New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
HARVARD.

c.,,hr,dge Nav (SpecIaD-The Harvard as
Economical observatory Is growing 10 ne Il p's ana
in,n,rtant institution. great amount VI WIN u
carried on there largely In cooperation Win otner
,orratories and meteorological stations. One
,rrortant branch Is the maintaining OF meteorolos-
'''' ,.,,,o, IN connection with the Government
.,,or a, p,ue Hill Mass. BY the mutual consent
Of astronomers the Kiel and Harvard opserVa-
,ories have been selected as the centres for the
prompt announcement Of Astronomical discoveries
n a come, Is discovered in America the position Is
toIepr,pbod 70 the Harvard observatory, then to
tjel and from there to all the European oDserVa-
,or,os For the performance OF all this work some
,ortv osslstants are employed at the observatory
The results Of all observations are puosheh III the
annals which now fill thirty duarto volumes II
is strange that no instruction In astronomy Is given
=, tho univer,Ity Facilities are offered all as
tronomers who care to use the observatory, ana
similar opportunltles occasionally offered special
students OF astronomy. but the constant employment
OF the chief Instruments makes much OF this work
impossble For this reason the work OF the Har-
yard observatory has It's effect on the development
~ tho science and not all In the ordinary educa-
tional way.
The committee appointed in pursuance of vote
of the association OF the alumni Of Harvard Col
lege to suggest TO the electors the names for nom
natIon 10 the Board of Overscers have issued
circular in which they say that the vacancies to be
filled on Commencement Day. June 26. are five. for
the full term or six years. IN place or toO"rt h
Morse Roger Walcott Edmund Wetmore and Rob
ert Bacon. whose term OF office will expire and one
I'm place OF Ieverett Satonstall deceased. Messrs
Morse Wetmore and Bacon are eligible for re-elec-
ton. There Is also vacancy TO be filed for the
unexpired term OF four years. caused by the resig-
nation OF Samuel Iioar
President Eliot and wife returned to Cambridge
on Saturday night quietly as hey departed.
ON Monday bright and early. he President was at
his post OF duty They had been absent nearly
four months. After two months IN Egypt they
went to Italy. stopping in Naples. Rome and Flor
ence Thence they went TO Paris. and from there 10
England. President Eliot returns much improved In
health -.,,. .ro,. has IN, vsok o, hard luck.
and has apparently not improved particle. In the
first place IIollister has been lame for several
DAYS though he has r1wcd most OF tho time. TO
make matters worse. captain Billiard has been
sick abed This has made i necessary TO take axe
MIN into the Varsity boat at DOW. Accordingly.
the order OF the crew for the last week has been
rIss, & Stevenson: 4. shepard: 3 Damon; 2 Lewis;
bow Rautoul There arc ~ present no substitutes
The class crews will have their annual spring races
The nine Is improving wonderfully The last two
inexperienced team play well IN tho field
as even the famous Harvard team OF 1893 the
shining example. several old PLAYERS VINO
witnessed It SAD iney never say harvard nme
Whitiemore and Rand, particularly. have distin-
guishod themselves Highlands and Scannell also
make n ns sr oa cr pni Thcre is no Goubt
that the Harvard team must improve at this or give
up the h9ps %, %inme omhy the two literary
journals Of the college arc Just nov conducting
has just appeared with forcible editorial on the lack
OF recoeni,on OF intellectual ana Literary abi, Ky
In the dsyoi SO eh space to resor,ns
athletics and also the fact that people not con,
nrG,ea MN but rnnnr school for athletes Tne
monthly" follows In the same strain