Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-31


 aennitely announced Monday evening that final arrangements had been made with Samuel Kronberg for the production of Wagner's opera, Die Waikure" by the Metropolitan Opera company in the Yale Bowl on Mon day evening, June 5, Under the aus pices of the Yale Music school The cast will include Mime. Gadski, Mel aine Kurt, Schumann-Heink Johan- neS SeInbach, Clarence Whitehill and carl Braun. Special scenery. cos- tunes and properties will be built fo1 the occasion: sounding boards will be erected at the back. as we'll as for the roof of the stage. in order that the acoustics will be perfect. No expense will be spared by the management toward making the performance of the opera an artistic success. The pne- auction will be on the same plan as that of 'Siegfried' given at the liar yard Stadium Harvard University, last June, under the direction of MT. kronberg. This was attended by 23,000 persons; the gross receipts were in excess of $50.O00. Only about one third of the Bowl will be used for this production and an important advan- tage here, over the Harvard Stadium, will be that the stage will be some 150 feet nearer the spectators than at Harvard.
 In regard to the possibility of the Yale battalion being called into ser vice on the Mexican border, Major R. N. Danford, commander of the Yale Artillery, stated that 1t would be i'm possible for the batteries to go into service without six months of drill ing at eight hours a day under regu- lar officers and sixteen non-commis- stoned officers. He also stated that no army organization is fit for prac- teal service without actual field ex- per1ence The Yale Battalion will not be equipped with the necessary horses and minor necessities to carry out this phase of the artillery work at home until next fall. Inasmuch as the Yale organization is a part of the state mil itia, 1t can not be called out for ser vice in Mexico unless an invasion of the United States is threatened In view of the battalion's inexperience and the short amount of training it has had, it would probably be the last of all the militia batteries to be ac- cepted as volunteers. In case a seri- ous crisis arose, they would be sent to a mobilization camp and there put through course of intensive training which would, at their present stage of development, require from four to six months to prepare them for actual field work. At present, the work of the batteries is progressing as rapidly as can be expected. Each battery drills an hour and a half each week. program of instruction covering the different phases of the artillery work is being followed. Different sections of a battery perform different drills, and about five drill nights are neces- sary to cover all the subjects.
 In view of the number of experienced players who will return to coI'ege next fall the prospects for 1916 football season are exceptionally bright Four teen "Y' men, the same number as last year, will form the neucleus of the team. These men will bear the brunt of the playing in the first few weeks of practice, until the less experienced men gre rounded into shape. They will be called upon to take a good share of the offensive and defensive play in the first game or two. In ad- dlt1on to these first string men, there is an abundance of valuable material in the second team, the ineligibles, and the 21 players of the 1919 Freshman team. The Freshman team at the close of the season, was a well round ed machine. Throughout the season, the coaches drilled the men in indi- be better suited to the needs of the University team next fall. The Uni- verstty coaches also put in a good deal of time with these men, so that they could enter the competition next fall on an even footing with the members of this years University squad. In a statement made some time ago in re- gard to the question of the ineligible players, Captain Black of the Univer- stty team said, that there would be no ineligible men allowed on the field ex- cept those who entered from other colleges.
 The IlniAaroi%,F GIaa T lese choir were the guests of the Uni ted States Military Academy Cadets at West Point over Saturday and Sunday. The trip marked the annual exchange of West Point and Yale choirs begun last year, with the ad- dition this year of the University GIee club. Last year the cadet choir was obliged to secure the sanction of the war department to leave West Point on an unofficial trip. A precedent was established at that time by the war departments decision in favor of the holiday. A concert Saturday evening by the University Glee club was fol- lowed by dancing. For the remainder of the evening the choir and glee club enjoyed the hospitality of the Officers Club. Sunday afternoon an organ re- cital was given in the Academy chap el In honor of the Yale Chapel choir. There has always been a bond of sympathy between the United States Military Academy and Yale, and it is expected that these musical trips will lead to the resumption of the athletic relations which have held the warm interest of both institutions in the past.
 Arrangements have been made re- gently by which a new department will be added to the School of Forestry. This department will be known as the department for the study of tropical forestry, and will open officially on July l, 1916. In January the govern ing board of the School of Forestry submitted to the Yale Corporation the