New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-10

| the American Nation will soon he fully supplcI
| with n-platc of American manufacture Inc
American people will regret the circumstance that
| their duty to themselves has in any way caused
suffering t. considerable number of people abroai
but il was none the less their duty to give them-
selves the opportunity to establish this industry
here and to render their country in that additional
respect sclf-supporting. The Republican party Is
and must continue to be- an American party. work
| ing in all its policies for the advantage OF the
| American. Nation.
| Four weeks remain of the Presidential cam
| paicn The election will take place four weeks
| from Tuesday. These closing days Of the canvass
| should be a period of earnest, energetic ana III
| dcfatigablc work on the part of Republicans
especially in States like New-York, New-Jersey
| Connecticut and Indiana. Hard work Will tell
| here nightly. The outlook at present ~ de-
cidcdly goo!. II should grow better and brighter
as The month Of October advances. IL Will III our
party friends are active and alert, and make the
! most of their splendid opportunities.
Columbia College is waking mp to the deslra-
bity of having alumni associations formed by lts
graduates in various parts Of the country IL "ould
he moro correct. perhaps, TO say that the aiImhi
themselves are beginning to perceive inc al'ah-
tages which lie in this direction. In th:S rsFc;o
Columbia is 50 far behind our other leading uni
vcrsitcs as to be almost literally nowhere IL mas
ore alumni association, recently started. IN WASH
inoton. The pecuar conditions Of the institution
do not tend TO the creation of a college community
such rs hourishes at Cambridge, Ncw-liaven ana
elsewhere, or to the development OF a strong col
ege sentiment. 1t is IA good sign that the lmpor-
lance of the alumni to a college or university Is
now being felt at Columbia.
There will bc a partial eclipse Of the sun this
month, to be followed by total eclipse OF Demo
cratic stars next month.
The intercollegiate tournament, the last Of the
important tennis contests Of the season, was not
without that element of surpris, that has charac-
tcrizcd the results of all the public play this year
1t gives W. A. Larned of Cornell the intcrcolle-
giatc championship. This was not unexpected to
thos- who followed the summers work of the cN-
pcrts but it supposed that at least he would
have to make a sharp fight for the honor with
r d. Wrcnn, of Harvard The latter, however,
who had won a high place at Newport. was put
out of the contest in the second round by John
Rowland, of Yale, whom he distinctly outclisscs
in his ordinary FORM Such thing is not unprece-
dcnted il will he remembered that Mr. Sears met
n similar reverse at an intercollegiate tournament
during the period in which he held thu National
championship. Malcolm Chacc, representing Brown,
sustained his recc .tly won honors we'll ana
rca ched the last round, Il contest tho Champion
shin with Larned In tho doubles, however h.,
too. showed surprisingly poor form. On the whole,
the interco ciltc capital end
ing Of decidedly the best season of tennis the
American players have experienced
What's in n name? The proprietor Of new
town site at the mouth Of the Columbia on the
Oregon side recently offered $40 for the best name
for the town which 10 occupy the site Ter
mania" won the prize 1ermania having been voted
the best Of the names the imagination reels in
irving TO conjecture what the worst one must have
been.
The British Medical Association, which is the
most powerful organization of physicians in the
United Kingdom. and which in great measure
controls the practice Of medicine in Queen Nicto
rlas dominions, has Just wiped out blot from its
cscutcheon by celebrating from its regulations tie
ore which has hitherto excluded women from mem
bcrship Close upon 200 women are now on the
medical register in Great Britain, and their al
mission 10 the Medical Association removes one OF
the principal obstacles which they have hitherto
had 10 contend with in their work.
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