Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-13
University Notes.

1t is stated that radical change is to be
made in the requirements for admission To
Harvard College, which will consist in mar
rowing the field in classics and requiring
more in the department of the sciences, in
English and in modern languages 1t is
also stated that knowledge of French and
German will be required OF candidates for
admission.
Committees from the two well-known
Chi Psi fraternities, of the North and South
ED their sessions in Washington, recently
and agreed upon terms of consolidation.
Professor Young of Dartmouth has been
engage to deliver a series Of lectures before
the seniors of Williams College, next year.
Among the University crew of Amherst
College is NJ. A. GoOdnOw of Wilmington
Vt, whose weight is ll2 pounds. and
height 6 feet
The commencement address before the
theological society at Dartmouth will be de-
livered by Rev. DR.. Luther T. Townsend,
professor of ecclesiastical history in the
Boston theological seminary, and well
known as the author Of " CredO, God
man, etc.
Cornell University is adding new rich
ness to her opportunities by the erection of
Sage College, the corner stone Of which was
laid recently. This College has founda-
tiOn of a quarter Of million dollars, gwen
by Henry W Sage of Brooklyn, and will be
occupied exclusively by girls. 1t is built in
the quadrangular style of Oxford and Cam
bridge, will provide both dormitories and
leetnre-rooms. and is said to be gem of
architecture.
According to a statement made by DR..
Campbell, Rutgers College, with an endow
ment of $500 900, has barely enough income
from this and all other sources to pay its
salaries, and Is obliged every spring to raise
200 on its own bonds to cover this ao-
count alone. The president intends to ask
4 reduction Of 81 900 on his own salary
from the trustees.
The library Of the Cornell University
numbers 81 900 volumes, and, although less
than five years old, ranks a. fourth in size
among the college libraries in the United
States. A debt Of $50, 900 which has been
contracted by the University in finishing
its buildings, was extinguished rather sud
denly at the trustees meeting in Albany
the other day. Ezra Cornell, the founder,
contributed S7j 200. Trustees McGraw,
Sage and Sibley, and President White $50,
600 each, and the thing was done. In ad-
dition to this Hiram Sibley, Of Rochester,
has given $4,000 TO defray the cost of
buildings and machinery Of the College of
civil and mechanical engineering. Mr..
Cornell's gifts to the University now aggre-
gate S15O,0OO.
The semi-centennial Of Trinity College.
which occurs this year, viii not he celebrat
ed until 1877, when its new buildings will
be completed, in the midstofi its new grounds
Of seyenty-tiye acres.
The triennial catalogue of Dartmouth
College will hereafter be printed in English
instead of Latin, thus enabling graduates
Of three years standing to recognize their
own names. and the Greek Grafton al junior
exhibition will be abandoned.
President Angel of Michigan University,
will, this year, invite his Seniors to a lunch
on the afternoon of Glass Day, instead of to
an evening reception, as has heretofore
been the custom.