YALE ALUMNI WHEKLY ALUMNI NOTES. Conducted by JOHN Jay. [ Gradwates are invited to contribute to this column.] _— *68S—Edward G. Bradford has been ap- pointed by President McKinley as United States District Judge of Dela- ware. The term of office is for life. ’68—The statement in last week’s issue of the Weekly, that Prof. H. 8S. Will- iams, *68S., had an article in the May Harper’s on “Geological Progress of the Century,’’ was incorrect. The article was by Mr. Henry Smith Williams. *69—The death of Mrs: Elizabeth V. Beers, mother of Prof.- Henry A. Beers, of Yale University, occurred on May 2, at Hartford, Conn. ‘74—Henry De Forest Weeks, and Henry W. De Forest, ’76, have returned to New York City from a trip abroad. *79—Lewis Huntington Hyde and Mrs. Mary Stevens, of Hoboken, N. J., were married recently at the Church of Transfiguration, New York City. *86—Harvey B. Bashore, has an arti- cle in the May number of Lippincott’s entitled ‘‘Early Man in America.”’ *87—Frank D. Tuttle was married to Miss Florence Guertin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., on April 26th. *88S.—The marriage of Miss Marion M. Chesebrough, daughter of Mr. Rob- ert A. Chesebrough, of New York City, and George Howard Davison, of Mill- brook, N. Y., took place Wednesday, April 28, in St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York. The ceremony was _ per- formed by the rector, Rev. David H. Greer, at 4 o’clock. Dr. George Richard acted as best man, and among the ush- ers were Edward McVickar, ’92S.; Frederick W. Jones, ’91S.; Henry K. Goetchius, ’88S., and Stanley H. Pearce, 9S. ’°89—Miss. Bertha DeForest Brush, daughter of Professor and Mrs. George Jarvis Brush, will be married, at her home on May 18, to Rev. Edward Lambe Parsons. 89S.—The marriage of Ferris J. Meigs to Miss Louise Lawrence, of New York City, took place on Wednesday, April 28, in the Fifth Avenue Presby- terian Church, New York. Dr. John Hartwell, *89S., was best man. Among the ushers were Pierre J. Wurts, ’91S., Richard P. Strong, ’98S.; and Theodore D. Irwin, ’90S. 90S.—George P. Bissell has been: pro- moted to the position of purchasing agent for the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., of Wilmington, Del. *91—J. C. Richardson, who has been studying the past two years in the de- partment of Romance Philology in the Graduate School at Yale, has been offered the position of director of lang- uage study in the High School at Kan- sas City, Mo., and will go there next Fall. Until then he has changed his ad- dress to 204 Dover Street, New Haven, Conn. ’92—-Walter P. Bliss was married to Miss Katherine P. Baldwin in Detroit, Mich, on April 29th. W. D. Rockefeller, 92, was best man and M. W. Galla- way, 992, was one of the ushers. *92—-Invitations are out for the wed- ding of H. O. Bowers to Miss Lillian Estella Shepard, of West Hartford, Conn., in the West Hartford Congrega- tional Church at twelve o’clock, noon, Wednesday, May twelfth. ’°93—-A second son was born to the wife of Franklin J. Abbe on Thursday, April 22, 1897. ’93-—-Robert K. Dickerman, who has been in the law office of W. B. French for a year past, has commenced the practice of law on his own account and has opened an office at 89 State Street, Boston. °94—_ Ralph W. Holmes is with Holmes and Gay, real estate dealers, West Winsted, Conn. ; °94-E.. R. Bosley is studying law in the office of Morris Morey, Buffalo, N. Y. His present address is 807 D. S: Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y. °94—-Philip F. Rogers has received an appointment on the house staff of Mercy Hospital, Chicago. He will graduate from the Chicago Medical School in June. 94. Walter D. Hood has been elected principal of the High School at Rome, N. Y., and entered upon the duties of that office on April 28. His address is Arlington Hotel, Rome, N. Y. 95S—Luther M. Case and Miss Laura M. Shirk, of Lancaster, Penn., were married April 28, at Winsted, Conn. W. G. Reynolds, ’95 acted as best man, and G. B. Carlson, ’95, and Halsey A. Weav- er, ’95S., were ushers. ———_o@______—_ The following officers of the Whist Club have been elected: N. B. Beecher, 98, President; J. S. Cameron, 99, Vice- President; H. H. Hackett, 1900, Secre- tary; W. C. Lee, ’99, Treasurer. The annual St. Louis Alumni meet- ing will take place at the St. Louis Club, Saturday evening, May 15. LIVELY WORK AT CORNELL. Many Eights Practice in Frequent Races. [Correspondence of Yale Weekly.] Ithaca, May 1.