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WEEKLY
HARVARD LETTER,
Yale Men in Law School—Football
Practice—Two Games.
[Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.]
Cambridge, October 11.—An interest-
ing incident of the university life during
the week, was the opening of a course
of lectures by Mr. A. V. Dicey, the
distinguished legal writer, who holds
the Vinerian Professorship of Law at
Oxford. The subject of the course is
“Changes in English Law in the Nine-
teenth Century,” and the lectures are
open to the public. The lecturer has
approached his theme from a stand-
point somewhat theoretical, but the
lectures are not technical and are
listened to by a large number.
The Cercle Francais will again devote
its dramatic energies to the presenta-
tion of Moliére’s plays. La Comtesse
d’ Escarmagnus and Le Sicilien, each
in one. act, are chosen for this year,
and will be produced in .December,
shortly before the Christmas recess.
The first meeting of the Graduate
School was: held on Thursday evening,
and brief addresses were made by Presi-
dent Eliot, Dean Wright, -Prof. Dicey
of Oxford and others. The size: of the
school will not be much changed from
last year. The registration to date is
287.
YALE MEN IN THE LAW SCHOOL.
In the Law School the entering class
shows a considerable percentage of Yale
graduates, the number of immigrants
from New Haven being larger than in
any previous year. But, as was the
case last year, there is a falling off in
the number of Yale men returning for
the work of the third year, the pre-
ference of Yale men coming to Cam-~
bridge apparently being to pursue their
legal studies here for two years and
complete their work of preparation in
an office) Among the men enrolled are
a number of men whose previous ex~
perience with Harvard has been on the
athletic field. —The° men ‘in the third
year arés. James A. Ballentine, 96,
‘Theodore Eaton, ’94, George B. Hatch,
96, S. Thorne, Jr., ’06.
The following nineteen men are pur-
suing the second year’s work: Leonard
B. Bacon, ’96, Ralph A. Barker, ’97,
Lyman M. Bass, ’97, Thomas F. Fitz-
gerald, ’97, Frank R. Kimbley, ’97,
Henry Ledyard, ’97, Harold W. Let-
ton, 97 S., Roy McWilliams, ’97, Arthur
P. Morrill, ’96S., Dean Sage, Jr., ’o7,
John D. Smith, ’97, Graham Sumner,
’97, Dale S. Tate, ’97, Prince H. Ter-
rell, Jr., ’97, Howland Twombly, ’96,
Irving D. Vaun, ’97, and Worrall Wil-
son, 97.
Thirty-two men have registered in
the entering class as follows: Robert R.
Howard, ’98S., Louis H. Butterwood,
98, Hayes Q. Trowbridge, ’98, Warren
P. Jackson, ’98, George Y. Wallace, Jr.,
98, James C. Brooks, ’98, Jacob B.
Burnet, ’98, Walter L. Vaughan, '08,
Charles A.. Goodwin, ’98, Charles W.
Gross, ’98, Pierce N. Welch, Jr., ’08,
William N. Vaile, ’98, George B. Tay-
lor, ’97, Robert H. Crowell, ’98, Robert
H. Gay, ’98, William J. Shroder, ’o8,
Frederick W. Huxford, ’98, Charles T.
Payne, ’98, Leroy DeW. Kellogg, ’o8,
George T. Marsh, ’98, Arthur D. Bald-
win, ‘98, William B. Hale, ’98, Charles
E. Meigs, ’95 S., James R. Judson, ’o8,
George B. Perry, ’98, Henry Fletcher,
’98, Payne Whitney, ’98, Eugene Hale,
Jr., 98, J. O. Rodgers, ’98, Walter L.
Worrall, ’98S., Worthington Scranton,
’98, William L. Scoville, ’06.
HARVARD SCORED UPON.
The football eleven has played two
interesting games during the week,
defeating Bowdoin on Wednesday by
a score of 28 to 6 and Dartmouth,
Saturday, 21 to o.
Wednesday’s game was
played on Harvard’s part. The defen-
sive work of the line was inferior, due
not only to inexperienced forwards, but
also to the failure of the backs to rein-
force that portion of the line where
the attack was directed. Some im-
provement in this regard was shown in
Saturday’s game.
Bowdoin made her touchdown by
straight football after a series of good
rushes. The dodging rushes of Captain
not well
Dibblee were the feature of Harvard’s
lay in this game. 2
‘ Th the Dartmouth game, where many
expected a close contest, a victory by
an easy margin resulted. Harvard's
defensive game showed improvement
and the punting was altogether the best
that has been seen on Soldiers Field
this year. The early part of the game
was decidedly a punting, contest in
which Daly was able to outdo Proctor
by from five to ten yards.
During the week much attention has
been given to coaching individual men
on the essentials of effective team
play. The ends, Cochrane and Hallo-
well, are showing better form. Coch-
rane is tackling and following the ball
hard. Lawrence and Burnett in the
tackle positions do not seem able to
prevent gains through their positions.
