Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-09

&AAmleB v subscriptions. A year ago a Gfmas- trous ire destroyed the main building | and most of the property of tho rec public. Gifts from some of the tr1s. tees nave made rebuilding possible, | and MT. Cass Gilbert of New York has recently completed plans for a group of colonial buildings adnninigfxn- ton building and town hall, a 6ofm1- tory and g. gymnasium work on which will be begun next month. These new increase in the number of citizens,
 provided funds can be found to sup- port the additional number. The cost per boy is about $5 per week, or $250 per year, and 1t is the aim of the Yale committee to raise enough this spring
 to support at least one boy at the Republic next year.
 Colonel Roosevelt won the straw
 ballot held by The Daily News last Friday with 0 total of 934 votes. Preg-
 votes, Hughes 1hlird with S65, and Root fourth with 133. Bryan received four
 votes, Benson three, Taft two, and Borah, Ford, Underwood, Sherman and Burton one each. The total number
 than the total number of students in
 both the College and Shef. Depart
 ments.
 The preliminary room drawings for
 the class of 1919 were announced on
 Tuesday. The class is one of the largest that has ever entered Yale
 and consequently the sopG1more dor nlitories are crowded to the limit. About 36 men failed to get rooms on the campus and most of them have
 taken rooms on High and Eirn streets.
 The three buildings devoted to the Class of 1913 are Farnam, Lawrence and Durfee.
 The Leland Stanford tennis team of two men which is making trans continental tour of eleven universities
 and colleges in the East. defeated the 1 University team Wednesday matches l to o. This is the third victory the Leland Stanford team tas won, hay- ing defeated Chicago University and Cornell, losing only to Harvard on
 Tuesday.
 f In reference 10 the freshmen sent to Gales Ferry last Monday, Coach Abbott stated that the freshman crew this season has been successful and T is distinctly above the average Dur
 in gthe past few weeks the boat has I met the first year eights of Prince ton, Pennsylvania, Cornell and An napolis and has beaten them all ex- cept Cornell. In the spring regatts the freshmen defeated the strong SGuOOl CHEW Dy EIkA lengths. This years freshman eigh is up to the standard of any first year crew that has ever been sent to Gale: ] Ferry. He does not underrate thu 1 strength of the Harvard 1919 crew { however. whose record is even bette ! than YaIe's, as it has defeated tn, i Cornell freshmen. At the beginninl : of the present rowing season. tn, coaches experienced much difficulty il I weeding out the material for a sue : cessful freshman eight to live up t
 the reputation of former Yale boats ! Over a hundred men reported an ? elegen eights were out every day A B every man had to be given a chance it took a long time before the f1ns choice was made.
 At a banquet of the Universit . track team held at the Hotel Taf . Wednesday evening, John W. Overtol . 1917. of Nashville, Tenn. was electe e captain for next year, He prepare 2 for Yale at the Hill School and wa
 on the 1917 Freshman team He :. the captain of the University cross 2 country team and is intercoIlegiat . cross country champion. This sprin ' he was member Of the championsni ' two mile relay team. In the Harvar
 and Princeton dual meets Overto
 scored 20 points; winning every ever :, in which he was entered, while in tf r lntercollegiates he took third place the mile run. With nine ''Y'' men rt turning next fall the outlook for ne1 o year is very bright. The Universal sy' will miss the services of Captain Ol, .o and Hampton, who together accoun = ed for 10 of Ya1e's 29 points In u - intercollegiates this spring by vii ,a ming points in the broad and Ilis ,e jumps. Barker in the half mile ar ' Brown. Buck, and Johnstone in u of field events will also graduate tn = year. Several promising candidat of VII VII pe us aseltl0sOle Arelu tue 1S1S Iresi