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Vor VI. Ne. 35; NEW HAVEN, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1899. Price Tren Cenrg. — CALCIUM LIGHT NIGHT, Wareh of the Junior Fraternities— Election of Men. The ceremonies of Calcium Light Night, Tuesday, May 23, followed closely the custom of recent years. Shortly after 9 o’clock Psi’ Upsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Delta Phi marched on to the. Campus dressed in their robes, and after congratulating the new members returned to their halls “a much burning of red and green re. This year for the first time the frater- nity of Zeta Psi marched on the Cam- pus. They were dressed in purple robes with an alpha and omicron in white on the back. The elections were as fol- lows: | PSI UPSILON. — Hugh Auchincloss, New York City; Philip Cheney, South Manchester, Conn.; Henry Chisholm, East Cleve- land, O.; George Peters Chittenden, New York City; William Pancoast Clyde, Jr.,. New York City; Henry Hall Christian, Minneapolis, Minn.; Julian Day, New York City; Charles Dupee, Plainfield, N. J.; Gayton Ballard Ellis, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Richard Henry Ed- wards, Lisle, N. Y.; Henry Sturges Ely, Binghamton, N. Y.; John Arthur Gardner, New York. City; William Reynolds Hitt, Washington, D. C.; Robert Burns Hixon, LaCrosse, Wisc.; William Warner Hoppin, Jr., New York City; John Arthur Keppelman, Reading, Pa.; Garrett Bergh Kip, New York City; Maurice Mason, Chicago, Ill.; William Gerald Dare Morgan, New York City; Morris Ketchum Parker, New York City; Frank Mc- Donnell Camp Robertson. Parish, N. Y.; George Schley Stillman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harold Sedgwick Wallace, An- sonia, Conn.; Heywood Hotchkiss Whaples, Hartford, Conn.; Arthur Jewett Young, Brunswick, Me. ALPHA DELTA PHI. Arthur Dwight Allen, Louisville, Ky.; Charles Willis Allen Louisville, Ky.; Dudley Stuart Blossom, East Cleveland, O.; Edwin Hewitt Brown, East Cleveland, O.; Charles Benedict Buckingham, Watertown, Conn.; Eben McBurney Byers, Allegheny, Pa.; Alexander Cameron, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Xs James Mandeville Carlisle, Wash- ington, D. C.; Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr., Utica, N. Y.; Henry Stiles Curtiss, Cleveland, O.; John Shepard Fells, Ross Station, Cal.; Lewis Edwards Ful- ton, Waterbury, Conn.; John Hunting- ton Hird, Cleveland, O.; Warren Hoys- radt, Hudson, N. Y.; Jas. Laying Mills, Philadelphia, Pa.; Paul Dwight Moody, East Northfield, Mass.; Russell Hub- bard Nevins, Stamford, Conn.; Reece Marshall Newport, Jr., St. Paul, Minn.; Joseph Medill Patterson, Chicago, III: George Vogdes Reynolds, St. Louis, Mo.; Arthur Abbot Thomas, Provi- dence, R. I.; Leonard Moorhead Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa.; Burton Parker Twichell, Hartford, Conn.; ‘Kinsley Twining, Jr., Morristown, N. J.; James Hutchinson Wear, St. Louis, Mo.; Convers Buckingham Woolsey, Englewood, N. J. | DELTA KAPPA EPSILON. Robert Lewis Atkinson, St. Louis, Mo.; Augustus Bart Berger, Denver, Col.; Walter Bateman Allen, Hartford, Conn.; .Francis Gordon Brown, Jr., Quogue, N. Y.; Lawrence Knight Butler, Detroit, Mich.; Charles Wash- burn Cady, Hartford, Conn.; Luke as Berne Carter, Titusville, Pa.; Robert Woods Chandler, New Haven, Conn.; Harold Chappell, New London, Conn.; ‘Thomas Langdon Cheney, South Man- chester, Conn.; Sherman Lockwood Coy, Lakeville, Conn.; Allan Mortimer Hirsh, Richmond, Va.; Walter Bruce Howe, Washington, D. C.; Edmund Lawrence Jones, Cincinnati, O.; Dud- ley Bates Lawrence, New York City; Paul Lincoln Mitchell, Cincinnati, O.; Ray Morris, New Haven, Conn; Herman Parker Olcott of N. Y. City; Robert William Parsons, New York City; Allan Harvey Richardson, Water- bury, Conn.; Thomas Markoe Robert- son, New York City; Richard Selden Spencer, Deep River, Conn.; Roger Pierpont Tyler, New Haven, Comnn.; Cameron Beach Waterman, Detroit, Mich.;: George Arnold Welch, Cleve- land, O.; Alfred Parks Wright, ivew Haven, Conn. ZETA PSI. Howard Carleton, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Alexander Henry Carver, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Oliver Hall Eddy, Evans- ton, Ill,; Eldridge Lyon Eliason, Chestertown, Md.; Paul Titus Gilbert, New Haven, Conn.; Roy Hawkes Gil- patrick, Machias, Me.; Ernest