PRINCETON LETTER.

PRINCETON, N. J., May 19.

Princeton won the first game of the championship series from Harvard on Saturday, May 9, by the score of 17-9. After the first two innings the game was uninteresting and dragged along without brilliant plays of any character till near the close. The batting of the home team was the one encouraging feature-the close. The batting of the home team was the one encouraging feature-the men hit hard and often, but the fielding was at times miserable.

The most important event of last week was the first baseball game of the series with Yale on Saturday, in which Yale was defeated by the score of 13-0. The game was marked by the heavy batting of the home team and the rather loose fielding of Yale. Easton pitched a remarkably good game, allowing Yale but two scattered hits, giving no men bases on balls and striking out 16 men. One of the most encouraging features of Saturday's game with Yale was the entire absence of the unfair cheering usually concentrated at the time when the home team is at the bat. This year Princeton has put herself on record as opposed to cheering for the purpose of disconcerting the visiting team, a practice which has unfortunately prevailed in the past at all college games.

The annual dramatic performances by the Triangle Club were given on Friday and Saturday evenings in the Casino.

The Mummy," a farce written by G. Post Wheeler '91, with music by R. D. Smith '96, and W. W. Leonard '96, was successfully presented. The plot is laid in Egypt and centres about the disappearance of Rameses the King of Egypt and the complications thereby involved.

The poor showing made against Yale in the track games on Saturday while not encouraging was in a large measure expected owing to the crippled condition of the track team, Tyler's absence and the loss of Rodgers '98 from the team.

The annual dinner of the Nassau "Lit" was given at the Inn on Friday evening. Among those present were Hamilton W. Mabie of the Outlook, J. Seymour Wood editor of the Bachelor of Arts, President Patton, Professor Bliss Perry, and others. The dinner was thrown open to the undergraduates a number of whom were present.

The second concert by the Princeton University Symphony Orchestra will be given in Alexander Hall on next Thursday evening. This orchestra consists of forty members of Anton Seidl's Symphony Orchestra of New York. The soloists will be Mme. Schilling of the Walter Damrosch Opera Company, soprano, and Wilford Watters, baritone.

The Gun Club shoot for the cup offered by Forest and Stream, held on last Friday, was won by the Harvard team by the score, 102 to 96. If Princeton had won the shoot the cup would have come permanently into her possession as she had won the shoots of the preceding two years.

THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN.