New-York tribune., 1886-02-01
PROGRESS Ar PRINCETON.

THE UNIVERSITY SCHEME-A NEW RANKING system
-.THLErCs-IHE PRINCETON REVIEW.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUNE
PRINCETON, y. j., Jan. 3O.--The progress ut
Princeton College is nowhere moro marKei thAn Ia
President McCoshs new University scheme. This is
practical working OF the plan described by him III MS
address last summer at Woodstock, on what true
American University should nc. Money, OF course Il
needed to perfect the scheme but 1t Is believed tht
liberal friends OF education will bo found to sustain H.
when the programme Is fully understood
The new catalogue Just issued, shows tln the material
work enlargement aud expansion OF courses ot stuHA
and the more thorough organization OF the various
departments has been vigorously pushed for"Grd Ihe
division Of tho Faculty into the thrc schools o fh'oS'
phy Literature an Science has been brought 70 greater
state of perfection even than before The graduate
courses are now in number the new ones adi"d
tins year being Greek sculpture, Higher Geometry ana
D,nereutal Equations with promise OF several more
next year, including in the History OF English
Ethics an English course in Dramatic and one III com
paratigo Literature. SMscrit and Roman Law are
about to he added separate COURSES Princeton Is Sad
to be the only one OF the three oldest Universities IN
whose curriculum t1e Bible has place. Apart from re-
lsious why should not this ancient classic be
thus recognized
Tne new ranking systcm, by which the students are
classified in several grOdps according to relative scholar
ship now superccdes tn old grading Ian. IN AL form "i
the Academic classes Tho ncRly reEsed c0rFlci'uh %
studies takes effect this year
PerDaps the best sign neath in Princeton affairs Is
the marked taken by the alumni IN it, welfare
The Now-YoIk Alumni Association numbers over h'tren
hundred names It's roll -Four new associations have
been founded during the past year those Of Kentucy
Central Pennsylya Long Island and Maryland THIS
brings the OF live aud active associ atoms cN
elusive OF the central association Of Nassau Hall 10 t'
teen extending geographically from New York to san
Francisco The present will probably see three or
four new associations In Minnesota Northeastern Penn
sylvania Georgia. aud perhaps Colorado
Eigbty-four OF the undergraduates are pursuing
courses in tine School Of Science.
The prospects are that unusually larse number OF
students Will enter next fall The number who appiod
for preimar examinations last spring was extr~ord
uary York is supp ying more and more each
wear. The contingent OF students ahOu; one 'hrd OF
the whole which formerly supplied 10y the south.
and which, since the War has been absorbed by Souhe
Universities in some degree has beon more than made
i ia the NORTH, while the how rom the Sbhth i hppr
enty revying with the Increased f1cltr7 oHoi"d at
Princeton and the increased energy III It's lhnasrlrht
students naturally much grained dt thclF SUE
cess Yale in football, last tcrl Hlhco lie Hrrt
intercollegiate football match between lhc Two c'i"g'S
piiyed n 1873 each has won lhrre games from Ho
| other The remaining hye games were drawn Dnilns
the last year. Princeton defeated Gnc al baseball loot
hail and lacrosse and each time on her rivals ground
the mhlwinter msetiag Oi the Board OF lfurtcoA VIII
tee To 60 crate in the maintenance OF gODI tohc II
the college and furnish avcnlc o. free exchange "i
views between faculty anh students VIII PoDdDy bo su'
/ mi ted to the Board.
Inc Nee ITlnceDa Rccier edited by Professor Sloane,
who holds Bhdr OF History ahd Political science III
college. has met with mpSt chcOnraSlR reccfuon
in aud Oi Princeton. The first edition or hNe OSau
of first number is uudCrstp0d 10 nave Ucen uod'-
| afcIv and "A second ctitiSn Is talked OI.