The record-union., 1894-03-10

AC subject was Ills elu0SI SlSlSls MISS
Catharine Draper, who rendered him val
liable aid in his scientific research. In the
Old Draper mansion at Hastings-on-th the
hudson Miss Draper still lives, re-
markably active spinster OF 80. The
original photograph was presented by DIR.
Draper many years ago 10 Sir David
Brewster OF England NOW deceased). IN
1870 he wrote that it was as well pre-
served as the day it was taken. In
lumber-room in Gramercy Park is the
original camera.
In these days of rapid emulsion pro-
cesses the directions DR.. Draper gives for
taking daguerreotype are not without
interest.
In the first experiments 1 made." he
says, The lace of the sitter was busted
with white powder; but few trials
showed that this was unnecessary. On
a bright day, ana with a sensitive plate,
portraits can be obtained in the course OF
i've or seven minutes in the ditfused
daylight, even when an ammonia-sul
phate OF copper cell is interposed. The
hands should never rest upon the chest
Tor the motion OF respiration disturbs
them so much as to make them of a thick
anu clumsy appearance, destroying also
the representation of the veins of the
back, which, if they are held motionless,
are copied with surprising beauty. A
waistcoat OF the same color must put on
temporary front OF drab or flesh color, or
by the time that his face and the tine
shadows OF the wooden clothing are
evolved his shirt will be solarized, and be
blue or even black with a white halo
round it. Owing to the fact that yellow
and yelloWish browns require long
time to impress the substance OF the
daguerreotype, persons whose faces are
OF
ludicrOus results
1t was while sitting for his own photo
graph that DIR. Draper made the dlscov-
cry which led TO his final success. The
day was excessively warm. The perspi-
ration had melted his old-fashiOned cho-
ker collar and stained it with black
streaks, which the camera faithfully pro-
duced. He found much difficulty in pho
tographing hair, especially the unyield-
ing curls OF the bellies of lS40. Ere
quently Moses Hobby, Master of the
University Grammar School, was des-
patched by DIR. Draper to escort. the
the golden-haired daughter from one of
the stately mansions of the square to his
studio in the tower, where he continued
to experiment with the stubborn tresses
until the secret OF their successful photo
graphy was his.
TO this same tower came frequently,
although i'll no manner connected with
the university, Samuel Colt, who per-
fected there the invention of the Colt re-
volver. The Drapers, father and sons,
have, in their remarkable contributions
to science, done much to promote the
university's renown. Previous to 1887,
when Benjamin +. Butler, Attorney
General of the United States under jack
son, accepted the first PrOiessorshlp OF
the Law School, legal instruction outside
OF law offices was unknown in this coun-
try. Law lectures had been delivered at
Columbia College by Chancellor Kent,
author of "Kenfs Commentaries" from
1893 to 1898, but had been discontinued.
The efficiency of the law school during
all these years has been greatly due to
Mr.. Butler, who proposed the plan of its
organization and system OF instruction IN
legal science. Charles Butler, his broth
er, the valued President of the Univer-
sity Council, is the oldest living member
of that body. The councils Nice-Presl-
dent, William Allen Butler, son OF the
founder OF the law school, is the author
of the popular poem, "N othing 10 Wear"
which first saw the light in HGrpei's S
Weekly in 1857.
Albert Gallatin, who drew up the Con-
stitution, was Jetferson's Secretary OF the
Treasury, diplomat of wide repute.
His grandson, Professor Gallatin, sus-
Iains the family's interest in the univer-
sity. Theodore trelinghuysen, successor
OF Chancellor Mathews, was Nice-Presi-
Dental candidate on the ticket with
Henry Clay during his Chancellorship.
tie occupied the Chancellor's residence
in the south wing of the university, and
from its balcony made a speech to the
enthusiastic followers who brought It'd
ings of the reputed election Of the Whig
ticket. IL took at this period three days
10 get the election returns from the vari-
". ,,..t,A 81 llx,rrr llRnl
huysens speech Polk'S election was as
sured, and Benjamin Butler, President
OF the State Electoral Board who resided
in the shadow OF the ChancellOr'S resi-
dence, addressed from his window an en-
thusiastic Democratic crowd. The incl
dent inspired clever political doggerel,
and is a university tradition. The sue
ceeding ChancellOrs were DIR. Isaac Fer
ris. DIR. Howard Crosby, DR.. John Hall
and DR.. McCracken.
The University Medical School, which
occupies a site remote from the original
building, was a success from its inception
in lS4l. One OF the foremost medical col
leges of the country, it has graduated
{, 800 students. It's laboratory, the gift of
an unknown donor, is one OF the finest
equipped laboratories in the world. 70
the efforts of one of its founders, Dr.. Mar
tyn Paine, medical science owes the re-
peal Of the law which, up to 1854. made
the dissection of the human body peni-
tentiary offense, thus suppresslng sclen-
tific investigation.
Before the war the university chapel,
abolished in 1915, was the only show
place the city then had for the entertain
ment of distinguished visitors whom it
was desirable to impress with an idea of
the grandeur and superiority of things
metropolitan. Hither came in October,
ha Trfn nf oil fth
cellor in his official robes, the students in
gown and cap, council, professors, Judges
OF the court, and a brilliant audience
welcome the Prince and his royal suite.
Prince Albert, his father, told him on
leaving England that America had three
men with whom he wished him to shake
hands and convey his compliments. The
men designated, who had already won
European reputation. were professor
| Valentine VI OFT, then the first surgeon OF
America, Professor John w. Draper, and
Professor Samuel +. B. Morse. In the
upper chambers of the university build
ing artists, bohemian recluses-a motley
bevy of the curious-have found from
earliest days bachelor quarters. Their
mysterious coming and going, their ex-
cluSlvenesS, have not failed TO invite the
| romancer's fancy. Here Theodore Win
throp laid, thirLy-three years ago, the
scene Of Cecil Dreeme."
After erecting the obelisk January p.
1881, Lieutenant-Commander Henry II.
Gorringe passed several years in one of
the uniyersity's sky parlors; and we'll
known New York journalist, on quitting
his favorite chambers there, after resi-
dence of twenty-five years, startled the
public by announcing the sale OF his
household goods-pictures, books and
bric-a- -brac-which realized $4,000.
1.-The popularity Of these upper cham
bers." says an old resident. "is the at
mosphere which forces every one to stick
strictly TO business: to maintain a per-
sonal isolation and reserve; to be solitary,
exclusive, unobservant, and self-ab-
sorbed."
In l,eaninu with ifs ace arndItior, and