New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-20
A REVIEW OF TIE YEAR AT BROWN,
.1lrs TO ruE UNIVERSITY OF vAKIous MINDS

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A REVIEW OF THE YEAR AT BROWN,
GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VARIOUS hiNDS-
! COURSES OF STUDY EXTENDED
Providence June 10 (Specla.-Every year, ior sew
era, year, the commencement festivities ut Brown
University hive been ushered I'm with some ne" eNl
dences Of increasing prosperity, ms made Known 10 ''
olum,l by The crculnr prepared in accordance Win
resolution adopted by the cOip0Iatoh' Inc cru"
| lar of this year, prepared by froicSso' '
Howard Appleton ana stephen q. Edwards Is inv "'"
which has been drawn up to meet the terms "i '"o
resolution Amcag the good things which tms COM
mee tell their brethren OF the aumni are the follow
ing: In the fiscal year ended April 10, s4o.oo mas
becn sdaed 10 the Invested fund chiefly by gifts ana
Il now amounts TO 81 .24J,365 On. nope 'o's'' tie
Addition Of which, for many years hiss been tie oaH
Of 60 much complaint has been completely reinodeied'
| at a cost 81 about $4,000 "The Interior Is nisno
IN hard wood; the rooms are rcar7nged, partly IN
su,,es with large closets or dressing rooms. Each
room has an open fireplace and is provided with steam
| heat by indirect radiation
The sum OF $50. 700 81 has been received on account
Of the gymnasium nnd and the maintenance fund has
reached the OF s34, 800 % The LYMAN Fund iof
Students Is now s3s s05 90 Reference IS made to the
completion and formal dedication OF the wel-edhppcd
Iadd Observatory also TO the effort now making by
1 fbe Brown University Cub OF Philadelphia 70 raise
| $40 600 for fellowship. and TO the securing H ole
| $4,000 fellowship fund OF the Grand Army OF The
| Republic Department Of Rhode Island The Request
from the Fverweather estate win be not far from $50
600 Another generous beQuest which In due time VIII
come into the treasury of the university will not fall
short ~ and NAV exceed 800 600 II "a the gift Of the
! late John Wilson Smith. Of Providence. Miss Maria
H. Benedict left BY will $4,000 toward the endowment
Of profcsSorship 90 be called the David Bened'cI
Professorship In honor Of her father the Rev Dr. Ben
edlct, the Baptist Historian" Mrs. Gamwell the
widow of Professor William Gamwell the first professor
| te@o in no ~
mon the walls OF the history lecture valuable
collection of sbout so historical portraits brass
tablet, cemmemorating Professor Gamweifs services
Ia the university has been placed upon the south wall
| OF the lecture
II is learned from the circular that In the last wear
a classical seminary has been organized. and commo-
dions In 6ayies Memorial Hall has been set apart
for It's is supplied With an extensive special
library purchased with funds generously contributed
BY friends OF the university Interested in classical
studies. The hcohs have been selected with Speclai
reference to the needs Of advanced students flreeh
hundred volumes already the shelves. ana al
ditions viii arrive from time to time. Professor Poland
who for the last year has teen annual director OF The
American School OF Classical Studies. At Athens leaves
the scene of his labor to rtwrn home early in july.
Through the generosity OF the friends or Brown. he
has had the means to purchase number of casts {" be
INDEED 10 the present collection in the Museum OF
! Ga steal Archaeology.
| Professor Jenhs at an expense borne hy himself OF
go 900 has eraily enlarged the rooms In Rhode Hall
devoted 10 the Museum Of Zoology. Professor
Williams now IN Germany, has made good us" OF the
sum OF 5000 contributed by II. Anant for the pnr-
chase Of brOks which cover the entire literature OF
| Germany from the earliest up 90 the most recent
tiIneS-with special reference TO what IS called the
clas fcal side, The courses of study in English.
rhetoric history political and social science. chemistry
physics ma hematics mechanical drawing. civil eng-
neering and other departments have been largely cX-
| ana mn.a than
400 Pampeso have s 600 aa Hnnd 70 yo lar nd oo
M nphlctS. President Andrews and at least twelve
81 the professors have gwen to the publlc valuable
n of npd sT pens @ f aRa Sb BEEN well @
tanned The university extension experiment haSt,en
zen en- even m irovidsnce and lis Vicinity Perhaps
no other American. university has as yet done n
| Il Is plain that Brown Is trying and with most
measure Of suGSss to keep , Hbr or OF
hs ,eT nsecna ac ii she stretches ont her
hands 20 her friends and asks for NOR moaeS 10 "a
o sa o ner sdS TO G o TS, pi for enlarged aes to
| the generous work which she aspres % no.
THE "sFNIOR DRAMATICs" AT SMITH COLLEGE.
| Norihompton. Mass June 10 (speclan.The per
| fortance Of "ColomDe's Birthday" given Thursday
ceenne, June 49, was repeated last evening before
| q large and appreciatve audience. The choice OF
the play and the MANNER OF its presentation was IN
line with the former efforts OF the students and Brown
ng's idyllic drama will range itself among the sue
ccsses obtained by such productions as Electra
| job ard George Elio's spanish GYPSY" The
fiery souled Valence and the gentle Colombo, woman
lest OF all "playqucens naturally the centres
Of attraction and these parts were we'll played by
Miss Curtis end Miss Goodwin, respectively. The
other characters were not snghed, however, aud
there All indvidualzine Of even the minor parts
which sustained the Interest throughout. Browning
IN the five acts OF "Colombe's Birthday" busics him
self mainly with tfe manifestation and development
Of character, but the audience agceably surprised
to find how much pictorial effect and dramatic
Interest could be given to the various There
is hardly n CLEAN OF humor In the play but there was
not II dun moment IN It's presentation.
Miss Peck the resident teacher OF eOcutlOn al the
college, had done much for tho actors By careful ain
ing and the results of her work I'm the play
were noted with favorable comment. Alfred Young,
OF Newl0r, IS the dirccter Of the play. Mr. Youngs
staging Of the piece controlled by a due regard
at once for theatrical effectiveness and the thought
, and purpose Of the poet The music for "Coi0nJes
Birthday was written BY George Colman Cow, In
structor In the school OF Music Smith College, and
WAS u marked success Whatever was done by the
students To make the motive and inner spirit Of
Brownings play apparent due in great meas
ure 10 the help they received from Mr.. Cows music.
This was the cast Of characters:
Colombo Sarah Storcr Goodwin
SaLyne.. Margaret MacDOugal
Adolf r,; Helen libby Woleott
Gaucelne ............. .wfhemna Van {. wabridge
Msmroy. ........................E Eta Anne seayer
Vaience Eiuora Whitman Curtis
IGnSe B'rthOld Eleanor Ey nIya Cutler
Courtier, attendants etc.
The members OF the Executive Committee Of the
senior class, under whose MANAGEMENT the perform
ance given were Martha Thaief Folsom, Sai1i
Ann BOYD, Cora Helen Coolidge, fdith Baker Brown,
Vida Hunt Francis, Eliza Robinson Swift. A brill