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VoL. V. No. 32. HARTFORD, CONN., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1909. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.

THE ALUMNI ENGLISH COMPOSI­ BEQUEST TO THE COLLEGE. CLASS DAY PLANS. ATHLETICS AT ALASKA-YUKON­ TION PRIZES. pACIFIC EXPOSITION. By Terms of Dr. Russell's Will. Committee on Expenses at Work. Seattle, 1909. Announcement of Awards. The committee in charge of coll egiate Under the terms of the will of the athletics at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific The alumni English composition late Dr. . Gurdon \V. Russell of the class In order that the financial end of Exposition wishes to bear from college prizes have been awarded as follows : of 1 43, the coll ege is to receive the Class Day may be adjusted in a satis­ athletes who may possibly enter the First prize of twenty-fiv e dollars, to sum of five thousand dollars, the income factory manner, a committee has been meets. The exposition· opens in Seattle, R-ichardson L. Wright, '10, whose sub­ t hereof to be used allCl appropriated for appointed by the senior class, consist­ Washington, on June 1st and clo~es on ject was, "The New Gaelic R-enaissance the encouragement of the stud y of ing of the class president, I. L. October 16th. The main exhibit b\lild­ and Mr. William Butler Yeats." natural history. Xanders, H. I. Maxson, Welles Eastman, ings are now finished; the several state Second prize of twenty dollars, to The college is also to receive a num­ H. 0. Hinkle, W. H. Plant and W. H . buildings, the grounds and concessions 9995 TWO shrdlur ber of books relating to the subject of Creedon to determine the expenses and on the ''Pay Streak '' will be ready in William G. Livingston, '09, whose sub­ natural history from the library of to find out the exact amount of the class debt. every detail on the opening day. Ala~ka, ject was, ''International Arbitration.'' the late Dr. R-ussell. Yukon Territory, the Oriental countries Third prize of fifteen dollars, to This committee met yesterday and and the various states will have Yery Harold N. Chandler, '09, whose sub· ATHLETIC REVIEW. went over the matter in detail. While novel and attractive exhibits. ject was '' Internati~' nal Arbitration.'' no report was given out for publication, The athletic contests already ar­ The Committee on Award was B. J. The baseball schedule of the Wee· one was prepared, to be submitted to ranged include a variety of special Brenton, Esq., of New York City. the class at its next meeting. ley ~n University baseball team was events, such as arrny, navy, militia and The winners of these prizes will announced last night by ·Manager the Y. M. C. A. sports, Marathon race, compete for the Frank W. Whitlock Clarence M. Day. The schedule is equestrian events, tennis, 8-oareri, 4- prizes. BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW shorte1· than last year's, when there oared and single-scull towing, swim­ CONFERENCE. ARMORY MEET. were 23 games ~cheduled. This year ming, canoeing, lurn berm en's sports and 19 have been arranged, 10 of which tugs-of-war. Will Be Held Tonight. 1tre to be played at Middletown. The The plans for the conference of the A national meet open only to college Springfield training school, as usual, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the pro­ men will be scheduled early in the 'l'he annual indoor track meet of the will open the season. R-utgers and gram of which was announced in the summer at a time most convenient for C. N. G. will take place this evening Manhattan have been dropped from the la~t issue of the ' 'Tripod,'' are now a majority of the competitors. The in the Elm street armory. Besides the schedule, while two games will be complete and everything is in readiness committees in charge desire to hear ~~~ regular list of open and handicap played with Amherst for the first to welcome the delegates upon their soon as po ~s ible from all tho~e iut.cr­ events, there will be three intercol· time in several years. Princeton will arrival tomorrow evening. ested, in order to arrange dates which shall interfere the least with the pro­ legiate events: 40-yard dash, one mile also be played this year for the first 'fhe undergraduate delegates will be posed summer plans of students. run, and one mile relay race. Trinity time since Wesleyan won, 3 to 0, with cared for in the rooms of the diffPrent The individual medal~ and team cups has entries in all of these events. Cunningham pitching. Cunningham is sections and at the fraternity honsee, to be offered will be of such character While the indoor track team has n~;~ve r now at Princeton. The schedule fol­ while the faculty delegates and others as