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VTATH ALUMNI WHHEHEKLY
For Gymnastic ‘Championship.
The intercollegiate gymnastic contest
for the championship of the United
States will be held March 24, in the
gymnasium of New York’ University,
University Heights. It will be the first
meet of the kind ever attempted, and
the place to be occupied by college
gymnastics in the future will depend
largely on its success.
In each event the contestants will be
given a_certain number of points ac-
cording to the excellence of their work,
and to the three having the greater
number of points at the end of the con-
test, will be awarded cups as first,
second and third prizes. The man
making the highest score will hold the
intercollegiate all-round championship
for a year. Cups will also be given to
the winners of first, second and third.
places in each event.
The Yale team will probably consist
of six or eight men, three of whom—R.
G. ‘Clapp; ‘990 S:, Captain: W. L:* Otis,
1900, and E. L. Eliason, 1901—will com-
pete for the all-round championship.
The other members of the team will be
chosen later, and will probably be en-
tered in only one or two events.
The three men above mentioned are
better fitted to compete for the cham-
pionship, because they have not devoted
their time to any one apparatus, but
have become almost equally proficient
with all of them.
There will be the customary list of
events: horizontal bar, parallel bars,
side-horse, tumbling, flying rings, and
club swinging.
A gymnastic exhibition has also been
arranged between Columbia, Princeton
and Yale, to take place at the new
Columbia gymnasium, March to. This
will be considered the formal opening of
the gymnasium. The exhibition will be
followed by a dance and the Glee and
Banjo Clubs of Columbia will render
selections at different times during the
evening.
Yale and Columbia will work on the
horizontal bar, parallel bars, flying
rings and horse, while Princeton’s time
will be devoted to the flying and double
trapeze. All three teams will close the
program with exhibitions in club and
baton swinging, tumbling and pyramids.
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Freshman Football Report.
The Manager of the Freshman foot-
ball team has announced the finances
under his care the past season, as fol-
lows:
Total receipts HE wh oily alcl «fais $2,201.65
Total expenditures ....... 1,998.46
Balanbe.s. O48 oe SS. $203.19
This balance will go towards defray-
ing the expenses of the Freshman Navy.
The officers of the Freshman Football
Association were: President, Keith
Smith; Vice-President, C. L. Childs;
Secretary and Treasurer, A. Y. Wear.
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Prize Essay on Missions,
A prize of fifty dollars has been
offered by a friend of missions to un-
christianized lands, for the best essay
by a student enrolled as a member of
any department of Yale University on
“The Propagation of Christianity in
China since the Time of Robert Morri-
son—the Obstacles, and the Sources of
Encouragement viewed Historically,
and in the Light of Present Condi-
tions.” The essay must come within
the limits of 3,000 or 4,000 words, exclu-
sive of the notes. In the latter, on
which historical, biographical, or statis-
tical statements are made must be indi-
cated by reference in the margin to the
page or pages of the volume cited.
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R. G. Clapp is Champion.
The Yale Gymnastic Association held
its second and final meet of the year in
the gymnasium, Friday evening, Feb.
24, to decide upon the college gymnast
to whom the University “Y” is awarded.
The largest total score was made by R.
G. Clapp, ’09S., who thus wins the
championship.
A Wnique Menu.
The menu of the Long Island Alumni
Association dinner held in Brooklyn,
March 3, got up in the shape of a Yale
examination paper, is printed below in
full: .
YALE UNIVERSITY.
ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS IN ELECTIVE
COURSES.
Lone IsL.AND ALUMNI.
Friday, March 3d, 1599.
Students are expected to dispose of any eleven of
the following.
I. Mechanics.
Oysters. (Students may consult the Horse (rad-
ish) and use the (Blue) points acquired from the
Shef). Let the valve B; and the soft body, C.
Apply six units of kinetic energy and compute the
result. (Corollary. Should the said valve contain
thermal units sufficient to raise 1 pound of water
too? C,. then let the valve be D ).
Il. Modern History.
GREEN TurTLE Soup. The meat of this topic
having been in hot water and subjected to a hot
fire, comment on its analogy to the Spaniards and
the Filipinos; and explain the phrase ‘In the
Consommé,”’ noting its historical value.
Ill. Zyrigonometry.
Norru River SHAp, planked (on-a logarithmic
table). (a) What sines denote the AngleR? (8)
When to the AngleR is added Imagination, z+,
get onto hiscurvesand plot them. (c) Why doesn’t
he use Plane Figures? (Note.—In this examina-
tion avoid the trigonometrical scales, if any).
