New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
PRINCETON,S LAST WEEK
GREAT PROGRESS AND STILL GROWING


Princeton. n. j.. June (speciah.-The coHeIe !,
In tho midst of the final examinations Wrc" WIZ
close Oh Friday June q. The 1880 annual com
mencement exercises will begin next Sunday with INC
Baccaaureate sermon by President Patton. in Mar
quand Chapel.
The advance that Princeton has made during the
past fifteen wears has been really rehldrNdp'c' NV
increase in the number OF Departments Inc E'o'"c'
for instruction and the advantage offered to Young
men are well worthy Of notice kspecia a"eh"o"
might be called to the changes in inc curriculum
,horehv &, full and logically arranged training IS
Give, in prepa,tion for the learned professions OF
theology medicine and law
In addition TO these regular academic courses 'hcr'
are offered special general courses IN scleh'inc
studies and also III civil engineering ana inns N'd'
a new course in electrical engineering has oe8l
founded the aim of the being to Give thorough
instruction in the ply steal and rathetca IDEAS upon
which all true procedure should 0e based In ms new
and important branch of scientific work
with seventy seven scholarships of 800 each. the
actual expense for year at princeton Is reuuocu
10 $214 thus removing the impression tha' an Gu
ucation in frst-class Eastern college is very eA'
penSivc
7, oddiUop IN theso there are five university
ferowships and prizes for graduate work. amounting
to 81 100 six college fellowshps given to the senior
class of the value Of $1,000, ana hltech SENIOR
prizes with $500 Then there arc eight junior Class
prizes amounting to $40. and three sopho"'o'o
r-ize. Amounting 10 $3.50. This last amount In
cludes $500 one third annually of the s'ihhfS"o
nrizo Of 81 800 This prize which can be held nv
one person for three years, will be open 10 mo
sonhomore class next year Beside these there Is
one freshman prize Of 1900, and general prizes ioi
literary work of a value of $40
There is certainly 10 ohrt college IN inc co""''S
that offers such oppOr for training III uo'%'o
and public speaking as Princeton. The Chosopn'
ngiofip-
literary work in essays. Oratons and debates INC
nrjzes being medals or their equivalents in books OF
money. 900
The college has also modified its method "i ''iF
ferring the higher degrees. such as the ooc'or'0 III
philosophy, literature. science ana the u9st00 "
bachelor of divinity; basing the bcStoWaI ol SUI"
DEGREES upon courses of study with EXAMINATIONS
irho nresont indications are that the next cnt-rng
class will be the largest in the history Of the COZ
lege. The faculty has made arrangements to holi
examinations for admission IN the different cI"9Se' III
q number of prominent cities throughout 'le country
nm lime II and 10, simultaneously WIN INC ca
amiuatons held in Princeton. The examinations III
New York. Philadelphia and PittSburE Will De uiuT
charge of members of the faculty. The eNalh-
ation in New-York will be held i'll the \. NJ T. A.
building under the charge of Professors West ana
Made The examinations held IN Philadelphia VIA
be under the charge OF Professor fl5' any t"oT ,
I1rtsbl.fg under Professor sloane pIS'Ic IA hv
her ~ Schools where examinations Will be heId bi
special request regular examinations Wiz u III.
in Washington, BALTIMORE. Cincinnati, Ou."s0' |ty
Vile ST. Louis minneapolis, Denver Ma sis Na,n;
san Francisco, Charleston. = c. eyracuse ISII6rr
Albany in New lork; and HARRISBURG "uheS Td
and scranton in Pennsylvania IhrUu-h tno M .
ness of alumni and friends OF the colte, pre-, lot
he hest set of papers passed offered al uletHV
nojnts as follows: At New Ofk, SlVo. az 'i,' mo
delphia. $50 at PittSburg. $40, at scranton dH"
Wilkesbarre, SO ,..tr,, o,oss bavo NOT
hen announced as yet. but the names OF the Siehcs
on commencement day appeared Yesterday .n'ta
ing 10 the tradition of the colcte 'ic lam " u,iisb
salitatory to the second, and the valedlc'oiE -
awarded with special regard to quaiihcau9n "l oaiI
student as q valedCtorlan. as well rs on INC eruu
~ scholarship The following are the appointments
Vaedictorian, Francis Palmer. OF kennebunhpoTt;
Me Latin salutatory, Edward +. burgess, ~" 99i
i .,dhasn Mas: Haglish salut@ory iaoOerV -
shick of Reading, Penn for EhgaSi c,r1
worth b. Baxter. of sparta, Ca Tilest%n +. nam
Sers Of washn gton d. c.; iariie W iiathaway' 81
Jersey City, y. j.; Huntington W. Aetchail., 81 u
New York City Robert I, NJ; orIe4own Penn
The work of tearing down enc nan oulI1s' io
the purpose of erecting larger and more snDs'eidl
building upon the old SITE Ma as erScnd dnrng The
summer, and they will be very valuable auuiioS ~
Princetons handsome campus. The 'front.' OF u e
tniding which consisted of Greek pillars OF Ihe
MarQuand. who intends to have 1t erecte1 as sT T
way 10 Gurnsey Han, his handsome residence. Inc
cornerstone for the new halIs Will De lao OH iucS
day of commencement week. .
The remaining number men from the present
sophomore class elected To membership OF the IVY
Club are Frederick Brokaw, of New York; sheppard
Romans il Of Engew9od ~ d. Soh rI b. h NJ Nc,q
York City and Charles f. Rienau. OF bal'lnore'
Md The ivy to be planted on Class DAY VIII , be
given by James Russell Lowell the cutting beng
scene of Falstaf's exploits and as the nome OF
Dickens.