Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH "7, 189¢-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY. “@hat the Wonderfal New Invention © “May Show Regarding Things We Already Know: - “It bf aw aftounding discovery—one of the most @arvelons of the present age!” ._ Tt was im these words that an eminent scientist Jately referred to the new and wonderfal inven- | tlon im photography which everybody is discussing. This great iavention, as most prople are aware, | @tables photographers to tuke pictures of objects ‘Completely hidden from the sight. In a recent ; @*periment, for instance, a portrait of # man was Tgecured, although he was separated from the pho- ,tographer by a tbree-inch partition. In another ease, a picture was obtained of a}1 the bones, ea, blood vessels and internal organs in a man’s body. In speaking of this wonderful discovery a well- known New York physician recertly said: “If thousands of people who are walking the streets ‘today end attending to bisiness ould only see a Photograph of their internal orgens, they would De Gied with alarm and dread. They would see their liver and kidneys clegged with , impurittes and their blood filled with deadly secretions which Polson the whole system. They would see these | delicate organs slowly but surely giving way under this corroding pelsoning influence. Oh, what effect such a picture would have.” ‘The doctor is perfectly right, but at the same time there are thousands of people who need no Photograph to tell them that there is something Wronz with their health. They know that they d@ not fecl as well they ought to feel. They : complain of tired feelings, nervoustess, headaches, ' Dackaches, stomach troubles, constipation and dull, * beavy sensations. They feel misersble, but de not know why they suffer. It is only the sktiled phy- ‘siclam who knows chat these symptoms are all * cansed by the liver end kidneys being out of order. | When these great organs of the bedy fail to act properly the health speedily breaks down. ft was a knowledge of this Important fact that _ Jed to one of the greatest discoveries of modern Ptmes. For long years, the brightest men in the {| Medical profession sought for a remedy which | would cure all these derangements of the liver and kidneys, and at last they succeeded in find- ing it. This great remedy, which has proved a Blessing to thoasands, ts Warner's Safe Cure, a remedy that today ts known and hotored all over the world. No other remedy has ever equaled it for making weak, run-down pcople feel strong and well. Ic is universally admitted to be the safest fend best remedy fo- curing every form of liver and kidney disease. It puts an end to stomach troubles, purifies and enriches the blood and re- stores lost vitality. ‘This great Safe Cure is not an experiment. It has been in use for over twenty years and las Deen the means of saving millions of lives. It is the only remaly preseribed by tho world’s leading physicians. No other remedy compares with It for building up the system and imparting new lif= to every part of thé boly. WILL MAN YET FLY? Encouragement Offered to Inventors of Flying Machines. Whe Boston Acronautical Society is Considering the Construction of a Laboratory. Whiie the problem of how man might profitably fly through the air in imitation of Birds and successfully meet the varying atmospheric conditions, has not yet been * solved, there {s a movement now in force ~that presents positive progress in this direc- tion. It seems as though the prophecy of Sir George CayJey, of four hundred years ago, that “this noble art would soon be Drought home to man’s general convenience, #0 that It would be possible for him to trans- port himself and family, with goods and chattels, more securely by air than by the resent method, and in less time," may be ‘fulfilled. There is new ground for hope that the nineteenth century may see some practical “Feaults of value to the world in this field, A Dill asking encouragement from the govern- ment has been drawn by Mr. James Means of Boston, and introduced in the Senate by Mr. Lodge, from which a favorable report is expected. It is now in the hands of the ‘4nterstate committee, and authorizes and ‘directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the sum of $100,000 to any person, from whatever part of the world, who shall at any time prior to the 1st of January, 1001, censtruct an apparatus that will, on a veri- fied report of a committee of three members, , eppointed by the Secretary of War, demon- strate within, or near the city of Washing- ton, the practicability of safely navigating aghe dlr at a speed of not less than thirty miles per hour, and capable of carrying freight and passengers, weighing a total of ‘not less than 400 pounds. | Section 2 provides: That the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the sum of $25,000 to any person, from whatever part of the | world, who shall at any time prior to the Ist of January, 1900, construct an apparatus ' that. wilk-om the same vertfication condi- tions, demonstrate the safety of navigating | the air in free flight for a distance of one | mile or more fn descending line, the point of | alighting to be not more than sixty-six feet Jower than the point of starting. ; _ Bosten has peculiarly become the center of flying machine interest. The Boston } Aeronautical ‘Society, which was organized last May, with Prof. William H. Pickering, i Harvard's well-known astronomer, as presi- dent, and Albert A. Merrill, secretary, has taken up the investigation with renewed vigor. Mr. James Means, who is a graduate j.of the Institute of Technology. Is alyo an ‘ officer.in the new society. Mr. Means has ; just Issued the second number of “Tne | Aeronautical Annual.” ‘The volume shows | @reat advance over the first number, issued & year ago, In its contents. Otto Lilienthal, } the famous Berlin aerial scientist, con- tributes an interesting article to Its columns. Proposed Unique Exhibition. The Boston Aeronautical Society proposes to erect a laboratory near the city, where | well-paid men mzy be employed in that ine cf experimenting. It will probably be ‘@ barniike structure, near the center of a Flevel tract, with a large sheet of water {Rot far away. Such a building would an- {wwer the two-fold purpose of a workshcp and a place for the storage of apparatus. |For the year 1896 a part of the money raised will be paid out to the world’s ex- | pertmenters in the form of cash prizes. }Zhese ate to be awarded for certain