New-York tribune., 1896-01-20
PRINCETON.

IRlNCf-lON
Princeton ~ j. Jan. 19-The Princeton Harvard
debate, although not occurring until March II, Is
at this early date rapidly becoming the centre OF
interest to the whole college. The lnterha Com
mittee has sent word to Harvard that Princeton
will take the affirmative side of the question sub
mited By Harvard-"Resolved. That Congress should
take immediate STEPS toward the complete retire
ment OF all ,egal-tender notes" Harvard will also
send to the Princeton authorities list of hfteen
from which Princeton VIII select in order OF
preference eight names and Harvard will secure
the first three possible 10 act as judges. The IN
terhall Committee has endeavored to secure from
Harvard a provision, such as has always been in
force here limiting the debate to undergraduates.
but Harvard declines make such provision this
year 1.-THE Daily Princetonan." in editorial.
refers III to the debate: The coming debate with
Harvard Is beyond doubt the most important event
of our Undergraduate life between now and the
championship baseball. games. This year, too,
graduate students here in the seminary are ell
gble. and would welcome them ali into the
contest We hope they Will take advantage
of this opportunity and give us their help
In all her former debates Princeton has been rep
resented entirely by undergraduates. graduate stu
dents being debarred fro mcompettion-Hhile her
opponents have always had more graduate
students among the debaters.
The preliminary contest will occur on February
Is. when representatives will be CHOSEN.
The preliminary Baird contests in oratory and dis
lie contest viii be deferred until Immediately after
examinations.
The secretary of the class of 1895 has compiled
patton of the members Of the class: out of to;al
OF 256 graduates ana ex-members OF 30 - are stud5-
3 teachins u studying 10 engineering. 10 electricity.
] chemistry, journalism. doing nothing, an
The % "Bric-a-Brac' will be pu, on sale on Tues
day, after an unfortunate delay, due to compHca-
tions with the printer.
Ii is announced that the coach for the baseball
team this year will be Earle. He Will start coach
ing the team about March Is. and VII stay with the
team for month. Earle caught Oh the Chicago
team in '92 His coaching will be of great ad-
vantage to Princeton. as catcher must be de-
Preliminary dance cards for the Junior Prone
made. which is TO occur February Z. have been
E Charles lockwood Of Newark. y j., has pre-;
two accompanying patens for use in the college
An elaborate Dictionary of Philosophy and lsy-
chology" will shortly be issued by Macmillan CO..
under the editorial supervision OF Professor Marx
Its two general features Will be ID concise dehni-
tons of all the terms in use in the whole range OF
philosophy, (2l such historical matter under each
term as may be necessary 10 justify the deilmloh'
ard to show that the usage suggested is the out
meeting of the freshman class was aSrsed ned on ,
Sd BrCfsw ooS'S' Es
honor system as employed in exainna,tionsS @ s. "ts m
the freshman class. In view Of the prominent part
which Princeton has taken in spreading the honor
system, great interest is lelt mere III Us tSti
ment in sister Institutions Ii has been strongly ad
vocated in both Yale and Harvard, while it has
been adapted in Williams. Dartmouth ana Wcs-
leyan.
The college daily expresses Itself as follows:
Doubts are often expressed as TO whether or not
the honor system is satisfactory solution OF the
crbbing question. We do not know about its sue
failure elsewhere; but most emphatically
would We say that il has proved an entire success
here and in this statement students and faculty
agrae The system has been referred quite
Gently in print the now being tried here.
We would answer that the system is longer
established
of fixture the revolutionary cannon on the
quadrangle. The undergraduates look on being
trusted in examinations as one OF their dearest
rights. They Jealous of its rigid observance.
They even resent any control of the system By the
faculty"
The Triangle Club intends to present during the
first week In May threc-act buresque written by
George Pos; Wheeler 81. and entitled The
Mummy The play will be given in the Casino.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA