Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-03

nea1Ln department or Gne neWiy orr ganized Yale Industrial Committee was to take charge of the hygienic conditions in seventeen large factor les was the announcement made pub lic after an important meeting held recently at the Quinnipiac Club Doctors Wfnslow. areenway, Flint and Anderson are to supervise the work of the undergraduates, and. if the undertaking proves successful. an af- fliation with the American Red Cross Society is to be affected. In accept ing this difficult project. the health department is complying with the eX- pressed wishes of the factory presi- dents, who issued their call through the New Haven Social Safety Coun- cil. .:
 The plan is to conduct weekly olass- es in personal hygiene, one man teach ing from sixty to one hundred men during the noon hour, from twelve to one Volunteers will be assigned to various factories, two men having charge of each company. w. Wolf, 1918, is chairman of the health depart. ment. Owing to the ever present fear of strikes and agitations from the un- settled industrial conditions caused by the enormous munitions contracts, the intended social service of Yale under
 
 the labor leaders. v-s-
 That Sir Rabindranath Tasore, the world famous Bengali poet and Nobel prize winner, is to lecture here We'd nesday evening, December 9th, was the announcement made last night by the Dramatic Association. on whose aus piees he will speak Sir Rabindran- ath arrived in Seattle some weeks ago and is now on his way east. giving lectures. and is expected to arrive in New York the first part of November. His visit to Yale will prove one of the most interesting events of the year. Tagore was in the country in 1912, but at that time his poetry was known among Americans only to few stu dents of eastern letters. In the sum- mer of 1913 he was the guest at re- ception given fh his honor, in London, by MT. William Butler Yeats and a few other writers and artists. In November of the same year he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature.
 The Tagores are perhaps the illus trious family in India. The father of the poet, Debendranath Tagore, was great religious leader the founder of g. sect. He was known as Maharsi which means great sage" The poets grandfather was Dwarkanath Tagore, a philanthropist and social reformer, a founder of the Land Holders Soci- ety. Other Tagares who have achieved fame are, Prosonno Kooman Tagore, founder and president of the British India Association; Raja Sir Sowrindra Hohun Tagore, the founder of the Ben- Tagore, a distinguished painter; and Maharaja Ramanath Tagore, a dis tinSuished writer and political leader.
 In the heaviest presidential straw vote. ever held at Yaie, Charles E. Hughes yesterday wen an coverwhelm- ing victory of the decisive majority of 727, polling one tsiousand, three hun dred and twepty-six votes to Wilson's five hundred and ninety-nine. Ben son, the Socialist candidate, received five votes. and Hanly, nominee for the Prohibftionist Party 2. The polls were open from eight to six and a total of 1882 ballots were cast out of a possi- ble 3,915. All members of the Univer- sity were eligible to vote.
 Practically all the straw votes held at the larger eastern universities this fall have resulted in the victories for Hughes. At Harvard he secured 1,142 votes to Wilson's 635, and at Prince ton. which has always come out strongly for Wilson he received S73 to Wilson's 535. Brown, of which Hughes is an alumnus, gave the re- publican candidate an overwhelming victory.
 In the straw votes at Yale, liar yard. and Princeton last spring just before the nominating convention, Roosevelt triumphed at Yale and Har- ward, and Wilson at Princeton, Hughes spectively in each election. The fig- ures were: at Yale-Roosevelt 934
 Wilson. 491; Hughes 365; Root, 133 i; at Harvard-Roosevelt 660. Wilson 6s1; Hughes 348; Root 40; at Prince
 ton-Wilson 3s7; Roosevelt 271;
 Hughes 121 and Root 40.
 At the time of the presidential cleo
 tion four years ago straw votes were held at Harvard and Yale, but none at Princeton. The Yale poll resulted in victory for Taft with 530 votes;' Will third with 37s. At Harvard, Wilson boiled 735 to Roosevelt's ATS and Taft's 365.
 In addition to the twelve games scheduled for the university basketball team, it has been announced that a number of ganles vii, be played on the annual trip in the west and south during the Christmas holidays the de- tails in regards to the trip will be | made known later A series of class games will be started within the next eTnic and Shelf. The members of the winning team to be awarded cups. The real purpose of fall practice was to get line on the baseball knowledge | and natural ability of the individual players, said Coach William Lauder yesterday. No particular coaching was l attempted although few corrective suggestions were made to individuals | during the games.
 1 It Is safe to say that there are now more candidates with natural base ball ability than last years squad con
 tafned This is so. even constderine
 the fact that the football work kep, | some likely men away from practice l In lining up two teams for a game
 with different men in several positions
 each day, team work was not to be ex-
 pected. Nevertheless. judging from the experience several new men ap- peared to have had. it Is quite eyi-
 dent that the regulars will have a stiff
 job to continue as such next season. There are fourteen Y men eliaibI.
 for the University baseball team al
 present. Captain Le Gore. and R. G
 Rhett 1917. who were ineligible ias'
 year, will be, eligible to play this 1 spring and should strengthen the tean i greatly. The Y men and members oi
 the 1919 team who are on the squas follow:
 Outfelders-Conwav Early. Holden