New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-24
WELL OBSERVED AT PRINCETON.
GAMES AND oRATORICAL CONTESTS IN HONOR
or wASUI NGTON.

GAMES AND ORATORICAL CONTESTS IN hoNoi'
OF WASHINGTON.
Princeton. ~ j. Feb. % (SpecaD.-The college oO-
served washington's Birthday in the oiutme way W
day. The freshmen began by painting inc hu'ne'"''
" ,oAp I'm oranre and black on the water tower some
time on saturday night. The feat Is uarhe oho' a
TO prevent the sophOmores from going through inc SAM
performance with green paint, Waterman guaNeo
the tower all OF last night The sOphom"eS' ho"
ever were not to be Outwttted ocarcev h"u wv
Waterman departed this morning when several OF ule
number ascended the tower, which Is l2o ieeI ins anu
with rope and tackle lowered a man to the huio DID,
and they werc quickly obterated with green paint
Tho excrcises I'm the old chapel passed oil Satis-
fciorly The objectionable features OF last year "ec
NOT rcpeatcd The exercises did not begin uhIi II
o,clork At the appointed time Edgar A. Poe pcS'''l
~ the senior class. and the orators OF the day .oo"
their places upon .thc stage Alter inc oo'l'e'
orchcst ira had rendered selection, Captain roe trV
duced the freshman orator, Thomas F. Bauey' Oh
svlvania who spoke on "A Chapter from the History
=, home Rule.r The next to be introduced was the
sonhomore orator Alexander McGafn, OF Ireland, VINO
snohe IN Orange Nassau and the Netherlands i"c
,nnior orator Edward ID. Dufield, 81 New'JersoS'
smoke on "scoch Granite" The hst speaker was
the senior orator. James Barnes, Of New orH' WIN
d,ccvered many resembances between the character
OF George Washington and members OF the senior oia
lie euhicct was ..Gcor-n Washing ton-Rumor ana
y berkeley smith, '01 William G. spicer, 9l james
p. Atkinson o.: Richard Coulter, IT., 'e2' beua'
y Post o3: and George l.. Farnum, "a Inc ON
cars Of the day were these: Referee, |. j. turner
Judges Professor Henry r. Osborn F. = opahiuiH6'
Hector Cowan: time keeper, James Robinson
Tine regular indoor meeting OF the Athletic Associa-
,on In IN. gymnasium this afternoon was success
tuI affair f. = Ramsdell, "a, broke the college
rccor, for spIngboar jump, clearing let 10 inches.
The C;ymuasfic Association gave exhibitions on ulc
horizontal bar balancing tapcZc, uouDIc tlhPo|e'
,umhling and living tmicLe. ne winners "vIc a.
follows Running high jump +; H. haIisdeIi of
- . iuchc,l feet inches, and II. nlu' = sc.
nud rope climbing j. H. Turner ~, 10 4 secVhus
| Ugh weight wrestling, j. II. Turner, ~ nnuie
weight wrestling : K. Romans, 81 hciV -"cgn'
! wr-tlnc &. C. jefferson, 'D2 springD"ard jump
= : Ramsdell 'O4 FIRST feet 10 luchcs, ana .; .
Ro.dy 81 second potato race, T.. :. hansGtl "a,
arst and f. A. Bopherling. '0J, second puttlhR nv
shot J. feverdge, 'O3, first - inchcSh - ittt -
inches, and F. Nrcdcnburgh, '02, second hiSh hoh
| ]. II. Hanna, '02. first, feet Inches ana D. v
This evening tho Glass OF 20 Prize Debat,1 was
held I'm the old chapel The question under GIs.us-
| sion was: Resolved. That the reform OF IhdiSl
affairs demands the transfer Of their controI 10 thc
| War Department The speakers were allowed t"elvc
minutes for their first speech and eight for r scconu
The debaters we're us follows Affirmative. John NC.
DoweIl "a OF PenHsy lvania; samuel sempe, VI, OK
Pennsylvania Negative. William X Prentice, w. OF
| New. York; John l.. Tildscy. 49, of New-fork.