—Two weeks from to- day, on May 15, the second crew will row the Naval Cadets at Annapolis, and the work of the past week has been influenced by the proximity of this the first of Cornell’s five races, A number of interesting races between the 99 crew and the Uni- versity crew have occurred, and although they have been fierce- ly contested no one can say with which crew the advantage rests. The truth of the matter seems to be that the so-called ‘‘Annapolis Crew’ is ex- ceptionally fast for a light crew, or that the University is not all that it should be. On Thursday the Univer- sity managed to beat the youngsters one length in a two-mile race. The latter crew rowed in their regular or- der, Carter at stroke; 7, Dalzell; 6, Od- die; 5, Odell; 4, King; 3, Wakeman; 22, Bailey; bow, Stamford; coxswain, Fisher. The University was made up of Bentley, stroke; 7, Savage; 6, Spill- man; 5, Johnston; 4, Crawford; 8, Moore; 2, Chriswell; bow, Ludlam; coxswain, Porter. The water was rough, even in the lee of the west shore of the lake, and the second crew showed some unsteadiness, which was not overcome until there was open water between the boats. Af- ter this the ’99 boat gained steadily, but was unable to overcome the lead which the University had secured. The next evening, Friday, the Lake was as quiet aS one could wish. The second crew was the same as on the previous evening, but in the University boat, Savage displaced Ludlam at bow, Tatum rowed at seven, and Colson dis- placed Porter. Bentley still held Jef- fers’ place at stroke and the crew was Supposed to be stronger for the changes. SECOND CREW BEATS THE UNIVERSITY. The third University had come out on the Lake and accompanied the oth- ers in the paddle down to Glenwood. They were not allowed in the race, however, and were sent on ahead. At the word the second crew started quick- Ty and in a short time had a lead of a deck. The University hung there for a mile and a half; then the second crew drew away and at the finish, two miles and three-quarters from Glen- wood, they led by three good lengths. Such things make everyone wonder what will happen after the Annapolis race. One thing is certain; no one has the slightest reason to feel sure that he will sit in one of the boats at Pough- keepsie. Fach seat has three men try- ing for. it and the choice cannot be made with any probability of accuracy for a month at least. Sweetland, one of the new men, is developing rapidly into an oarsman. He is a strong man and should make a good fight. for one of the oars amidships. He has been taken to training table. Briggs and Savage of last year’s University have been on the sick-list part of the sea- son and have not yet regained form to such an extent as to be included in the training-list. Twenty-three men are now at the training-table: Ludlam, Chriswell, Moore, Johnston, Spillman, Tatum, Jeffers, Crawford, Bentley, Raymond, Crum, Roe, Carter, Dalzeli, Oddie, Odell, King, Wakeman, Bailey, Stamford. Sweetland, coxswains Col- son and Fisher. THE FRESHMEN CAUSE ANXIETY. The men are all in good spirits and little tendency has appeared to over- train. One frequently hears a man re- mark that the training is less rigorous and less irksome than ever before. It is the Freshmen who are giving anxiety. At a meeting on the Campus Friday evening Captain Spillman declared that they seem to be making no progress whatever. It seemed quite possible, he_ said, that another call for Freshmen candidates might be. neces- Sary, in the hope that a fresh lot of men might do better. There are two Freshmen crews and the effort will be made to find, by changing the men around in the boats, an eight that will be fit to keep. At present there is lit- tle earnestness and the snap and en- thusiasm