Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-11
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
Artillery Battalion Have Balloon Corps-Loan Library
 Overwhelmed by Applicants Centennial of Yale Club of Chicago-Mod6cation of Attendance Chapel.

New Haven, Feb. 1o.-Through the efforts of the officers of the Yale Bat tery together with the aid of the Con- necticut Aircraft Company a plan has
 been completed for aiding an up-to- date balloon corps to the Yale Artil- lery Battalion. Such a corps is now
 considered absolutely essential in con- nection with artillery work and the Yale Battery will be equipped with | the most modern and improved style of aircraft. It will be the first battery | in the United States to be so equipped 1 The Yale Aerial Corps will be organ ized in connection with the Artillery Battalion. The men will be trained by | the Connecticut Aircraft Company and will be allowed to use the new dlrlgl- ble balloon which that company mas States Navy. The balloon itself Is 115 feet long, 35 feet wide and 50 feet high l including the car. It is capable or
 carrying crew of eight men, and useful load of two thousand pounds. The balloon can rise either from the water or the land. The dirlg1ble IS now being finished in the works of the | Connecticut Aircraft Co. in Ports mouth, N. H., and on completion will l be sent to Hartford and set up in the
 armory. The battery men who take | the training will spend week in Hartford, where they will be instructed l in the care and use of the balloon and will become familiar with its con- | struction. During the remainder of | the year theoritical instruction will De given in New Haven on aeronattcs
 The members of the corps will be thor oughiy drilled in all the principles Of
 aeronautical work and will be famil- | iarized with the different types of air craft now in use, their use in warfare and their strategical value, especially
 with artillery.
 The most important part of the | Tobyhanna The Aircraft company is 1 building a peculiar type of observa- 1 tion kites which are used by the | thousands in the European war today.
 The members of the Yale Aerial Corps l will be given special training in the
 management of the kites since the Air
 craft company have large number of ] them under construction for the Uni 1 ted States Navy. One of these kites
 will be loaned to the aerial corps dur | ing their encampment at Tobyhanna | and the members will be taught to use 1 it and will obtain much valuable ex- 1 perience. Thus far a great deal of | enthusiasm has been shown in respect l to the aerial corps. About fifty men have expressed strong desire to take | the training and are willing to give ! the time and undergo the expense 1 which would be necessary. From the 1 total number only ten will be allowed
 to join the regular corps, but in all probability a substitute corps will be
 organized and receive the same train l ing.
 The duelIing sword team, owing to | the increased interest in the sport, has l enlarged its organization and formed | iV1 addition a Cph lis now called the duelling sword and sabre team. The formation of a sabre team is extremely beneficial to fenc- | ing in Yale in general for the sabre
 work is the most spectacular to watch
 Of all the forms of fencing. The man agement hopes to be able to arrange
 several meets for the year. This year, however, attention will be chief ly concentrated oE the duelling sword as the season is just commencing. The most important meet in which the
 team will take part is the Eddy Cup meet which will take place in New 1 York city on Feb. 14. The winner of this meet will be entitled to the claim of the junior championship of the
 country. In the past 1t has been won
 once by Harvard and once by Colum-
 bia, but Yale has never gained the
 championship. This year, however,
 chances look unusually bright The
 whole of the last years team is in
 college, making four experienced men
 who may be called upon. The man
 agement has arranged some contests
 to be played in New Haven and it is
 expected that there will be several
 good exhibition bouts. The policy of
 the duelling sword and sabre team is
 to encourage the use of the two weap- ons without emphasizing either. It Is | thought that in this way much greater
 all-around physical development may | be obtained. Sabre work is particu-
 larly advantageous for men who are
 too light for boxing, and at the same
 time furnishing what is considered the ) most fascinating of athletic exercises.
 At a meeting of the college faculty held last January 20, the recommenda- ton of the Student Council to change | the present system of chapel marks
 was considered and was referred to
 the dean. of the college with power to |, | act. As result Of the conference with the members of the council the regula- tions as regards attendance at both
 daily and Sunday chapel were modi-
 fled to the effect that at the beginning 7 of the college term each student is granted an allowance of thirty marks { a term. Another change was to the
 effect that no distinction would be
 made between the daily and Sunday
 absences but for the fact that Sun : day chapel would count as three marks , and that five absences should be the limit of absences from either the ten
 o'clock or eleven o'clock services on
 Sunday.
 ) Through the IiberaIity of William Loring Andrews of New York city, the
 Andrews Loan Library, was establish
 cd about twenty-five years ago. It's 5 object is to furnish textbooks and 7 works of reference to be lent gratuit- ! ously to the students who cannot af- ford the expense of purchasing books
 Since the establishment of the library
 the number of students working thei1 3 way through college has increased tc a about seven hundred with the result r that the library is at present unable . to meet the needs of the many appli-
 carIts. During the present year over Q one hundred such applications, duly f attested by the bureau of appointments . have been received which could not be ,, granted owing to the lack of books
 This demand for text books has beer
 satisfied to great extent by the helr
 of the undergraduates. More discard s ed books have been given to the Loar