New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-04
1GCSTAES ACKNOWLEDGE GIfiH
THE SETH LOW rrcrEsscRsnr OF AMERICAN
HISTORY ESTABLISHED rviLp scIER-
MERlIORN HALi.-rNIFoRM AcA-
nEMiC COSTUME ADOPTED


The meeting Of the trustees o: Columbia College
h.ll Yesterday afternoon VAS largely attended,
the solioH..- trustees heinz present ". g. -'h'F-
Ilorhorr. chairman. me Row. Or DIX. : l. Na7h
C. A S.ll man. = 4 Schcrme-horn. Gerard t'""h
man Bishop iI:tlo'ohn. Edward Mitchell. Eayard
Cutting. seth Low. pros 1"ri, George J.. i'|"S
Lenox smith. Bishop Potter. Dr " IL Draper
the Rev ~. Vincent. u. Gcofg" - Nherl' ~
r r. Couteri II H. Cammann AMI John Is fin'
clerk OF the trustees.
The committee appointed 20 report what action
should be taken in Acknowledgement o. president
Lows gig o. the nc~ library. wA'ch "a' an
nounccd last month. recommended thai suitable
tablet. expressing the appreciation Of the trustees
SHOULD /. placed IN the library huli-ns anl = also
recommended that there shouli he csiaohsh'l
neg protc-sosship. 70 De known a. the seth i.oN
rroscssorshly q American histofT mo sHol''-
IS one In which President 10" ~ es1er'hIiy ."''r
cstcl and MS participation III public affairs rem
ecrs II specially appropriate that me Ifo>essorshp
named after him should be devoted 10 instruction
I'm the history Of onr own country. ard - n" IN
csicat ton o. the Tr1c ip~s 81 constitutional liberty
se.u.cl 20 tie individual citizen end 20 ak classes
a. so..ct. under American Institutions. F'ih rec
concentrations acre unanimousif adopted. To"
roa. don't vas authorized 90 nominate thr first ia
o,,rnf,eut q: tie pro,essorsnip In recognition o:
n. s!:. Of ". G. Scnerme.hOfn. The committee
r,orosod hat inc building 10 which his gu Is
a.,,lI shout! be ,l"-iguateI = hefmcrnoin Hall "
Following a
be firmly established. the trustees invited ". C.
scscrmerAora TO sit Tor his portrait. 70 be place
in Tho library with he portraits Of former chair
mon ard other OH ers of the college. The COM
rnlttee also made an Acknowledgement o. p n
s~so,,,arAorn's sN o. the Townsend Library o.,
w. perorJs The committee called attention 10 a
resolution OF The trustees adopted MAY 2 is'.. by
.hich tho, declared g. 20 be their purpose % yer
,.,,,tc I'm some suitable way IN connection win
-. york OF the college the names OF all donors
- no general fund COR the Inrcha'e Of the new
alto and .or tho erection " buliling'
The rrc.i Icnt reported GIT OF A5"D from an
orrvmous friend for the purchase Of books for the
Irr,r, The AFT comes from ;hr individual who
las, v.,r gave $-i0l) for similar purpose, but who
:. no, willing that his name should be know
Two Committee on Buildings and Grounds reported
that the opnnrg OF One-hundrcd-and siNic'nth-si
VAS comulciea anl ihd- rapid progress MAS being
made toward preparing the ground for commencing
,h o,,s,ruct,ou OF the new library building whica
II was dociicd Should built OF Indian" limestone
Tn committee composed OF reIrcseniaiiNcs ~
Columbia YAH. Johns Hopkins. princeton ana
other univorsiucs. 10 prepare s'h'nc i2I ! UNI
form academic costume. 10 be worn on all oni'ia
occa IONS reported a statute 10 be adopted by all
the colleges similar In form 10 the one which has
Ions been in at Columbia The usual FORM 81
black Fix gown In at oxford Is r"commendcd
the lining OF the hood varying In coor 70 correspond
with the color- of the universities The different
arts and letters bcrg indicated by white. theology
bv scar,et law by purple. medicine by green. phil
arts by brown and music by pink
The following appointments wcr" conilrlncd: fi"f-
man j SrhnitZ lecturer In the Gcrmlnic languages,
curtis A. Page. lecturer in the romance languages;
George Is German assistant In mathematics. Dr
T. T. Craigen secretary Of the faculty OF medicine;
Or Joseph 4. Blake. assistant demonstration of
anatomy 10 succeed Or Robert Sands. resigned.
Richard RI. Cunningham assistant demonstration OF
physiology: Herman 5 Davis tutor In astronomy.
Professor Henry : Munroe was appointed delegate
% the university council from the faculty or the
School 81 Mines
4 vot, Of thanks rendered TO Charles A.
Dana and ". j. Walter for the gift TO the Library
OF Oriental manuscripts