New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
CITY COLLEGE.

Tho tor,v.eichth annual register OF the college
was given out last week. showing Improvement =,
various lines The total registration OF stuoe".' "
l. 4s9 as against 1855 last year. To the iist OF III
structors have been added the names OF Charles ~
powner French language and literature, ana VIM
lam Fox r. s. NJ f.. applied mechanics Inc ne"
tutors this year are Harry c. Krowl, clarence
Gaicensten, Paul l.. Sorre. stephen =. Dukea'
Moses s. Levussove. Livingston b. Morse '"'''
w Thomas and Robert II. Hatch. The new mem
bers of the Board of Trustees are John u. Asa''
Henry W. Taft and W. Edison Andrews, VINO sue
coed Joseph A. Goulden John l.. n. Hunt anu
Charles C. Wehrum. In the curriculum one cna"se
is noticeable the transferring OF the SUBJECT Vi 'o
stitutiona law from the department OF morai an"
intellectual philosophy to the department oi "''
tory. a.,
Two new collections have been added to tho
museum Of natural history minerals by Joseph ana
Fred Wiener and rare Australian fishes by Mrs.
H. f. Chipman. The library shows an increase VI
over a thousand volumes. mainly In the oepai.'
monts OF philosophy. history. physics ana ,hs',s"
literature. The catalogue for next year VIII DE .,'c
riennial issue. and will give. in addition 10 ,i'e
other matter. the names OF All tne aiui""' WV"
their addresses and oc ;upatons.
A committee composed OF President Webb. ROD
ert Maclay. president Of the Beard OF trustees.
and Charles f.. Lydccker president OF the Alumni
Association. has been appointed for the purpose
of going to Albany with a view to getting change
/
AT present bill sets limit Of 5000 for each ot'
but the Supreme Court refuses 20 condemn the
land while there Is q Limit placed upon the amount
to he paid for II.
The subjects chosen for the third competition for
the Serena Mason Carnes prize OF slp 70 the STU
dent giving the best translation Of one or more
scenes to be chosen by the professors OF Frehch'
German and Spanish follows: Frehch'
CHINA" by Pierre Corncille and "Bataie des
Danes" by Scribe ct Icgouve: German Nathan
der Weise" by Lessng. and "Unter vier Augeh'
by Fuder Spanish Las Mocedades del CD pti-
lnera parte" by CULLEN de Castles
The appointment of John j. McNuty TO the head
Of the department of moral and intellectual PM
lcsophy has been well received by the students.
Professor McNulty received ovation as he APP
peared on the chapel stage on last Wednesday
morning He will follow out the plans mapped out
by the late DR.. Newcomb, making it, however,
somew hat more suitable to the needs OF the stu
dents. ,,
on December % At the, Hotel Endcott, The sopho,
Howard / Davies and the speeches wers easeSS as iE
l. Aga a. wooGrnr Me's onMr IT. soci@tes W B. simpson;
s fe%g SiS+r Hossss E br&eeY Il chsrfy oHr
Poems Poems" 6. O. ward The Fair Sex, 4 s. Tay.
Fuiurc" r " Class. About slxty-hve members
since the opening OF college. an attempt has been
made to revive the Kappa Beta Sigma; senior
secret society which was in existence during the
Years 1886 81 The following charter members were
Initiated on December 23 J. X Roll. c. L. Jelling-
haus. p S. Vermilye. D. Whiteside. H. + Brett
weiScr. j. b. Schlossen. o. Blo and W. +. Geo
ghegan. Tho membership will be limited to fifteen.
The first initiation Will probably take place after
review examinations. when II IL expected that nve
or six more members Will be added 10 the number.
The juniors will bc elected after examinations but
their names Will be revealed until after review
examinations In 'ys
l. o. Woodruff u, was initiated into Delta
Kappa Epsilon last week.
The work the m!crocosm IL progressing rap
ldy and all the material will be prepared by Jan
uary &
In the recent games OF the Nh Regimen, the
representatives from the city College received nine
points This was more than those Of any other
coii.g ge club.