Haus- berg, Charles City, Ia.; Downer Mc- Cord, Chicago, Ill.; William Mills Malt- bie, Granby, Conn.; Ralph Redpath Richardson, St. Joseph, Mo.; Edwin Potter Thompson, New Haven, Conn.; Louis Frederick Walton, New York City; Bluford Wilson, Jr., Springfield, Arthur Frederick Yaggy, Lake Forest, Ill. : - ws =. Omega Lambda Chi. The Omega Lambda Chi celebration was held Monday night, May 22, the drizzling rain which fell at 7 o'clock appearing to make no difference to the participants and spectators. After the usual march of the Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores, and the cheering of the buildinigs, they led the way to the narrow space between Dwight and Alumni Halls and there formed the “gauntlet” with its outlet on the Campus near the Sophomore Fence. The walls of this avenue of punishment were five tiers deep and strong enough to hold even frightened Freshmen.. When all was ready almost every man in the Fresh- man Class took the heroic plunge through the pass, coming out at the far end not much the worse for wear, bar- ring a few lumps and the loss of a little cuticle. The whole proceeding was business-like and orderly and in half an hour the Campus had assumed its ordi- nary aspect. <th dim ev Vv Race with Naval Academy. On Saturday afternoon, June 3, the College Crew will race the States Naval Academy Eight over a two-mile course on the Severn, start- ing from a point near the light house, at the mouth of -the river, and finishing at a bridge, near the Naval Cemetery. This race will close the work of the College Crew, although four of the men will remain in training as substitutes on the University Eight. The Annapolis Crew has been defeated recently by Columbia and Pennsylvania, so the outcome of Saturday’s race will be awaited with special interest. The squad, including ten men and a coxswain, will leave New Haven on Friday, arriving at Annapolis in time for a short practice row in the after- noon. They will be accompanied by Dr, Edson F. Gallaudet, Captain F. W. Allen, Ord Preston,’ ’99, President of United - the Yale Navy, and R. J. Schweppe, 1900. The shell will be shipped in advance of the crew, packed in a long baggage car. 7 The order of the College boat will be: Stroke, Alexander Cameron, Jr., 1901; 7, Paul L. Mitchell, 1901; 6, Herman P. Olcott, 1901; 5, John W. Cross, 1900; 4; John “Pe ‘Brock; 1000; 3, -Hugn Auchincloss, 1901; 2, James C. Green- way, 1900, Captain; bow, Robert L. Atkinson, 1901; coxswain, G. P. Chit- tenden, 1901; substitutes, R. M. New- port, 1901 and G. S. Stillman; 1gor. The Annapolis Crew will be made up as follows: Stroke, Tilmons; 7, Gannon, Captain; 6, Fremont; 5, Williams; 4, Hutchins; 3, Horning; 2, Tomb; bow, Parker; coxswain, Bingham. > <> ie ees New London Arrangements. In spite of press reports to the con- trary, negotiations between the New London Board of Trade and the Crew managements of Yale and Harvard, re- garding the arrangements for the com- ing inter-University boat race, have been satisfactorily and amicably concluded. New London’s proposition, which has been accepted by Yale and Harvard, is. similar to that of last year. In addition to a course, properly flagged and policed, suitable training quarters, boat houses and floats for the University and Freshmen Crews of the two colleges are to be provided by the New London authorities, who will contribute $500 towards paying the expenses involved. Yale will occupy her old training quar- ters at Gale’s Ferry. ——__—__—_§9o——____ New England Tennis Tourney. The annual New England champion- ship tennis tournament opened on the courts of the New Haven Lawn Club Tuesday morning, May 23. This tour- nament is usually one of the best of the year and annually brings together men from all parts of New England. The entry list was unusually large and in- cluded several players of intercollegiate and national reputations. Arthur E. Foote, Yale ’96, who has won the New England tournament for two years, again appeared to defend his - title. Should he win, the challenge cup offered by the New Haven Lawn Club for the championship will pass into his posses- sion. M. D. Whitman, national champion of the United States, J. C. Davidson of Washington, the Southern champion and J. P. Paret, who with. Davidson holds the cham- pionship of the South in doubles, will figure prominently on the