to add "considerably to the honor of taken a very prominent place at Trin­ lows: are to be· entertained at· the homes winning place for one's college in a ity, as this is the only meet of ~uch April 17, Springfield Training School of the professors and elsewheTe in the national meet. a n·ature that the college team enters at Middletown ; 21, Holy Cross at Wor­ 'city. Duting. their stay here all of the The standard track and ·field events, this year, a good many men have been cester; 24, West Point at West Point, guests will take their meals at the relay races and cross-country runs will ·faithfully training at the armory for N. Y.; 28;'Princeton at Princeton, N. ''Commons.'' Any undergraduate take place at the n;te_et. In connection the _past few weeks. The men have J.; 29, Lafayette at Easton, Pa.; May who intends to be away over Washing­ with it there will be a series of base­ been coached by 0 'Connell, a local 1, Stevens at Middletown; 6, Univer­ ton's birthday wiH confer a great ball, basketball,· and tennis matches, sprinter and jt;mper, who runs under sity of Virginia at Middletown; 8, favor upon the committee in charge besides boxing, wre~tling and other the name of the New York Athletic Williams at Middletown; i2, Yale at if he will . put his room at their dis­ special features. . . Club. Under his careful guidance the New Haven; 20, Holy Cross at Middle­ posal during the conference. Relay race~ will be arranged between men have attained a degree of perfec­ town; 22, Tufts at Middletown; 26, teams representing the Atlantic States, tion that should place them ou an Brown at Providence; 29; Trinity at the Middle States, the Rocky Mountain equal with the teams of ·wesleyan, Hartford; 31, 'frinity at Middletown; BASKETBALL. States, the Pacific Coast, Canada and Holy Cross, and Tufts, who are the June 4 Columbia at ·Middletown; 5, 1 the Western Indians. · other entries in the intercollegiate Fordham at Middletown; 21, Williams The" l' aSIPratt Institute which Within a week the last ~beets of the of Joseph J. O'Connor. The list of vanquished our team by one point dur­ 1910 Ivy go to press, and the editors Indoor Pole Vault Record Beaten. games as arranged p1·omises to give ing the early part of the year, and expect that unless something extra· Claire Jacobs, the University of Chi­ Holy Cross one of the best it has ever has been playing a very strong game ordinary happens, the book will be cago pole vaulter, broke the world's had. In all 33 games appear on the the whole season. The second game is ready for sale and distribution soon indoor record for that event yesterday schedule, and of these only two a:e to be played on Saturday evening, Feb. after the Easter holidays. This i~sue in practice at Chicago, making a clean pending. Sixteen will be played m 20th, against the Second Signal Corps. of the Ivy promises to be radically vault over the stick at 12 feet anrl one­ Worcester, including games both on This is Trinity's second game with the different from former editions in the eighth inch, actual measurement. The Patriots' day and on Memorial day. Signal Corps, the first one resulting arrangement of its reading matter, and mark will not stand, however, for it 'fhree games each will be played with in a 24-22 victory for the latter. Judg­ in the great profu~ion of photograhps was not made in competition. Jacobs Dartmouth, Fordham and Georgetown, ing by the first game between these illustrative of Trinity life and scenes. holds the present world's mark of 11 two each with Yale, Harvard, Pennsyl· two teams, the second one should be Plate and much doad wood of feet 8 1-2 inches. vania, Brown, Wesleyan, Vermont, a fast, ha1·cl and furious encounter, the old Ivies have been left out, Tufts and Williams. Those with whom Notice. and our men hope that this time the and the Teader ~pared dull read· Holy Cross will play but one game figmes will stand in their favor, and ing, yet evm·ythiug that goe~ to are Princeton, Massachusetts '' Ag­ Owing to the fact that Monday is not as i 11 the first game. 'l'he follow­ make the real Trinity has been included a legal holiday, the regular issue of gies,'' R-ochester, Carlisle, R-ock Hill ing men will compose the team: Capt. and much has been added that might the ''Tripod,'' which goes to press on and Virginia. The first game at home A. L. Gildersleeve, Carroll, R-amsdell, slip the notice of a casual observer. that day, will be omitted, and the next will be on Patriots' day, and this date Capen, Abbey, H. Cook, and Manager Orders for the 1910 Ivy may be placed now with any member of the board. issue will appear on Friday, Feb. 26. (Continued on page 3.) Creedon. THE TRINITY TRIPOD.

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