New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-21

Frederick Starr, whose lectures on anthropoiosy
are among the most popular vi the summer pro-
gTamne. Since last december DR.. Starr has been
III New-l DIRK experimenting the department OF
Archaeology and Ethnology at the Natural lis
tory Museum and arranging It's collections. Inc
department will soon be removed into the new
brOwnstOnc building. The collection at tine
museum is the third in Importance on tins cont
nent ranking next to those at the National Ma
scum il Washington and the Peabody Museum
OF EthnolOgy at Cambridge Mass. Or. starr has
lectured on the stone Age at the museum To
large audiences during the winter, also AT lhe
Peabody Institute in baltimore. lie is u native
of Auburn, y. y, was graduated from Lafayette
College, Easton Penn In lsS2, and was Tor four
years professor of natural science at Zoe CoiIeee
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. lie Is second George oat-
lin, having lived for purposes of study among lic
Sacs and Foxes In Iowa, of whose language ne
has prepared a vocabulary. This tribe shows
strange indispOsitlon to be civilized. Even thc
Apachcs allow their children 10 go 10 school, bht
the Sacs and Foxes keep their children ABOUT tAc
wigwam Only one man of the tribe hNeS III Il
house. and he IS a hali-breed There Is nov oI'c
member of a Christian church among them. lhey
still practise barbdrOus religious dances, eat cog
fesn and insist on the mystic significance OF 'IltlI
sacred mecShawmS, or symbols Dr. Starr - also
Registrar of Chautauqua, and has cndISc Vi uic
university extension plans. -
A distinguished visitor 10 the Asscuipiy mas
been the Rev William McRobbc, Of Aberdeen,
Scotland, clergyman of the Frcc 'hurFn ol
Scotland and its examiner III Greek. lie Is 4"
typical Scot in appearance, and speaks WIN a
peasant burr. or course he was strucK' rs al
Europeans are, by the intense democracy ~ inc
Such an institution as this would be imposS bic
in Great Britain, he says Inc caS'c i.rd
would prevent il. Here college dlgntarieS lI2ler-
nze with people who have never been To cG ng'
and clergymcn of all denominations rup elbows
with sinners. Why, it's unique, you KNOW KNOW, ,,,o
lust American. When first heard OF Whab "'A
offered here in the way of instruction, tnouSHI
must be very superficial. | am amazed To Ili.d
how thorough 1t is, and what brilliant hol 'heic
are among the teachers. :,
Mr. NcRobbe proved last Sunday in an unusually
forcibe sermon that there are stu c!ergymcn
in Scotland bold enough 10 battle win Btlit i III
the pulpit Before his departure he visited Chic3Eo
and Cincinnati Cincinnati, he thinks. resembles
Edinburgh. Miss Marta BRAID. Of the GLASGOW
HIGH school accompanied him 10 tins country.
4 7ady Of The party declared that il was worth
The Journey 10 meet Bishop Vincent aud asserted
her patriotism when somebody suggested thai she
spoke ike a Londoncr. 10y declaring Indignantly
that the l.ond0ncrs are pulr folk.
The genial \. I. Burbank, whose lrvlngespuc
face ana figure are welcome here, was soldier AT
seventeen a schoolmastcr at eighteen, and book
agent and patcnt-r2ht pcdlcr at nineteen. Aluf
that he went to college, and was master oil Il 'I-'
school in Chicago. and has since been ON the Stage
He tells interesting stories OF bronson iuNuIu,
the dramatist, with whom he spent last summer
AZ Ncv-Rochclic Shenandoah, ne says Is not
an old play rcyampcd. Mr.. Howard began gather
ing material for II four five years ago, reading
Inany volumes of history and Grant 5 ana
Shrrmaus memoirs. lie works steadily every
day from 10 20 D. and PcricctS plot III ms n!ha
before writing line OF dialogue. MI buIp'Hh
was at the Sewage Club IN London one nlgNt
when a wcll-known man about town expressed
surprise - his presence What he exclaimed.
- The Bells and Won not In it," Il beg your
pardon. replied Mr.. Burbank. d" am not that
The deep mourning Of Mrs. Henry w. Grady
attracts attention AZ the cooking school, WhcIr
she is taking full course OF instruction. She IS
here with her son, who studies AT the college.
You have an excellent Latin teacher, somebody
said 10 him the other dos. He will have 10 b"
.Na.llpuf Z featl .ItIu Tie prompt
reply.
Among the students at the College of Liberal
Arts are the following:
Miss SvhH T.. Abbott. Of Clarl; University; J. {.
Adair. of Turple college. Massachusetts: Annie !.
lalantiue and H. ) Bennett. Fisk University
Nashville. Tenn; John + l4g"Icr R2rnr% ylr
Trinity Iulycr~itr. Tchucana. Texas j. d.
Hr.omm. Thcoogl al seminary. Columbia, ;. c.;
Ruth T. Bioc,ct, Rio Graulr COLLEGE ono
Miss VI. :. Burke. stevens CoIlr-c. Columbia Mo;
&. \ Campbell, president Of Caldwell University,
Danynlc Ky. M, Laura ChaT, Iowa state
Normal school. Cciar Falls. Iowa; Chr"nc" a..
Hiram COLLEGE, Ouiu: =. H. Clark. Trinity ana
NcNastcr universities. Toronto, Canada; II. l.
CODY Bishop Ridley College, 81 Caihrrlhcs ont.
G. X Crawford. ThcoIogi 'nl seminary. DanNi4c,
Ky: MARY Cutchlo,y, Pennsylvania COLLEGE. Pitts
burg. Penn: &. &. Cromcr. simpson COLLEGE
Des MONIES. Iowa; !. \ Eddquis'. GUSTAV
Fairfield Union Christian COLLEGE N'ro4' ln1.,
Miss Jennie Uosack. bellevue COLLEGE, Nebraska
g " HuhhnI-, Central Tennessee COLLEGE. Nash
vile Tenn: Lincoln lluilcy. EucincI University.
l.wislqre. Penn l.. 5 ilfn'nr Gra C po,'.
William Y Jones Albanv Normal Col!r-"
Miss " t. laudfclr. lIueucno' seminary.
south Anico: Maud Love, Grove CIV t"llrtc'
PcnusyNaHia: Moron Allen N.ttind"Il iriu ''ol
oIlcr, Kcrturnl: john Mcmillan. Monmouth
CGI.csc' illinois: j. y Miller Battle creek col
lcgc. Tennessee Torcucr T. Mitchell, Upper Iowa
University. Faycttc, Iowa: j.. VI, Fr",,c'"ii
burn COLLEGE. Topeka. Kan. Miss Mary \ Pratt,
oxford Female college. Ohio; ". W. Prescott
president Of Battle Creek COLLEGE. Mchigan \ !.
SallrD. Hillslalc Collcec. Michigan: ID. y N'1E-
crancc. Icalishurg College. california; Jan" )
Forest University of Illinois: j. VI. Wissman,
Curry University. HIttehufc, Penn