courts. Handsome prizes are offered this year to the winners and runners-up in the finals and consolation of both the singles and doubles. All games in the first round of the singles were to be played off by Tuesday evening and the preliminaries in the doubles commence Wednesday afternoon. Joseph T. Whittlesey, 67 S., will referee all games. The drawings for the singles resulted as follows: E. Watrous, ’99, vs. E. H. Lewis, 99; Dr. G. H. Nettleton, ’96, vs. H. H. Hackett, 1900; A. S. Mann, 99, vs. Winchester Noyes, ’99; I. Hen- derson, ’99, vs. A. E. Foote, ’96; W. C. Lee, ’99, vs. Richard Hooker, ’99; j,.C. Davyidson, vs. Dro". Santord: ’90; A. X. Andrews vs. C. B. Peets; E. A. Hall vs. G. A. Lyon, 1900; J. Brown, OOP vst OR. Pater: Ni MAS Soryth, “97; vs. J. A. Allen, 1900 S.; H. T. Bowles, "OO, vs. 1. L Lyon, 160t S:3 3; K. Mur- pay on: 48 ©. Py ode aoe CE. Childs, 1901 S., vs. H. W. Hamlin, 1902; Dr. F. L. Chase, 91 S., vs. M. D. Whit- man; H. L. Galpin, 1902, vs Mr Mac- Enroe; D. R. Hooker, ’99, vs. R. P. Huntington, ’ogr. the present. SPRING REGATRA. First Freshman and Harlequins the Winners—Two Records Broken. © The annual Spring regatta of the Yiale Navy was held at Lake Whitney Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20, and though fewer crews competed for the honors the sport was exceptionally good and the races well contested. From the spectators’ point of view the conditions on the first day were bad, the weather being cold and showery, but the oarsmen had not much to com- plain of, as there was a good breeze down the course which shortened their trials by some seconds. On Saturday, however, there was brilliant sunishine and though a breeze blew down the lake it was an ideal day for everyone. The preliminary races of the scrub crews had been run off on Friday, leav- ing nothing to be contested but the finals on the last day of racing, and when the first two eights passed under the bridge on their way to the starting point, at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, two thousand spectators, afloat and ashore, had gathered to watch the sport. The most advantageous spot, the bridge, was crowded to the last inch, while on both sides of the Lake, extending a hundred yards up _ the course, the banks were lined with people. On the water every kind of small craft had been pressed into ser- vice, wherries, whitehalls, flat-bottomed dories and even keel boats from the harbor. Weeks ago everything on the lake that would float was engaged, but not to be denied the © satis- faction of floating around the stake boats, a number of enterprising stu- dents had drawn on Captain White’s harbor boats and at high tide had floated them up the tortuous Mill river and after a very difficult nortage ~ of a furlong launched them ‘on inland waters. They were not handsome, these salt water affairs, but they car- ried a lot of weight, so what did it matter? TWO RECORDS BROKEN. The racing was unusually interesting, and the time average lower than in any previous regatta, the records for both the long and~ short course being broken. The first Freshman crew won the class championship and the Har- lequins, by defeating their old rivals, the Coystrels, carried off the scrub crew honors. This race between the Harlequins and Coystrels was the best match and most exciting of the regatta. As in the re- gatta a year ago, these crews won their preliminary heats handily and met for the championship. Both got a good start and fought hard for a lead. They went down the entire course with the . Harlequins leading by a few feet. Nearing the stake boat the Coystrels began to creep up inch by inch, but their spurt was not soon enough and the story of their last meeting was re-. versed. The judges said the Harle- quins won by three feet. The time was 4 minutes and 45 seconds, seven seconds better than the record for the seventh-eights mile course, established in the Fall regatta of 1894, by the 1897 crew. Four days before the races the Harlequin Captain, J. L. Gilson, in- jured his wrist and blood poisoning set in, which prevented him from row- ing. His absence necessitated a num- ber of changes in the boat on the day — of the race. What makes the Harle- quins’ performance the more notable was that their races were rowed in a barge some thirty pounds heavier than ‘the shells used by their competitors,
