hall on the Campus, built of red brick and trimmed with white marble. The dormitory feature of the interior will be the great hall which is designed to be amply eufiici- ent for receptions and dances. It is expected that the building will be Fifty years ago the fraternities. at Yale met the needs of the undergrad- uates' life in emphasizing class lines in an institution In which the college and not the class was the unit. The growth and development of the last fifty years has broken up the homo geneity of the old days, and increased classes has resulted in class se- gregation. Recently the Junior fra ternities have begun to adapt them selves to the needs of the changed situation By increasing their mem bership they have come to be import ant channels of communication among the three upper classes. This has not been sufficient, and the need for greater opportunities or inter communication has made itself felt. Public sentiment has developed until the first open house. is in the pro- cess of construction. This is the ob- ject behind the building of the Beta Pi House.
 The intercollegiate Basketball Lea que has announced a change in its ruling of last Spring. which stated that men who had taken a degree may no longer play on the university basketball team. This rule also stated Freshmen are ineligible for university teams, that men from other colleges may not play without a years resi- dence, and that three years of uni- versity basketball will disqualify a player. Under the ruling of last year Columbia would have lost almost the entire basketball squad. The amend ment was reconsidered at the first meeting this fall and changed to the effect that the rule would not affect the nier: who were playing basketball at the time the rule was passed. This will allow Taft. Kinney and Garfield of Yale to play four years. The rule abou- graduates was changed to the effect that men taking a degree at a college may still play on that college
 or university team providing they have not already played three years of basketball on university teams.
 That he fought off five German air
 men who were trying to trap him. succeeded in dropping one and es- cape'i the others with one motor out of commission is the story told by Lieut.. William Thaw. Yale 1912, mem Der of the aviation corps of the French Foreign Legion now in the Cham pagne district, in a letter received in New Haven last week. The letter follows:
 The other day I ran across five German machines who were lying for me at 2,800 meters over where 1 pass every morning about o'clock on
 reconnaissance. was at $500 and tried to outclimb them and finish my
 reconnaissance, but a son of a gun of a tiny biplane, the fastest machine I've ever seen was catching me from be- hind, so I turned on him and drove so steeply that the oiling system of my left hand motor went on the bum and either scared to death or badly hit for inc descended immediately. But was all alone against four Germans with only one motor and twenty kill ometers from our lines. But the
 Boches were frightened by this time and very politely escorted me, two OF each side, but well out of range, bach of our lines. One, however, got UT nerve enough to try to cut of my re- treat almost over our lines. but still being well above him I was able to dive again and gie him couple oi dozen bullets from our trusty Cot | (rnade in U. s. Al and then having only one motor, I went home as fast
 as could. A lieutenant of the Sixth Dragons, who was in out trenches says he saw the Boche fall 'en masse | just behind the German lines"
 Dr. George Grant MacCurdy, cura. tor of the Anthropological section O,