AFFAIRS AT YALE.

During the week the attention of the undergraduates has been centered chiefly on the intercollegiate tennis tournament at the Lawn Club. The defeat of the university's representatives and the consequent loss of the intercollegiate cup were a great disappointment here. Harvard by her victory has won the cup permanently, which was first played for in 1889. The following officers of the Intercollegiate Association have been elected: Thompson of Princeton, president; Ware of Harvard, vice-president; Dodge of Yale, secretary and treasurer.

The football practice during the past week has been on the whole more encouraging, and the general work of the men greatly improved. The backs have been given a great deai of practice in catching long punts, while the centre men were coached for a couple of days by P. T. Stillman, '95 S. The eleven played together well in the game with Brown last Wednesday and put up a much stronger and snappier game than they had done before this year.

The Junior Appointments or relative standing of the class for the first two college years were given out last Saturday, and the list showed a large percentage of men who have attained a Phi Beta Kappa stand.

The new quarters of the Classical Club in the Phelps Memorial Gateway were dedicated on Friday, October 9. Nearly three hundred of the leading men in the classical world were present from colleges in all parts of the country. Professor Peck presided and welcomed the guests in the name of the Classical Club of Yale.

At a recent meeting of the junior class the following men were elected to form the Promenade Committee: G. Parker, F. H. Simmons, D. C. Twitchell, H. D. Gallaudet, M. U. Ely, J. H. Scranton, J. S. Mason, G. G. Schreiber, D. F. Rogers. The committee will at once begin to make arrangements for the Promenade which will be held in the latter part of January.

The preliminary statistics of the university enrolment give the number of the faculty as 236, an increase of 11 over last year. In the academic department the enrolment is 1,252, showing a gain of 53 over last year. In the Scientific School the enrolment is 551, a decrease of 33.

A few feature in the shape of target practice has been introduced into the military work for seniors in both undergraduate departments. The Government has issued rifles to the university for this purpose.

The following officers of the Sheffield senior class have been elected: President, J. W. Best; vice-president, B. C. Chamberlin; secretary and treasurer, G. B. Rich.

The various debating societies in the university are now well under way for the year. Three political debating clubs have been started in the sophomore class bearing the names of McKinley, Palmer and Bryan respectively. The Yale Union held its first meeting of the year last Friday. Col. Stephen W. Nickerson of Boston, president of the Massachusetts Bimetallic Union, delivered a lecture on "Bimetalism" yesterday evening under the auspices of the Yale Union.

A valuable gift has just been made to the University Library. Mr. J. M. Sears of the class of '77, has secured the library of the great German scholar, Ernst Curtius, consisting of three thousand volumes and has presented it to the university. It is the greatest collection of archeaological researches recently sold in Germany and will be a most valuable addition to the library.

THE YALE NEWS.