kinds +f apparatus which are much needed. The ;Sum already guaranteed to the fund is , Sultictent to provide prizes well worth con- tending for, but, as it is hoped that the fund will be constantly increased, the definite amount of the prizes will not be made public until the Ist of next May. | The competitive trials will probably take lace at a field meeting of the society to held next autumn, in the vicinity of | Boston. Designers unable to attend are in- ; Vited to send apparatus, which will be test- ;@d by a committee of the society. Five Biers will be offered as follows: For the ite showing the maximum of lift to the frninimum of drift in a breeze having a ve- jlocity of more than fifteen miles an hour, {and also in a breeze of less than fifteen miles an hour; for a kite keeping its equi- ; Hbrium through the greatest extremes of {wind velocity; also, for the soaring ma- ¢hine in free filght, which, after gaining | velocity, shall make the best course. ‘The Lilienthal aeroplane is a remarkably clever device, and while it is not yet of | practical value for making protracted jour- | meys in mid-atr, it is, nevertheless, a hope- | ful indication of the progress made. Its Purpose 13 to imitate the soaring of birds, as well as their ordinary flight, which | ip effected by the flapping of their wings. The improved machine comprises two wings, which, after the manner of birds* ( wings, are slightly vaulted upwards. The rinzs are fixed by two rods laid cross- Jrise. one upon the other, and firmly con- hhected together, thus forming a carrying frame, or a part of a carrying frame, to » which the person intending to fly may hold, }B0 as to he suspended between the two eee Oue Side Clean. Bewfoundiand Letter in New York Post. While Lebuffe was “breaking up” the | @arcass, I made a bit of fire, and asked for the.crackers he was to bring for Junch. To my horror, he pulled out a sus- Bicious-looking ‘pocket handkerchief, which presume had once been white. In this he da few crackers rolled up. Seeing my | Jook, he said: “That’s’all right. I always i one side of my handkerchief clean to ‘éarry my funch in." TI’ took one cracker ‘ @ut of the middle of the lot, and tried to Jeok happy. TEACHERS’ - ANNUITY Gratifying Result of the Bazaar Re- = cently Held. AN ANNUAL INCOME OF — $3,600 Why This System is Important in the Case of Instructors. ADVANTAGES I TO PUPILS F THEY'D GET TO giving a year on half pay to teachers who. have taught fifteen years, as they do fn Boston, we might get sometimes a teacher fresh and yet expe- rienced, At present they're all elther one or* the other, “but never both.” This suggestion, made by an acute High School boy, will soon be carried out in a modified form, for the affairs of the Teachers’ Annuity and-Aid Association are in an encouraging condition, to say the least. From time to time conflicting statements have been made in regard to the results of the mam- moth teachers’ bazaar held early in De- cember last. and the public has been pa- tiently awaiting an official statement on the subject. The executive board of the bazaar has not fully wound up its affairs as yet, but will do so shortly, and will make a formal report to the association, when it will appear that the total receipts of the enterprise aggregated over $28,000, the expenses $5,004), and the net amount realized and to be added to the teachers’ fund is over $23,000. The managers claim that this is a better financial result than was achieved in Phil- adelphia, Brooklyn or Baltimore, and equal to that of Boston. The teachers of Phila- delphia, with a population of a million— nearly four times that of Washington— realized $60,000, while Baltimore, with a N. P. Gage. considerably larger population than this city, made only $12, The vaunt of a Boston paper just prior to the opening of the local bazaar that ine people of Wash- ington could not be expected to stand by their schools as Loston had done has proven a false prophecy, for, the popula- tion and wealth of the two cities being considered, Washington has given the bet- ter results. Some assets yet remain to be turned into money, such as a $#") Knabe piano, an Estey organ, a $250 lot in Kensington, do- nated by Mr. B. H. Warner, and one lot in Ken Gar, given by Mr. Heary N. Copp. There are also a nymber of railroad tickets and a ticket for a European trip, which the ladies in charge would be glad to dispose of. The Annual Income. Adding the amount realized from the ba- zaar to the fund already in hand, about $13,000, the permanent fund of the Teach- ers’ Annuity and A: Association is at present about $36,000. This is an inviolable capital, the income alone of which can be used for the relief of annuitants. Under the terms of the constitution this income, together with one-half of the current dues of members, will constitute what is known as an annuity fund, as distinguished from the permanent fund. Nearly the whole of the capital fund has already been invested in 6 per cent first mortgages through the voluntary services of the advisory committee—Messrs. John Joy Edson, James E. Fitch and J. W. Wheipley. The income will be about $2,100 per annum. Add to this one-half the dues of members, which will be about 31,500, and +00 per annum Is rendered available for the relief of aged and disabled teachers. It will be seen that this fund Is, after all, but a drop in the bucket. It should be under- stood that al) the association claims is to have made a beginnit.g—a foundation on which the efforts of their successors and the generosity of the friends of the public schools may yet build a roble structure. It is something to have aroused public in- terest to the necessity of increasing the efficiency of the teaching corps by making merciful provisicn fer those who break down in the exacting service of the school room or cutlive their usefulness. Why the Association Was Started. ' The story of the origin of the association is rather interesting. About two years ago a teacher in one of the schools, who had taught ably for over thirty years, and dur- ing most of that time Fad supported a widowed sister-in-law and her family on a salary averaging $600, broke down in health and consequently did such poor work that the school board was forced to reduce her, and finally to drop her from the rolls. She was in such destitute circumstances that certain of the teachers banded together and contributed toward her support. The case cited led to the formation of the nucleus of the Teachers’ Annuity and Aid Associa- tion