New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-10
CLOSING DAYS AT COLLEGE.
AN INTERESTING DAY AT PRINCETON.
,,,,,,r,xcs OF THE HALLS AND OF ALUMNI-A
pprzr nFnATE AND THE SOPHOMORE
RECEPTION.


RECEPTION.
r,s,o.ton N L. June (SpeciaD-The second uaS
y, ,he commencement week opened fair ana pleas""'
over Princeton. During the morning an nVeieou '
exhibition Of drawings In the engineering anu e'"P
denartment OF the John c. Green scnooi VI o.'0,o
and a we'll arranged microscopic exhloiuoh III ' -
toloeical laboratory in Nassau Hall drew large cro"u
At O'Clock the graduating class OF the scooi Vi '
ence read theses In Chemical Hall.
At II O'Clock the gymnasium was crowded 10 VIII
moss the annual exhibition OF the gymnasc team uhuer
the direction Of the trainer, l. j. Turner TINS year
team Is made up follows George r. Wallace' oi'
cantain; John p Haskins, '91 W. E. Biederwon w
l. s. Roberts 9o; j. H. Adams, 'e2; b. V. WhVe' % :
q n Grant '03; J. A. Dear, 1913; @. s. Hughes' 10 ;
G. II. Bright, '04 The exhibition was an oA0'n0"'
one , ID
Al Noon the Cliosophlc and American Wing socle-
the held thelr annual business meetings Both meet
,nGs were largely attended by the alumni After ue9o
meetings the alumni formed on the campus IN Hoh'
Of warsaw Hall in order of classes ana proceedeu 10
university Hail. where the annual dinner and meeting
were held Covers were laid for over 1900 per
sons and every seat occupied. James W. Alex
andcr go, Of New-York, presided spceches were
u.da nv President Patton, the Rev. DR.. John Miller
,30. the Rev. Dr. Cuyer, 51, Of Brooklyn; Alexander
Sterling. '51; W. B. Hornblower Of New-fork, ana
others.
Mr. Alexander then introduced the Rev. DR.. G. b
steyHnrt '76. In speaking Of the prospective III
Urinary he said that It would most probably In some
way DO named after Mrs. McCosh. He SAID ina. a.
their class meeting last evening three men haa
nromised a thousand dollars each, and that mem
her Of the class Of 73, who present, had pledged
thousand dollars when the cornerstone was lad' ITO
tessor w A. Robinson 's1, and Thomas N carter, lr
'ss, also spoke
A. O'Clock this afternoon President and Mrs Pat
ton gave a reception to the alumni. At %"
10
Lvnde prize debate took place. The order oi
exercises was as follows: Question for Debate
Resolved That Reciprocity in trade WIN
European states is more desirable than with American
Statesp Debaters-George r. Wallace, Allcu T.
Dennis Samuel Semple, Affirmative James " "oSou''
James H. Durham, Samuel WATSON, negative Inv
result will not be announced until to-morro" horn
ing. ..,,
Al the close OF the debate the sophomore reception
x.s hold IN University Hall. Among the guests were
Mrs G. X, Dennis, Mrs. James A. Pearce ana te
Misses Dennis. Smith and Page, OF Maryland, MISS
Rosae Cook of philadelphia; Misses Vezin, olms.eu
and the Misses Southmayd, OF elizabeth, N D. unc
Misses Brown westervet and scudder, OF new 10TH
Miss Isis stockton and the Misses Green OF trenton
Misses Cheston Carter, Harlon, Bowie, ehlen' WIZ
lam and the Misses Tyson, Of Philadelphia; MIS-
r p @. Davis the Misses Garnett, Stevens, Fleming
bod and the Misses Lewis, Of Hoboken; MIS- John r.
Poe Miss Hough and the Misses Poe OF Baltimore
Miss Ferris, of Nyack; Mrs S. 7, Mather and Misses
Rathbone and Dorman. of Brooklyn. Tie
patronesses were Mrs. William i. Brown, Mrs
M pS"G Grover Cleveland, Mrs Charles F. Green
Mrs John F. Hageman, IT,, Mrs Robert h M%rTs
M Mps. Charles A. Newha Mrs; MILAN So olms ted
Mrs Henry F. osborn Mrs william ~ c Sopne % SI
Richard i IV Buckley chairman James H. Britt9n lr
l. irving Brokaw John G Green Carleton L.
Rogers ar Edward Y. Thorp, Ralph H. Warren, Georg
p. White William B. Woodbridge and Henry 1 40 49,
The meeting of the board of trustees was held durn
mart Of Yesterday and todeU Judge Edword T. Cree
was elected trustee. Dr. Marian NJ Mlller, Ueo a
WcG Harper and Henry D. Thompson, who have peer
instructors in rhetoric modern languages and mathe
MATES respectively were made assistant proessOpSS
these branches In regard to the movement TO enuov
AN in6rmary to be known the Isabella McCQsl
Home for Iii or disabled Students II was sugges, e
that when the men who were graduated between '1
and ,sS had learned that the Institution was 20 D.
named after the woman who was mlnster ,s am t
subscription list would be filed at once.