New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-01
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.
A COPY OF cRoMwE1L's DEATH MAsK-ArHLEIls

A COPY OF CRoNwELL's DEATH MASK-AIHLhII@
IN BUsY TRAINING
Cambridge Mass. Jan 81 speciaD.-lt is perhaps
not known 10 most people in TIE United states "ia'
real conv of Oliver Cromwell's face, death mask IN
fact ia in possession Of Harvard College III H7
Harvard College library there IS one room WHO" j.
seldom visited by the hundreds of men VINO use tlie
library every DAY. The most striking tmNs Ill '"e
whole room /. the death mask II Is copy oi inc
ORIGINAL death mask of Oliver Cromwell, ana humDef
Of wear, ago the sculptor Thomas Woolner VINO Is the
author Of the famous bust OF Carlyle. presented 70 ue
historian n cast taken directly from the Original ueau
mask OF Cromwell which is in his possession III 80"
CARLYLE. in turn, gave il 10 Charles Eho' norton
Later when Carlyle Left 10 Harvard hi valuable library
of works on Cromwell, which he had collected curing
the studies for his essay on him. Professor >o'oh pre-
sented the cast 10 the college.
The work of the candidates for the HalVaiu 'ni-
yersitv nine goes on steadily although II Is yet TOO
early to draw any differences about the chafde' o tc
team which will represent Harvard IN the spring
None of the old has yet begun 'rah'hs eAooP'
those who trying for the places OF eluef pitcher
or catcher. The Others Will begin lmIhedR'sH &'cr
the mid wear examinations, which end February 10.
Aside from these the candidates Tor the battery
under the supervision Of Keee. Their training Is as
tinct from that OF the other candidates and consists
simply OF pitching and catching. me candlda'es lo'
the freshman nine daily at work 10 the cage Ill I'll"
Gary buiidjnQ under the coaching OF D0wner, the Od
Harvard pitcher FiftySix men started originally but
the number of candidates is nov about forty. Mt
Dewner saws the outlook for good team Is excellent
and the material for pitcher and catcher is particularly
good. The Mott Haven team has been increased con-
dderaby in the last weeks, and now the candidates
number fully 225 the largest number which have oneied
themselves for the in the history of athletics At
Harvard.
The literary committee of the Phi Beta Kappa soci-
ety. consisting Of Professor h. b r. Brggs, 10 r. u
Lowell 20: Josiah Quincy, 80: W. c. Lane, 81
G. r. Carpenter SO and f. Il. Thayer, rs, have ap-
pointed the orator and the poet for the annual exercises
of tie society in Sanders Theatre on June 80.
The orator appointed Is the Rev. William Jewet Tucker
In this case the appointment has fallen man out
side of the Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Tucker was not
graduate of Harvard, but Of Dartmouth. At present
Dr. Tucker is a professor at the Andover Theological
School and is known Of the most prominent OF
the modern liberal Congegationalsts and de speaker
of great ability. The appointment of poet has been
given 10 Phi Beta Kappa man, Ernest tr~hceco
Fenolossa, who was graduated from Harvard in 1e,4
and was class poet. For a number OF wears Mr.
Fenollossa has been professor IN the Japanese Uni
verity of Toxic
will be held at Yale the Hyperion Theatre, probably
March rs. Yesterday afternoon the officers OF the
union met and voted that they would accept the ques
should be Restricted" Harvard will maintain the
affirmative. The question will be the subject for de-
bate at the next meeting of the Harvard Union.
Professor White has not u vet decided whether he
will accept the offer from the Chicago University Of ne
professo Ship Of Greek with salary of $1,000. The
r. /. Mccimng' Yale, '92. and W. B. Wright. Yale
'92. the captain and manager Of last falls football
team al Yale. were in town Yesterday and had long
talk with Professor Amc and Professor White. Of
the Harvard Athletic Committee, athletic relations
between Yale and Harvard.