120 YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY orbin’s orner YOUR SUMMER CLOTHES Are as much in the way in the winter as winter clothes are in the summer. We can _ store them for you. F. A. CORBIN, 1000 CHAPEL ST., New Haven, Conn. t= My bay IN NEw York is Thursday Place, Astor House. Time, 12 to 4. Christmas Vacation. Christmas vacation begins in all the departments of Yale with the exception of the Divinity and «rt Schools, Wednesday, December 20 and _ ends January 9, the beginning of the second term. A recess is given in Divinity School from Friday, December 22° till Wednesday, January 3, and in the Art School, from Saturday, December 23 to January 2. Recitations closed in the Academic Department, Saturday, December 9, and the semi-annual examinations began Monday, December 11. In the Scien- tific Department recitations ended to- day, Wednesday, and examinations will begin to-morrow. , Although the usual holiday rates for students have not been made this year ‘ by the railroads, the number of students going home will probably be as large ‘as ever. — or Sheffield Debating Society. At the weekly meeting of the Sheffield Debating Society, held on Friday, Dec. 8, officers were elected for the second term and other business done. The officers were: President, C. D. Lock- wood, 1900S., of Stamford, Conn.; Vice-President, H. Allen, 1900%5., of Pittsburg, Pa.; Secretary and Treasurer, E. S. Chaffee, 1900, ot Amenia, N The executive committee will be com- posed of the three officers, together with. B. paulou, i.. LOOl a, ale ©. Troup, 1900 S. C. D. Lockwood, 1900S., was ap- pointed to represent the Sheffield De- bating Society in the Yale Debating Association, and a vote of thanks was passed to Philip Troup for the efficient way in which he had performed his duties during the present term. Law School Mirror. ‘The Yale Law School Mirror, a neat publication of over a hundred pages of information concerning the School, appeared last week. Besides containing a complete directory of the students and Faculty, courses of instruc- tion, a list of the secret societies, and names of the men who received prizes and honors, together with their portraits, the Mirror contains more than 4o cuts of the University buildings, teams, etc. The frontispiece is a fine page half-tone of Dean Wayland. W. K. Stanley, 1900 L..5.,. is. the Editor. iii Going Home ? If so you need to dress warmly and well. We can help you in both. —W. H. GOWDY & CO. Opp. Osborn Halil. FINANCIAL UNION REPORT. It Shows a Deficit of $664.94—Some of the Receipts and Expenditures. The annual report of the Yale Finan- cial Union for the season of 1898-99 ending Sept. 1, 1899, was made public last week by the Treasurer of the Union, Walter Camp, Yale ’80. The report shows receipts of $55,739.30 and expen- ditures of $56,384.24, leaving a deficit of $664.24. The summarized report is given below: Receipts. Expenditures. Football Association. --__-- $30,317.23 $19,391.82 Baseball Association. -__---- 17,450.00 12,511.89 en SN ee 5,931.58 12,091 OL Track Association ___._.--- 2,040.49 3,989.52 Advanced account English. _---.-. 1,000.00 Subscriptions to the Field.. _------ 6,800.00 BIR SGI oe ees Se ee S 646-04 &- See $56,384.24 $56,384.24 The itemized report of the Football Association shows that Yale’s share of the receipts of the Harvard game at New Haven was $14,503.71 and of the Princeton game at Princeton, $10,143.81. The Carlisle Indian game brought in $1,676.55, more than twice as much as any of the other practice games. The smallest amount from any one game was that from the Amherst game— $114.36. Season tickets brought in $777, and the training table $597.13. On the other side of the account some of the larger expenditures were: Traveling, $1,504.17; hotels and meals, $3,673.78; merchandise and_ sporting goods, $2,812.50; training table, $2,388.08; coaches expenses $830; referees and time-keepers $428.50. For doctors and medicine for the squad the Association paid $1,265.64. The only trainer’s charge was that of $150 for Doctor Talcott B. Hull, who served the entire season. The two baseball games with Prince- ton netted the Baseball Association $4,861.09 and the three with Harvard $7,764.33, one of these, the Commence- ment game, bringing in nearly $4,000. The smallest receipts of anv game noted - were $18.90—for the Amherst game. The greatest expenditures were: Train- ing table, $2,197.66; traveling, $1,999.83; hotels and meals, $1,344.55; police and gatekeepers, $365.00; street care fare, $199.05, and trophies $329.27. Doctors and medicine cost the Association only about $80. The receipts of the Boat Club were made up of subscriptions, $2,832.28; Glee Club Concert, $993.45; training table, $593.50; from Freshmen, account of expenses at Gales Ferry, $450, and observation train, $1,062.35. The largest item in the expense account was for the training table, $3,699.35, including the table at New Haven and at Gales Ferry. The amount received for training table was only $593.50. Shells, barges and freight cost the Club $1,472; oars, row- locks and freight $766.30; repairs to boats, $353; trophies, $554.10; and sala- ries to the boat house janitor, the cap- tain and engineer of the launch, $1,700 more. The rest of the heavy expenses were: Merchandise, $901.78; traveling, $740.80; hotels and meals, $140.25; ex- press, freight and cartage, $212.59. The Fall, Spring and Harvard meet- ings of the Track Association brought a little less than $500 into the treasury of the Association and the subscriptions were $8091.95; $498.25 were received from the training table, against $1,253 expended. The expenditures include $1,000 advanced to the Association on account of the English trip. The rest of the expenses of the English trip were paid for by a general subscription among the alumni. a Gymnastic Contest. The thirteenth annual contest and ex- hibition of the Yale Gymnastic Associa- tion was held on Saturday evening in the Yale Gymnasium. A __fair-sized audience was present to watch the excel- lent work of the men. The number of points scored in this contest, and in the one held later in the vear will de- cide the awarding the “Y,”’ which is annually given to the member of the team scoring the greatest number of ‘points in both events. The judges were Robert Horn, Mr. W. V. Denman and Mr. Louis Leyer- zapf. “The contestants were: G. H. Whipple, 1900; E. L. Eliason, 1901; H. P. Shaw, 1901; O. Crawford, 1901; F. B. Eiseman, 1901; B. Wilson, 1901; G. W. Albin, 1902; F. Burnham, 1902; L. M. Hughes, 1903; and E. R. Crowe, 1903. The total number of points scored by the contestants follow: Whip- ple, with 84.99 points, won the contest. Eliason was second with 82.66, and Eiseman, third with 47.16. Men’s Double Sole Calf Skin Oxford Ties. THE NEW HAVEN SHOE COMPANY 842 and 846 Chapel St. CLEANED UP. Hardly a violet left this year after the game. That’s better than having thou- sands on hand, as after the game last year with its northeast storm. 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