YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
THE MEDICAL SCHOOL,
Advantages of Longer Course—Success
of the Change.
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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.
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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