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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Advantages of Longer Course—Success of the Change. —_—_—_— * Last Spring it was decided to lengthen the course in the Medical School, necessary for the degree of M. D. from three to four years. That this was a wise measure has been- clearly proven by the work this year. The number of the students has in- ereased from one hundred and twen- ty-five to one hundred and_ thir- ty-eight, a gain of over ten per cent. The benefits which will result from the change are in brief as follows: It gives the opportunity to increase the — instruction in laboratory Pathology, especially in Bacteriology, in which branch there will be a required course the second year. It will also permit further development in the laboratory course in Clinical Chemistry required the third year. ‘ The greatest advantage to he gained by the change is the increased amount of work it allows in Chemical courses of the fourth year and particularly in the specialties.-As the changes wil) affect but the latter part of the course, and as eight students who had had previous instruction were placed in the class of 1899 which otherwise would have heen vacant, there was no difficulty in arranging the curric- ulum. It has been decided to admit egradu- ates of the Academical and Sheffield Departments who have completed the required course in Biology into the second year class, with certain con- ditions in certain branches in which the Biological course is not an equiva- lent to the first year of-the Medical course. ><> S ot Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs. Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs, who has just been made a member of. the Royal Society of London, is the son of Dr. Josiah W. Gibbs, Professor of Sa- ered Literature in the Theological De- partment of Yale College, and was born ‘in New Haven, February 11, 1839. He pated for college at the Hopkins al r School, entering Yale in 1854. He graduated in the class of ’58, and received the degree of Doctor of. Phil- osophy in 1863. In 1866 he went abroad and spent three years in study at Paris, a DCE Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1871 he was appointed University Professor of Mathematical Physics. His *studies have been mostly in the field of Ther- modynamics and at different times he wrote articles for the Connecticut Acaq- emy of Transactions, and it is main- ly on account of these very valuable writings that Professor Gibbs has just been elected a member of the Royay Society of London. In 1893 the degree of L.L. D. was conferred upon him by Williams College. Professor Gibbs is a member of the National Academy of Science, the Cambridge Philosoph- ical Society, the London Mathematica] Society, the Koenigliche Gesellchafder Wissenchaften of Goettingen, the Roy- al Academy of Amsterdam, and the Societe Hollandaise de Science, - wy ~ www Strength Tests. Considerable interest has been taken recently at Harvard and Yale in testing human strength by means of a machine. Lovering, of Harvard, made a record of 1,623 kilos about two months ago, which for a time was the best on record. Within two weeks C. S. Verrill, ’99 S., made the same attempt in the Yale gymnasium and came within a few points of the Harvard man’s record. The machine was then not in very good working order. When the deficiencies had been remedied. C. Chadwick, °97, made the record of 1,688 kilos. This record only stood as the best test until C, 8, Verrill made a second attempt last Tuesday. April. 18, and scored 1,676 kilos. The way in which the three men differ in the distribution of their strength is shown by the following com- parison : : Poe. Poe > © — Strength of legs___.. 8038 . 843 665 Strength of back..... 349 279 410 Strength of chest and upper arms..:..-.- 392 305 383 Strength of right grip 101 113 85 Strength of left grip. 91 98 80 Totals........--- 1676 1638 1628 Glee and Banjo Clubs. The following men will go on the Southern trip of the Glee and Banjo Clubs: — F, P. GARVAN 797. BSHILE, Rip C8: BANJO CLUB. Banjeaurines—L. G. Fisher, ’97; J. E. Shaw, 978.; S. R. Kennedy, ’98; G. R. Holden, ’97; C. A. Neergaard, ’97; and Leeds Mitchell, ’99 S. Banjos—A. J. Draper, ’97; and J. H. Porter, ’97 S. Piccolo—L. L. Kountze, ’97. Guitars—H. D. Kountze, ’97; W. B. Ford. L. 8.: J. B.. Tytus, 97: J. V. Mil- ‘ler, 97; and W. F. Dominick, ’98. Mandolins-—M. T. Clark, ’978.; R. P. Loomis, ’99 ; and C. C. Conway, ’99 S. Mandola--F. J. Tytus, ’98 S. ; - GLEE CLUB, First tenors—E. C. Stalter, P. G.; W. J. Lapham, ’97; G. G. Schreiber, ’98; M. J. Dodge, 98; D. H. Gillespie, ’98; A. J. Baker, 1900. : Second tenors—P. Hinkle, ’97; W. Keeler, 97; M. Yung, ’98'S.; H. Butler, 98; C. F. Parker, ’98 S.; L. H. Voorheis a5. : First basses—H. W. Carey, 797; H. C. Jackson, P. G.; F. Sheehan, ’98; J. W. Wadsworth, 798; G. Parker, ’°98; H. Che- ney, 99. : be tee Second basses—G. B. Taylor, 97; T. F. Russell, 97; J. McLaughlin, ’98, and H. W. Wilson, ’98. Contents of April * Lit.” The April Lit., the first number un- — der the ’98 Board, appeared April 12, with the following contents: “The Scholar?’ by Fl> Az bord, 93; .“Dhe . Land Mark,’’ poem, by F. G. Hinsdale, 798; “Three Women,’ by G. B. Clark, 1900; “The Woodcutter’s Road,’ poem, by H. Mason, ’97; ‘‘The Reprise of Clav- eroche,”’ by E. C. Streeter, °98; ‘‘Sepa- ration,’ poem, by H. A. Callahan, ’99, and ‘‘The Consequences of Teddy,’ by D. DeF. Burrell, ’98. Contributors to the portfolio are A. C. Harrison, ’98; T. D. Newmeyer, °99; R. Hooker, ’99; HG: Robbins, 799, and the editors. Athletic Calendar. April 15—Yale vs. Georgetown Uni- versity at Georgetown. — pi a April 16—Yale vs. Hampton at Hamp- i en. " > y April 17—-Yale 1900 vs, St. Pauls at Garden City. : April 17—Yale vs. University of Vir- ginia at Charlottesville. April 19—Yale. vs. University of Vir- ginia at Lynchburg. April 20—Yale vs. University of North Carolina at Danville. April 21—Yale 1900 vs. Amherst 1900 at Amherst. PH CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INS OF HARTEORD. CONN. ASSETS, JANUARY {st, 1897, - LIABILITIES, “ SURPLUS, “ Issues all forms of Life and Endowment Paid Up, and Extended Insurance Values. Its Interest Receipts and Rents have for y Losses. T. W. RUSSELL, President. Bs e, F HUDSON, Secretary. EK. B. PECK, Ass’t Secretary. R. Ww. HUNTINGTON, Jr., Actuary. 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