NEW HAVEN, March 16.The charter for the establishment of the Yale chapter of Sigma Xi in the Sheffield Scientific School has been received and formally accepted. The names of the charter members have been announced and at a meeting held on Friday the following officers were elected to hold office until permanent ones are chosen in the spring: President, L. V. Pierson '82 S.; vice-president, E. H. Lockwood '88 S.; recording secretary, W. T. H. Howe '93 S; corresponding secretary, Professor H. S. Williams '68 S.; treasurer, H. A. Bumstead '94 S. It has been decided to allow men in the academic department attaining in scientific studies the required high stand, to be eligible for the society.

The usual March meeting of the Corporation was held here on Thursday. Several changes were made in the Faculty; among them Professor Edward G. Bourne '83 was elected to a new professorship of History in the academic department, and the University chair of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology, made vacant by the death of Professor Whitney in June last, was filled by the appointment of Professor Edward W. Hopkins, now at Bryn Mawr.

The first of the preliminary debates in competition for the Thacher prize, resulted in the choice of Hiram Bingham, Jr., '98, as one of the speakers to contest in the final debate. The three remaining preliminary contests will be held during the coming week.

An innovation appeared on the front page of Wednesday's News, which was filled with a number of letters from prominent graduates of Yale written in answer to the question "What is Yale's greatest need." The prevailing sentiment in them all seemed to be that the greatest need is an increased fund for general university purposes. One letter says that if Yale is to become primarily strong the Corporation must be re-organized since the business interests of the University should be attended to by business men and not by clergymen. The News says editorially in summing everything up, "We need, most of all, a large permanent endowment. With this assured, all other educational wants would be rapidly supplied."

The University Club pool tournament was won by R. A. Hamlin '95 S., who defeated W. S. Brewster '95, in the finals. The play for the consolation and second prizes is still going on.

The university crew has rowed on the harbor every day this week with the exception of Monday and Friday. A new barge has been tried, one much lighter than has been used before. The question as to who shall stroke the crew remains as unsettled as ever, Armstrong and Miller still alternating at the position.

The nine has been practicing at the field almost every day during the week. No reduction has recently been made in the number of candidates.

Much disappointment is felt at the decision of the Faculty to forbid the freshman baseball nine to play any games with college teams. While the action was probably not too severe, it will undoubtedly have a bad effect on Yale's baseball chances in the next few years. The team will continue work as usual, to contest in the class championship. C. R. Bemet '97 S, has been appointed temporary captain.

Rev. Henry Herrick '22, Yale's oldest graduate, died on Wednesday last. He was 92 years old.

THE YALE NEWS.