4 YALE ADTaMNI WHEAKLY YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY, Published every Thursday during the College Terms and conducted by a Graduate Editor and Associate regal and Assistants from the Board of Editors of é YALE DAILY NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION. - $2.50 PER YEAR. Foreign Postage, 85 cents per year. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to the Yale Alumni Weekly. All correspondence should be addressed, Yale Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn. ADVISORY BOARD. For College Year, ’96-7: H. C. RoBINSON, °53. J. R. SHEFFIELD, °87, W. W. Skippy, ‘658. J. A. HARTWELL, 89S. CO. P. Linpsiey, 75S. L. 8. WELCH, ’89. W. Camp, °80. E. VAN INGEN, 91 S. . W. G. DAaaettT, °80. P. Jay, °92. EDITOR, Lewis S. WELCH, °89. ASSOCIATE EDITOR, WALTER CAMP, °80. NEWS EDITOR, GRAHAM SUMNER, ’97, ASSISTANTS, H. W. CHAMBERS, °99. DBs DAY. 0. JouHn Jay, '98. BUSINESS MANAGER, -E. J. THOMPSON, - (Office, Room 6, White Hall.) Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O. New HAVEN, CONN., JANUARY 28, 1897. THE PROMENADE. Elsewhere is printed a review of the events gives to our readers an idea of the relative merits of the means used by the Class of Ninety-eight and sug- gests what still remains to be ac- complished to make this gay season more thoroughly carry out its best ends. It is certainly cause for con- gratulation that the committee did lay a heavy hand on the excesses. of auction sales and therein did they officially could to discourage ex- travagance. It was a favorable year to initiate such a reform, and the sale after the Juniors were’ supplied showed that it would probably have been impossible for last year’s figures to have been matched even if the op- rertunity had been given. The fact is, allowances aren’t as large as they once were and the financial condi- tions of the country are reflected in the narrowed margin for extras in the treasury of most students. Such things as a “Prom.” could of course be run with a gcod deal less ex- pense if thare cculd be some con- tinuity of management which would be quite possible without taking away from those who give the ball their rights and opportunities of manage- ment. A student with excellent busi- ness qualities, who had served on his Promenade committee, remarked last year that he would like to take the contract of the Promenade at some- thirg less than the usual expense if the only requirement were to keep up the standard of other years. He thought the margin of saving which experience would allow him to make would keep him a year at college. The Promenade committee are ex- cellently well chosen and are men with a high standing in their class. But they meet the quite large business questions involved, without previous experience and they are not able to treat with the men who supply the principal equipments cn the basis of ressible treatment with them in the future for the same privileges. These men have one order to fill and the future of the business is entirely out cf the hands of those who give them the order. of Promenade ‘week which what. YALE AND HARVARD NEGOTIA- TIONS. The comments of the Journal and Courier of this city on the history of the negotiations ‘between Yale and Harvard reprinted elsewhere, are hardly more than the situation as far as it can be known to those outside, seems to warrant. It will, we trust, be pessible some day to print the facts about these negotiations which will clear up a good many matters. It seems to us that the delay, and if it shall come about, the failure, of the efforts towards reconciliation are due to unsatisfactory conditions on both sides. There is not the organization tc best carry on such negotiations. What is done and what is left undone is not what the great body of both Yale and Harvard men want. That is enough to condemn the system under which it is conducted. We beg to be taken literally. We mean e€xX- actly what we say. There is no ill- feeling here towards Harvard oF towards any person but a very keen serse of disappointment. We are not able to describe the prog- ress of these negotiations in detail, at least until they are completed, for very obvious reasons, but it is only proper to suggest that comments on any per- sons connected with these negotiations, or on the ways and means employed, should be withheld until the whole his- tory is known. —— -. . ABOUT “ YALE’? ENTERPRISES AGAIN. Up to the hour of going to press we are reasonably confident that the de- tails of the trip of the College eleven through the South are at last cor- rectly and fully stated. We have no desire to linger on the unpleasant subject but venture to remark that it seems quite understood now, that these expeditions whether they will- fully and without authority use the name of Yale or by carlessness allow themselves to be carried along by that word, are heartily and universally dis- approved by the students, graduates and friends of the University. We sincerely hope that we have seen the last of them. We do not, by any means, class the Yale fockey team’s trips with such excursions as we have spoken of, but we feel so strongly on the subject that ve venture to hope that some definite central authority shall be developed which will prevent all men who have regard for the good will of their fel- low students from initiating any enterprise under the name of Yale without the fullest sanction of those who have the right to give it. Just who should have the right and how this will work out is only a question of means. The principle is a very im- pcertant one and graduates will be im- patient of any further neglect of ordinary precautions in this line. ><> bh cat THE CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP. The statement in the editorial in the Yale Alumni Weekly .of January 14th was in error in saying that the Yale Catalogue did not make mention of the scholarship given by the alumni of California. The description of that scholarship was carlessly over- looked. It appears in proper place and in proper form and looks very well too. And as we said before, we would like to see more announcements of that kind in the catalogue. ee - S. L. Fuller, ’98, has been appointed by Captain Cabot, of the Harvard eleven, to act aS manager of the team next Fall. He is at present the man- aging editor of the Crimson and Ad- vocate. D. D., pastor of church of Cambridge, ALUMNI EUND ASSOCIATION, A New Appeal for Subscriptions From University Graduates. The Yale Alumni University Fund Association sent out the usual circu- lar letter to alumni in January. It is printed below: “This Association makes at this time its annual appeal for funds for the general purposes of the University. Its aim is to afford an opportunity to all to assist their Alma. Mater. Con- tributions have in the past ranged from $1 to $1,000. Any sum, large or sn-all, will be sladly received and will help to swell the total. In 1896 there were received 2 contributions of $200, 24 of $109, 21 of $50, 67 of $25, 224 of $16, 260 of $5 and 33 of $1. “The Association has in the past five years appropriated from such contributions an average of over $10,- 000 annually to the income of the Uni- versity. It is hoped that contribu- tions will be continued annually, but no promise for the future is asked. No student at Yale ever paid full value for what he received. Let us all, as . help in this way to repay our Yale.” very sincerely, Payson Mer- rill, °65; George A. Adee, ’67; Thomas Thacher, °*71; Otto T. Bannard, ’76; Henry W. Calhoun, ’83; Percy R. Bol- ton, ’86 S.; William W. Skiddy, ’65S.; Robert W. De Forest, ’70; Thomas DeWitt. Cuyler, ’74; Walter Jennings, 50; Wm. Adams Brown, ’86; William F. Judson, ’90S., directors; William W. Farnam, ’65, treasurer, New Haven, Conn.; Lewis S. Haslam, ’90, secretary, 120 Broadway, New York. alumni, dept to Yours a The February Journal of Science. The following are the principal arti- cles in the February Journal of Science :— ART. VIII.—Outlines of a Natural Classifi- cation of the Trilobites: by C. E. BEECHER. (With Plate ITT.).-.....-- 89 TX.—Preliminary Trial of an Interferential Induction Balance; by C. BARUS..---- 107 X.—The Multiple Spectra of Gases; by J. TROWRRIDGE and T. W. RICHARDS .. 117 XI.—Studiesin the Cyperacee; by 'T. HOLM. (yy on Pode 1.) ee eee 121 XII.—Simple Instrument for Inclining a Preparation in the Microscope; by 2A. AGUA Ra) Re scuscce. 3 eee esa + 129 XIII.—Nocturnal protective coloration in Mammals, Birds, Fishes, Insects, etc., as developed by Natural Selection; by on. VaR. fo ee st 32 XIV.—Nocturnal and diurnal changes in the colors of certain fishes and of the squid (Loligo), with notes cn their sleeping habits; by A E. VERRILL..- 185 XV.—The Stiulinodontia, a Suborder of Eocene Edentates; by O. C. MARSH.. 187 i ae In the College Pulpit. The following preachers will oc- cupy the College pulpit during the winter term: January 31—Rev. Daniel Merriman, D. D., of Worcester, Mass. February 7—Rev. A. H. Bradford, D. D., of Montclair, N. J. February 14—Rev. George Gordon, D. D., pastor of Old South church, Boston. February 21—Rev. William K. Hall, First Presbyterian church of Newburgh, N. Y. February 28—Rev. Alexander . Mc- Kenzie, pastor of Shepard Memorial Mass. March 7—Rev. Prof. Robert Thompson, of Philadelphia. March 14—Rev. Chauncey W. Good- rich, of Orange, N. J,. March 2i—President M. W. 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