The improvement of the centre trio
during the week has been slow.
Daly’s work at quarterback continues
to be the feature of the practice, and
an impartial critic, last Saturday com-
pared it favorably with that of deSaulles
last season. In Saturday’s contest, he
did not once fail to get the ball away,
or fumble on the return. He runs the
ball up the field well on receiving a
punt if occasion offers, and blocks off
for the other backs better than any man
on the team.
Reid at fullback promises to develop
into a reliable line bucker. Warren is
still the favorite for the vacant half-
back position, but Ellis, who is tempor-
arily laid off, is expected to press him
hard when he returns to the practice.
J. WESTON ALLEN.
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SUBMARINE ARC LIGHT.
The Invention of I. E. Burdick and
F.G. Mall, Sheffield Students.
A notable scientific ,achievement on
the part of two undergraduates of
Yale is the invention of a submerged
or submarine arc light by Messrs. I.
EK, Burdick and F. G. Hall, Jr., 1900 S.
and ’99 S. respectively.
Soon after the explosion of the Maine,
Messrs. Burdick and Hall, working te.
gether, conceived the idea of submerg-
ing an arc light to explore and examine
the wreck. It will be readily seen that
as an aid to divers such a contrivance
is invaluable. Heretofore only incan-
descent lamps of small candle power
have been used. The arc lamps, how-
ever, may be of any desired candle
Power, those tested at the New York
Navy Yard having about 2000 candle
_ power.
Messrs. Burdick and Hall began their
experiments early in March, but were
interrputed by the war, in which they
served as electricians, assisting in the
laying of the mines of New Haven
harbor.
The first requisite for a lamp of this
kind was a water-tight enclosing case
containing the carbons and an automatic
feeding apparatus, the whole to be suf-
ficiently strong to resist the water pres-
sure of depths varying from ten to two
hundred feet. Another difficulty en-
countered was the internal gas pressure
caused by the combustion of the arc.
This is relieved by a special check valve
of their design.
Heretofore experimenters have oper-
ated on the belief that air is essential to
successful submarine arc light combus~
tion and have supplied air to the are
by rubber tubes, but this Messrs. Bur-
dick and Hall have by their invention
rendered -unnecessary and are the first
persons who have successfully sub-
merged this type of lamp without any
such attachment. The New York
Tribune says: ‘““The advantage of a de-
vice of this sort will be apparent to
every one who has anything to do with
wrecking, and it is likely that, had
Hobson been provided with apparatus
of this kind, he could have got desired
information as to the condition of the
hulls of the Spanish ships after July 3
with the utmost ease.”
Francis G. Hall, Jr., ’900 S., prepared
at the Dansville, N. Y., High School,
and the Hopkins Grammar School and
entered Sheffield School in 1896.
Irving E. Burdick, 1900S., prepared
at the Dansville, N. Y., High School,
his home, and at the Hotchkiss School
and entered Sheffield School in 1897. -
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‘Century Magazine” Prizes.
The Century Magazine has renewed its
offer of prizes of $250.00, for competi-
tion by persons who have received or
shall receive the degree of Bachelor
of Arts in any college or university in
the United States. It proposes to keep
this offer open through the Commence-
ment season of 1898, 1899 and 1I9g00.
' The prizes and conditions are as fol-
lows:
Ist. $250 for the best metrical writ-
ing of not fewer than fifty lines.
2d. $250 for the best essay in the
field of biography, history, or literary
criticism, of not fewer than four thou-
sand or more than eight thousand
words.
3d. $250 for the best story of not
fewer than four thousand or more than |
eight thousand words.
On or before June I of the year suc-
ceeding graduation, competitors must
submit type-written manuscript to the
Editor of the Century Magazine, marked,
outside and inside, “For the College
Competition,” signed by a pen-name,\
and accompanied by the name and ad-
dress of the author in a separate sealed
envelope, which will not be opened
until the decision has been made.
The manuscript must not have been
published. 3
The Editor, at his discretion, may
withhold the award in any class in case
no manuscript is thought worthy of the
prize.
The Century Magazine reserves the
right to print the prize manuscripts
without further payments, the copyright
to revert to the authors three months
aiter the date of publication in the
magazine.
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P.. DE. -Dodge.-of -New -York City,
has presented to Cornell University,
through Dr. Thurston of Sibley Col-
lege, the original Paige type-setting
machine, the only one of its kind ever:
built. It was contracted for at a cost
of nearly $2,000,000 and consists of over
19,000 parts.
FOOTBALL
As the American Colleges play
it, 1s distinctly an American
The
who see it are amazed at
game. Englishmen
the development of Rugby
by United States collegians.
In all the advances, intrica-
cies and elaborations of the
sport, the football special-
ists have found one firm in
the United: States always
ready to meet, and even
often to anticipate their
needs. This is one notable
example of the up-to-date-
ness of
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