New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-20
COMING INCIDENTS AT HARVARD.
AvTIcIPATloNs OF THE Tw) HUNDRED AND
FlFTIETn ANNIVERsAEY.

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
CAMBRIDGE. Sept. 19.-Ihe fall term of Hlr-
vari College Dcsil september 3d. AMI II - prob
able hai viii be one OF the most notable IN all the
history Of she college. For 1t Will be marked by the
hundred aud neth celebration OF the founin- OF
the college it viii be the first year under the revolu-
tiOnary religious system that has now been adopted,
and there Will be- a radically new system in MARKING
which itself would mark historical period In the
college me- The plan for the great two hundred and
ftirtn anniversary fesvI! has been noticed IN these
columns At leu-th bat some new features have been
recently proposed. only Will James sselI Lowell
de tie Grafton, but the alumni Will again have
tn- Keen pleasure Of hearing OF Dr.. Holiness fec'
festival poems on -un lay, November - the rear
annIvers Try celebration will be held. Visitors from tue
four quarters OF the CLONE Will make the-day brilliant
and many OF the most disungu shed OF them Will par
tcpate IN The ceremonies OF the day More than this,
the classes VINO have members yet remaining at the
university Will hold dinners. VIII the ssnet ana o.
X societies. The about Cambridge Is even now fuII
OF the thought o; this celebration and the cipatons
of the students never were 50 keen.
Before tnis cerDra begins however 1t IS probable
that keen critic. Will have doom OF Harvard, or
Will have prophcsied unexampled glores Tor
her For, by the time that the celebration
begins the new religious system will have been hastily
coud-mne or commented by majority ~ observers
Wiser critics. however Will wait. not Simply one year
years nefOre they condemn or approve Inc
Plnmmer professor f. q. PeabO ~, o. j. young
,rnest worker well krown In the college, while OF the
i've assistant preachers Doctors Brooks and Haze are
always great fivorite- with the student% But the
frrn Of the university VIII not dare To feel any GER
tanty As 10 until tune has proved the ian 10
be a good ii,
me last experiment. the new marking system, VII.
please the whole body ~ upper clasmrn Tor they Wen
know appreciate the change. ih- ch..'So -
rom the per cent che group -yStem AMI the
change will be- appreciated by many p1or student,
TRYING for "A schO.arsnlp who mas found That ahother
with much better prcnniary resources mas gi,neI
til coveted prize because he led By perhaps nall OF
quarter per cent. 49, 80,
lee will next lts ~ prosperous year ne
snccrss nj candidates ned At CamDrdge ~ Juhe
were l5G Eg1tv admitted IL other exam az on
stations. Thus far them 236 nave been AL nl',rl
In the fa!l ordinations too. hity or MY -nVe
are usually admitted and thus the numprr
admitted VIII rise above 900 IN All prom
ability. OF these. probably tn or fifteen Will iaiI 10
come Harvard The freshman class then VIII prom
about 27j, although 1t may possibly De no
Iarger than usual
The fall term will unusual Interest 20 Har-
ward students bee they agaln put ont loot
ball team Yale aud Princeton, ami II Il III alter
OF mere conjecture well sucn team Will play ne
ginning all again after a year OF iilenes- me
captain Of tile IL Walter A. Brooks. =. sturdy
nlaver. but OF unknown efficiency a. a organizer.