New-York tribune., 1876-06-17
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
RUTGERS COLLEGE.

AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
frpov OCCASION, Al CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBusEl
Nrw-BRUyswICK, n. j., June 15.-Ihe
1O6th Commencement Of Rutgers College taxes llacc
next week In this city. The programme OF the exercises
ia rs follows Sunday evening, the baccalareate sermon
by President Campbell; Monday, examinations lor
admission and In tho evening Centennial concert oy
,he choral society; Tuesday meetings OF te ir"'lo'
and OF the alumni the latter to be addressed py e nov
John steele d. d. the alumni dinner and the meetings
OF the literary societies In their halls; at 4:3o inc a
dres before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of wic this Is
the centennial anniversary, by Cortann Furher VI
Eewark; and in the evening the Junior Exhibition,
which IL the fashionable OF the year IN this cy
ON Wednesday come the Commencement exercises
proper at the Opcrahouse, which are more interesting
than at most colleges because the oraons are mAde
very short and each il followed By good deal OF 'ic'
There will be a boatrace, also, between the ooiese
crew and the Rartan Club Of this city. The report i4t
lie College IS % send TO Saratogais untrue ana
this local contest will c the only display in boating that
Rutgers will give.
The commemorative year will probably not be COM
mcmoratcl with any striking event or ny ony large st'
There nave been few small gifts. such as new ana
large scientific barn. cOstinE several thouSiH" "'"iS'
for thc college farm which is part Of the apparatus so
to speak, agricultural section OF the coieso anu
gifts To the library OF several hundred dollars ny 7e'e
Drrsons among whom Is Robert H. Pruyn ol Ap'hJ'
There is too the Campbell Fund OF ~ 00O named aer
~, ~
professors This fund is but just under way, and 1t -
intended Ia bo composed Of small gifts by the alunii
II /, hoped that numerous subscriptions WIN he 1orth
coming for this purpose. The Rev DIR. lie feFfe' VINO
was last year appointed Commissioner by the trustees
TO raise money the college, will have no report 10
mako except that of the prevalence Of hard times Out
IL understood that another year will probably tel nap
uier sory and that gifts with which to build dormltores
will ne forthcoming. The students board about the
place. but late years strong movement to erect
dorntories has been started, and 1t is hoped that III
year or two 1t viii to Tuition There IL strong
sentiment among the alumni that the Collegiate Du'ch
Church of New-York corporation which ranks next III
wealth TO Trinity ought to dead very Ebeaily win thlS
the only Reformed Church college in America eXcept
small colcgo in Mclgau especially as it Is almost the
only feeder 10 the theological seminary OF the church.
also situated here.
Two important movements respecting the curriculum
nrc in progress. Already tie standard Of admission at
Rutgers averages IA high at any other college IN
America except Harvard, and the standard ~ lived up
to nearly as we'll Ihrre is sonnet mes little loo6ones'
about ndmittng pupils but those VINO cannot keep up
or, rlsorously though quietly dropped. This Il not
done i'm the way OF expulsion, or 40 that the stuueh VIII
be- d.,grar,d but hc quietly informed that he must 20
bark class or that his further Attendance VIII be WIN
ont proat m bis parents are told thai they had
better Withdraw him. AM so II happens ihat the weed
ipgout prucc-s h. !y deyrl"ncd ~ RUTGERS th'h
nj most colleges. and greater disparity III num-
b.rs between the rs when entering nnd when Erdd-
atir The only Of ri, - that as the process
Of dropping h secret u u sometimes Inferred tha
the college h unpopular with its undergraduates Not
With.jaudius this present efficiency the Faculty nave
appointed committee, consisting of frois' E'Hey'
AtI,rfpu and lockwood. 20 consider the subject ot
Standard with a yl"y possibly. 10 raise them sim
NJ cr and to work upon the preparatory schools To tAo
esd.