as it now exists. There is much tn the life of the public school teacher to wear out the body and ex- John F. Freeman. haust the fountains of rervous power be- yond reptenishing. It is a pliysical martyr- dom merely to sit in the same room five hours a é@ay with from forty-five to sixty children, in spite of the ordinary arrange- ments for artificial ventilation, which, be it said, are superior in most Washington school houses to those found elsewhere. Add to this the enormous nervous tension, day in and day out, due to the effort to discipline and irstruct, to meet the re- quirements of the supervision, to please the Parents and to satisfy the demands of the teacher’s cwn ambition to excel. It must also be remembered that the weather vane of educational theory does not point Iong in the samé direction. It veers to every point of the compass, and the teacher who would be on the side whence the freshest breezes blow must keep moving. The curriculum widens, too, not only in multiplied subjects, but in their correlation. The modes in school keeping today change with more swiftness. than the modes of Paris, and, to the uninitiated, ap- pear almost equally grotesque. Demands Upon a Scanty Purse. This is progress. To keep pace with it means study. Therefcre educaticnal papers must be subscribed for and books must be bought, and in not a few cases special instruction must be paid for. It is com- plained that the teachers are not astute, troad-minded, world-cultured people. At the present pay of teachers they cannot spend money freely for the self-cultivation demanded, and at the same time lay by anything for the rainy day. They must do one or the other. Mest teachers spend their little surplus for books, educational papers, A. T. Stewart. magazines, lectures, and lay up nothing. The question has been asked, Is it a wise choice? The teachers know these things better than any one else, a1] that is why the idea of the relief asssciation had its birth with them, and not with school officials. They have, in two years, by their unaided efforts, that 1s, without appealing to the government, organized a plan by which something, small though tt may be, is assured to the faithful teacher who falls by the way. The Teachers’ Annuity and Aid Associa- tion was organized March 24, 1894, for the purpose of accumulating a permanent fund from entrance fees, dues, bazaars, enter- tainments and the like, of fifty thousand dollars, the income of which, together with the current dues of members, to be devoted to several objects. The first of these is to pay an annuity of three-fifths of his annual salary to any member who may become permanently disabled for work, after hav- ing been a member of the association for five years; the second, in case of death, to pay one year’s annuity to the member's beneficiary, and the third, to pay a similar annuity during life to any member who shall have taught thirty-five years. No an- nuity shall exceed six hundred dollars. At the time of organization it was set forth that the benefits of the association are not for veteran teachers alone, but benefits are to be shared by all, regardless of length of service. Contributed by Members, The affairs of the association are admin- istered by a board of trustees, consisting of the officers and a representative board of directors. The entrance fee of members is three dollars, and the annual duex, one and one-half per cent of annual salary. The dues are divided into four equal in- stallments, payable, respectively, on the Ist of April, June, November and February. The constitution provides that those of the members who so choose may at any time form a separate class, to be known as class B, to accumulate a fund from which to draw one dollar per day for temporary illness of not less than five consecutive days, no more than fifty dollars to be drawn by_any member in one year. The income already practically provided for, about $3,600 per annum, will enable the payment of $60) per annum to six an- nuitants, $i00 to twelve annuitants, or smaller amounts to a larger number. There are as yet no applications for re- urement, although probably four or five teachers now in the schools have completed thirty-five years of service. Some of these, however, are still in the midst of their use- fulness, as well as in unimpaired health and vigor, and so are not likely soon to be classi- fied as beneficiaries. There are others, how ever, younger in the service, who sling against the inroads of di: Lervous exhaustion, whom the teachers are anxious to see retired at an early day. What Ix Needed. In ten years the permanent fund of the essociation will be $50,000, and will continue to grow at the rate of $1,500 per year with the present membership, and, of course, much faster with an increased membership. It will require, however, a fund of 3160,000 or more to yield an income sufficient to en- able the association to pay full annuities to all probable claimants in future. Under the terms of the constitution no one can be retired until after five years’ mem- bership. There are, however, one or two very pressing cases that special provision may have to be made for immediately. These are not superannuates, but invalids. The policy of the directors is toward the largest liberality in meeting the needs of specially worthy cases. The board of directors are making ar- Tangements to begin paying small annuities early in the coming school year. The present officers of the association are: N. P. Gage, supervising principal, second division, pres- igent; Clara Bahen Smith, principal Adams School, first vice president; Ida M. Daly, Eastern High School, second vice president; Flora L. Hendley, principal Seaton School, secretary; John T. Freeman, supervising principal, sixth division B, financial secr tary; A. T. Stuart, supervising principal third division, treasurer. The directors ar First division, Mary McGill, Berret School; second division, Emma K. Scott, Henry School; third division, Annie Beers, Wallach School; fourth division, Isaac Fairbrother, supervising principal, fourth division; fifth division, B. T. Janney, supervising principal fifth division; sixth division A and B, S, A. Langley, Tyler School; special division, An- nie M. Goding, Normal School; directors at large,Grace M. Ravenburg, Dennison School, and Rebecca Stoneroad, directress of phys- ica) training. Superintendent Powell's Views. In his annual report to the board of trus- tees for the school year 1893-4 Superin- tendent Powell, in