New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
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o. ,he Students Club in the club pariors No l29
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COLUMBIA
rs. ors. intersocie,y debate was held last Mon
80 NIGHT in Room No. q. Hamilton Hall. BY S
.iock the place was filed The Pholexian So
.,s,v carried off the honors. Joseph Proskauer
Sonlssring the weight of the debate for his side.
IT, barnard Society has heretofore had almost an
'.,roken string OF Victories. The topic of debate
.as. "Resolved. Tha; New-York State should carry
Az ,,s LIQUOR Traffic" The affirmative side was up
MIA by Keith &c. Randall 'sS Wharton, %. OF the
barnard and the negative side by Hackett, 80,
e,hussel IS and Proskauer SO of the Philolexian
society The Judges were Arthur NJ. Day in
.ructor in political economy; j. Livingston Farrand,
Instructor in psychology. and Ralph c. Rngwalt.
assistant In rhetoric. The second OF this fail series
~ debates has been appointed for next Thursday
nigh, at o'clock The question to be discussed
a.. Resolved, That the United States should own
end operate all railroads controlled BY Interstate
commerce laws" on the affirmative side the Philo-
,.xan Society will be represented by Hehman ~
Burke 'sS Wheaton. 81: the negative. the Bar
rard win be represented by Ropes 's9. Pomeroy
.os Marvin 81. The judges will be Frank H. Dodd
Lester W. Clark and DIR. Henry J.. Taylor
The members OF the Sophomore Class are taking
,ouch interest in their prospective play, and are
yshearsing with zeal All the parts have been as
signed There will be TWO plays, "A Groom and HIS
groom and The Living Statue" In the for
,rer the cast is follows: His Whiskers
Roberts 'sS Arts: Mr.. Burton. OF Philadelphia
n y Hall. IS. Mines; Mr.. Paul. lawyer G II.
Niachen IS Mines; Chmmie Fadden. Arthur
Ware 'ss Mines; De Duchess Schlussei ss
Arts. Miss Fannie William b. Symmes. Sd. sS
AVS. In The Living Statue the cast is Lark
snur n sculptor Hrschheld. S. Law; Trotter
his man-servant. J. T. Conover. ~, Mines Dr
stonecrop b. NJ. Van Noorhis. '9s Mines MIS-
Piper the landlady, Frederick Parmly, rs, Mines
Kate stonecrops daughter, d. ;. Hudson vs.
AIS Between the two plays there will be vaude-
- re-formance in which the Columbia College
Musical Society will take part. and also Messrs
Belden '9S Mines. Fitzgerald. rs. Law; H. y Han!
'sS Mines and a. Ware. rs, Mines. The rehearsing
goes on daily al the Carnegie Music Hall under the
supervision OF Mr.. Norcross.
The Shakespeare Society of Columbia college
through its president. E H. Daily. received the fol-
loving communication from Henry Irving;
Ny Dear Sir: Pray convey to the members OF me
Shakespeare Society OF columbia CoILsse ny go
sense o. the honor conferred on me .! men ~,
irs me honorary member Believe me 'hau
ssa aya appreciate S"'' HENRY IRVING.
The subjects for honors in the following courses
have been officially posted In rhetoric and EhsAsh
composition thu subject assigned for the sophomore
essay IS The Life and Works OF Robert LOUIS
Stevenson" The subjects offered for the essay are
"The Main Characteristics OF Modern English
Poetry" and 'Mr. Kipng's Writings a. Sg Il
the Individual candidates ..,,,
In French the subject for sophomore honors VIII
b. 2 preparation fer special examination in the
",ran1atc Literature of France in the seventeenth
Century" for junior honors the preparatoR OK ca la
Cuerelle des Anciens 1t des Modernes for ma
honors the subject for the special ESSAY WI S , oe
Royer Collarl the Philosopher; orator anu SIaies
man The candidates Tor hnal honors in me no
ing knowledge OF German. This is 10 be strictly
INSISTED upon. ,.. E. o,ossfco are.
pindar drst six Olympan odes with prosody OF
-os urst two . Symonds's studies OF the Greek
iSSks win prosody l. Subject OF the required
essay. a comparison Of Greek and LATIN !HIrc
poetry. The candidates should cohsu" Iro'eSS0''
en- ,,5Ir for those irving for junior honors
IL Electra" Patin. 'Etudes sur les Trasiques
Grscs' The candidates must have participated IN
the course of Greek prose composition orerea our
Ganddaies for sophomore hon9rs will haze s1std to
read l. Plai9S MAGE from Tbaes i TO- Cicero
Mahafv History of Greek Literature. volume ~
Viii chanters 81 and g. The candidates must also
pursue the courses in Latin ana creek p ooST psi.
XII ne 5f5etc interests at Columbia were repre-
se;e5 az - matchmaking lod last Monday after
noon in Hamilton Hall The manager ana ue itd
for the crew and i9r me aSK cS9sen manager OF
the 81 VARSITY crew and H. Evelyn Pierrepont
3r its treasurer The crew Will be captained again
start into training on January o. For the Tax
sr ,I' and H. X Bird. Sc. Mines treasurer The
team Will be captaned again next year 10y w ~, ~,
Fearing and viii probably begin 10 Tram ABOUT TIC
middle OF next January - .l,, as orle
The interest in the theatre party Whcn was Ji
iually proposed by the stuCents OF me Law 10
has spread throughout the institution ana nov me
Arts Mines. and 2. and ;. are about 10 JOIN III Oh
ft Cooper Union on mex: Tuesday evening the
sscona OF the Co nar 0H n;on win be given The
Rev =. Huberty James viii then deliver an auu, ,T%
Hsres.iettres fiction and newspapers On Decem,
her "A DIT Robert S Woodward VIII give tne SeconS
COL iee-l
the American Museum Of Natural HStGry' Nass
.ubec Is TIE Pr9peptes OK 5ne gave the rst Of
his lectures on Ancient India ana Persia Ine,r
Literature and Their as scye6 Liter ere
sInye % india" Under the auspices OF the Phio-
.sASI Dext AZ s:l5 O'clock j. Perry Worden will
give his new illustrated lecture on nMe eI the
Tomes and Haunts OF Goethe and schiller; mar
There viii probably soon be new literary paper
q, GeInmhia. '"The Morningside" 1t will be devoted
TO verse fiction and humorous sketches me az
q l. Kraeber se MIS-; E sackett 49, Ba i,S9G:
A. A., '" Fufn4Ii Rosenberg. 'sS Law; Frederick p
Ke5pel ss a. l. Kroeber has been chosen editor
class Of g. Mines held meeting last Wednesday asy
afternoon and e Ar's appo1ted one the Dinner
Committed Morton X. AverHI, Albert :; M HsSs
SnG DsrMin FOR the Sophomore Show composed OF
y,iiIiar Riddle Symmes 3d. Robert Low Pierrepont
Slq mes Of the class OF 81 Law. has won the
,onrnament OF the I.abouTdonnais CHESS Cup WIN
Iesorp OF end s IS second with eight games won
I'D COW lost Neither OF these men, however; -
eligible FOR the intercollegiate cness toq p 13
49, ~ REPRESENTATIVES lies between Price isoss
ana eznsky OF whom Price Is sure cb O 10 plav
.>o a." and the winner will be the second repre-
sentative
GENERAL, THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Nv r u Riley is to deliver a course OF four
,ec,,rAs on Church History before the society OF
tso,,a s,udv O, the Holy Scriptures at St Anna $
House N West Tweat:eth-st. Dr. Body anu III
D.. 80 90 conduct eight library conferences TOT