New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-16
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.

INTEREST IL TIE COMING DEBATE WITH YALE.
Cambridge. Mass. Jan. - (spec!all.-On Wednesday
Of this week at Camprdgs. harvard and Yale VIII
debate the question, 8" Resolved That tie power OF
railroad corporations In the United States should be
further limited by National legislation II. 5 Cum
mngs. +. f. Donnelly and =. II. Lamson Will try
TO prove for Yale the Affirmative. and G. Vrooman
T.. II. Warren and a. p stone will support the mega
tive side for Harvard. President Eliot Will preside
This year the union will break away from the
precedent established by the last two debates. ana
will have rendered decision on the merits OF the
debate. Professor eegman. OF Columbia; speaker
Barrett, Dartmouth graduate. and President An
drews. Of Brown University. Lave consented to act
judges over seven hundred and fifty applications
for seats received ny the committee In charge,
while only GOO were at thcii disposal. one nun
dred have been reserved for the Yale men and their
friends. Wellesley maidcns have fifty set apart, and
the Annex tl,itv or more. After the debate
Informal banquet will be served AT ioungs Hotel
In Boson, at which speakers ant oleers Of the Two
unions and prominent 'nen In IA speaking line VIII
be Invited. lar more interest Is being taken in the
coming exercises than heretofore.
The growth OF the Medical school during the last
few years has been remarkable. face too, OF con-
slant raising Of the standard OF the most notable
of these the decision reached last wear 10 lenghcn
the course to four years. Ii attendance now num-
bers 447 students. tt nearly double what 1t was ten
years ago. This growth has made necessary the en-
largement OF Two labor; tories ana inc
Of several additional assistants Among these Is DR..
Howell "A graduate Of Johns pins. whose works on
Nerve Degeneration after Section" and on the origin OF
the Red Blood Copusclcs have given him wide rcpn.
tauon, and have mad" his appointment most Variable
addition 10 the school. Or, W. r. Councilman Is
another Instructor In pathological anatomy
lie too comes from Johns Hopkins and has had
two years experience In the biological laboratories,
besides having stuffed in the hospitals at Vienna
lie was one Of the pioneers In the astrological
work which led to the discovery OF the nla'arial
germs How much need there is of scholarships in
the medical school is shown hy TIE ciicia statement
that fifty worthy applicants had TO be refused aid
for lack of funds. The recent gift of 5000 from
Mrs Anne NJ Swectscr relieves this need slightly.
In the Dental school the classes have for the first
time been distinctly divided. and the three years
course put into operation. The force OF instructors
las been increased, but accommodations remain so
limited that active efforts are being made 10 raise
money for a new building.
The Divinity school, though with an enrolment OF
forty has receive al applications for men,
bership that. were the strict requirements removed
the attendance would materially increase. Now no
one can become candidate for degree Of theology
who does hold bachelors degree. II Is alto
gehcr likely that in the Of gear the tuition
will te raised 10 $50 year, In the other depart
mentS in the university.
The gymnasium teens with the many candidates for
crews, Mott Haven team. baseball mines and the like
didaies for The Mott Haven team since the first
call, which brought out nearly 200
The Harvard Camera Club has held during the week
q most interesting exhibit OF amateur photographs
over 600 pictures collected and exhibited. on
Wednesday evening Messrs Klmball and Briggs OF the
Boston Camera Club. awarded the prizes, the first TO
Professor sumichrast the second to Mr. Cummings.
Instructor In economies and the first OF The class In
which the photographs merely made the exposure. 10
Omstead, 94.
H. ]. kimbal has been elected assistant business
manager Of The Harvard Crimson
Al meeting Of the Harvard University Football As
Lam VI.
elected president and manager Of the team, and Harris
Kennedy, "a, was reelected treasurer.