Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28

solicit funds ana also to enlist the aid
Of Yale undergraduates in the WORK OF
the American Ambulance department
of the Red Cross work. now being
carried on in France, mass meeting
was held in Woolsey Hail. Tuesday
evening. In the neighborhood OF 1e00
students awaited themselves Of the
opportunity TO hear Gen. Ellershaw OK
the british Army Robert Bacon, Ex-
Ambassador to France, and Leslie
Boswell of The American Ambulance
Because of the fact that last year the
undergraduate body sent Ii arnDu-
lances for this service and since lnSn
q number Of undergraduates have vol
unteered their services in this work
last summer the meeting was OF great
interest to Yale students. or all the
philanthropfc activities by Americans
in the war zone, perhaps none Is as
bulance Corps. Organized originally
by the generosity of the American
residents of Paris. with q view OF al
fording quick transportation OF the
wounded from the various railway
stations to the American Anbulance
Hospital at NeuiIly, It was quickly
expanded at the request of the Gov
eminent authorities to include NUM-
Der OF other stations along the lane
outside of Paris. At the present time
the corps consists of more than one
hundred Ford cars, each with q well
equipped ambulance body, capable OF
Transporting three stretchers. Among
the drivers of these cars there Is
large proportion of American college
men, recent graduates, and even IN
Iergraduates of Yale, Harvard, Prince
ton, Dartmouth and other institutions.
Last summer Yale was well repre-
scented. All of these men volunteered,
not for the adventure or Tor the OPP
portunity It afforded of seeing the
war at close range, but from the CON
viction that they could render a real
service. In view OF the fact that am
bulance drivers are now needed, and
in all probability, will constantly be
needed until the end OF the war, the
supported by all the undergraduates
interested in the cause.
The second of a series Of university
smokers which the New York Yale
Club has planned was held Wednes-
| day evening at the. clubs new quar-
tiers. The general topic of the even
ing's discussion was THE Academic
Department, or Yale College, and
| speakers of the subject were Dean F.
S. Jones. Prof c. B. Tinker Of the
| English Faculty, and Prof Charles
Seymour, of the History Department.
The first of these smokers was held
at the Yale Club on Dec. 9, and the
topic under discussion was: The
University-Its General Aims, Its
1 DETERMINATION anu A1ORGI1HkSAts 11O
Relation of the Club to the Universe
ty." The purpose of these smokers is
| to bring the club into intimate con-
nection with the University OF today,
by inviting Representatives from New
i Haven to discuss briefly and inform
/ ally the activities at the present time
| of the various schools and depart
| ments OF the university In general
Professor Tinker gave a brief review
OF Yale's literature. showing why the
university could take pride in the
| literary achievements Of its sons. Pro-
lessor Seymour explained in more OF
less detail the present system OF
| academic education. The Freshman
| and Sophomore years are designed to
| supply a general liberal education
such as was provided by all four years
of college during the last generation
Junior and Senior years are devoted
to specialization. and, in the new
honors department to the development
of unusual ability In certain subjects
Dean Jones spoke on Discipline and
Dormitories." The evils of the pres
ent dormitory system have so direct
a bearing on collegiate life, he said
that unless they are abolished in the
near future undesirable consequences
would undoubtedly result. The pres
ent rooming arrangement attacks the
underlying principles of discipline
and authority which have been lai6
down by the authorities Of the uni
versity. AS the control of the meI
rooming in private houses in naturally
more limited than it would by under
normal circumstances, the jurisdic'
| ton of the college is threatened.
Yale is to keep intact all the tradi'
tons which for a decade or more hav'
gradually arisen and which exert in
f1uence on college life in general, it il
of utmost Importance to increase tn
rooming facilities by building add
tional new dormitories. The capaci
ty of the present dormitory system
including the few instructors VIII
have rented room. is 1,021. II Piersol
Hall were excluded only 921 could b
housed in college dormitories. A
present the catalogue shows regis
ter of 1,483. From these figures
can be seen that accommodation
should be provided for at least So
more men. In view Of the fact tina
the enrolment is steadily increasin
anently adequate. The fact that Har
ward and Princeton have made NOR
/ than adequate provision for thei
, freshmen classes only emphasized tn
. fact that Yale is backward in it's dor
mitory system. AS business propo
sition, to build new dormitory quar-
tiers for the freshmen would be 1
sound investment. Wright Hall, tn
! latest and INTELLECTUALLY the mos
: imposing building on the campus, cos
1 S0zf ,UUU TO erect. ln0 net luCOLu
from Wright Hall is $40 percent.
o News has been received that Con
( rad Woehler, Yale ex-1916, is at pres
ent in the German army. He left col
ilege in July of 1914, after havin
/. completed his sophomore in colleg
. with the intention of visiting his par
ents in Germany, whom he had NJ
t seen for some time. The outbreak {
the war found him at home and he 6
once enlisted as a private in the arm.
e He spent the first few rnonths on Il
n Western front, after which he wa
4 laid Off f5M time and then trans
4 ferred to the Eastern front. He toe
part in the Russian campaign
which he was wounded. 1t was NJ
doubtedly owing to this fact that
Q was reported killed last summer.
Q letter addressed to him was retuTne
: to the sender marked Fallen on Il
y field of honor" After y short fui
Tough he returned to the trenches b
fore Rheims. The last letter receivs
: from him was dated Nov. IL. 1915.
e that time he was again on Through
) Karlsruhe. He wrote for his collel
. record hoping that 1t might be of Sc
- vice to him in obtaining an officer
commission. He has risen from Il
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