New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-26
HlErARD C0LLEGE AFE4IP1.

80 CLASS DAY TUIs YEAR-rRoF sEELyE AND TnE
ELECTIVE sYsrfM-fHY-ICAL SCIENCE
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, May 2l.-prof. Scclycs
opinion that te elective sy-t,uof stud at Harvard N
nor uorliug we'll meet. with uo favor or confirmation
here Tie assertion that the scholarship OF graduate Us
inferior % what DO used 10 D.. must have been mad n
some special sense not generally understood hereah''
The facts point o. contrary c'no~on Before lHc II-
itirn of tl, rar system tho average age ~ enter
nrcoree %. 3D. and degree could bee had 5y ail who
Obtained au avcrag. OF 33 per cent In their mark.n's
VOW. tgc average o. age is t. and no one
receives a degree unless he makes 80 per cent
l his studies. The further degree OF :. u.
Is now given only after postgraduate course or t""
wears. whereas formerly amy graduate could assume ihr
A. ~ aftcra year. on payment OF - Co tine librarian 81
~ t,,4 that the ,hrl- choose as many "soft econvc-'
cas- they can, but the majority OF students are NOT -r
and the a.tcrdo not rctard to general upward course '
scholarship bu are simply eir behind hy IT, some OF te
professors win tell Won that certain other branches are
prrsscd hv smaller number n students under the Doe"
than under thc old system. But t is found that those
WHO Do select these branches 200 much further I'D them
Tia II DC was possible 90 90 before Oh" day OF electives
The senior Class at Harvard THIS year viii be d.s
tiusu,lcd rs the first class that dispcr,es with Class
pa since the origin ~ that institution. THIS rot dine
to ec,cotr.cty hut IS the result ~ hostility between
fbe TASTY Pudding Club and ta ri Eta society, i.h
has been maturing for oLycars ocmor' These clubs rep
resent the two elements Of moueycd arstocracy and
republican simplicity which Gre continually m'ruHE &c
Harvard without ever c0lle-riI- The Hasty Pudding
ifs fte .pecaI exponent ot thc rtrrlu party, and a-
% -.,.r,.I ll. larger share of Glass Dly oli,ts
,.i han. p. Their claim I'D these This year EtIs
.rin, bat tL-, we've defeated u tur election Upon
mis- they refused FEB take part BOO " usual exercise u
- ',' t 80, I, T..-,. ,s az f,..r .le.t,. ma
.r. r. MS ioaud .lat OBJ. only way O., preserve Jar
present instance. The o. ,an iiul' o hc hi i' i.a-
CONNECT q, ID probably srDn in laorr odcatr tone iu
CONNIE yrars the Class ot - Aa- been 80 some ways
I..il. 5 energetic. They nav. won are. proportion
al f.u men to ule tiyrf-.,. base HI unr Ini ul-
iorry of Oh, too,-bU II. What i- rore remarkable is
y,f several members obi tire class have been pg.ty
lively connected aIth tne daily press OK Boston during
their COLLEGE ufe.
Assistant Prof. John Troybrdga Of the Harvard
Phr.ical Laboratory has recently reached some valuable
conclusions as To- vortex rings 10 liquids lie BIAS just
un,,i-led these do The AWtlc0H JoVrHo ~ Arfs dpd
Nliepees with 70 mathematical demonstration. H.
proves tut drOp "a water Oh ''iiAh- Dolly OF "d'tr
with moderate .t'"c.p ui', "1''ii-o ,' ...5 s'
Prof TruWbrlcs experiments dII proof are NcNt ana
directly ou int con- iit'h "l ''t iL ''iD' 5'l..
man bi- buel p,'tu. ou tiD " tf.oi rj "i AruIDr5,'
p5.pifr srieacr ToHtiy DO 90 Le traces tue ln., of
least r,l-rauc feb IDEAS 5000 shows ulc -c)uclc figures
Vii Cd co.I,s poud to tle op'r'uon7 of memory.
Til. recalls one of the huu0r, oi The college cato
,o.ue A course n Herbert speuc.I's pscAycoogy has
been tII lately placed under tne head Of namm. his
tory" th. classification being defended by the assertion
that Herbert Spaucer's thinking was not worthy tlc
name, ,l ul 1suiuy. Prof Bowen. Who supported This
view lately made q good remark couc ru.L- Use E.y.
J.,eph Cook. the Boston Monday Lecturer. lf li.
COOK is cracked said ice, aIu,u. to hostile criticisms
" t. must admit that crack lets n a great deal OF
light"
The addition TO Gore Han the college library. is ex
pected % Dee finished 10 August. The interior b. mainly
filed witn a huge honey-comb Of perforated rou 900
which the book-shcyes 60 Doe placed. somewhat as
in the British Museum. This extension D. tu cost De-
tween $4,000 aud 100000. 10 .s expected 90 huId
o. 600 volumes; but ll.e library has -aln $4,000
OF 10000 volumes since 1850, This wing can l.'lI VAT
more than one generation along before another annex
shall be- needed.