On Saturday, February 24 President Hadley made public for the first time before the Federation of Western Alumni Associations of Yale the vote of the corporation in regard to a new organization to be known as the Alumni Advisory Board. The underlying purpose is to meet the desire of graduates in different sections of the country for representation in the councils of the University--a desire which cannot be entirely satisfied through membership in the Yale Corporation.
Last Thursday evening Yale won from Columbia in basketball by a score of 17 to 15. A preliminary game was played between the Yale and Columbia freshman teams, in which Yale won with a score of 23 to 10. Yale was, however, defeated by Pennsylvania Friday evening by a score of 23 to 11.
The annual meeting of the University to elect officers of the Football Association was held last Wednesday and the following men were elected: president, Hugh S. Knox 1907; vice-president, Frank O. Bennett 1907; assistant manager, Joseph T. Foster 1908; secretary, Kennetn B. Welles 1908. Last Thursday F. H. Rockwell 1906 was appointed field coach for the ensuing football season. Rockwell has played quarterback on the university eleven for three years. He prepared at Exeter and Hotchkiss.
Roger Ellsworth Alling 1907 was elected captain of next year's hockey team. He played on the hockey team at Taft School and has been a member of the Yale freshman and university hockey team.
At the Fordham University games on Saturday, E. B. Parsons of Yale established a new record for the 600 yards dash of 1 minute, 14 seconds, which was 2 3-5 seconds better than the previous record
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