New-York tribune., 1876-06-27
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.

. ypAy,s ppoGRFsS-1IfH FACUiTY-CLAss STATS
TICs-GIFTs To THE CoLITGF--Dr COZ EMAS
IFRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT of rhL IlIbuNE
EAsTON, Penn. June 25.-LalayCttc Is con
stauty improving. The lawns, walks ad campus ~" III
finer condition than ever aud are ciroully tended.
During the y.ar observatory has been rpaued hnd
renared Phvsical Hall has beer tcmrdeied Internally.
and is now Il, re where tEc Juniors
uuder Prof Moore, study Physics and Mechanics 1 c
old road M College Iiili has been Transformed iuto
wide thorou ghale, which mafrs the ASCENT coiihh-
lively easy There have been inportant "ha sos in
be admin NtIatiun policy of the college during the
past year. The only feature in the curriculum IL
the int ohuction Of LATIN scicnIlc conIsr. The
degree Bachelor of PoilosopAv IL conceo upon t"7e
who study Latin this aud the degree oi Bicle
10 Of Science upn who study tie mudei anunges
r,. foundation of the Law School undoubtedly marks
new epoch in history OF tie college The department
: in aorrishing condition and Is ably managed by
corps Of five professors During the three new 40
cei es have becu successfully set IN operation; The Nat
ura History Spcioty. Prot Porter. President; the Cc
icaI society Prof Drown, President; llr society oi
Physics and Engineering, Prot M"oe' President Inc
frst by It's committees On the different departments oi
natural science gathering valuable COLLECTION ana
Illustrating tine physical features Of the district adJiceh
u EaSt0n.
The number Of students is increasing. There are 335
students on the college rols; are ~ ideni graduates
70 seuiors so juniors. SO s"phomores. 30 fr shinen
LAFAYETTE graduates his NJ largest rlnss ENeh o
them are civil engineers, mining engineers IL lave IN
view theology l6 law medicine, and The rest viii teach
ar m ipto business he. The following the ella sta
tisics: -
odcs, man. 80 years months II days yolnres man is
years mIR,'; . ,an a lea nc6 81 rios Ga1 irc, 81
inrIss 6veraee hight iect inches htay'esl man. -
D pmn' cGuccs ~ fA'oro nairinony' l6 nna "r1
bic iudIno. eDt
prnf Bloonbergh on accouut of III health. forced
O., ~ M, Lis dunes for the present term. lie las lately
arrived In Germany. and reports himself as nnch IT,"
uroyed The violent pans IN his he'd nave icii hh' anu
his nervous system has become much sir"nsof. Dr.
c,,p was one Of the delegates 20 the Medical Associa
,,or In convention at Philadelphia short time
apo Prof March Ircturcs before The Centennial
National Institute which opens at Philadelphia
ou Aug g. Prof Meiss will take cha. e
of n school at Pottstown. Penn, next year
The officials Of the City Of Lancaster have appointed ID
Porter 10 prepare nistiy o ,n"' Vii, IL In,,rc %
nm dir.ss on iih of July III thdt place, ,nb"d, ing
''s s'npiee set of mon. copper, nickel and lead
AMI OF IRON steel. sig, ana ~ 11s ma rom th' III ~
.F,ivei fIoin swed H. The Department Il N NJ has
e,yJ n ,arls col,eciion made nT Z. W sncarr Potts
viIlr Messis DIoOnf If Wilmington, DEL. have pre-
tnre 1t elInloWdcr Be- iauiu DOUGLASS oi f'W-loG L
has provided ior an increase Of the library ~ srS,"
Dc, artiurut and rl 900 have been expended Ibo
heir. Of G. L. Ward oI IOwaud Penn, nave duflpe lhr
last ear presented t. the college hI' h,Iy oi 1000
xouurs A fund ipsdiuied Nv Ihe raSs 1 II I"r
the yearly pur OF tiIe new issues OF e"iy EhoiSh
texts. a.. ~ - -. -.
IIs Dr Coeman's intention after this year 20 retire
FIR I the regular appointed dulles OF College T. of r.
He wili however continue bis insificl4 ~ Hebrew
and urohaby iake two of tue smaller diNsobs ~
German OF Latin He II the oldest Proit sror cigage' III
.t,, serVire ben IeIOy, he rcnarhe0, Ia receive
Is niog naran degree. HIS life has been one of uun
suai activity. 30 years Layng been fP 10 iracilhe
A.,on ms unps are Dr. william Adams, DIR. Bu5nel
,,t Hartford and ID. Leonard Bacon Oi NV iIdvcn .
Boating nj Lafayette Is on tue decline Tue h,se bail
nine made very successful tour not log ago crossing
hats with the best co rge mes IN the cnntry Tuesday
they play return game win Brown. and on Thursday
with Harvard