New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-02
JOHNS HOPKINS.
OPENING A SERIES OF CONFERENCES ON EDU-
CATION

CATION.
baltimore. Nd. Feb. specaD.-Thc first OF
series Of conferences on educational TOPICS ny p'
inent teachers and educators held yesterday at
,ho uonklns University Professor n Murray Butler,
n, Columbia College opened the discussion on Inc
rse and Abuse of Examinations which was paruci-
mated In by graduate students OF the university WIN
have been teaching who expect to become teachers
President Gilman and the faculty deeply intcreSted
in the success of this new movement conferences
will be held every saturday in February ana MARCH,
Professor William NJ Davis the noted meteoIologist
NJ Harvard delivered three lectures last week Deioie
the geological students and the scientific assocatioh'
His subjects were: TornadOes, story OF Long III
hertance, illustrated by lantern slides; The III
onic sandstone OF the Connecticut Valley ana Iho
Physical Geography Of New England"
The Birney collection of books on slavery has been
placed in the historical library with small coliecuoh
Of works on southern political history, collected Dy
Professor j. Franklin Jameson. Examination OF the
Birney collection brings 10 light some rare Ola
pamphlets Among the rare volumes is Il nearly
complete file Of the first anslavery paper In Amer
lea The Genius Of Universal Emancipation pub
lishcd in Baltimore and edited by Benjamin Lunday
Quaker and william Lloyd Garrison, the most famous
Of anti-slavcry acators.
In the Historical seminary papers were recently
read by DR.. Herbert Il. Adams upon The Higher
Education Of the People, and by hr' DaViu hAi'e'
upon General Booth Anticipated"
The Hopkins glce and banjo clubs are much sought
after by the ladies interested in charity entertain
ments The young men sing and play crcdltably ana
their concerts have taken the town. . -
Dr. Augustus T. Murray. who received the degree
of doctor OF philosophy last sprng, ana VINO mas shce
been pursuing postgraduate WORK at the University VI
Lclpslc has accepted the professors!lp OF "reeA III
Color ado College. 40 o., ~,
The fencing club has been rcorganized with thcse ON
Ger, President. Gustav L. stewart vice pc'ldehl'L' H.
Munozdel Monte; treasurer, Theodore Johnson man
ager G.. W. Johnson secretary, James +. liewes ,
Dean Griffin has announced the Official list OF cadl-
da.es for the baccallurcae degree. There are forty
seven OF them. They Dclano Amcs, Thomas .
BAKER Randolph Barton. jr. Daniel Base. william
Kissing Frederick i. Briggs, >. b. Brown L, NJ
brown Sidney II. Browne Harry \. Bumsteid' r. n
cameron NJ J. Cameron. George Carey. y: r. carey
Abraham Cohen. II. ". Cooke, A. a. Dembz, " n
Dctwiler George W. Dobbn. W. F. Gallaway. ,. G.
Harry j. L. Iartsoch, H. q. Hcitmuller, JAG 10 H.
iioliander Charles Nell Howard, Reid Hunt, Charles
". Johnson william Knower. George Lefcyre. George
VI Iinthcum. Hugh y Magruder, McDougall. james +:
Mitchell \. b. Murray. Alfred W. Pea,ants, Alfred
NJ Randolph, jr.. W. r Ritter. Learch, Alfred j.
~chrver = X. smith, James L. Smiley Daniel o.
stevens jr.. C. Morton stewart, jr. W stewart
cvmIngton Yea. Charles J. West, Charles +. woods,
ir In addition 10 these. A. b. Mcdowell and Z. l..
Watson will receive the baccalaurcate degree, Oh
Commemoation Day, February -.