the course of extended remarks on the subject of the Teachers’ Annuity and Aid Association, sald: “There is no profession, no calling that demands more of life’s vital forces for its successful prosecution than that of teaching school. Although the number of days’ teaching per year seems small, and the number of hours per day limited, as compared with the days ard hours employed in other. callings, it yet remains true that fa no other calling do men and women break down sooner or by fetver years of employment than in that of teaching. ° “The mental strain is great from the nature of the work, but the physical ex- haustion is increased many fold by the nervous tension cccasioned by that feeling of great responsibility amounting almost to fear that every true teacher has in a large degree. The better the teacher, the | More Intelligent and enlightened the-com- munity, the greater does this feeling of re- sponsibility become and sooner does the teacher wear out. * * * * * Your encour- agement of this movement may be consist- ently given, then, for the reason that the sctcols will be improved thereby. The humanitarian point of view in considering the teacher is one that appeals more strongly to the common public, but if the interests of the fifty children attending each school were considered in their true ght the humanitarian side would be as great from this point as from the other.” Dr. Lane's Opinion. In the opinion of Dr. F. R. Lane, director of the Washington High Schools, the asso- ciation will accomplish a great good. “Of course,” Dr. Lane said, ‘all who are members now will not by any means con- tinue in the asscclation for any length of time, and the -benefits will only accrue to a few. There are hundreds of young girls just from the normal school now teaching, as well as scores of young men. Many of the girls will marry and leave the ranks, while the young men will tnke up profes- sions and engage in other pursuits, and, therefore, be Independent of the associ: tion. But there are a few who will un- doubtedly continue to teach for many years to com>, and when they are unable to lon- ger perform their duties, it is then that the purpose of the organization will be dem- onstrated.” Germany, Switzerland and Canada pen- sion the teachers of the public schools, and in Boston and Brooklyn, when a teacher has served a certain period, leave of ab- sence for a year on half pay is granted. In Boston, this period is fifteen years, and the schools of that city enjoy the phenomenon of teachers.who are both freshly equipped with modern methods, learned at normal institutions during the half-pay year, and experterced in tea¢hing, a combination of good qualities which the schools of Wash- ington never enjoy unless a specially fortu- nate teacher is so situated as to be able to save enough to tala year’s leave without | pay. Boston has rai: 000 for her teach- ers; Brooklyn, $60,000, and eniladetenie, 000. Both St. Levis and Cincinnati have also raised large sums, and in Chicago each teacher is required {0 céntribute one-fourth of 1 per cent of salary received to a pen- sion fund. = After fifteen years of teaching, the pub- lic instructors of ’G8rmany are pensioned, and the worn-out educators of Switzerland, Norway and Canada are also given recom- pense. 9 Why Such Assistance is Given. It has been asked’why should help be given to teachers that is not afforded doc- tors, lawyers and therchants? In answer a leading official connetied with the schools has answered with two reasons. “The fact is,” he says, “women engaged in busi- ness careers do not cast from themselves as they should the ordinary domestic du- ties, but burn the candle at both ends, and hence break down, and that the very fact that the business woman does not expect to make new family ties binds closer about her the obligations which already exist. “Another reason for providing for aged and infirm teachers is more grave than the first. The welfare of our future citizens depends upon our boys and girls having healthy surroundings, both moral and phy- sical. A consumptive teacher vitiates the air of a school room, none too pure at the best, whatever the ventilating system, and spreads about her the germs of disease, to +| take root, as modern: microscopic investiga- tion proves, wherever lassitude or a de- pleted condition renders the soll suitable. “And nowhere are lassitude and general depiction more frequent than in the rapidly growing child from twelve to sixteen years of age—the age at whith our children at- tend schools taught by the older and less vigorous teachers. If the health depart- ment were to make a tour of investigation tomorrow for the purpose of eradicating consumption as it does smallpox or diph- therla, a considerable percentage of teach- ers, whose record for past service entitles them to the gratitude of the public, would be forcibly retired to private life and penury. Renefit to the Pap’ “The mental and moral evils consequent vpon inadequacy in a worn out teacher are still worse, as every high school teacher can testify. From men and women whose past service entitles them to every respect- ful consideration—except retention in the places for which the very intensity of past occupation renders them unfit—come trans- fers totally unfit for the work of the next grade. And, asa rule, the higher the grade the greater the percentage of such teachers. “The pupils of these schools may love and respect thelr instructors, but the temp- tation to deceive where the pedagogue’s eyes are too dim to watch or ears too dull to hear, or mental agility too feeble to de- tect, is too much for most young people, and hence habits of deception are some- times formed which mar the character of the pupil for life. A _ trustee asserted a few years ago: ‘Yes, I know that all the children who pass through Miss Blank's kands lose in scholarship what can never made up to them, and that many of them drop out of the schools never to re- turn because of her inadequacy for the place she holds. Yet, were I to dismiss her tomorrow thousands of friends gained when she was an able teacher would rise in her behalf to push me from my seat. a HIGH SCHOOL FIELD DAY. Interesting Program of Events for the June Athletic Meeting. The students of the ‘high schools are man- ifesting a great deal. of interest in the forthcoming Inter-High School Track and Field day. This enterprise was started last October, and was booked to come off about the middle of November, but owing to the rapid approach