New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-22


THESIS
,,pou srEcTN CORRESPONDENT or The TRIrUNEl
Nsw-BRuxswI~K, June 21.-Th.s is the
,.,.., dav Of the commencement week. II Is cAic0y
~, m 70 the examination ~ applicants for adm ssicn.
as,nose "a were examined on Saturday. 81 Of the
hing cradua,ce of the Grammar School OF Rutcers
cna,-an institution nearly hundred yea old. This
,,ol Is the chief feeder of the coll and ia under the
s,rc.ion ~ the Trustees Its Commencement was a
" crcditahle one orations being delivered in Latin.
corm,n and Japanese, well English. The class
,scs ia name from tho year o. graduation from college,
"a tbcrcforc was era uated the Class OF 20 There
two lpancse among the number. TODAY about 20
,,oo a,licants were evamiI "a but nvc have been
ird there left about 20 altogether This number
I'll doubtless be further increased al the Fal Opcnng
Tho most not. ceable feature Of the Commencement pro
ducs ~ has been the graduation exercises Of tn
SEMITIC School the relation OF which to the college and
che stste have already explained They consisted OF
,c rahg Of essays and were much above the average
:, former years showing doubt The advantage Of the
d1t,oual yoae that hls been alta he'd 10 the
Howard Y Buttcn Of THIS city read an essay Water
wheels" describing the uses and comparative efficiency Of
a., ovcrhot The uniershot and The breast wheels the
,ea-tion whe, and the European aud American tur-
mines; and ut the same time exhibiting admirable draw
,ng o. each In fact drawing has become chief fea
tre Of The training OF the Scientific school, Prof Has
hronck the teacher Ia wing spent considerable time in
rrrcrc pursuing the study. Arthur l. Ellsworth OF
p,ndcld explained tie structure al the bridge known
As the paabIic truss, for the application Of which he
cave credit 10 the hate 7. A. Roebiing Prank
y.n WICK Of Poughkecpsie, y. y, described
.be Hudson watrworks. Peter A. Montfort Of Brooklyn
discussed the mIkus AZ different kinds ~ pavcmcu's
cnorl,.- l. d Wtshhurne Of Jersey City described in
very interesting manner. with and pencil the morse
ears elevator Of the North Hudson Car Company on
Ber-en Hi. Robert A. Meeker Of Plaindeld discussed
siaercuf kinds Of water and its impurities O,her
nv U.n~ n of IN
aApine ana anlline cOlors :" hy Warl Of Md son
mn the "Averll Chemical Paint" and nv @. V.
Co-telvon Of this city Sugar" The thes which at
tr.ted The most attention. however, was that a. J.
Hattori ol japan in English lie took tor his sub 81 the
Japluese metai'urgy OF iron. copper. and silver, and
treated it in very ntereStin mtnner, Illustrating II by
the exhibition o. Japanese sword and box ~ Japancs'
trnkc.s an articles Of these metals. NJ II lttUri is
y5nn lpauc~e who learned lttlc EI<,sh Ms native
land aud was five years - Rut2erS College by
his Government 10 he educated and 10 observe Western
customs laws. and modes OF instruction. Last ycor. ~
common with all the japanese similarly sent ont to En-
gland. Germany. and this country. he was recalled 'I
he w so interested in his studies that he wrote 10 his
Government Tor permission 10 remain ~ his own OK
rensc ana is was accorded In Jnly viii return. hui
hopes 10 como back 70 take postgraduate chcTnica
efarse Rutgers certainly he expects Ia visit AmcrT
again lie all the Japanese who are in this coIntr5
arr now staying their individual EXPENSE and that th
recall proceeded from some internal political cau~'s II
dos NOT imagine this win continue. although there Is
good college now az Yedo. in charge Of Prof Murray o.
Rntge.s and Of profs. Clark AMI wtctof two grad
uaies OF The COLLEGE but thinks that set Of student
vii bc sent ont by his Government.
In tlr course OF his essay Mr. IIa'.or said: The iron
ORES are very abundant In the Japcucs' Islands t.
chief ores of japanese iron nlust,y magnetic iron
orr specular iron ore. and brown henae. The first Is
found ia varieties. of iron croy color ant thu
other black sses OF this ore IN the state OF maeueti'
polarity generally called lOdestones. ere found IN IN
eastern rart Of Nippon. scndai. and Nannu They are
very highly esteemed for the STEEL manufacture for
swords and compass needles Japnesc furnaces az
small size and simple IN structure although the prime
pe is the Same as that % the hastfr used hosc AMI
IN Europe The walls Of the Japano e furIlco q 'n
with f,-proof day ami sometimes With few sfon's
The shape ~ the furnace IS round at tie bottom
having at one side opening which is closed VIII
q clay stopper On the opposite side OF the furnace
wall little above the bottom. there two opening
through which continuous stream Of ir J, passed int
the furnace by means ~ Ch'ucse bellows worked h
men Hctore tIe oles are t"d t'" tig zee rev,
piled uD IN heaps with coal ara ci"'iH'l OF rN tru. -
that Tie water. carhOnic ACID and su hur may he eN
PEELED The japanese do DOT know the theory OF T.
Iu idng noccSs used n the Western rcs. lt t'
principle is eXactiv tn SINE TIE ct.t iIoh lnlNh vii
soIn- sand and son" iron scales Is MELT WIN chir
heat I'm IL furnace similar 20 that already dScr ed an
kept u this melted st~ for several day until th' Wloi
Of steel Inai j. entirely different from those usual
employed in Western countries. J. Is done ~ "'
which cen aims too great ouanfityo If carbon viii
certain quantity Of har-rtn which hrs too nttc cton
and tie ~ ith hor1X an sfntlt IN = SINAI
erucihle OF nTp-lirOof clay for more tIau week ! "
bor,v l. uspd to dissolve many impurities in ia" Stag
When the metal IL ptratcf ron The slog Hotlhs ~
The surface II is taken ont and hammer hard ana a
terafely cooled n water and oil for many times Ai.e
ihc s. has been east m that method u i cecnt'daho
temlere1 The method ~ CencTin- CONSISTS III O. yer
tnV flickiy the hammered steel WIFI nlUd mixture"
cay loan. .snes. and charcoal powder. Wen I'M.
lave' dried the whole i heat red hot AMI the cooled
very water. The steel T. now Tlnil'
on a whetstonp The steel thus made il not very
elastic hard. Tie explanation If thai cth"i
III Jaancse do not understand the Temp rins rr r-s
o. thew are unable To remove entirely ~" mp rrs
from have often heard Jalai'7c bihclS ii'I
say that wateh-spri0cs can never be- made III Ja.,n
for IanaueS- steel not elastic Inc JAPAN - Iih'
great care and time in steel manufacture Tor tWUi'lS
For instance, for ordinary knives GiiG an cooIu arc
H. M ne only four tiues, but for swords hieen ttie
q. 1.r l. ana VIII h. the MOST inn Ouant W'at o.
Jauau 4 IL found almost every province F't r" r.
iu they haye a icaUy furnace covered With -bcc pro
yded urar tie bottom with several opeAln-h i9f lht
draf TIE air Five alternate layers OF ore ana WOO"
ar, Dfpea1 IN the furnace and burned
Tie Japafpse have nearly AL been very biight cFd
headed students with "a tendency TO oyerworK llclu
seyeS and this student Is axe tue rect le" 3t"I ~
yong IaIau Sc who learned the English LANGUAGE ana
his VA rs studies the same time ana TOOK lt nIr
psio in biz class and then took up lAtin ana OtheI
suGi.>. ran into consumption, died lew DAY belOit
graduation day. and now HtS DUN "a III 'nt "''sl ~
trrv under tail -sa OF marble, with japanese mscrl-
bWls. , IT,, .
Tonight the Choral Society are giving eoinplilne9'aI!
honor % Commencement tu the Vi tii II i>
choral members number about 10. and are eAoeient'
trained by their drcC.Or d.. g d. aTtIdAIt o ue C"n
scryatory % Music.
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