The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
YALE CHANCELLOR
URGED BY ALUMNI
Would Relieve President of
Direct Supervision Of Edu-
cational Work.
PROM GUESTS ARRIVING
Wooden Spoon Ceremony to Be
Revived-Dance Is Tues
day Night.

NEW HAVEN, Feb. Rehabilitation
in the present organization Of Yale Uni
versity were recommended by the alumni
committee on plans for university de-
velopment to the graduates meeting to-
day held in connection with alumni uni
'versity day. Among the changes out
lined were these:
To relieve the president OF O portion
Of his duties through a chancellor, who
will have educational supervision; q
closer coordination OF the college and
the scientific school with an interlock-
ing OF faculties so that the ablest teach
ers may be available to students in both
schools.
As to the proposal for a common
freshman year It is pointed out that the
scientific school change to place all I'M
dergraduate courses on four year basis
will simplify the working out of this
plan. 1t is suggested that more care
fully prescribed courses cover the three
years following tho entrance year, the
college to offer those in preparation
and governmental careers. while Shelf
will OFFER those leading to medicine,
sciences. engineering, architecture and
forestry.
Tho committee recommended q salary
scale revision. and the corporation ex-
poets to report two weeks hence.
1873 Yale Men in War.
Among announcements made to grad
yates here to-day for Yale alumni uni
versity day was statement on war
records showing that 1873 Yale men
served in the world war. or these 1888
were in the field artillery and ia in the
air service.
The latest list OF Yale dead Is 1856 and
decorations to 1877 have been recorded.
Among the Yale men in the army the
lists show one Major-General, eight
Brigadier-Generals, thirty-five Colonies,
forty-nine Lieutenant Colonies. 247 Ma
jors and 900 Captains: in the navy, one
Captain. two commanders and fourteen
Lieutenant-C Commanders; in the Marine
Corps three Majors and six Captains.
The advance guard of guests for the
Yale Promenade, which opens Monday.
arrived in town to-day. Every effort
will be made at the dance Tuesday eve
ming, as we'll as at the entertainments
which precede 1t. to return to the SIM
plicity which characterized the Yale
Promenade fifty years ago.
There will be return to the old
wooden spoon ceremony, which dates
back to 1S4s. and for tho first time in
recent years the college dormitories will
be, opened 70 feminine guests. Although
this is the first promenade to be held
since the United States entered the war
1t will not be upon as lavish q scale as
formerly.
The first event on the programme will
be a matinee by the Yale Dramatic AS
ISOLATION in the Hotel Taft ball room
Monday afternoon. Four short plays will
be given. They will be a burlesque by
Maurice Barring on the Greel tragedy
of "Iphigenia at Aulis,' called THE
Auls Difficulty :" "Nettie," a comedy of
modern life by George AIDE: THE Muir
derers." Lord Dunsany's tragedy OF
Cockny life, and Bunk farce.
After the matinee, tea dances will be
held from until 6 in st. Anthony. Col
ony and Franklin halls in the Sheffield
Scientific school. The plays will be re-
peated at the regular promenade per-
Torrance Monday evening. They will be
followed by the sophomore german in
the Hotel Taft. with other cotllons in
the Sheffield fraternity houses.
Tuesdays festivities will open with a
basket ball game with Brown University
in the afternoon, TO be followed by a
swimming meet with Wesleyan. There
will be tea dances in the fraternity
houses afterward. In the evening the
Yale musical clubs will give concert in
the new Sprague Memorial hall and the
Junior Promenade will be held in the
Yale dining hall. 1t will be led by
Charles s.. Hemingway. of Bronxville
N Y, dancing with Miss Harriet En-
ders. of New York city.
President and Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley
will give a dinner Monday evening for
the promeua de committee and on Tues
day night the committee will dine in the
Hotel Taft, when Forest Van Slyck OF
New York. the chairman, will be pre-
scented with the wooden spoon he will
hold until he passes 1t on to his sue
cessor next year.