New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
COLUMBIA.


rrr,or oot abroad last Friday that the Column
b.a freshmen were to have their annual .oo
that night About noon, when two OF INC ~
men were on their way to Their luncheon. ao'
six "Sophs' jumped upon them ana unoe' W"
kidnap them. They hustled them up
and on Fiftieth-st bound one OF them' iia
with ropes and marched him towards flith-aVe
Some more freshmen came up about tha' -
and called upon police officers 10 SET ."
classmats at liberty, after which they q'"
helued him away. Later the "Sophs sot "o.' "
two other freshmen, but 49, with the he'p =.
polce managed to get them pach' Ai'' ~,
attacks things became quiet and the s'"ue"'' ~"
persed. ,oo >,,,os
One Of the members OF the class of 80. Mines
, ors.st.d s,nce his entrance to college, in
wearing short trousers. Last Monday aite'noo ,
his classmates. who considered TINS u"uis"",'
procured a pair of long overaLs ana catc"ii'e '-
unsuspect.ng freshmen. they forcioiy pu' 49,
on him After paradng HIM around the p'ooN
and I'D and down the campus two or three 'iine'
they got him on the library STEPS ""N
make a speech. c..
The members of the Shakespeare Literary ooc'
etv had their ong-antc.pated dinner last lues
day night at the Arena. Professors frice' 49,
bury Jackson and Carpenter were PfeSe"' o.
made brief speeches. The toast-master was GAN
mol 8 Seward and he introduced the ioiowihs
sneakers of the society: Edward H. DAY. inc
subject of whose speech was But for ten years
together: Charles F. Wheaton, "Whereof what
past is prologue; Joseph VI. Proskauer. Inc
plays the thing; Emil A. c. Keppier' On 'hen
his lines would ravage savage ears Heorse w;
Wharton ITO drink to these fa'r iad'es' a'''
Robert J. Cole For everlasting bond OF fellow
ship" This was the tenth anniversary dinner OF
the Shakespeare Society. The committee con-
sisted OF Manfred Uhl, Edgar Arnold Heilmah
Eugene Edward Spiegeberg.
The Freshman crew next year will make every
effort to beat Harvard in the race next June, as
Il Is an odd race both the colleges heretofore hav-
ing won eight victories apiece. About forty men
from the Arts and Mines presented themselves as
candidates.
Immediately after the opening OF the new term
an interesting double course of public lectures Is
announced from the Biological Department upon
the structure, habits and instincts Of birds. Upon
Tuesdays in January beginning January l. FRANK
NJ. Chapman.of the American Museum of Natural
History will lecture Birds" a field natur-
alist, treating of their distribution. Mr. Chapman
is the author of the Handbook of Birds OF Eastern
North America" These lectures will introduce
and Illustrate a concurrent course upon the In
stincts of Birds" by the English biologist, Prof.
c. Lloyd Morgan, author of animal Life and In
teiligence" and of Comparative Psychology The
lectures will be delivered in the lecture hall OF the
Academy of Medicine in West Forty-fourth-st.
at D.
The scheme of the mid-year examinations in the
on Saturday, January %. and end Saturday Feb
ruary g.
The Columbia College lectures in cooperation
with the American Museum Of Natural History
will be suspended until January on account Of
the Christmas vacation On the 4th, Dr. Ferdinand
C. Wiechmann will give his first talk on chemistry
his subject being, I'm Natures Laboratory" Col
lege lectures in cooperation with the Cooper Union
viii be suspended until Tuesday, January !, when
the Rev F. Huberty James will deliver his last
lecture, China and America" Prof. A. WILLIAMS
Jackson, of Columbia College, lectured last week
on the Ancient Hindu Drama with Parallels
from Shakespeare and also on Ancient India
and Persia; their Literature and their Civiliza-
ton" Last Monday night Prof. krom Rees. OF
Columbia College. delivered address before the
New-York Academy of Sciences.
The Barnard Literary Society has new plan
afoot, to give a public debate in which the grad
uate members of the university may take part
G. r. Jacobus '9S Arts. and A. l.. Marvin, 81 Arts
the committee for promoting the scheme.
The new buildings of the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons will probably be opened to the stu
dents at the beginning Of next year. This increase
of room will obvate the difficulties which formerly
existed on account of the large attendance.