Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-03

dressed by Captain Burgess who out lined the work that is to be done this Saturday. On account of the three games with Princeton at Pittsburgh during the Christmas holidays an un- usual amount of work is expected in the next two weeks. I
 The Vale University Boat Club has just received new coaching launch, the Buzz, which is the gift of Col. Charles L. F. Robinson, '95 s, of Hart ford. The Buzz is of the "V" type, 24 feet over all with a beam of five feet, and finished in dull mahogany. It is equippedS with a four-cyllnder high-speed Standard engine, rated at about 25 horse power, and is capable of about 16 miles an hour. The boat seats eight people. Colonel Robinson and Firearms Company. has always been very actively interested in row ing~at Yale, and this is not his first gift to the boat club. He gave the shell John Hart" which defeated Harvard on the Thames last June.
 w. E. Dean, of Oxford, has been appointed coach for the University Soccer team for the present season. MT. Dean is a famous English pro- fessional soccer player and was on the All England team, having played on LI1S 11c IS one of the greatest authorities on soccer in the country and the Uni- versity team is very fortunate in hav- ing him as a coach during the present intercollegiate season. MT. Dean will be with the team until the entire soccer season is over. The last game will be with the Englewood Field club on December IS, and the final contest of the intercollegiate schedule will be played with Harvard college in New Haven on December Il.
 It is reported that Major General l Arthur Murray, who was serving at Yale as professor of Military Science and Tactics at the beginning of the 1 Spanish American war in 1898 will | retire from active service in the army on December 4. In 1896 General Mur- lessor of Military Tactics in the Sheffield Scientific Schol. At the out | break of the Spanish American war he entered active service. Since then ] he has remained in the army becom- ing a brigadier general in 1908 and major general in 1911. General Mur- ray is probably the only United States officer who has ever continued in ac- | tive service after reaching the age limit. In recognition of his service to the Panama-Pacif1c Exposition, con- gress passed a bill retaining him on  though he should have retired on the
 18th of last April. General Murray is l an honorary member of the Berzelius Society of the Sheffield Scientific | school, and is the author of several | books dealing with military subjects | The Vale Cooperative Society has
 begun its thirtieth year under aus picious conditions by moving into the new building on High street erected especially for it by the university The
 volume of business had grown to such an extent that this step was necessary
 to secure the required additional space
 This is the third location in a col
 lege building since the society wal
 formed. In 1885 a few undergradu.
 ates, believing that a cooperative
 store would be of great benefit to stu.
 Middle. Business was carried on d i that location until 1905, when the store
 was moved to Fayerweather Hall
 Since that time the business has ha(
 a remarkable increase, the amount O
 goods handled last year exactly dou
 bling the business of 1905. In many
 respects the system at Yale is one O.
 the best cooperative systems in tn,
 country. It is run under a board O
 directors, consisting of Professor
 William Lyon Phelps as president
 F. o. Robbins as Alumni director ant
 a representative from each class il
 all departments of the university
 During the past year the gross amour
 of business was between eighty an, ninety thousand dollars. The mem
 bership for the year 1914-1915 reach
 ed 1,2S7. It is hoped that in its pres
 ent quarters and added facilities tn society will prove of greater benefit t
 the university.
 In order to enlist enthusiasm il l Vale activities and tn infaraSt st dents in the secondary schools leaflet concerning the university, par ticularly concerning entrance re , quirements. expenses and facilitie for self-help at Yale, has just bee
 prepared by the Alumni Registrar fo use by Alumni Associations and Yal . graduates, particularly in high school throughout the country. The leafle : is illustrated with general view ( : the old College Campus and with ? photograph of the Bowl at the tim of the e-Harvard game a year az
 These leaflets are in the hands of th
 Alumni Registrar and are being dis z tributed among the various Yale o1 i, ganizations and graduates throug I that department.
 2 Professor Irving Fisher, who ws v invited by Henry Ford to join tt , peace delegation to Europe, Tuesda n declined the invitation. Althoue !, 1 Professor Fisher is thoroughly '' sympathy with the desire of the peaC
 advocate to prevent further destruC a ton of life and impairment of raci < vitality, numerous engagements ar obligations make 1t impossible for hi Q to sail on the Oscar II.
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