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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1925 ———————— e ——— H1G THREE AGREE ON COACHES PAY Report Is That Grid Salary Will BeLimited to $8,000 ————— , New Haven, Feb. 25.—Athletic au- thorities at Yale were not prepared ‘loday to discuss detalls of the an- nounced agreement between the “big three," Yale, Harvard and Princeton, to Hmit the salarles of coachey in the athletic budgets, Reports in a Boston dispatch last night that a salary lim- it of $8,000 for football eoaches had been agreed upon, offective in Sep- tember, 1926, were, however,general- ly eredited at Yale following the an- ‘nouncement at . the Yale alumni Mmcheon Mouday by Prof. C. W. Mendell, chairman of Yale's athletic board of control, that such an ar- vangement had been entered into, It was understood that announcement of the details of the agreement awalted their final acceptance by the athletic authorities of the “big three.” According to the announcement from Boston the athletic authorities in fixing the salary limit had been guided by the maximum galary limit for full professors at Harvard and Yale, which is $8,000 and that no alumni bonuses to the coaches will be sanctioned. It was also stated that a tacit agreement has been reached by which football budgets and expenditurcs in other branches . of sport would be limited. % Prof. Mendell's announcement stated that limitation of salarics of Lcoaches in athletics had been agreed %upon the object being to eliminate the possibility of “cut throat compe- stition or wild expense.” In employ- ment of coaches for major sports, the agreement, Prof, Mendell eaid, had been proposed by Yale and [ agreed to by Harvard and Princeton. It ‘was understood at Yale that the agreement referred to was general in | « character and that detalls were being ‘worked out by correspondence be-| tween the athletic heads of the three universities: OLD EDIFICE BURNS Fiftcenth Century Shrine in Brit- tany Destroyed When Lightning Plays On Adjoining House, Morlaix, France, Feb. 25.—Fire destroyed the fifteenth century _church of St, Jean-Du-Doigt, near here, onc of the most famous shrines in Brittany, during a storm yesterday. Lightning struck and set fire to an | adjoining house and the flames ig- +nited the church steeple. The vil- lagers formed a bucket brigade but their efforts were fruitless and many wept as they saw their beloved “church consumed. The famous rcliquary containing a finger of John the Baptist, which drew pligrima from all Brittany, was saved, as were the anclent sac: red vessels, one of which is attribut. ed to Benvenutd Cellinl, a number of enamels and old statues, and In fact most of the church's treasures, but the wonderful carved wooden calvary is feared to have been dim- aged irremediably. 8t, Jean-Du-Dolgt was well known to “the American art colony in France, many peinters being in the habit of visiting It during the sum- mer. STARTS FASTING THAT 1§ 70 LAST TWO YEARS Chicago Medical Student o Deter- mine Diet Best Fitted Yor Keen Thinking Chicago, I'eb, 25.—Harold G, O. 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He will be permitted to de- charter carried by a vote of nearly 4% to1, reglstered voters cast hallots, Next November the first step will | commission, be tgken foward putting and the art Into operation with the election of | be appointed by the council, @ one-house elty councll, of nine members, one of whom will | city In the country to adopt the city composcd Kansas City ls the third largest manager plan, Cleveland and Cin- the sys- will then proeeed to obtajn the serv- | tem, ices of a city manager énd prepare a code to goverf the procedure of |a two-house council and the import- the varlous administrative The elty at present is governed by depart- [ ant administrative offices are filled The charter becomes tully [ by clection, Under the new charter operative April 10, 1926, y The city. manager employed by the | years instead of “| councll will name the heads of elght | present, city departments—law, finance, pub- water, welfare, elections will be held every four biennfally as at GLORIA OUT OF DANGER Parly, Feb, 25,—~A medl bulle- forenoon garding “Ithprovement continues,| The pa- mand reconsideration of ordinances |tient is out of danger. 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L A sparrow's wings make 13 An auditor and' the clty clerk will | stroke a second in flight. secret, PLAY-JURY PLAN Accept Decisions | New York, Fob, 2 |of stage censorship which has vexed |the publie, police and the theatrical fuc {settled by District Attorney Banton s acceptanco of the citi | system which 18 expected to begin by police as indecent, Operations of the tribunal will be A jury of 12 men will be Police Commissioner En- right from a panel of 130 names sub- | students My [mitted by John Emerson, president |Good Bad TTLES nlSP”TE ‘uv the Actors’ Equity assoclation, and accepted by Mr. Bantoh, e selected by jury is expected to decide the fate | was > A |of “Destre Under theé Elims,” which New York Dlsmc[ Amm]ey {0 |the district attorney had previously ordered withdrawn Ask The jurors will visit the selected play unannounced, discuss it in cam- oru und make a decision which man- crms of equity con- will b bound to accept, or grand jury action and the resig- ;]HU!l'NNinll for two weeks, has been nation of their casts, S will try each of s play Jury tiops under firc, The question 'ageps, by the tomorrow the investigation of sev- hox office capital out of the investi- | the cral Broadway productions reported |gations will be met drawal of the right to trial by a play substitution of » Woman," Under the Eims." whether he that he ductions. rate juries Meanwhile, the withdrawal of the play. by the with- e am——— Pearl divers find it frighten off sharks, 173-183 Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn.” Week of Our February Sal Hundreds of Attractive Savings Not Advertised $79.50 Vanity Dresser February Sale Price $54.75 Walnut finish vanity, full length, with triplicate mirror. $35.00Dresser February Sale Price $21.50 Beautiful dresser in walnut finish, great value for the money. : $18.50 Gateleg Table February Sale Price $13.75 Unfinished gateleg “table —a _little paiut and time will double its value, T S S S Y Y S R S e SRR B 3 B T S S S N $128.50 — 3-Pe. 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Jury action, Mr. Banton sald, Speaking to Coiumbia University Banton sald that Willlam Brady's production voluntarity with« The first | drawn after Saturday's performances “A Sunday School Lesson” coms pared with Eugené O'Nelll's “Desire “Othello, now running on Broad« way, to be salaclous, Mr. Banton said attended evory S8hakes- perean ‘revival and had never found an objectionable feature in the pro- producers the dozen produc- | "Desire Under the Elms" are pub- | lishing testimonials from prominent Attempts by producers to make | artists and citizens, protestng against