New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
IN THE LOCAL COLLEGES.
COLUMBIA.

The last week In January and first week In FED
ruary have been. as Is customary at Columbia
College, set aside for the holding OF the mdyear
examinations; and the students have been grind
ing than Usual. all interests OUTSIDE OF iect-
,res and textbooks seeming to have sunk into COM
norative insigniHcance There Is. however, consid-
arabIe sneculation going on among the students as
% ubat will be the fate of those who are serving
IN that part Of the National Guard at present on
duty in Brooklyn. II they are not recalled before
the examinations take place. IL Is, OF course ex-
nected that they will obtain without difficulty
sneclal examinations, but as yet no omcai hotice
has been given, as the case has not been Drought
o., tho notice OF the faculty. At first glance the
matter might seem to be of little Importance as
the number of soldiers would be supposea " DC
email hut this Is not the case. At present there
are seven men from the senior class OF the a'"
department alone doing duty In BrooH'yh' anu q" 30
this class numbers only about sixty members :.
tho same proportion existed elsewhere there wouid
be about 200 students away on account Oh inc
strike. This number Is probably much greater IMAM
Is really the case. as the older men at the cones
are in the senior class and also large proportion
OF the academic department live In New ioih VI
BROOKLYN From both of these causes, 1t is prop
able that the percentage is larger In the senior
class of the Arts than II is in the other classes anu
DEPARTMENTS; but notwithstanding this, the numper
of students detained from attending recitaoohS o'
the strike is large. probably exceeding MY. =,
At present when the examinations are the all
absorbing topic there Is little done about the COL
Iege The Glee Banjo and Mandolin clubs nave
suspended all active work giving no concerts ady
holding no rehearsas. They have however alreauy
done work on music to be given a' the an
The sophomores Also have been doing work and
making arrangements for after the examnha,oi11;
The members OF that class who on De .S perLs
and IS acted our Boys Up to Date al sne rpnse
ley Lyceum and cleared about $500 for the purpose
Of paying off the debt incurred by the class III nap
porting their freshman crew. have maze arr Tn
m NAV he
tire at Morrisown r. j. on the evening Oh the LAKE,
wood Hotel Theatre. at Lakewood; n d. at p'''
OF which places they have many friends ara a.
present busy preparing for the annual exhibition OF
the Academy Of Sciences to be held some tune
are much interested In the work Of the Academy
and hope to furnish several new EXHIBITS; Last shs
year the display was held IN tne ds.ermned
to hire larger hall expressly for the purpose. 49,.
The Shakespeare Club which was started a. u ,ne
containing historical sketch OF the ciuD its con-
stitution, bylaws, list OF members and the names
officers this season. which was held at the same
meeting al which the handbooks were dis'riputeII,'
resulted in the choice Of the following men: f. H.
s. cherry secretary J. Deming treasu arsdsd in
Last Saturday evening the freshmen pd bea
their annual dinner without interruption at the
Hotel Savoy. The SPEAKERS were T. conover'
Longacre. jr, and c. II. Machen
The baseball club az whole. will begin training
at present doing night work In the gymnasium
The team starts out with a bright prospect, the
coming in hs ias a nqo ne t TO OF be-
sharp contest for every place on the team. Among
tne most prq,n sSat,pck = pitcher r shipman
H. S Acker. J. 7. Ryan. " March ID. f.; Girls
cal School.