New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-29

ACTIVITY IN VI y y II.tilH.
.lc s!xcih annual opening If The rniverSity Of
the Iity Of NcH i"-k on Wodp>ity. VS. n'arht'i b'
Il larger Attendance than the ui'cr.Ity has ever
known. both "ii the par, Of professors, and students
II is noticeable that every ON" -! the -ar OF III
struc,ors present. Aft"r chapel exercises, Fr"
trssor Johnson. ths senior professor In tho char
Of Latin. assigned the seats IN III" chapel TO tbs stu
dents, rs he ha, done for the last Nfty two year..
The faculty NJ the underground" division spent
Thursday aitenV, In deciding the fate IL IN" candi
dates for c,IInrn They admitted i'ri' Nix. N'
larger nmmsr ha, ever l.cn enrolled ~ freshmen IN
the first week of the year. TErrc from N"n"Au"ia
AID one from Cuba enrolled. New io"h tHN.
BrOhlyn and Ncw-Jcrscy contribute cnch about "nc-
quarter VI the class.
Tho freshmen go, tn work bright and early and have
elected Officers follows: President. Abbott. vice
president, Carpenter: secretary. Briggs, treasurer.
Morales. The baseball lawn tennis AID cl|f club,
each occurring recruits from the ncw cla,r.
one OF the most urgent need, II the university /,
q gymnasium. ono couid easily b. Fade out ~ tho
upper part 0. the University building. at cost Of
900 without inurng the building al all.
The reception to be given Ia the freshmen by the
Christian Association Of the University has been post
poned TIL October 3.
DR.. John Hall gave an interesting talk to the stu
dents Friday. upon caro- for money. health, studies
and mor1,l, Professor W. H. Thompson Will deliver
the opening address tn the students Of the Medical
Twenty sixth ST. and Frstavc. tomorrow.
Two women have alrssdy been enrolled a, regular
students In the Law school.
The next appeal Of the university will probably be
for a secretary Of statistics In ORDER "a meet the de
nands Of tlp Albany Regents who now require nlN
pages OF elaborate blanks ~ lie filed np-a T't
for each Of the faculties OF the university There arr
slnany lfty items on som" Of the pages.
Tic graduate division has prepared enrolment bnnk-
TO- he nllcd !y candidates and returned by mail. This
will special trip 10 the registrars "nice by each
candidate Dr.. j. J. steven "n 1. registrar. special
-Wictj been formed by 'h">r who have completed
the courses in comparative religion. under Dr. Frank
T. Ellcnwood to stimulate continued study and nvcsti
CATION In this suDjcct
NOTES FROM 9TH DR. INSTITUTIONS
Columbia College will not open her doors TO students
until next Monday. when the entrance examinations
will bc com plccd and the older men will he ready
for work The football has been worIsIng at
brotherhood Park one hundred and nfty seventh ST.
for week. II expected thsi the men would be-
able 10 train their OWL athletic field this fall. bnt
the grounds One hundred AM, sixty first ST. not
yet ready for occupancy. CAPITA Gildcrsl"cvc i
WORKING steadily with The men. Those OF last years
team who Will bc in college ;hs year G.. ". rrppc,
full aoA Bar1iari quarterback: DiiwOrth. halfbark.
and rishine GdcrsIeevc. Metcalfc. Bochman. Tutln.
Wotherspoon. Cliryse and Smith. Pierce will prob
ably develop into alfbark 10 take the place Of
J. NJ Hewlett. who used TO play half Of Columb.a's
game.
President Low Is already al the college. preparing
for the years work. The student, will greatly
miss the face Of their old proctor. "Stcvc- Weeks. who
for almost nfty years watched over " the boys" at
Columbia. Mr.. Weeks died during the vacation.
barnard College. Columhias annex for women, will
reopen on October q. with bright prospects, There
will be at least eight yOung women In tive sophomore
class. and eighteen IN the incoming class. barnard
has decided not 10 have spe,ials' any more:
The Union Theological Seminary opened Wcdncs.
day ith the smallest class IN many years no
for this Is given al the seminary.
Another week nj the College Of the City Of New.
York has passed suspiciously Never IN the history
Of uAt institution has there bccp brighter prOsfert
sn~ . snrnessfu Noarly Ill the students who