New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-13
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.

Cambridge April 1.-TWO irnportant changes are
announced In the Divinity School. The first Of these
Is In the requirements for the degree. Former
ly. a students work measured by the number
Of hours OF lectures he had week. From now on.
II will be measured by the number Of courses he
takes. To get the degree OF Bachelor OF DIVINITY a
student in the future have taken fourteen
courses five in each of the first two years ana FOUR
in the last year The regulation amount OF work
for each Is three hours Of lectures ana SIX
hours OF study In each week throughout the college
year. The other change is an increase in the price
Of tuition from $50 year to $3.50 year.
There was also during the week an important
change in the requirements for the degrees OF doctor
OF philosophy and doctor Of science Since lSh
Harvard. like other colleges. has required that can
ddates for these degrees should have two years OF
residence In Harvard. Now they Will De required 10
live in Cambridge only one year Ihis does not
mean that the examinations or the theses are 10 DE-
any exactine Its purpose Is to fachi'a'e inter-
migration among the big colleges. II a man can
ind better facilities at Johns Hopkins than at
Harvard then the Harvard policy hencefor'n Is 10
be TO allow him TO go to Johns Hopkins Inis IS
the plan now in vogue in Germany
The corporation has elected Arthur Tracy Caoo''
A. NJ NJ. D., to It's membership
The Board Of Overseers recently had neateo dis
cusson over the eligibility OF graduates OF the pro-
fessiona schools to vote for overseers' TOT Se"''
In fact, since the State Of MASSACHUSETTS gave up
It's control OF the overseers IT. has peen the cuso
10 allow only graduates OF the college to vote lot
overseers. This perfectly proper when lhe pro-
fess,onal schools were crude and the students In
them inferior But Harvard has long since o ~
grown taat condition At the last meeting ing o. sGe
Board OF Overseers 1t wac proposed 70 allow e. i
mates of the scientific school, the dVnitS scnUUi'
Iege. The vote wa' l3 10 H. SO tha' the 'equeS was
"BTanglebrink" the Hasty Pudding Club play.
was given Thursday for the hIst ume pedS S ha
club The public performances began on T Th
and will continue throughout this week Inc per per
Torrance made a great hit. The chorus was IN. .he
best drilled that the Pudding has eyer put on rne
49, SON of Carl Schurz: of New ork' a. H. dr.
ker '97 and f. 9. Knoblauch, 96 ,, ~.
Three athletic surprises came our u .ha oriu
week The first was the announcement that Lorii
r Deland had resigned az coach 81 the ioS'o a
team and that b. G. Waters, "a; captain 10, o. tme
1902 team had been appointed in his place waters
is considered the best tackle Wn9 ever p,ay oston
ball and will be entirely suited Tor the posifoIm'
Mr. Deland will do considerable coaching IN he ial:
The second surprise the announcement, lhat
the bie four-cornered boat race would propapis ue
held on Saratoga Lake and not on .ie riuu'o 80
River Columbia is trying to secure iegisia,ion 10
have the Hudson cleared Of boats but II Is Iar lro.
likely that this can be brought ABOUT. iIal Na'u
has been contendng for the Saratoga course,
has been divided into three committees one LOT T
each branch Of sports practsed IN the spsne con
secure unbiased judgments, members IN each c9in
nltee have been picked who never par Pttd,n
ton The committees are as follows: baseoail Pro-
Tins 'eS: rowing Dr. Bradford. NJ w Hooper, ana
J. G. Fairchild. 9S: track athe1ics tToiessor az
The intercass track games In compettion 1 Tt ,v
Wells Cup will take place to.morrow. IN FrT TSs
viii come the varsity scratch track games. Inc
following week is vacation