New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
HARVARD.

/ Cambridge. Feb. (SpeciaD-"The Harvard Grim
son." one OF the college daily papers announced
early in the week that an alumni weekly would soon
be published under it's auspices. Its aim chiefly
to keep young graduates more in touch with under
graduate life 1t seems likely that ths plan
will be abandoned. chiefly for the reason that il
might conflict with The Graduates Magazine
The announcement has just been made that the
annual meeting of the Harvard Law School Assoca-
tion in June. will be especially memorable cele-
bration in honor of Professor Langdell, who will
celebrate his twentyfth anniversary dean OF the
Law School The feature OF the day will be the adj
dress by Sir Frederick Pollock the English jurist.
whose works contracts, torts and other branches
of the law are known throughout the Engash-speak-
ing world
The Harvard Varsity has been again more
or less shaken up during the last week. The only
important change. however. was new acquisition
TO the squad The newcomer was F. y. Watrm,
'92 who Is in his third year al the Law School.
He rowed substitute for the varsity crew In 1881
and 1893, and was captain Of his class crew IN MS
senior year. Last year he coached the varsity crew
during May and June. He is a good oarsman and is
a distinct acquisition 10 the force.
The makeup Of the has been so unsteady
that It would be useless to give any statement OF H.
Besides. the policy Of the coacher just at present
precludes any possibility Of an accurate statement
OF the condition of affairs Visitors are prohibited
from watching the men row, and nobody who knows
anything about the crew feels at liberty to breathe
a word about Il. 1t Is pretty certain that by the
time the crew men get on the water the weaklings
will be entirely weeded out.
The m;dyear examinations have been in progress
during the last two weeks more. As a result.
pleasures and athletics have been generally aban-
doned or at least neglected. Monday will usher in
the second half year on that day the college will
settle back into the old rut Athletes will resume
their accustomed vigor. and baseball candidates
will be summoned to begin preliminary work in the
baseball cage The batting candidates have been
working irregulary. but. beginning with the second
half year. all the men Will be called out The can
ddates for the Mott Haven team have trained
rather more faithfully than most of the other ath-
letes owing to the games which took place in los-
ton tonight in which over eighty Harvard men
participated
The Harvard Lacrosse Association was finally
Canized this week with the following officers Pres
ident, p r. Horne. Cir: secretary and treasurer
r. II. Starr, sc; manager G. c. Curtis, l.. $. s.;
captain G. A. Leighton. Cir Games will be ar
ranged with clubs III New-England. The assoca-
ton does not feel warranted however. in joining
the Intercollegiate Association chiefly owing TO
financial difficulties.
Harvard professors who taking their Sabbat-
ical years are pretty well scattered this year. and
most of them are engaged in some sort of literary
work. Professor Francke, Of the German depart
ment is in New-York where he is occupied in writ
g hUry o Se e has
Rome and Naples. engaged in literary work, the
nature of which he has not as yet announced lie
has also been making study OF the various ital-
ian economic theories. Professor Wright. OF the
Greek department, is spending the winter in Phla-
dephia. His time is chiefly taken up with the
writing Of a book which he has had under way for
a number of years. Professor Toy; Of the Hebrew
department. has also gone abroad. In September
he attended the Congress of Orientalists held In
Geneva. He is now in Paris He is making a new
translation of the Bible. He has also been writing
a commentary the Book Of Proverbs lie VIII
spend part of his time in Italy and part in England
Professor Wendell of the English department.. Is
engaged in no particular work; He published ms
book on Shakespeare Just before he started for
Europe. He is in Rome for the winter