Tho other movement is the uor'ing of Profs Athor-
Ton Cooke E,.ry, Dooatlr, Casper, ami Lockwood t.
provide for post iduite courses A. present IN" Col
s. hns four slc partial course II two years Tor
thr st..r.!uc school, tho groundwork being thorough
Eu-.l course. with TrDncf. mathematics, aad political
r.pucc: tho full t.rrtiA. r0Irsr. which after These t"o
SrIt becomes elective one branch being chemistry, ,thc
other ,iur.ru,; the post-.r iI4c scientific course in
chemistry: auI tIr ordinary cl-s Ii course tn" new
post graduate cUurcs "i' a-c Ugw o 'r added WIi m
cu3s maiacna'i'- pure ANA applied comparative PI-
gul.cs modern languages, history gnl .iuc.u econ
ouy moral aud metaphysical -cstcc natural science.
ad lrl tD according 10 th' demand nn1 there D. to na
st.ruuol. rapst made 70 provide scholarships Tor IhN
cnlr. iu tar ultur, of u-z,, for proficiency du.ing
thr rr-.glnr course. This movement j. ~ Hh
sNcr O." real drilind uoh tar ,1.f-', anu anu j. ''.t
al a made "h any present 'is" 20 rl1'-ns ,ir .r"gt
cali, Ola, outside Work oi i, cur-r huilut ine ''Al
mly hc thus summed up: l'r Murray has completed u,,
ahsru,c by tr Board ui Trustee. as CoHinsrioler o.
Education in Japan; .Ii. uHFlu- ''sh huurtt h ti'
Io,.or. has t,nJcrcI bis r,iuatipu as Professor %
tH,luItc- Nii.I bA, been accepted: Dr. tlo"' WIN
crunomc work. uaDaly thc miuur survey of Tho clnv
regions 0i tH, cgIu'y .! dde'rAl Wi'i "e lainaHS.
mans of r ever known. This map ha, boon u,ri 81,
hts also c.turd Dr c'aso tine i've y,5r. aGI
increased ts appropriation ior bis survey OF o." state
i..i.w-r, brou occaltd Inucuoi the yrar Win The
ru.i siltr- Coast surrey. m ,ouiiD,u; the tlluEu-
ilpu t. state. Prof Atncrt'u', services nem-
bcr ot tn' Erd ,l9nd S,mHi''o1 are Atsaly "iiu
ano"u Pro-. E.ivy la- dry",ru Hl- Literary ""'r lbg
critical rvpp'ur" n manner uu"d 10 Poe ronI-''o OF
several elementary Latin eHl-u'ohs which were breed
h- ..rhr 100 th' Pf i"ilo' SCHOOLS %! i"' %
wu'. TO- EA.ch a,i cning,' have reason 10 hank aim.
Po lockwood and Van D' cK have delivered courses Of
illustrated ,cturr, on e"'h.hc SUBJECT, ior tie paNlt,
which h'yc been very excellent ant very successful.
Prof Cooke hh-, a usii dS l.lt ul h' NNitN'ut..
College work. gi,tl much alt uJn o the aay 6Iiul oi
soils aud frrzcr ami ~ hc Is assisted n tn. by the
students amt publishes the rcsts or MS "Apr.iuruis,
tIr college maintained i's p.arc as N.N Nali.Ir
authority farmer, WHO learning 10 usc scientific
Tie display Of hc cocgc at the Centennial Exhibition
f. intcTrrus' ihouSh not extensive; Ihrr J., p,9.
HrpI OF ln' old ihmr '"l"E" huid'hs H1'a w i''o
,tu standing IN thia city, nni used HS school, hlu
the HWH ." con- 't WIN u, Is WI ~ W w, M
ts clrs atOns, aud maps oi The college experimental
property n prepared ny the students There are also
photographs O the college Faculty OF 40, compuscd of
G,n Fclnsnuysep and Co" Taylor, aud oil paintings OF
hcsr worhics arc'o prvarutrd college 10y their
Ie.ceua,s on Tucsdny grare the chapel walls along
chart giving the numerical record ~ FacLlty
dents and graduates since 1870 There f. also an ner1-
ariun, containing 300 species, .hereu by Mr H. ~
Johnson graduating which Il spoken Of with
much admiration, BY those competent to express an
opinion, It's variety, beauty, and completeness Incie
Is also the compass used nv Washington III MS surveys IN
l7Is and the diploma conferred by Rutgers, ~ his grad
nltiou here In lT7G, upon Simeon DcNlIt, surveyor
| General II the United States, who may hr called the
father of the surveying system aud whose Descendants
ht 49, eJ ,, ;,,,,tct Ey prnf Y N Dyck ,ybici
Is claimed To have much permanent ana economic
power than those now employed The model, when IL
now exhibition Philadelphia IN the college colec-
U expected io run the six months OF the continuance
of The Fan without anybOuys touching or rcplrnlsitns
IT, This is remarkable invention which will be Of great