of cold weather and the lack of sufficient time to prepare, it was abandoned until the return of warm weath- er. The branch schools held meetings this week and selected their committees, which met at the Central sterday afternoon. Those who appeared as delegates for the different’ schools were’ Fred. *"N. Albert, Hyder B. Farrow And PMil. Tindall, for the Cent H, W. Chappel, William M. Hallam and Gilbert W. Kelly, for the East- ern; Eugene T. Gough, Newton H. Ferree and Dana White, for the Business, and H. P. Hudson, Charles A. Taussig and Arthur E. Berry, for the Western. The date fixed upon for the event was Saturday, June 6. Committees were appointed as follows: Arrangements, H. B. Farrow, H. W. Chap- pel, E. T. Gough, chairman, and H. P. Hud- son; rules, F. W. Albert, chairman; G. W. Kelly, N. H. Ferree and C. A. Taussig; finance, W. M. Hallam, chairman; P. Tin- dall, D. White and A. E. Berry. Following is a list of the events, as de- cided on for the present, to the winners of which handsome goid medals will be given: One-mile bicycle race, 100-yard dash, 220- yard dash, 44-yard run, 88-yard run, one- mile relay race, 22-yard hurdle, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, running hop, skip and jump, putting twelve- pound shot and throwing base ball. The school whose representatives . score the highest number of points will win the championship, which will be marked by a handsome trophy, to be held for one year by the victorious school. ENGLISH YACHTING GOSSIP. Will Any Notice Be Taken of Dun- raven’s Expulsion? LONDON, March 7.—There is talk among members of the Royal Yacht Squadron of drawing up a resolution in answer to the New York Yacht Club's expulsion of Lord Dunraven. Nearly all the yachting men de- fend the managing owner of Valkyrie III on the ground that his charge of excessive submersion is frequently made, and many yachtsmen claim that the Royal Yacht Squadron is morally bound to notice the expulsion, as the Royal Yacht Squadron backed Lord Dunrayen's challenge. The Yachting World declares that the Royal Yacht Squadron cannot afford to have a leading member dealt with in such a summary manner without elther indorsing the action or loudly protesting, adding: ““‘We await the official pronouncement with much interest.” In spite of this the Associated Press learns that it ts not likely that the Royal Yacht Squadron will officially notice the matter. A proposal was made some time ago to pass a resolution at a meeting of the squadron in May that the Royal Yacht Squadron in future should not back any challenge for the America’s cup, but the idea has since re- ceded Into the background. In any case, the Yacht Racing Association will not notice the matter. A great deal of interest has been aroused here among yachtsmen by a statement in circulation that Defender will certainly race in English waters during the coming sum- mer. 1A This has called forth from the Yachting World the ill-natured*femark that “Unless Defender sails unter the Union Jack there ig every probability that her advent will be hailed with more courtesy than pleasure.’ Lord Dunraven"has'' dispensed with the services for this ‘season of Captain Cran- field, who commanded. Valkyrie II. This is construed as meaning, that the big cutter will not race during the coming season un- jess she does so uiidef new ownership. eee Bicycling Briefs. The latest thing,'in Spanish bull fights is to put the matadog,on @ bicycle instead of a horse. Carlos Rodriguez and Badila both entered the arena‘latély In Madrid mounted on. bicycles. + Cyclers as dispadch ‘wearers figured prom- inently and suceesafylly in the recent Transvaal rumpus, And where were the dispatches? In the'tires, where the unsus- pecting Boers nevér thought of looking! B. Zalamea, who holds the title of ama- teur champion of South America, was one of the passengers who arrived recently on the steamer Allegany from the United States of Colombla. Hitherta Zalamea has been an amateur, but he proposes to join the profes- sional ranks this season. The new president of the L. A. W. is noth- ing If not a publicity man; and one of his first official announcements was to the effect that he proposed to give all newspapers which desire it proofs of league news free of charge. 4 Hamilton does not:get the world’s unpaced mile record. as wag expected. On account of certain informalities, Chairman G!deon has awarded the honor to Sanger, whose time was the same; (2.00 2-5. “Eddie” Bald is not anxious to sail away until after the close of the American rac- ing season. He thinks that he would like to have a try at the winter tracks in Paris, YALE MEN APPROVE Little Opposition to the Crew's Henley Trip. PROSPECT OF GEORGETOWN'S NINE Plans for the Season of Gallaudet’s Team. TONIGHT’S HOCKEY MATCH At a mass meeting, which was the largest that has ever been held at Yale, the stu- dents of the university last evening rati- fied the scheme of the Yale navy to send the ’varsity eight to England to compete in the royal regatta at Henley in July. The meeting was called to order by Anson Phelps Stokes, jr., of the senior class. Manager De Sibour of the navy then briefly stated the platfs of the navy regard- ing Henley, and asked the students present to first make any suggestions or remarks they desired, and then vote for or against the plan, Ng remarks were made, and when the tellers finished counting the vote they announced that it stood 560 to 16 for the trip. Many of the students did not re- main to vote, as they felt there was no op- position to the scheme and their votes would not be needed. This was the only business transacted at the meeting, but after the meeting the managers of the navy announced that they had decided to have the oarsmen sail June 6. They expect to take fourteen or fifteen men along, and probably at least three coaches will accompany the oarsmen. Cost and Equipment. Two shells exactly similar to those used by Yale for the past ten years will be taken. The expense of the trip will be paid for by the Yale Financial Union, just as the trip of the athletic team was paid for, but more canvassing will be done among the graduates than in former years for funds to ald the crew. All the money raised in this way, however, will be turned over to the Financial Union, of which Walter Camp is manager, and which has charge of all ath- letic expenses of the university. It is estimated that the trip will not cost the Financial Union over $2,500, as {t is practically certain that a wealthy graduate will