New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-18

The department Of preparatory Latin has the largest
number of pupils there being eighty in daily attend
ance. Professor Lewis stuart Of the Lake Forest
University. assisted by Professor Charles Horswel
from Northwestern University, and F. j. Miller, OF
Yale. are in charge. There are classes In both
elementary and advanced Latin. The students begin
with the first sentence of Caesar and several chapters
are thoroughly studied. the principles being taught
as they present themselves In the advanced classes
special attention IS given TO the subject o. syntax
distinctive qualities OF 0ratJry emphasized. ana
the history OF Cicero and his age presented In topical
Rotations Professor Miller's Inducvc Virgil
+, the class used In the study of Nrslrs Aened.
In this class there Is critical translation, rapid
translation, and Inductlye study Of the principles Of
veisifcaton. The department Of college Latin rom
prises classes in the Odes satires, and Eplslles Of
Horace, Ccero's OratiOns Livy and ovid, and Illus
trated sectures on the private life Of the Romans.
Professor &. +. Castle, OF Bucknel University.
who will go to the University OF Chicago. is the In
structOr IN preparatory Greek There two red
tatlons day By these classes. Twelve weeks work
Is done during the college term. -Four books OF the
AnabasIs are read. The inductive method IS used
with special reference 10 the study Of moods and
lenses and the acquisition Of n vocabulary In the
department OF college Greek Professor Rufus b. Rich
ardson has classes in Homer and In Greek oratory.
The composition OF the IIOmerc poems Is studied.
Portions the otIon Of Ae~chncs against KtesphOn
and of the Grafton Of Demosthcncs "On the Crown
will be read. Professor Richardson formerly
Director Of the American School at Athens, and IS
now OF Dartmouth College. Professor Thomas j.
Seymour will begin July 90 classes in the Greek
drama, IN Greek readings Of the "Pcrslans Of
Acschylus and the "Medca7 Of Turlpidcs and In
Herodotus.
Professor Frederick Starr Inns charge Of the depart
mcnt OF geology. mineralogy and anthropology. The
work In geology is advanced in chaacer The section
Of dynamical geology forms the subject for th' year
The instruction IS given in lectures, and the work of
the classroom is supplemented by weekly excursions
10 points OF interest These excursions have formed
feature in c5 work Of this department for the past
FIVE years The points to be visited this year are tho
gravel hills OF jamestown, the gorge AT Eighteen Mile
Creek the Lake Erie shore al Barcelona, the
ton AT Irving, the Buffalo quarrcs and Niagara Fails
In mneraOgy the instruction IS elementary md gives
ability 10 determine common minerals Professor
Starts speciality IS anhropoogy and It Is the subject
in his department which attracts the greatest number
OF students. Professor starr Is Known to New Workers.
from his lectures given at the American Museum Of
Natural History, with which he for two years con
nccted.
| In the departments Of physics and chemistry are
Professors j r. Edwards. L. H. Batchedcr and Robert
Hail. The work Is included in eight divisions Tho
rooms fitted with all essentials for successfully
conducting these studies. The students are generally
teachers in schools Of the higher grades and are at
once enthusiastic and hard working DR. Edwards
has been CONNECTED " III this work At Clautanqua fO
ten years. lie 10 principal Of Chamberlain Institute
and member Of the New York senate DR.. Ed.
! wards has Just published "1hc Silva OF Chanauqua
Lake, beautifully illust r1ted book the Of
Western New York: Professor Batcheder is professor
Of chemistry In IIamlinc University at Minneapolis
| Mum. and has been a member Of the Chaualiqua
| faculty for three years.
. Professor Hall, son Of the Rev DR.. John Hail. Of
New1ork, Is professor Of organic chemistry In the
University Of the City Of New-York and is here for
| the first time II valued addition TO the faculty.
Professor Richard T. Ely, Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versty, Will begin instruction In the department Of
political science and social science July -. The
distribution OF wealth Will be examined Rent wages,
interest and profits, combinations OF labor and capai
will be discussed. and education, piUnsiarins and
socialism. ~
In the department Of psychology Professor J. q
| Schurman. the new president OF Cornell win Give
from August course OF lectures outlining the sub