which usually mark the work of Freshmen candidates is completely lacking. This afternoon the seriousness of the situation was manifest when ~ everything else was abandoned and all attention was centered on the men of 1900. Only the first University went out, with Bentley at stroke, for slow work on the inlet. Briggs was put in to stroke one of the Freshmen boats and every effort was made to get the Freshmen out of the unfortunate state of lethargy into which they have fallen. ' Association, presided. It will be noticed that Bentley has crowded Jeffers out of his position as stroke of the first University. Jeffers has gone to No. 2 of the third Univer- sity, but no one can tell how long Bent- ley will hold the place. Jeffers is a good man and the change in no way lessens his chances for the University boat. The third University is manned as fol- lows: Briggs, stroke; 7, Crum; 6, Fuller; 5, Sweetland; 4, Roe; 3, Newell; 4, Jef- fers, bow, Raymond; coxswain, Pate. There has been no change of stroke. The second University are rowing it as they did last June at Poughkeepsie. There is the same hard catch and clean, steady pull through to the end, with the quick thrust of the hands at the feather and easy slide aft. They are getting their backs into the work together and with fine effect. The University is evi- dently stronger, but the work is ragged and the power poorly applied. Two new shells have been ordered, but neither has appeared as yet. One is to be a paper boat from Waters of Troy; the other of cedar, the work of M. F. Davis of Detroit. Mr. Davis is here with a number of workmen and has just finished making over the En- glish boat which the Henley crew brought home with them. The boat has been entirely Americanized in rigging and bracing and practically furnishes a third new boat. The same workmen will in all probability rebuild the aluminum poat, in which the race with Pennsyl- yania was won in ’93. If they are suc- cessful the crew will have still another fast and serviceable boat. ——__—¢ @ ¢——__— Oregon Alumni Smoker. The Yale Alumni Association of Ore- gon and Southern Washington held its first social gathering Saturday evening, April 24, at Baum’s cafe, Portland. The Association, which is the first east- ern college alumni association organized in the State, has already a large and representative membership. The gath- ering was very much like the ‘‘ Smok- ers” frequently held in college, and with light refreshments, songs and sto- ries of ‘‘ old college days” the time was pleasantly spent. The parlors were dec- orated with Yale flags and college me- mentos. : : The Association intends to hold sev- eral more meetings of the same nature in the near future. A number of im- promptu toasts were responded to. Robert T. Platt, ’89, president of the Among those present were Benjamin B. Beekman, "88 L. §., Francis D. Chamberlain, ’83, Henry F. Connor, ’938., C. F. Adams, ’°86, Rodney L. Glisan, ’90, John C. Flan- ders, 85, Dr. Joseph W. Hill, °78, John W. Gavin, 85, Samuel Scott, ’86, Roscoe RK. Giltner, ’81, Henry C. Jefferds, ’82, Frank W. Vaille, ’76, Harrison G. Platt, 88, R. T. Platt, ’89, and many others. _— Vv > a a New York Con cert. The annual New York concert of the Glee and Banjo Clubs, which was held at Carnegie Hall, Friday evening, April 30, was not as successful financially as have been concerts of previous years. The net proceeds which can be devoted to crew purposes will be about $800, as compared with $1,900 of last year, and $1,800 of the year before. The expenses have been a little larger this year and the receipts considerably less. The chief explanation of this state of affairs is the generally prevailing condition of ‘feeling poor,’’ as there seem to be no signs of a decrease in the interest of the alumni in undergraduate organiza- tions. The program of the concert was well rendered and met with much enthusi- asm from the audience, which well filled the main part of the house. The financial arrangements were conducted by a committee of graduates this year entirely, and every effort was made by them to obtain a successs in every way. ~