provide for the passage over and back. ‘This may make the trip cost even less, as the Cambridge athletes spent only $3,000 last fall on their trip. The only step now necessary Is to enter the crew for the regatta. The entry will be made this week, and only the ‘varsity eight will be entered. The navy has de- cided that it is rot prepared to enter either a four-oared crew or a single. The ‘varsity wil’ be entered for the grand chal- lenge cup, for which Cornell unsuccessfully rowed last year. There is little doubt that the university will have a big representation of students at the regatta. The crew will have more to cheer them on than was at first thought probable when it was decided to go to England. Arrangements have been made by which the transportation of Yale stu- dents who are to go to England with the crew will be considerably facilitated. History of the Henley. The candidates for the crew and those who intend to accompany the elght have been studying up on the history and rules governing the contests at Henley. The in- stitution cf the Henley regatta, fifty-seven years ago, was the outcome of various eight-oared matches which had been rowed on the Thames course for ten years prior to that time. In 1839 the citizens of Hen- ley contributed 100 guineas for the grand challenge cup, to be contested for by elght- cared crews. After that other trophies were added, as the Thames Challenge, Steward’s and Visitors’ challenge cups; the latter two being for fours. The English universities no Icnger compete at Henley, as it was found impossible to collect all the eight best men of a university crew for the two big races each year, and so, since the Putney match was cons!dered of more importance than any other con- test, the energies of the university crews are devoted to that. But both Oxford and Cambridge are rep- resented by college crews each year, which, though not official representatives, arg re- garded by many as better crews usually than university eights, which would have two races to row. The course of the regatta begins about a mile and two-thirds above Henley, at the Regatta Island, the finish heing just north of the town. One mile and 5%) yards is the exact lergth of the course. Although more narrow than American crews are accus- tomed to, it almost perfectly straight. This is the new course, which was adopted in 1886. The present course has much less slack water than its predecessor, and so furnishes a fairer test. Position counts for something in these contests. The Yale crew will be the fifth American college crew to enter an English regatta. Harvard sent a four-oared crew over in 1869, which was defeated by Oxford on the Putney-Mortlake course by about three lengths. The second attempt was made by a Columbia College four in the Henley re- gatta. This crew enjoys the distinction of being the only American crew that has been victorious in English regattas. It won the Visitors’ challenge cup for 1878, by de- feating the crew of Duplin University and those of the University and Hertford colleges of Oxford. Cornell sent over a crew in 1881, which lost in the Steward’ cup for fours, open to all amateurs. The fourth attempt was made last July by Cornell, in the Grand challenge cup, in which she was again defeated. He Will Guide Georgetown’ Success This Year. Within the past three years Georgetown has reached the first rank in college base ball circles. The base ball team, which will wear the blue and gray this year, will be a good aggregation, and is expected to attain a@ greater degree of proficiency in team work than any previous nine. Richard J. Harley, who will captain the team and play left field, was born at Nor- ristown, Pa., in 1874, and began his hase ball career on the Alert team of Norris- town, one of the strongest amateur organ- izations in eastern Pennsylvania, in 1889, when, under the management of his uncle, James J. Harley, Capt. Harley entered Georgetown College, in 1891, and as a field- Nine to er and batter has materially strengthened the strong team which has since represent- ed Georgetown. Last season he received a fine offer from Manager Selee of the Boston team, and other offers from the Toronto and Roches- ter teams, while this Season brought an excellent offer from Springfield, in the Eastern League, but he is determined to remain in the amateur ranks and will ce- vote himself to a profession when he has completed his course at Georgetown. Dick Harley is an excellent type of the well-built, broad-shouldered collese athlete. He is five feet ten and a half inches in height, weighs 168 pounds, and is twenty- two years of age. As a flelder he has not a superior among the colleges. He always displays splendid judgment, and covers an immense amount of territory. His throw- ing is superb, and his base running, ap- parently reckless, yet extremeiy cautions, has @ source of annoyence to many catchers and pitchers. As to hts reputation as a hitter it is sufficient to say that he hag led off at the bat during the past three sea- Under his direction the students are con- oer Seat Galergnt —— the "96 sea- son a@ memorable one. Capt. Harley has always been an earnest and devoted stu- dent, despite his great love for base bail, and he wiil graduate wich the class of ‘96. is one of the most popular men in Georgetown, not only among his fellow students, but also among his many friends of the college, both in this city and Phita- deiphia, where he now resides. Among the athletes of Georgetown Uni- versity base ball is fhe principal thing on the mind. The opening of the weather has permitted out-door practice, and on two or three days of the past week Capt. Harley had the team out on the diamond. This has been a great advantage to the players after their preliminary work in the cage. On the side of the seniors there will be three other teams organized, the first team of which will keep the main team of the college in practice. These teams will ar- rarge a schedule with local teams, the team of tke Rockville Academy and sim|- lar aggregations. On the side of the ju- niors there will be as many more teams or- ganized, and the “preps” will struggle seed themselves for the junior champion- The season's schedule of games has not been completed, but it is expected that it will be next week. The delay has been caused by doubt over the northern trip of the team, the faculty having some objec- tion to ‘the trip. One thing noticeable in the home games is that most of the north- ern colleges play their first games here. The