New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-20
HARVARD.
BUILDING TO PERrETUATE THE MEMORY OF
PHILLIPS BROOKS.

PHILLIPS BROOKS
Cambridge Mass Feb 10 (special, The plan men
toned In The Tribune OF January 30 10 erect per
| menent memorial Of Philips Brooks. has taken
definite shape In an appeal siencd BY IN" Rev DR..
\. +. Peabody. Professor George II. Palmer and
Robert Treat Paine. the last of whom WIS class
mate of Bishop Brooks. graduating IN $50. Tie
| appeal is ; follows;
The friends OF Phillips Brooks desire TO pcrpetuac
his long and influential connection with Harvard ny
name.
While IA preacher to the university he often ex;
uses might stand In the college yard. side by side
with the many buildings devoted % residence and m
SiructiOn. His thought Of nObcr sort OF parish
housc home Of the humane Interests place where
religion ey Hospitality ana f'nd
provided for A subscription for This purpose has
charge of the fund. For properly erecting the build
Ing for endownS IT, ana for meeting the EXPENSES
college chapel. 100000 should be obtained. The
GAS Of s'3phiIllPs ro"Ass 90 agree
such a building should contain separate rooms for
each OF the existing religious societies. a spacious
and handsome hall for lectures comfortable quarters
for The preacher on duty for his wife, and for such
other guests the university may at any time desr'
to entertain; several rooms for committees. for Bible
study. and for receptions library and pracriceroom
for for the college choir; large kitchen and pantry
charge Of Selfperpetuatng board consisting OF The
undersigned ard three Others selected by them but no
more than two members Of the board will ever be
chosen from single sect. The corporation has In
dicated 7ultabc site the Of Quincy and
Broadway.
A Brooks memo rial thus designed, similar In many
respects t. Dwight Hall at Yale. Barnes Han AT Cor
certain special features of It's own will it Is believed
greatly further at the university the broad religious
HT wifi r thu! G Se w @Scn dfr convey
to G,. coming generations of students The splendid
all lis long history the college has received few gifts
more Important than his cachings-a gift of greater
value because coming at a time of enormous material
hoped that the ideals CT Philips Brooks may inc
porated ana his name and cnnobling Influence be for
wS IS RgSS, %ay BE President Eliot E
Brooks's class and Of the fnnd or II
The annual report Of the president OF Harvard
University appeared this week. 1t gives inter
esting account Of the growth OF the university for
the year 1S9l02 and reviews carefully some OF the
more Important educational reforms which Harvard
has undertaken. One OF the most noteworthy OF these
is The appointment OF the schools Examination Board
last June. This consists OF the president. four pro-
fessors and two principals OF schools academies
Under their direction the instruction In any school
whatever that prepares boys for the college or the
scientific school. WILL on request. b. thoroughly OK
amincd. These examinations for the purpose Of
asccrtaning the organization OF the school, the meth
DDS OF instruction. discipline and physical training.
and the pTcportionatc attention given TO each study
we'll TO the quality and range Of the textbooks
in use BY this method II IS hoped to get an OK
haustive knowledge OF the more prominent fitting
schools and to give them the advantage Of expert
advice II Is thought that this will lead 10 a gradual
overhaulng Of all the secondary schools. most
needed reform and which Harvard has been in.
terested In for many years.
The trcasurcr's report shows receipts TO the
Of 81 800. as compared with payments Of So1S,
86l 90. This leaves balance OF s0S.027 so. though
owing to large OUTLAWS In improvements there Is
deficit OF SG435 IS In the university, college and
library accounts.
The university nine will take n spring trip usual
this year. Games will be played April with
the University Of PENNSYLVANIA. at Philadelphia:
April with Georgetown University. at Washing
ton: on April with the University OF Virginia. NJ
Charlottesville; April 10 with the University Of
Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia and on April IL with
the Boston League, at Hartford or Worcester.