, 1880-04-21
PROF.. M'COSIl.


soc{aston Of tho Nurtliwcst Ind tho pleasure
Of welcoming James McCosh, 1'rincotoil's
yonorabIe aud esteemed President, at re-
ccptIon given him At tho Trenlont 1louse.'
Tho wish then 80 generally expressed tl.nt
that reception might mt he The Inst of lls
Kind WINS realized last evening when tito pNr-
lors and n,nin d!nIng-ro0m Of tho Trctiont
wcro again throwf, open To tho Alumni Of
princeton and their invited friends who
,norc thnn repealed tho welcome Of three
years ago. President McCosh arrived
In tho city yesterday, md Is
stopplng during Ills brief stay here with Mr..
and Mrs. Cyrus II. Mccormick Mt their resf~
dence on tho North Side. lie has nlrcady
visited the Princeton alumni at Cincinnati
and ST. Louis, tho alumn! Of tho Inter city
having given him II notable reception Inst
Friday night, at which Judge Bscckinrit'go
presided. Ills present visit to the West wus
an'stnHs tS 'un q IA to 81 aes eies q liz %
terior,-C!lcago, Cinelnnnti, md u; LorIs,-
and the l'rlnceton COLLEGE Alumni A;socla-
the affair wns intr,!sied % Mr, Clinton &.
Clarke, President .0f the Association; Mr..
Walter Butler, It's Secretary; md 4tr.
Henry I; Sheldon, Chairman of tlle Ex-
ee, esete, perfof!"ed teis M9 daies I'll With charac-
teristic iidciiiy and resulting success,
A large nnmbgr Of Invitations was lss,letI, to
nearly 81! 1f whie! tllere we're personal ~
were simply but neatly DECORATED With floral
mantel ornaments, md festGons Of s,nilax
pendant from the britlinntly-llglitcd chande-
Her, e gsss ,yIt n n.Tly,ing st[n,g N ahG a
met hy the uahers. Messrs Junes y. Wnller,
Jr., Thomas B. JONES, Theodore Sheldon, ).
Il; Kerloot, Jr,, and U. i. Mccormick, ;;5r.,
who escorted them Into ne main Hl,i-
tho recipient Of tho evenings attentions. Tho
reception nccupietl about two hours, aud lis
features were entirely of tho soclnl char-
acter There was no sneech-1rnafia'nE ~ iaE aat wtat-
OF, President McCosh had prepared q writ.
ten statement Of the present condltlos' or
Princeton, In response to 2 rc1tlest from the
M 3anablo asas saGsf 81 s se eeaso ofh SsWspapers
pressed VIII, Tint il go forth to the alumni
and tho pult'c IN TINT way, Instead OF
The statement referred 70, Which WIS not
read but reserved for tho contc,nplAtfye
minds Of tho alumni MS they pause over their
coffee and rolls thls morning, Wss rs follows:
CONDITION OF THE coLLEagI
Il am hnppy to comply With your request to
Which yo,, wili SEQ e a very hcalthy one. [
GV oa very = os aier IL Tic coso o's f hc WIZ wea
the College, was ready 10 take i. now starr. Our
friends gtthcretl nro,tnd rs 4, thc most doyo3ed M
Ard vo heye IA, 9,,t th!s money Ias!o',sIy.
and, mny ndl, Of hor students, has beotl
doubled. Tho cliecs. about o. twoilty y number.
nre as l4o ~ my erected ~ this country oi nto
othere,, wo have upwards Of thirty Instructors,
81 t.n oa s Hoa cscars aye s 5
appnratls and COLLECTIONS In our Museums, and
tas qs s SnXn N9Fth st opk III Il e Fes9 ysas
ahips aiid yIilublc prizes for tho cr.cournHe-
mcut 81 hiEhcr leArnlng and a. rcsenrcl,: ~, Wo
Siurn. scicncc. and phifosophy.' ,h' Va Insist on
a tho stulonts having cn1Mpaient knom,!t,Iao
a1 5 nsn,l seieee y We atts
Erent ilnpnrtnnco tnElsRlIsh md TO compos!tion.
a nayS three IN Tasrn aG1 E;, IT.,
nav scionccs aud ,nro tcnchlng then! largely l,y
rcqMtrng the students to eisnEo u lnlI0rhtory
prevailing n.lieriaiiz,n uf tho t!ay tIcro ar1
thrco Of Us teachng tho various branches Of
RhGsoPy PG xol Il to e2ssf; ~ f 70 saE s
every day. a tho 1ltier elas;cs ,so allow tho
10 sut hts tastes md destination III life. and tho
rGrSs1"r rnr %s s1oy 9T MA nss, srans e
bviieye 81! vi! ,c pleased d learn TINT tho
members Of tho Fiiculty witch over tho morals
OF tho students, mud WI hnye really vcry little
v!co atnoag ttt. VIC hare siaa tho cdtlrtigo to
pitt down .hazlnE, secrnt societies, and othes
evils which stlll reg,aln n n,nny cnl'egcs: A.
W. executed ni.r netr,rhaalt2n e." years
ngn aoe m tn Mas in,rsst as nf nnar We r
gpy u t9p @ sYo :" s,,'rtc1 M VIZ yrn
boay 81 Students, and the efis being nov r,,t"d
out, wc have nt this moment porfout pcnco md
,,l.buliovo our numni wish US to contlnue.a re-
!igioHs cnllcge nnd ru Of US glve Instruction in
% ino Wnr. OF und to every y.H,ig 1nnn p,nGeI s;s,
nnv t,t ,t,, , MfTv r. W. a.
Tho Tresnnt titnn thcre ,sen rcao,is inter. ~
al, with rraysr. pcryndinr moro tbn,i ono"hnlf
81 Tho wtplo eolrsc. ~
II may ntid that VIC nro laboring tn kcop down
tho expenditure Of tho students, and havo 'natlo
arrlngenlcnts Whereby deserving ana str!'fElnE
s,aacnts @ my livo hcro At &c @ Low @ sstc a. xSD
nn: md a s1a[ shn. hacSs M W. nHso e ~ o3@,,- @
eVo nav NV bo cInminaa thcrc ma tSu. - snvo, @ tho
Trouble aud exnc,so Of eo;,,iMn to rrIncoton, INV
eT1v ~ r"r =, coS.s, o1 ,.s,ov
ar TIE .; euscl:os'oN NO.,
VI tho Two Ho,tis ttef0tl1li 10 tno pcnsn,t cX
51ssg1 III u Ie,owme @ n
nnu forming MeM0ncs, lroi. AlcGos!l retirGa 70
H. seeni{2fary Mn0tn4-fiacc e or tiie Noftn 5tdn-
1io wy leave the city this morning for Frank.
r. ~