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412 FRANK A. CORBIN, Pa TO THE STUDENTS OF YALE AND TO. THE GRADUATES in all parts of the country Address : | 1000 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. YATE ALUMNI WEEKLY last month of school about a dozen of the older -boys have been allowed to sleep out on the ground in sleeping bags or blankets,-in little camps of two and three among the brush on the Casa de Piedra land and they greatly enjoy it. BOYS FOR YALE, The school work has been pretty ab- sorbing this year, as about twelve have been preparing for college examina- tions this June. Bodman, French, H. Spaulding, Yale prelimnaries. Haggin and Hoe try Harvard’ examinations.- Morris and McCormick try for Princeton, and D. Hopkins for Chicago University. A. Barrows and Gridley have been working for the University of California or Pomona. Examinations for Princeton and for Chicago are to be held at the school, | and Mr. W: L. Thacher will conduct the Yale examinations at San Francisco. During the year the Dramatic Club gave two plays: “A Close Shave” and “A Regular Fix”; and the lower school boys presented “Pyramus and Thisby” from Midsummer Night’s Dream. The farewell Spanish banquet was held June 8, and was a great success, the menu, as usual, including a bull’s head cooked in a hole in the ground for 14 hours, and-also Tamales, Enchiladas, Gallinas, Frijoles, Escavechi, Pinoche. The toasts ‘were excellent. boys” were present: E. and R. Hill, Foster Bradley, Carne, and Stephenson. boys finish at the end of this year. All the old teachers continue, except Mr. Price, who leaves school to be married and expects to start a school of his own at Alta in Placer County, on lines something like those of the Thacher School. Northwestern Military Acad- : emy. | Commencement week at Northwestern Military Academy began with the bac- calaureate sermon on Sunday, June Io, preached by the Rev. A. A. Pfanstiehl, Chaplain of the Academy. On Monday afternoon, June 11, the annual Field Day games were held. The event of the day was the class relay race, at which the Sophomores were victorious... The greatest number of points were also won by the latter, the Seniors coming in second. On Tuesday the literary exer- cises “were held, after which the di- plomas were presented to the following members of the graduating class: Capt. and’ Adjt., Fred T. Rice of Desplaines, Ill.; Captain Louis R. Howe, of Spear- fish, S. D.; Sergeant Major Howard J. Mattes of Odebolt, Iowa, and Sergeant C. H. Bullard of Maywood, II. In the afternoon a military drill and exhibition was given, after which a sham We can Mail You anything you need, no matter how far you get from New Haven. W. H. Gowby & Co. Opp. Osborn Hall. Stetson, and T. Vail, try tem of indirect radiation. . Streets. Five “old — battle followed. In this the famous automobile gun carriage participated, operated by the inventor, Major Royal P, Davidson. In the evening came the last social function of the year, the Senior hop. Here were representatives from fourteen states, besides several hundred from Chi- cago alone. On Wednesday, June 13, the cadets assembled for the last time on their parade ground, and in the afternoon the trains were carrying them homeward. Andover. THE BANCROFT. The new dormitory to be called the Bancroft, which will be ready for occu- pancy at the beginning of the Fall term, is a handsome building supplied with the very latest improvements and pleasantly situated on Phillips Street, opposite the Latin Commons. The building is the gift of Mr. Melville C. Day, 758, of New York. It is three stories in height and its dimensions are 135 by 35 feet. It contains 18 suites, the studies 16 feet 6 inches by 17 feet, and the bed rooms 11 by 12 feet. These suites are double and will cost $100 per year for each occupant. The building has fire-proof stairways with granolythic landings on all floors. The shower rooms in the basement are fitted with six sprays supplied with hot and cold water. They are floored with rock asphalt and lined with slate six feet high all round. The lavatories also have asphalt floors and slate lining. The heat- ing plants consists of a twenty-five horse power boiler with the most modern sys- The rooms are furnished with colonial fire-places. The architect is A. W. Longfellow of Boston. NEW ATHLETIC FIELD. — Phillips Andover is to have one of the finest athletic fields