New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-15
RICH AND Varied PROGRAMME.


,,.,,,r THE MEMBERS OF THE BROOKLYN 1Nsrr.
rrTE MAY ENJOY THE COMING SEASON
r.o frat edition of the prospectus OF the Brook
lon Institute for 1866 has appeared, bearing da'e
september 10. 1t is a pamphlet OF about one nun
dred pages and contains an outline OF the worN
mitch tho Institute will undertake TO DO IN the
coming season. a rich and varied programme u
offered for the delectaton OF the numerous patrons
~ the Institute and their frends-so rich tha'
there Is something to satisfy all ths'es' ho '"''e'
how diverse they may be-
The Institutes season will open at the beginning
y, oc,ober and extend over thirty-four weeks
During that time about five hundred lectures ana
meetings will occur or an average or ifteeh each
week As IN previous years. there VIII, as a ru'e
no one lecture or meeting every afternoon and one
everv evening Sundays excepted, gave In the case
NJ tho Graham lectures on The Power. WISDOM
opd Goodness of God. as Manifested In His works.
r-loso lectures will be given Sundays in January
February and March by Josiah Royce. professor
NJ the history OF philosophy at Harvard. HIS SUD-
iects are to be announced later
only a brief reference can be made here to few
of the attractive features OF the programme OF the
Institute. The first general meeting OF the year
will nrobably be held Tuesday. October /. when
the principal speaker will be the Rev. Dr. NJ
Woosey Stryker president OF Hamilton College,;
his subject will be THE Stewardship of Knowl-
edge" DR.. Stryker has preached several times IN
ProOklyn in the last TWO years, anu mas Deeh Pi"-
nounced by some competent judges one Of the
ablest pulpit orators In the country He has also
been heard at one or two public dinners In this
ne,rhborhood where he created most favorable
imnress,on Dr. Storrs is expected to speak briefly
at this meeting.
with SO strong a beginning OF the year. the Inst-
tute has planned equally strong ending AT the
closing meeting May 49, 1885, President Schur-
man. OF Cornell University. IL expected to speak on
"A Sound Philosophy a Basis for True Educa-
ton" About two years ago President schurmah
gave lecture before the Institute on topic similar
70 this and 1t was declared by several OF those who
heard It to be the best lecture ever delivered In
Brooklyn.
There will be the usual anniversary meeting in
celebration OF Washingtons birthday. The speaker
selected for that occasion Is the Rev Minot j. Saw
age OF Boston. and his subject VII! be Abraham
Lincoln" Mr., Savage ir interesting and brill
liant speaker. There will be two anniversary meet
ines In the course OF the year-one on February H.
in honor OF the late Professor James Dwight Dana
OF Yale University. who the first honorary
member Of the Institute; the other a Huxley memo
rial meeting on March 20. The speaker at tho first
will be Professor Henry 5. Williams. OF Yale, and
at the second Professor John Flske.
Two general courses OF lectures are described In
the prospectus. In one number OF we.-hnown
American authors Will take part the names put
down being those OF John Burroughs, DR.. Henry
van Dyke, Mrs. Burnett John Fske. Marion Craw-
ford and Richard Watson Glider. THE Purtans In
Old England forms the subject OF the second
course the lectures In which will be given by Edwin
d Mead the Rev i. w. Gunsaulus, Professor Al
bert b. Hart, the Rev. John Cuckson. the Rev. Dr.
Edward Everett Hale and John Fske.
In addition to the general lectures each OF the
twenty-five departments OF the institute has laid
out an interesting programme. Some OF these are
elaborate as for example. those OF the Depart
ment OF Music and the Department OF Philoogy
In the latter are lectures by Mrs Abby Sage
Richardson, Professor Homer B. Sprague, Wallace
Bruce. Professor Brainerd Kellogg, the Rev W.
Hudson Shaw OF oxford University: Professor +.
H. Stoddard and Perciva Chubb; lecture readings
by Mrs. Harriet Otis DeLenbaugh. and readings
from Shakespeare, Dickens. Hugo. Matthew Arnold
George Eliot and others by Locke Richardson
George Riddle and Professor ). IL. clark. or the
University of Chicago The Department OF Pedagogy
offers lectures on educational topics by Dr.. Harris
United states Commissioner or Education; DR. Tru-
man J. Bsckts President De Garmo Of swartnmore
College superintendent Maxwell. President Andrew
s. Draper Of Illinois University; Professor william
James. state superintendent Skinner and Dr. James
In the Department OF Political Science there will
he course By Professor Woodrow Wilson on
ae eIes Morse Of PS sieysn oPs
Revolution" one by the Rev william Eliot Grfis
Professor FIske, on American statesmen" and one
by Professor +. II. Giddlngs, on Sociology"
number Of Institute Extension courses Of lect
ures have also been arranged. Perhaps none Of
these VIII attract more attention than the one
which viii include the results Of Garrett T. Ger
ysfs present trip abroad. He Ia expected 20 give
six illustrated lectures on THE Ascent Of Mont
B.anc." Mount Vesuvius and the BAY OF Naples"
"Mount Aetna and the Ise OF Sicily" The Land
OF the Midnight sun" and allied topics Mr.. SER
vss has also arranged for six illustrated lectures
astronomical topics. Other Extension courses
VIII be conducted By DR. Lewis q. James, Mrs
Corneia X. Hood Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller Dr.
Smith Ely Jelline and Professor Peter I. Austen.
In the course OF the year exhibitions wiz be given
by the Departments OF Entomology, Painting. Fine
Arts, Architecture Archaeology, Pedagogy and
Photography.
A HOUSING UELCOME FOR PILLSBURY