demand for dates has been much greater than could be accommodated, and, unfortunately, only one game has been se- cured with Princeton and with Yale. The first game will be played Saturday, the “21st, with the team representing the Catholic University. On March 25 the sec- ond game will be played with the nine from Gallaudet College. The first game with an outside college will be on the 28th, with the University of Vermont. The line-up of Georgetown will, in all probability, comprise catcher; Mahoney or Lambert, Tracey, first base; Fleming, second base; McLaughlin, third base; Reardon, short stop; Lamb, right field; ‘McCarthy, center field, and Harley, left’ field. The substi- tutes will be Dawson and Connell, catch- ers, and Dugan, McIntire and Keane, field- ers. The same team will play against the Lafayette College team, March 31. During the week Manager O'Brien ar- ranged a game with Manager Kutz of the Syracuse team of the New York State League, the game to be played in this city Mareh 11. GALLAUDET’S NINE. It Will Be Directed by Franklin C. Smielea, The team of Gallaudet College will be a good aggregation of ball tossers this year, and at the head, both in popularity and playing, stands Franklin C. Smielea; who F. C. Smietea. has been selected captain of the team. Under his management the team is cx- pected to make an excellent showing. Capt. Smielea comes from Cincinnati. He is a junior at Gallaudet and stands five feet eight inches in height. He weighs 160 pounds. He was educated at the school for the deaf at Columbus, Ohio, prior to his entrance Into college. As a student he has made an excellent showing. While at Columbus he took an active in- terest Mm the base ball and foot ball teams of the school, of which he was manager for a number of years. He began pitehirg for his team under the coaching of Ed. Dundon, who was a member of the Colum- bus team when the Washingtons were known as the Nationals. As a pitcher he has been an excellent success, and it stands to his credit that he won a majority of the games he played against the universities in Ohio and in the fall of 1892—the date he entered college. He is a popular man in every respect at Gallaudet, and in addition to being at the head of the base ball team, he is also the captain of the foot ball team of 18%. While he occupies the box on the diamoad, on the gridiron he lines up at center, which posi- uon he has held since Brown of the class of ‘9 graduated. The outicok for the nine ts bright. There is plenty of good material. The weak points of last year’s team have been remedied. The chief one was the pitching department. The infield was not what it should have becn. There was also a lack of team work. All the old men of last year have returned, but Capt. Smielea is considering several important changes in the make-up of the infield. The men have been taking daily exercise in the gymnasium, while the bat- teries have been doing some good indoor work. The team will in all probability be made up of Price and O'Connor, catchers; Smiclea, Erd, Hastings and Sessoms, pitch- ers; Dudley and Rosson, first; Davis and Wagner, second; Erd and Bumgardner, third; Stutsman, Heyer, Brockhagen, Dud- ley, Davis and Rosson in the outfield. Manager Sullivan has arranged the fol- lowing schedule: March 14—Columbian University at home. March 18 and 21—Columbian University at Capitol Park, March 25—Georgetown College at George- town. April 4—Catholic University at home. April 11—Neval Cadets at Annapolis. April 13—Maryland Agricultural College at College Park. April 18—University of Virginia at Char- lottesville. April 22—Johns Hopkins University at ome. — 25—Rockville Athletic Club at Rock- le. April 29—Marylard Agricultural College at home, May 2—Catholic University at Catholic University, May 9—Episcopal High School at Alexan- dria, Va. May 13—Johns Hopkins University at Bal- Umore. May 16—Hagerstown Athletic Club at Hagerstown, Md. May 23—Baltimore City College at home. May 27—Rockville Athletic Club at home. May 30—Western Maryland College at Westminster. CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS. Something About the Champions From the North. In the hockey zame between the Sham- rocks and the Montreal teams this evening at the skating rink, the relative position of the players will be as follows: Shamrocks. . _ Position. Montreal J. Drysdale. .Gcal. A. Clapperton... Tom Dwyer......Cover Point. Bob Wall F. Stephen. Dave Bro.wn. -A. McKarrow The Shamrocks. Drysdale is one of the best known hockey players in the Canadian League, and he Plays point and cover point as well as goal. He ts a fast skater and is noted for his ecolness and good judgment in his posi- tion. Clapperton has played hockey for years and is noted for his blocking abilities. He plays either point or cover point and is considered one of the best defense players in the Canadian Hockey League. Dwyer is one of the noted athletes of Canada. His chief distinction has been won as a la crosse player. He is probably the strongest man on the team. Wall is one of the best youngest players, also the heaviest player in the Canadian ‘Hockey League. He is noted for his good judgmen: and his speed and strength. He was unanimously elected captain of his club for the past two seasons. Stephen is one of the best known hockey Players in Canada. He is known as the best lifter playing, and has frequently Nft- ed_ the puck a distance of over 230 feet. Brown is considered one of the strongest -MUNYON'S REMEDIES. A Cure for Every Dis- base: Sold by All Druggists, Mostly for 25 Conta » Vial. Munyon's doctors at your service free. Office cpm 9 to 5; Sundays, 10 to 12; Monday and Thars- day evenings, 6 to 8, TI 14th st. n.w., where t can be consulted absolutely free of charge op al diseases. mb3-t, théea,St forward players. Some years ago he was one of the best Known distance skaters tn Canada, but of late years has given up distance skating. 