New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-28
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NOTES.


THE EDITORIAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WHO GO
ABEoAD-THE wOoDFoRD ORATIoN-A MOZART
CJUg-JUNIoR EXHIDITION-THE CORNELL CREW
LECTURES, ETC.
ITHACA, n. Y, April 26.-The Spring term
has opened, and cnce the university machnerys
IN motion. President White il IN Naples, where his
health rapidly improving. During his absence Vice.
President Russell assumes the executive Office Of the
university.
The Era election is not yet concluded So far. 70
has elected Arthur c. Wakely and Arthur II. Reeves.
Seward A. Simons and Edmund A. Mofnatt elected
from 10. It remains with the Junior and SOphmore
classes to complete the list Of three and four editors
spectvey.
Cornell has decided not to participate in the Summer
regatta OF the National Rowing Association on Green
wood Lake. The withdrawal is made for two reasons:
The change from sixoared TO race has been
opposed in vain by the navy directors certain grounds
which need not be specified here and because Green
wood Lake has selected the place of the regatta
Cornell has quarters NJ saratoga ana cnange, %4lnd
cause the students great expense. The accommodations
the,c for visitors are very mcaser-tntreY Inadequate
for the large uumler OF visitors that u} colsIt-1e
Mt u,gattas The undergraduates cordially favor TINS
decision the drecOis and there Is no pfoD1oS Iae
ii will ID. altered.
The number Of departures OF Cornell graduates for for
eien universities IS greater every year. The majority 20
10 the German universities and some to Oxford or Paris
Many absent four years Three years az, scent IN
scholastic pursuits ana the last wear III etIg' Nol
mel
Lclpsic, Heidelberg, Halle. Berlin, Brussels ana vienna"
Prof Hiram Corsou ono of the yicepr sients OF the
London Shakespeare Society, will read paper on the
Vcisiticaiion OF Shakespeare at an early meeting %
the society. He leaves for London about the middle Vi
May.
About two years the Mozart Club was insututedn
the university by profs Fueltes and ShHeier AMI dc
voted exclusively to he rendering OF classical music
The list OF members includes about 30 professors hhi
students besides number oy Indies aud gentlemen from
fin tpNy he ID "A 81
stiic and only the best talent thGt ne oOtae1s
admitted Last year several private rehcaraal~ were
given at the parOrS o. Sage 0ho Fcmlle College bus
This year Library Hail has been used for nuhoef VI
concerts.
sage Chapel pulpit las; Sunday was occupied by tho
Rev waylana Hoyt of Brooklyn The Rev. James Free
man Clarke will deliver the baccaurcate sermon be-
fore the Senior Class. Sunday, June II. Bayar IayOr
before the university In Stay ON " ify Gra,
Language and Literature Tnc lectures VIII pt deEeloh
In Library al. Col T. w. HiSg,nson VIII he the piinni-
pll orator in Common emcnt-weok Inc fH ptoBiahho
OF exercises has not been prepared
The orators for the NoO1flrd oratorical prize have
been selected together with their subjects; C. ;.
Cobb, tho Moslan in Edrope;' H. W. Foster Tho
Moral Type Constituting the Ideal OF Different Ages
G. W. G!lIet The Speeches OF Brutus and Marx Antony
in ShakCs peare' W. l.. Lucas. The Sun Never SstS
G. b. Mandcyille, 1.-THE Spee hes OF BrutuS aud Marx
Antony in shakespeare; J. e. H. Stc' anSoG, tee ott-
control of the American People the NOoiioru pE,.
an annual gold medal valued at 500 was founder ny
by the Hon. Stewart L. WoJdfor to be given to he St
dent VINO shall pronounce III the D manner ~, P'ss
written English Grafton. The competition taxes pNeo
next week.
The Glass of 20 have decided TO hold junior cxhiDr
ton ON April ~ The exercises will consist OF three ora
tons three essays. poeu and history anu philosophy
Oi the class
TIE ACuatic Summer School OF Natural History will
start from Cleveland Dttro July 7. and the party
will proceed. via Lake Huron and ~. Marys River, 10
White Fish Bay. where several hours will be given TO
fishing aud dredging. one or more days Will be spent ~
the Pictured Rocks. Th2 copper region OF the Kewee
nav peninsula will next be visited aud considerable ne
given observation in tine Portage Lake district From
Ashland Wis, trip by rail will b. made 10 the Pcnoke
Iron Riugr. This win require tie greater part OF on;
day. After visiting Apostle Islands the southern
shore OF Lake Srpc 21r VIII bh followed 10 Dta;h.
from which the falls of the st. Louis River NAY bo
reached Ivy lail Beyond Dnuth the cOursa lies a0ir;
the north shore siOppaScs being made at Isle Enya.r
Silver Islct. Fort Williams, Necpgon Bay aad othcc
places 81 interest Prof IheodOc u. Con'SOck IS re-
s.onsible Tor the genera mana genen OF Toe exp
lie viii also instruct In geology. Byron liaetei OI
tue Busscy institute, Harvard University. will oOedie'
the work In botany. Fred L. Ives OF the COrucl Cnyef
sity Ph0O raphc laboratory has been ga rs paoo
rapher. There will also be an efficient corpS o collect
lug specialists. Ie expedition foe is Sl2j. AMI covers
| all charges FOR passage.