New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.

Cambridge Mass, Nov. (SpeciaD.-Deoa'ins
for the year at Harvard is already assuming
definite shape. There are three DEBATING Societ'es
now In college all Of them In hour!shing condition
The freshman society has the largest MEMBER
ship and furnishes excellent material Tor the Two
open societies the Union and the Forum Inc
two societies last named have ALREADY oesun III
ransements for the debates with Yale and Prince
ton The Yale debate will be held at New-Haven
Yale will chose the question and Harvard the soe
The date will not be until early In May Inc ue-
bate with Princeton will take place at Camnr'dse
early In March. II is Harvards turn 70 ohoose
the subject.
YaIes challenge to a wills; tournament Sas oeen
accented The match will be played in March be-
tween teams Of six men each. The Harvard ""is'
Club has also arranged match with 'eai"
from the Philadelphia Whist Club 10 DE Piaseu VII
November rs.
The Harvard Memorial Society is now ready 10
Mace several memorials in the college yard vi
men VINO once roomed in Massachusetts ma" '",
names OF some of the best known VIII DE i'S0i
on bronze tablets. TO be set into the va" Vi w
building In the sandstone slab at the entrance
10 Harvard Hall the society will have cut a." u"
scription containing the name OF the hail. tAe ua'e
OF its erection and the dates OF erection anu az
struction OF the two buildings tha' ia" 80,
on the site Of the present hall school on the spot
where President Langdon PRAYED ior ,l rhere
his before they set out ior 81 nd Wadsworth
House: block of granite near Dane sr na receVed
an Explaining the significance OF the
Liberty Tree and tablet marking sne sPSS The
n, hf % mark of hf the o site
dial on ps scnshSn Hail and place Transmit
. .enda" ir various college rooms. u..a
held on Friday. About fifty started. but there
were no records broken. A.,s ,,a annual
,ail road race Of Harvard Cycling ASSOCIATION Ors s
The distance was ten miles ana ane sde bv F.
s. Elliot L. s., who was scratch man. ana won
the
CORNELL.
Ithaca n Y. Nov . (SpeciaD.-The first military
hop Of the term occurred In the Armory frioay
evening and was we'll attended. The patronesses
were Mrs J. G. Schurman. Mrs Andrew d. White
Mrs George Bell. tr.. Mrs Edward Hitchcock, jr..
Mrs L K Hooker, Mrs. r. II. Thurston Mrs H.
J. Ryan and Mrs. II. S. White.
The purchase of the McGraw-Fiske mansion by
the local chapter Of the Chi Psi Fraternity puts an
end TO the discussion as TO what would be the u'-
mate use OF the building AS a fraternity house IL
Is believed TO be the finest In the country. The de-
sign OF the building is that OF chateau. The Chi
Ps,s will occupy the house at once GROUND mas
been broken just north OF Chi Psi Hall for the new
chapter house of the Delta Tau Delta FRATERNITY
and work will be pushed from now on so that 1t
may be ready for occupancy by June. The new PM
Delta Theta lodge. just east Of Chi Phi Hail. Is
well advanced toward completion and will probably
be ready for occupancy early in the spring term s an
pointed the following Junior Ball Committee; LOUIS
4 Fuertes chairman; f. l.. Aldrich. j. K Fraser
W T. Howell w. J. Fitzpatrick. V. s. lngeTsoi! NJ
NJ Oiel. b. 5. Cottrell, w. n. Squire, J. n; Iaus-
born ex officio ,,
Last SUNDAY afternoon the meeting u Of the chriI
tian Association was addressed by PROFESSOR D. r.
Gilmore of the University of Rochester. who spoke
on The Poetry OF the Hebrews sunday evening
President Schurman addressed about thousand stu
dents in the library auditorium, on Huxley tne
Barnes Hall Monday evening by the Rev. Charies
r. Aked. Of Liverpool, ENGLAND. who also preached
in Sage Chapel las. Sunday. Mr.. Aked's subject
was. "Problems. Politics and Progress IN Great
Britain" -,
The schedule of the Christmas trip OF the GIee
Clubs has pa rtialy arranged by Manager Wyck-
OFF The first corcert will be given at Bnghamton
December q The clubs will then visit Brooklyn,
and Toledo. giving the last concert at BuHaio Jan
uary l. Rehearsals being held regularly.
The Era offers as prize for the best snort stof!
handed in during the year set Of kipling prose
works in six volumes for the best piece OF verse
set OF the poems Of James Whtcomb kliey;; ~, IN
for the best essay on childhood as Depicted In
The Juniors in the Law School have elected. after
hot fight. the following officers: President f. ID;
Magee; first vice-president, G. Swartwood; second
Kuhn; treasurer II. n. Crosby; athletic director.
T. H. Fitch. jr.
The department Of Greek and Latin is to give
series OF readings from the classics TO run through
the ''Medea' Of Euripdes, November 10 and 81.
President Burden Of the Senior Class has aR-
pointed the following committees: Senior bal-E
Downey. f. l. Gannett. r. b. Hamilton, ii. 6. Og-
wood. o. d. Burden. ex-oficio. Cap and Gown
p Tobin, chairman: c. c. Proper. 7. J. George.
S r. Holshemer and F. X. Bdmp