New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-15

mittee with power These are conservatives" 70 use
mild term, but there be but little doubt that the
sensible advice OF the Faculty will prevail. The great
topic OF the days discussions, however the adnl5
SION Of women 10 the COLLEGE, and, anticipated
an earnest aud decided difference OF Judgment Was
surroundings Of Amherst College enter into the CON
sideraton OF the subject and must eventually have con-
siderable weight In its decision apart from the abstract
principles upon which theorists willing to stake inc
ISSUE On one side Of Amherst. within an hours ride
tSOne OF the Trustees verify th) Is the nourshg
and firmly established Mount Hoyoke seminary,
thoroughly and literally educating young women while
IN the opposite dircctonand at almost he SINE uisln1o
is the College for women endowed by the legacy OF the
late Nil Sophia Smith Of Hatfield.
But the record of the Trustees meetings by no means
completes the chronicle OF the Ith i.-l' iNr'LoHe
aspiring young men passed the eNaLlu9loh lgf aHinis
sion 10 college, aud are erQhed a. he.tlr u tht C'
OF 1870 The usual rate Of Increase at the opcnng OF the
ddates also admitted 10 the Sophomore class, the
examinations I'm both cases being wrtenthe first time
the system has been attempted with applicants adj
mission TO Amherst. The College baseball uiue also
improved occasion 10 test their skill with an Out-Of
town club-the Mutials Of Springfed-aud vanquishcd
them by the handsome score oil "a TO T. The evening
given up to the concert by the Memberships and
attended one OF the most successful was that the
class OF 49, at the Amherst residence OF their valedic
tOriau, Mr.. Charles D. Adams of New York while to-
morrow evening those Of co. GG, and 'G9 will al be held
Springfield. Two classcs66 and t-hayc class cups
70 present with the ceremonies ana festivities customary
to such occasions.
Amherst was the first Of American Colleges to rccog-
nize the claims OF physical culture and give II honor
able ana prominent place in its curriculum Ten years
have elapsed since the department established and
President OF the College, assumed its control. lie has
ndue .Ae bdI!eJ =! MnI>Sm an eminent success .!
them from Amherst memories OF the name Of Hitchcock
as permanent aud pleasant as those OF the graduates OF
earlier days. The vital statistics" of the classes during
the last 10 years carefully taken term by term by Prof
hitchcock have been recently thoroughly coated ana
averaged, and from them valuable and suggestive
facts may be cleaned The average age OF the students
since 1861 has been 2s9 years their hight 500 feet and
weight, 1877 25l pounds. The average freshmen was
1889 years old and the senior 2292j Showing that the
later acceSsi0n the class advances in its course
lt4 oil Ia ffnTlT
increase steadily and pretty uniformly in hight weight,
and SIZE aud capacity OF chest a. they progress IN ther
college career though I'm the matter Of muscular strength
aud size OF tine bicep muscle, the juniors show marked
specimen brick" Of Amherst manufacture, is in physical
weight I40 iSI 9ound cbcsfiTfb Sc az inches linear
and chest capacity 256757 inches cubic The statistics OF
disabilities, made UP from tue daily scksts OF the Col
else the practical value and essential utility OF the de-
paTtmeut OF physical culture. With an average
College has been only Ole; the per Of the
lost by sick 0020 ana the per cent OF the course lost
by all college, the infinite sinai Oelo Ire dg'r e"i.
number OF students for the decade has been 2j, tnt
the whole number OF sick men 49, March records the
greatest number Of cases OF any single month and next
comes september Colds and pneumonia, caused ~
damp and chilly recitation rooms foul ana INV iOesohe
which college flesh is heir to- and lis OF these all
meuts being registered, while 81 are eli ry TO typhoid
moral" claimed % victims; location excess" two
while only cases returned as doubtful. Twenty
seven sluuchls were HJuIcu ou OF It - i'siaI anu
1G in il, showing the gymnasium, with all It's terrible
OnglutTY or danger ana distortion tht SAFEST pace Of
students. The statistics have been very faithfully and
accurately kept and their results will be invaluable 10
students OF social and physical science.
Prot Hitchcock, with the aid OF two three Cbserv-
class, has also Kept the last uNe
years interesting of statistics upon the use OF
tobacco students. The figures show that the
the subtle weed Is rapidly increasing in college,
and that many students acquire the habit with the rest
OF their academic education The class OF 1902 when
freshmen, had but nine members who used tobacco in
any FORM they became seniors the number had in
creased to 81 aud the present graduating class has re-
Cruitcd its smokers ana CheWeTs rom nine 10 32mOfe
than half its entire force The average per cent OF fresh
for the last tve years who have used tobacco, i
only 0O55. while of the seniors O232 per cent have
rendered their appetes The proportion of tho whole
College who use tobacco, is almost exactly one