New-York tribune., 1890-06-06
PROGRESS At WESLEYAN
LATEST OFFICIAL BULLETIN" con-
r.Iys-soME SPLENDID GIFTs-NEEDs
OF THE COLLEGE.

OF THE COLLEGE.
,,iddletown Conn. June o." wesleyan University
1uiIctln. No. g. which has just been issued contains
Irce number of items Of interest In reference 10
.,,- weu-Lnown seat OF learning IL Is an ohciai
hlication and may be described as the organ Vi thc
tacnlty of Wesleyan, and the medium through "iH'"
they communicate directly with the alumni anu e.'
of the college. Perhaps 1t Is worthy oi ho'ioc ',''
rothinr is said in this Bulletin" about the ne" ue
narture proposed at llarvaid-a subject ,a' was NV
lnru,r mon the educational public until aref lhe
= pulletln, was In the hands of the printer
:. r;u ho gratifying 10 all who are interested In
h srccoss Of the college under President Raymond 70
no assured that the college year just closhs may Ver
tanlv be accounted one OF the moso prosperous III.
tho history of wesleyan University. Inc huhoer VI
,udents In attendance throughout the year mas Dee
larger than ever before The intelec'ua anu i"o'".
.irit Of the whole body Of students-the tone Oh
,,,h,n and the tone of character in the college
cora certainly never better. And the amount OF inc
orancal gifts to the college, asgregatng nearly @4oo'
900 is larger than in any previous year.
Srec,al mention is made Of the liberal gifts OF Dr.
Daniel Ayres, of Brooklyn, ~ l. ~ VII, o1 - ~
membered that at the annual dlncr Oh INC "e'.'
C,Iub Of New York. in December last great eht"u''"
r,s aronsed BY Judge Reynolds's announcement
n,a, mr. Avrcs had that day given S250OOO IN cash
.. ,ho college This was in addition 10 glU oi
no. ooo made by him more than year ago to"aru
tho endowment OF chair OF biology, ana Dr' hsi0,
had supplemcntef this last fall with uao' VI i
in New.Jerscy. sufficient to complete thac spc'ia o
doy,nent His gifts 10 Wesleyan in all amount u
.u aqoo 600 and they practically all ca'h
down. It is significant that he Is not an a'u,"nu'
- .no university lie, however, began his hDerai
,,at,o, within its walls. and feels that ne o"eo
the greater part Of his success to the stimulus ",'."
h. reccved here. The 3250,OOO has been adueu ~
Tho ncrmancnt endowment fund OF the college, y
uovement is under way to raise S2oo'ooo horo ~.
.h, son,e nurpose and The Bulletin announces
that $50 600 has been pledged, on condluoh ho"
oyer that the entire quarter OF a miiioh Is 9eCu,o
,.do thc head Of Changes in the Course OF study
,rh pulIetinr states that 10 has been determined
- abandon the elaborate system Of star ad uass0i
..udtas halfstudes, whole studies ana inc TeS' Va
tho coupllcatcd arrangements Oh the past II" 1o'',
,,d establish instead a system at once simpler anu
r,n,o uniform After the present college year 'he
r.,eos in each course VII be held UNIFORM mum
-, - Zines each week; all the so-called han stuoie'
~. .ho rresent system will be so shortened Or eA'
.do, a. N occupy two three hours "eeh
r,thout variation and the work OF each student WIZ
80 In,'+cd "a fourteen hours week a. minimum
ard seventeen hours a week a, a maXmI-n.
..rh. Yoels Of tie College are discussed AT some
h In spire Of the recent gifts. II Is declared la'
80 ,.,s make the need Of money greater than before
.rho,sards Of dollars VIII purchase scientific ap'
,,,.. only hundreds Of thousands VIII s"ih'o ~
',nnIv The library, and keep It supphed' VII" ''0
hooks which are the apparatus OF ~dVah'eu S'uu'
In tho languages, N history ana III p'nl''o4"''
,hor,tory Instruction. moreover. wMch Is INC "'o''
vital and fruitful part Of Instruction. po'" - ~
r,.,,a., and In advanced study IN the scchuhc &c
r.,,o,, l. po,sblc with somewhat smaller corps
., irtructor, than would suffice FOR adding sradua,e
lecture courses and careful po,s0Ia' IP,to IN
vestrafion TO the lecture duties and cas- oriIi III
undergraduate courses IN those 0cpa .or'at,r
"str"rt,on mo I'm brief. unless many additon' ee
speedily made the number OF nauuot,D i 81
9nciaccs in philosophy. IN history ana POM n" o..
- nor. laboratory branchcS-these branches mus
occssarilv LAG behind the scenth' III duN ail,e" -,
s,ructOn and the development ot tie 'ole.o mus "
20 .tdcd I'm other words the addition oi sr4Huit2
"a undergraduate instruction must neoess1".o taPu p
and almost constant additions To- the i2f'e @. III
.irnctors bes.des a large immediate and steady
iIfura add ZION 10 The resources oi tue l!pi.rl.
The tribute of the faculty 10 the late Dr. Sulm.nts
,,ha ras nrc,itcnt Of the college from lo67 u l-,o
,S g,vcn IN fnll. Regret Is expressed because the
Wrodroy wilson. who has accepted the professorsmp
Of jurisprudence at Princeton IN r. resa!u g,S D memo
snan1 We are Informed from the commitice OF
alumni in charge Of this enterprise that very
nrcgre,, has been made In the soAclIns ol ~
ION and that the coming GommenIIctH.,itt Hit frnm their
be expected to witness substantial nv, M i.U op,n.nca
abor,.- The Bun Tin also contains ''o ''''''''
ulcn' calendar, n follows - - -.
r.,s 90 sunday -Mo'utar bn'calnr'at" sermon o.
prs.dent Raymond Evening university se'''o"' O' '''
rev John Rhey Thompson. D. D. 49,. ....,,..,
juno 20 MouGay.-AfteInooh' c"'''-''
Evening Glcc Club concert A., ,.,-,
Juno 81 Tuesday Morning; m''tnS o' the H'''u
n, Tr,.,.s- at q. business meeting ana
, ,,a ,lyuni Association. annual meeting ot thn I'M
po., E,ufa Association. afternoon. reunion oi tAo
',.'.. = $50 'G5 75 80 's3. ana so receptions a.
rho cb,rter.hou-c, Of me various coh'ee '0'' '''
Evening. qrin1uennn exercises q the NJ =. "''
.l.,, rho Rov John y could orator. the
no, wnlan r Worth poet. Lee L. "rumb'ne
rlu, .5 Wecncsda w. commencement D'y' forha'
.,c,c. Of conJncnccmcnt &C 10 In the Methodist
Episcopal Church; commencement dinner III Us H'H'O''
,hspc. 81 about 80 ,. IA.