2 Dessie Brown is the light-weight of the Shamrock team and is noted for his judg- ment and wonderful stick handling. He al- so skates faster t any player on the team and holds the skating championship of the province of Quebec at all distances from 100 yards to 2 miles. The Monireals. Collins of the Montreals is known all over Canada as the best goal minder playing. He has played gcals for Montreal for about five years and bis almost €mpossible stop- ping is one of the features of every game he takes part in. Murphy is the most noted athlete of the team, He ts probably the best la crosse player on the Montregl team and is also a noted Rugby fcot ball player. James is a first-class defense player. He is noted for his stopping and for his rapid clearing. - Barlow is the most brilliant forward on either team. While he ts-rather light in weight he is noted for his speed and ts aiso a great scorer. He has for years been considered one of the best, if not the best, forwards in Canada. , Mussen ts speedy and effective. His great endurance will stand him in good stead on the American rinks, which are larger gen- erally than the Canadian rinks. €. McKarrow hag been one of the finds of the season. He ts a noted stick handler orer, one of hig strongest points be- assing and combination play. ‘arrow is a twin brother of C Karrew, and while not quite so heav: strong he plays very mueh-the same 8 of game. One of the features of the geme when both brothers are playing is their passing and combination. EXCITING CONTESTS PROMISED. Crack Skaters to Race at the Rink Next Week. The lovers of fast skating in Washington will soon have an opportunity to witness the speed of some of the most celebrated skaters In this country. Next week @ quartet of these flyers will assemble at the skating rink and compete for Ameri- can and Canadian records, for all dis- tances from one mile up to five miles. The rew racers are Harley and John F. Dayid- son and Howard Moshier. Joe Donoghue will be amcng the number, but he will be required to hump himself to cross the line first at the finish. The events for the week will be as fol- lows: Monday afternoon at 3 a'clock, one- mile record; Tuesday afternoon, % o'clock, one-and-a-half-mile record; -Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock, two-mile record; Thurs- day evening, two-and-a-haif-mile | record; Friday cvening, three-mile record; Satur- day afterncon, four-mile record, and Sat- urday evening, five-mile record. The racers will all be in competttion. It will be remembered that in exhibition of speed Donoghue’ established three new rec- ords during his recent visit to this city, bruary 10 he lowered the mile record flat, and on Saturday, February 1%, he lowered the two-mile record to 532% and the five-mile record to 14:47 3-4. Whetter these records will stand the on- slaught of next week cannot be surmised. At any event, some exceedingly close races kan be expected, and, likewise, some good me. The races will be held Monday and Tues- day afternoons because of the hall" being used at night on those days b al Guard. Saturday. ‘The coming races are exciting interest in other sections, and a delegation of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore people will come over to witness the events.. Out- side of Donoghue, the racers are expert bicyclists; and all hold a number of rec- mauy of them wrested from Joe Do! oghue, he having beén beaten’ tm previous contests by all three. The Davidson broth- ers are the champion skaters of Canada. and Harley Davidson, it is predicted, will be Donoghue's strongest ‘competitor. the Natton- A special matinee will be held The field and track athletes at George- town College have not yet started In active work, and so far the team to represent the college at Berkeley Oval May 30 has not been picked out. The annual spring games of the various classes will in all probability be held about. the middle of next month. Whatever may be the team sent to uphold the colors of the college, it is certain that a much better showing will be made tan any previous year. As it is at present, no one college will have an easy time carrying off-the honors, and Georgetown is as apt to end at the head as any other college team. One thing that may materialize in the near future is a dual meet of athletics be- tween Georgetown and Columbian Uni- versity. Both colleges are members.ef the Intercollegiate Association, and tt is very apt that at this dual meet the teams of the respective colleges will be selected to compete in New York Decoration day. The preliminary steps toward arranging for the meet are now in course of progress, Manager Dick Douglas of Georgetown starting the ball rolling in this direction. M. A. C. Mime. The students of the Maryland Agricul- tural College are preparing to organize the base ball team for the coming year. They are fortunate in having a good infield, and as yet have not selected upon the out- field. Lewis ts scheduled to play first base, Burrows, :econd base; Fuller, third bai and Harding, shortstop, the two last-nam being the battery of the college last year. The students are after McCann, the twirler of the Laurel team last year, and also Nicholson and Harris, the battery for the Rockville Athletic Club. The team last year was exceptionally strong, but this year the prospects are not so bright. Practicing at Capitol Park. The base ball team of Columbian Unt- versity has had good outdoor practice dur- ing the week. The players are working hard at Capitol Park, which has been se- cured for the season by the team. The men are coached by Gilroy and other Wash- ington players. Nicholson of Rockville ts trying for the position of pitcher. He is claimed to be the best in the city, and there is hardly any doubt that he will be placed in the box. Basé Batl Notes. Anson said before the team started south that he thought the offer of $10,000 for iange’s services by the New York ciub would tend to stiffen the Californian's backbone. Roger Connor gets $2,200 for the season from the St. Louts club. Cooley got $1,050 last year, and was offered $1,500 for 1896. According to the quotations of the market for base ball players, Cooley's release is worth $3,000; Connor's, $100. Cassiday, ‘the Colonels’ first+ baseman, aboyt whom so much has been said and written, came from his Wilmington home in the pink of condition. He is @ strapping big young fellow, built like Joe Kelly of the Baltimores. It Is said that at the league meeting President Robison was also in favor of do- ing away with the games for the Temple cup. He proposed that Instead of the games for the Temple cup, each league club put two per cent of its gross income into a fund, which was to constitute a purse for the teams finishing first, second and third in the race for the pennant. Al- though, the league meeting was peaceful erough to all outward appearances, the evidences of internal dissensions were stronger than ever before, and they had been manifested in a greater or less de- gree for the last few sessions of the big base ball body. There are breakers ahead, —Exchange.