The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-05
Plans for the Years Study
Completed in the
Past Week.
NEW BUILDINGS GOING UP
Preparations for. the Coming Gel
ebration The Alumni
Directory.
SpeciaI to the Lerseu CTR Menns.

students are ali back at their books and
tricks and the college year is on. Condi-
tionai examinations occupied the FIRST few
days and during their continuance the
midnight oil burned low in many Dom
But few changes have been made in the
personnel of the faculty for the new year
A few changes are also announced in the
| curriculum. but nearly all this sort of
change is being reserved till after the
s-esquicentenniaI. The NEST Important
change announced is the institution Of
Required Bible for the second term Aca-
I demic Sopnosnores. Prof. G.. S. Patton
now makes biblical study compulsory for
| the first twosv years IN the academic de-
partrnent. Thomas Marc Parrot, Of the
Class OF 1883, recently a Master at Law
| renceviile School, has been appointed as
sistant professor Of English. to succeed
William A. Dunn, resigned. In the de-
partment of experimental psychology,
Howard Crosby Warren has been ap-
pointed to an assistant professorship, and
his former place as Demonstrate IN the
sans department Will be filed BY Guy
Allen Tawney, Phi. d, who has held a
fellowship in philosophy since his gradU-
alton in 1898, taking his degree in Ger
many. In the department of chemistry.
Fred Neher. instructor in analytical chem
istry, has been given a years leave of
absence, for special study: and his posi-
ton will be filed by II. F. Sill. Mr.. SITS
old position in the department applied
chemistry will be filed By William Fos-
ter. Jr.s a graduate student at Princeton
last year Prof. Mccay VIII lave as MS
assistant IN general chemistry, William
II. Mclaughlin, Phi. B., recently of the
! University of Michigan. G.. A Hulett,
| the latter's predecessor. has resigned 10
pursue his studies abroad. j. F. Atkin-
| sons position as assistant in mineraiogy
will be filed this year By Henry L Nc
| MILAN, "a. C. r. Watson. formerly in
| structor in French II the School Of Sci
ence. mas resigned to accept a position in
| L-awrencevlile School, and his successor
is B.. Frank Garter, "a, who has been
| studying in Paris an Geneva.
Professor William NJ. Sloane, of the de-
part OF history, viii not lecture during the
| first term, but viii visit France for the
purpose of gathering additional material
for his Life of Napoleon"
work was commenced October ! on an
| addition to the CasinJ. to be completed IN
time TO be used for the sesQuineentenn1ai
celebration. The new annex viii join. the
| nresenS building on the east side. L VIII
be forty by sixty feet IN size a G3lefS
will also be built across the east END OF
the auditorium Of the saslno,
Regular practice in marching tactics, IN
nreparafi5n for the Sesquineentenniai par
| ade. is being held each afternoon BY the
Mercer Blues. h details of the process
| as folIovs:-The column viii be headed
by a band, which VIII be followed by q
| company Of sixty-f6ur students in Colonial
! uniform. Next VIII come TWO companies
Of twenty-four men each, enc from HAT
ward and n from Yale. Then Wln foi-
low the entire Undergraduate pody OF
| Princeton. IN the order Of classes. visit
ing alumni will join IN the parade, marcn-
ing BY classes. Considerable display OF
fantastic costumes - e1peeteQ Itoh5
| eral Of the classes, and il is ranored that
| enc class will display a huge hcaf rep
reserrting q well known Greek professor
Of Princeton attempting TO conduct a
recifatian The parade will be reviewed
| from the steps of Nassau Hall, by a NUM-
Der Of the distinguished guests present.
| viii make a short address. james v
H9tzret. 'g7. of Pennsylvania, president O.
the Senior Glass. has been given fuii
charge Of the undergraduates portion q
and Reeves, 19T, first sergeant. Other offl-
GERS are not yet appointed.
The Freshmen Class held their organs-
| cation meeting and elected the following
| oficeTs:-Wheeier. Of Philadelphia, who
comes from St. Paul's School, President:
Arthur Pee, of baltimore who prepared
| at Washington, Vice President; Edwards.
Of the LawreneeviIie School. Secretary.
Rev. Dr.. z. Walpole Warren, of New
Of ne year before the PRiladeiphia so-
ciety on Thursday evening. The society
gave Its annual reception TO the incoming
class on Saturday evening.
The interest of the entire university is
| now directed toward the approaching ses-
! quscentennial celebration. When the stu
dents. returned IN q state OF preparation
when the college shall be transformed
into a university. In place Of the quiet
and subdued airFof the ordinary college
opening. there IS the noise and confusion
Of erecting new buildings and changing
and improving the grounds. One prom
inent landmark, the Did Chapel, has. dis
appeared. and Nassau street, in front
of the college, has been freed of several
| Of the unsightly old frame buildings and
will be greatly improved by the erection
The grading of the Brokaw field has at
last been finished. the terraces sodded
and the 220-yards straightaway cinder
| path has been constructed On the upper
| tennis courts viii be laid out, the ground
being in readiness already. Just east
| mis- Association has constructed new
courts. The work on the new library goes
on apaee. All the ground between East
Collage Marqnas,nda Chapel and the pres
and debris from the Old Chapels But
work has already begun looking to the
clearing III of the campus. ana by the
time of the sesquicentennial celebration,
the university park will be in excellent
c~ondttionxfor the many visitors expected.
AT the village railroad station adjoining
the campus many Improvements have |
been made. A graded and rolled place
to the station. with sodded plots on either
side. A practically new station house |
has been erected, which works a much
needed Improvement in this portion of
shhe village. The new building of the |
Princeton IS nearing completion opposite |
University Hall, and the new Freshman
dormiterfes on Nassau street being erect
ed by Mr.. II. TAYLOR Pyne, of New York. |
will be ready for occupancy in the near
future. The Varsity field has under
gone great improvements during the I'm |
mer. and is now almost twice its former
capacity. The Cap and Gown Club is
erecting a new clubhouse on lower Pros
pect avenue, which win be ready for oc-
cupancy 81 six weeks. The above men, |
toned improvements are only forerunners
of the greater additions which will be
made later and In the course of d couple
Of years the new Princeton will scarcely |
be recognized by those who knew the |
Princeton Of several years age
The third addition of the Princeton
Alumni Directory has just been issued. |
The new volume contains 26S pages. and
shows many improvements upon the two |
former editions. The contents have been |
carefully revised and brought down to
date. Professor Libbey, Secretary Of the |
National Alumni Association, has spent
sfhG rraH<pr No ri of fha 13rnro IN nrarar = |