New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-07
IN THE LOCAL COLLEGES.
THE OPENING OF COLUMBIA AND HER NE"
ANNEX, BARNARD COLLEGE.

ANNEX, BARNARD COLLEGE.
Columbia one of the last of the colleges OF TINS
country begin in the fall, and this year 1t Is un
usually late, to-day is its opening day Durhg tue
last week candidates for admission have been ou7S
with their entrance examinations, and a. re
suit, Of 900 who have been examined, ABOUT Low
will be admitted 10 the freshman classes OF the schoo
Of Arts and Mines The young men include a mum
Der Of promising athletes Columbia's fine athleuc
record is not likely to suffer this year.
Two important additions to the college have oeen
made. Barnard College, or the Annex to Columbia Tor
women, and the school of Electrical Engneerns'
Barnard College Will begin its sessions with ABOUT
twenty students all in the freshman class In inc
college building No. 343 MadIsonaye. This Is hNc
blocks below the Columbia group Oh
buildings on Madison-ave. For the use
of the School of Electrical Engineering SUI
stantlaI building is being erected on the coic59
campus between the library building and the schooi
NJ Mines building This IS OF red brick, similar TO
the rest OF the group and VIII be three stories hsh,
containing the engine and boilers Of the COLLEGE anu
the apparatus Of the mechanical engineering uop'L
ment in addition to the apparatus OF the schooi Vi
Electrical Engineering.
The trustees of Columbia hold their first fall meet
ing this afternoon and the Alumni Association os .nO
school Of Arts will have Its annual elecuon VI ~
at the college this evening. =,
The athletes of Columbia are many Oh tnon'
ready in training. and Columbia expects TO put
fine team in the field Among them VIII DC Mapo''
'92 McIlvane, 30; Mapes, '91; Hewlett ~ panH'
s of L. Strong, S. OF L. Travis, 8 OF L' 'o'. .o -
90: Shpman, 80; Human, 80, ana "uhhson' ~"
The candidates for the football team are training az
staten Island every day. Two practice games Ma, .
,on ,I,rod and the Columbia boys defeated tlo
Tcv-York Athletic Club team, and were III WI" W
fcatcd by the Crescent team. o,o +o Nav
Columblas crack tennis players nave s omoI games
Haven 10 play In the intercollegiate tennis sa Ie
there The men who viii represent NC Po.t 200 in
year are o. :: H CamPoe5' campbsn. A. W post, \.
stevens. 30, and A. f. Wright = ol lay )" -"
do41s' eaid that no president will be chosen Tor
Coirmba ibis year. but that Acting Pr5ldeinnGo
win he I'm charge until the session VI AooI 49,
.-r,,, ,-,,,,,vps1rv OF THE CITY OF NEw-YoRK
roth tbe professors and students of the university
- tho CITY Of New-York have become fairly "'li'
.otuod in the rut Of college life again. Inc uluoI
graduate part of the Department Of Arts ana scc"'o
was oreued on september % with hlN-'sh. ~"
students twelve of whom enter ahVanccu
In the graduate division there are seventy N0 e''
dents and Is the professional School oil EhgIne,.Ie
and Pedagogy are $50. Professor Robert W nan
rbo has srent his entire vacation in the laboratory
At Wiesbadcn. will have charge OF the Ehgihcc'i'7
Department this year. lie also announces %"
- siv bours' work OF technical anay SIS. Tor t"euS
civ weeks for special students and gradua'cs
The Departmrnt Of Medicine begins its fall session
with geo students. This is an increase Oh tiI'S
over last YEAR on saturday evening a RECEPTION
IN tbc interests OF Ia. students movement was
given TO the medical students at Nce-ChanceHor
Henry W. McCraclcn's home.
one hundred and fifty four students comprise me
two classes I'm the Department Of Law. THIS Is
gain Of forty-seven last year. In ALL there are
tEnut I 900 stud mis- I'm the University this year
a number Of enthusiastic students are trying TO
,o,vc an interest i'm college athletics in the uni-
.cr.ity but 10 concerted action has yet been taken
The college Y. VI. C.. a. hal a pleasant reception
IN no Incoming freshmen I'm the cOuncllrOom Of the
University last Friday afternoon. . 49,
The Rev. Dr Il, :. Macarthur opens TIE nlvGir,y
IN washington square speaking of Elements Of sue
cess I'm lile.'