New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-13
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITY II CHICAGO.
THE FIRST PRIZE OFFERED Is ONE IN TIE
u APTNENT


SEMITIC EXPERIMENT.
Chicago. Feb II (>p.cah.-Thc first prize offered at
tho University Of Ciicago WIS announced last week.
When Professor Harper calicd from the cia'r oi
Semitic languages nj Yale. 1t wa loreGone matter
that this department would well represented at the
new institution ana the fI~ pitc oflFcd mere i LOT
the best paper semitic subject Inc ooio' i
Rabbi Emil +. llr~ch. professor of Eabhlncai hcr
allure in the university AMI Editor Of The Reform Au
vocatc" one Of ihr foremost organs of progressive
Judaism ono hundred and fifty dollars will b" given
each year for the II paper on on" OF given number
of subjects chosen BIZ ia" semitic department. FOR
this year the subject, will De announced WITHIN TWO
weeks and the palr:o mu-i Oc handed in. unsigned DIV
septombcr l. After this the subjects viii be an
nounced In the August cal, ndar and the papers VIII De
due May /. Any member Of the university mas com
pete and the decision will be- made by the semitic de-
partmen
Saturday night the first meeting OF the University
Union WIS held The scientific and literary Gibbs
fourteen in all-havc combined 20 gil" literary pro
gramme In the middle Of each crn'-a programme 'n''
shall indicate the work accomplished by the ci"os'
The meeting on saturday night was held In me gym
nasum, which g0rGcOusly decorated WIN ""T'
from every milton OF the earth. The programme CON
sas.ed OF a PAPER by lean hubert Of the DIVINITY
cohoo,. q statement Of thc objects OF h, union. by
President IIarpcr and papers by Miss Mdc Inc wal
lin OF the Political Science Club. on '1hc Locust III"
It's Ravages IN the Northwest; BY +. H. Llii" OF Inc
BIOLOGICAL Club on The Physical Basis OF liercuN'
and by C. ". spencer. of the social Scienc" 'no' o"
9Cbicaco as n Sociological Laboratory Mr,lc WIS
furnished by Miss Mary Thomson, Il well known
vocalist of this city. and Professor Harold Knapp ol
the Northwestern Conservatory of Music nj the cio'
n, the promcnade n concert given IN COBB Hall
The members Of the university appeared arraycd IN cap
and gown.
The baseball nnn is being trained 10y professor
Stacg Yale's pitcher. The practice now CONSISTS
mostly In llmbering If the muscles, PcNInE W.
rrounders and throwing. This week. however, Il cage
will be put I'm for training in batting ard machine
for sliding bases The team Til, year Will pro'hDN
he nm unusually good for institution only one
wear old 10 put In the fl d. Mr.. stage Will lrobahiN
MAY behind the bat. The added attraction OF 'h'
Worlds Fair Is bringing requests !or cnSac''h'S
Than thcre are DAYS TO play. An effort l. being pa'
forth IN secure a national intercollegiate haNoiiih
Tournament In this city the first few weeks CT july
Mr. sacg rs secretary Of the organization which has
THIS in charge has already written to Yale, Harvard
md Princeton Whether these colleges will accept OF
not seems TO depend on the way the graduate rh' Il
settled The plan is to have FIVE teams from Western
colleges play series Of games for the championship
Tho expenses OF the teams will be paid for two weeks
with transportation 10 and from this city. ., .u,
course in journalism Will be given ms ''rn
which hecins TO day Professor Wnkln,oh an
author OF national reputation, and pTacucal news
Daper man. will have charge oil the course A"ou
thirty students have been enrolled llr t'e ou.'i ~
MANY Of whom have done work on newspapers.
Professor Won Hoist i giving course OF lecture
On the French Revolution to crowded lecture
room.