in the country. - The trustees have lately received from an anonymous donor a gift of a fifteen acre field situated on Salem and Porter The only provision is that it be called “The Brothers’ Field.” The location, which has already been selected, south of the track hotuse, will be aban- doned and the football ground and base- ball diamond will be laid out on the Ai bead matin of thet nepet school | new field, which will be about seven minutes walk from the Academy build- ings. The Alumni Re-endowment Commit- tee is asking for $20,000 for athletics, and the “Brothers’ Field” is in the nature of a contribution to this fund. The present campus will be used by the class and street teams. , OFFICERS ELECTED. Forum has elected officers for the Fall term as follows: William A. Schick, 1901, Holyoke, Mass., President; Chas. T. Ryder, too1, Andover, Vice-President ; William J. Colby, t901, East Weymouth, Mass., Secretary; John M. Cates 1903, Cambridge, Mass., Treasurer; Elbert L. Barney 1902, Montrose, Penn; David TY Davis, 1002; Joppa, Ala.; and Olin S. Bishop, t901 Lorraine N. Y., Execu- tive Committee. The Phillipian announces the election of two new members to the Editorial Board; Oliver Perin, 1901, Baltimore, Md., and Harold Bruff, toot, Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles S. Fallows, too1, of Chi- cago. has been elected Assistant Manag- ing Editor for next year. The Mirror has elected Roland J. Dodd, 1902, Haverhill, Mass.. Manag- ing Editor and William J. Colby. 1901, East Weymouth, Mass., Business Mana- ger for next year. The Philomathian Society has made these elections for next Fall: Joseph J. Crippen, 1901, Denver, Col., Presi- dent; William CC. Matthews, Igor, Montgomery. Ala., | Vice-President; Chester N. Whitney, 1901. West Box- ford, Mass., Secretary: John E. Ayers, 1902, Spring Valley, N. Y., Treasurer; Abel W. Brown, 1901, New York: Gil- . bert Browning too1, Morristown, N. J. Charles S. Fallows, 1901, Chicago, and Irving H. Gallyon 1903, Lynn, Mass., Executive Committee. | The Dramatic Club has elected Arthur J. A. Charwate, 1902; of Galveston, Texas, President; William A. Schick, 1901, of Holyoke, Mass., Manager, and Gilbert Browning, 1901, of Morristown, N. J., Property Manager for next year. Harold Bruff; 1901, has ben elected Leader of next year’s Banjo Club and William L. Studley, 1901, Providence, R. I., Leader of the Mandolin Club for 19gOO. NOTES. | William H. Terrill, for the past eleven years Instructor in Greek and Latin here, has resigned and accepted a call to the Brewster Free Academy at Wolfeboro, N. H., where he will have charge of the Greek department. By his resignation Andover loses one of the most popular and efficient members of the faculty. Only the first two houses in Latin Commons will be torn down this Sum- mer. Rey. Charles H. Sunday, June 24, Oliphant of Methuen, Mass., preached . class, Sing- the sermon to the graduating taking his text from Job 28:12. ing was by the P.» A. choir. At the Andover-Exeter tennis tourna- ment, which was held on the Andover courts Saturday, June 16, Seabury of Andover defeated Tomlin of Exeter in the singles 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. In the doubles Larned and Gardner of Andover defeated Scott and Bettes 8-6, 6-I, 7-5. The tournament was for best three out of five sets. The playing was sharp and close. — : Registrar Geo. D. Pettee addressed the meeting of the Society of Inquiry Sunday evening, June 17. The meeting was the most largely attended that has been held this year, owing to the fact that Mr. Pettee’s connection with An- dover closes with this term. ae When in town for your class reunions, and other June ceremonies you might stop at our store and let us fit you out with up-to-date summer footwear. THE NEW HAVEN SHOE COMPANY 842 and 846 CHAPEL STREET. NEW KODAKS. We have on exhibition several new styles in KODAKS—the 34% x 4% and 24 x 4% Folding Pocket, and the No. 3 Cartridge Kodak, which makes a picture 34% x 4%. ~ Call or let us send you a copy of the 1900 Kodak Catalog. THE CHARLES W. WHITTLESEY CO., 281 State Street. WARNER HALL... } je APARTMENTS 1044 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. Opp. YALE Campus. — — Best Location Modern Equipm’ts Q \ Low Prices. Room 22. sen ; Board $5 per week—Stewart Caterer. aoe PCAAADADRWA A CLASS SUPPERS and REUNIONS. 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