Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

as the Yale of yesterday" said T. A. D. Jones, speaking at a smoker for the entire football squad last Monday afternoon. Prior to this season the suggestion of a possible victory for Yale over Harvard would have been considered absurd by football author ities throughout the cuntry. We have shown them that Harvard is not superhuman."
 Coach Jones came East from Ohio. purposely for this meeting and for the "Y" dinner at the New York Yale club. He left here shortly after the smoker, having worked out the plans and Captain-elect Gates. The atten- dance at the smoker was large and the speeches were received with great enthusiasm. The speaker laid partic- ular stress on the necessity of all can- didates maintaining a good scholar ship standing and keeping their bodies in good health.
 lections of Yale University have formed an organization to discuss matters of general interest pertaining to the collections, especially questions for the Yale Museums. The organiza- tion for the present will be known as the Yale Museum Association. Pro- lessor Charles Schuchert is the chair A. l.. secretary of the organization. As is known that portion of the Pferson- Sage Square facing on Whitney Ave. and Sachem St., has been set apart for museum purposes It is expected to erect there, when the means are available, a Museum of Natural His tory, which includes the geological, chronological. biological and other collections; the museums of man and his work consisting of a museum of which shall embrace the primitive cultures of Europe, North and South America; and an Oriental Museum which shall include the collections from Egypt, Babylonia Syria, Arabia, India, China and Japan.
 There are a number of very valuable collections housed in various universi- ty buildings,z some of which are ex- hihted put only a few in a fitting manner; while others are stored away and cannot be placed on exhibition, but what is more important, some of them are so inaccessible they cannot plans can be realized it will naturally mean much to the scholars and the students of the University, as well as to the general public
 The football dinner in New York on Friday evening was an opportune time to formally launch the oft-discussed scheme for a f'Y'' Club here at Yale 1no aDanOOnn10nC or the COacneS quarters at the Taft and the estab- lishment of '117 Wall street readily opened the way for such an institu- tion. But not in years, not since the great banquet to Bob Cook and the later dinner to Walter Camp, have so gether as assembled at the Yale club in New York on SFriday evening. That the enthusiasm of this meeting will lead to some form of permanent
  now seems certain.
 The plans of those who for a long time have advocated the formation of a " club; are not confined to simply In the first place it has been pro- posed that such an organization should center about the training table. This means club house where all the University teams would have their training tables and a place to have their meals under ideal sur roundings, and incidentally a pace where better food would be served than the teams generally get at the training tables. Connected with the training tables would be reading and Ounging rooms, rooms for the coaches and bedrooms for visiting coaches.
 Such club house would have to be built. But if the present plans do not fail it will not be difficult to finance such a scheme among the graduates. The advantage of such a club would be largely in favor of the undergrad uateS as it would give them better and more comfgorta ble training quarters and add a social side to university trainingE that does not ex- ist today. Such a club should be an additional incentive to winning
 "YaIe" graduates are so scattered that they would not be able to use such a club only occasionally. But Tar fO1-fS in f17c 0f alo for the graduate caches would make their stay in New Haven much more be of assistance to the resident coaches.
 Finally an organization of the men who have passed through any service is always useful because it preserves the spirit of the service and in this way inspires others and brings re- cruits.
 Such a club would be unique. No American college has such a norganl- zation. Probably the nearest ap- proach to such a club is the Leander Rowing club of England to which only men who have rowed on the Varsity eights at Oxford and Cambridge are eligible. This is the greatest rowing club in the world. When Yale sent her crew to Henly in 1896 it was the Le- ander club that was able to summon oarsmen from all over the world to go back to England to defend Eng lands most precious trophies against the Yankees.
 "The obligation to defend our coun- try rests equally upon the citizens. We must have universal military ser vice." Such were the views eX- pressed by Commander Yates Stirling of the Submarine Base, New London Navy Yard. Commander Stirlin served in the Philippine insurrection and is a Spanish War veteran. He has been instrumental in the organi- Zation of the new Yale Aero club. Speaking of preparedness Commander Stirling said he believed in a moderate sized nucleus with 8 large progress sively trained reserve.
 In part Commander Stirling says in regard to college men preparing for war:
 ''The great majority of college men vii doubtless prefer to train for the army instead of the navy. This is only natural, and besides the army needs ten reserve officers to the navy's one, so it is we'll that it should be so. The soldiers calling does not attract l. ,a S~.4e -