IV. Greek.
LdddAre 6b AGUB, pivt cade.
Nod Bepuida ror#rac, O AAavdaice.
Topytoc, ord¢ped. KAdper.
Scan and translate the above to your native
tongue. Digests may be used freely.
V. Algebra.
4 Binomial artichokes-+ Y YZ Sauce.
the root.
VI. Geology.
SorBeT DwiGHT. (a) Absorbit and describe the
accumulation of rocks, stratified. igneous, meta-
morphic and financial in the vicinity of New
Haven. (4) Explain the accretions of Yale sand
there. (c) Are there ever any quartz in the sand?
VII. Astronomy.
CicarRETTES. (This is a light subject. Two
hours optional.) Use Lucifer in conjunction to
illuminate the dark bodv and illustrate the creation
of nebulz. (Observe the nebulz through glasses
at any subsequent time of the evening.)
VIII. Political Economy.
GoLpEN PLover. What advantages are derived
by working the game for allitis worth? Illustrate
by following Lucillian examples and note the inap-
plicability of Tammany methods to this proposi-
tion.
IX. English.
Ice Cream. Explain the origin and use of
the following colloquialisms: ‘* Marble heart,”
““cracked ice,” and ** frozen palm;” and disser-
tate upon their application to Nov. 12 and Nov. 19,
1898. Students are requested to limit their use of
plain Anglo-Saxon herein ; and—‘ Forget it.’’
X. Roman Antiqutties.
CAMEMBERT AND GorGonzoLa. State why Tar-
quinius Superbus, architect of the foregoing, was
in bad odor with the Roman people.
XI. Chemistry.
Dissolve Saccharose Cy2H_.0,; in a decoction of
Caffeine, Cg Hip Ng Og; decant the resulting Ax
solution PDQ and, without a retort, determine the
Ansieg Gravity (or humor) of the speeches which
ollow.
Extract
Freshman Debating.
A challenge was sent recently by the
Yale Freshman Union to the Harvard
1902 Debating Society. This challenge
was promptly accepted by the Harvard
Freshmen. The Faculty of Harvard
are, however, opposed to all intercol-
legiate Freshman debating, and at a re-
cent meeting refused to ratify the Har-
vard Freshmen’s acceptance. It is well
known from the last report of President
Eliot that he is opposed to all forms
of Freshman ‘intercollegiate contests
and especially to Freshman debating.
This will, without doubt, put a stop to
all further attempts to secure a Fresh-
man debate between the two colleges.
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Chi Delta Theta Elections.
The following men have received
elections to Chi Delta Theta, in view of
the merit of their literary work during
Senior year: George Shepard Chappell,
90, New London, Conn.: Lee Wilson
Dodd, 09 S., New York City: William
Henry Field, ’99, Rutland, Vt.; Guy
Mortimer Carleton,  ’99, Hartford,
Conn. ; and Howard Chandler Robbins,
99, Springfield, Mass.
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Captain McBride’s Men.
Captain McBride issued his first call
for candidates for next year’s football
team Wednesday, March 8th. Fifty-
five men responded. No practice will
be given these men immediately, but
soon after the Easter vacation, candi-
dates for positions back of the line and
for end rush will be called out. W. T.
Bull, ’88S., who 1s studying in the
Medical School, has consented to coach
these men and especial attention will
be given to kicking.
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Scrub Crews Begin Work.
The work of the various scrub crews
is being organized under the manage-
ment of the Dunham Boat Club and it
is expected that there will be about
eighteen crews, aside from the Univer-
sity College and Freshmen eights, in
training for the Spring Regatta to be
held at Lake Whitney late in May.
Passports.
To all foreign countries procured by
New Haven Custom House (P. O.
Building), on three days’ notice. Bet-
ter file application a week before sailing.
After Dinner Speaking.
This is rather the season for
it in College, and the best
banquets, at which it is
heard, are more and more
held at the New Haven
House. There is a roomi-
ness and a good atmos-
phere about the hotel that
commend it to undergrad-
uates and to graduates.
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New York.
Another
Thaw
Will leave the links a_ bit
mushy but passable. This
blizzard has spoiled a lot
of golfing on the Atlantic
coast. Our Eastern golf
trade has not been all
quiet, however, for the
time has been utilized to
get ready for the Spring.
Just looking over a Spald-
ing Catalogue makes a
good deal of business for
us. It’s the encyclopedia
of sport. | Haven’t you
one?
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