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New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
DARTMOUTH.

Hanover " H.. Sept 27-Scveral changes in tho
faculty Of the Dartmouth Medical College have Necn
made necessary by The death Of DR. Carlton T. Frost
Dr. William T. Smith Of the late president Asa
d. Smith OF Dartmouth College. has been selected by
tho trustees succeed Dr Frost dean of the Med
ical College Dr. John VI. Gle. for several years as
sistani superintendent Of the Massachusetts, STATE
Almshouse. has been elected 10 the Drofessorsh.p OF
the theory practice OF medicine left vacant By
the death of Dr Frost. Professor George Sioughton
who has been studying during the at he
Universities OF Berlin and Lepsc has returned
sumo his place assistant professor Of German.
Professor H. o. Aiken is acting assistant instruct
or in Latin addition his official duties as general
secretary of the Y. VI. {. A.
AT meeting Of the Football Association. hed
Wednesday. September q. the following officers were
elected. President T.. h. WOOiwOrth 81. vicc-presi-
dent, H. q. PcndeT. 81, directors Cay. %. Carr -;
HeneKet, 49, and Long. 1900 OF 81 ~ was ,eVlcd
on every student dcfay the expense OF the ball
Steps have been taken toward the formation Of a
Dartmouth College Republican Club and James -:
Morrill, 81. I}unnch, 49, MusgrOve, ~. and iodg-
manent ORGANIZATION. Active campaign work vii. be
begun officers elected.
The annual fall meet OF the Athletic AsJcia ion Will
be held Friday Three prizes. a gold, a silver and
a bronze media. Will be awarded In each contest The
mile walk been added 10 the list Cross country
runs held every Wednesday and Saturday after
noon under ihe supervision Of Captain BOlscr and
Trainer Carlton. The first baseball Of the cass
championship series played Monday afternoon
between the seniors the Juniors the seniors being
victorious by OF S 10 T. On Wednesday after
noon the second game Of the series between the
Eophomore and the freshman mines resulted In
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
HARVARD

Cambridge. Mass Sept. 27.-The dormitories are
all open now, the sreets arc full OF snd'h's' "'"
every afternoon Soldiers Field has crowd OF l'o.-
bau nlavcrs PRACTISING while the benches are usual
y we'll filled with admiring sLb-i'eShh'n thN''u9
to learn TO recognize the prominent candidates as
soon as possible The old student who returns 10
Cambridge this fan VIII find number OF ch'hP'9
The old buildings which frontcd ~ fiirV H' Hi"''r
have had their fronts torn down and reconstruct 'u
observation-disclosures. opposite Matthews ana b''v
halls is torn Up so that the entrance 10 'h' var"
does not present an attractive appearance JUST
now
Two now dorInitories have been built this year and
the rooms in them Were quickly taken despite inc
fact that both are intended for w'altny s'udeh'a
Prescott Hail. Broadway and Presco''-S" !" i"
small building in quiet nciShhorh')d' '"" ''i'
rooms i'm il. a. rule. haV" been taken J.! az" ''"
dents and men wishing TO study without interrupt
ton Dunster Han. in Dunstcr-st.. directly IN the
rear Of Li,tlc's Block IS a more pretenious buhd-
ing and the rooms in II rival those in ClaNery ana
Beck in their luxurious fittings and heautiul iuih-
ture The opening Of these tw1 new dormltorieS
however has not lesscncd, apparently the demand
for rooms and to-day il Is Impossible to secure d'
commodations in any Of the wcknown buildings
Few changes have been made in the college i nullu
ings The fire in Boylston Hall on July - cauSvu sea
some needed repairs to he made mere. ,,T ne i,n
and large recitation room has been nIi'iS'' ,
But the greatest and most noiGenpIc
has been made i'm University Hail ne I'''t ~"
rooms In that building have been doh' AVA; IL,
altered No longer will the offending undersraHuHnn'
% o. 80 ~" io,g'r ,v,ll thr faculty tea be served
upstairs in the deans office. ana no longer WIZ w
,t,ir frr,or sr,a orartcrs Dean Briggs Recorder
cram and their clerks will be found on ine ErGuhH
floor and the headquarters of the S'lrmtiHc HCno"
are 10 he found in adjoining rooms The hoor oi
th.. University examination room has been puiIrI
out. and a convenient. wcll-hgh;'d ana '''u'il"
faculty room has been obtained th'ropH. d.. 800.
"Wednesday
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
CORNELL

Ithaca y y Sept. 27.-Professor r. + Crane
has presented to the University library valuable
&C lection Of 90 volumes relating to the society OF
France and Italy in he sixteenth ana seventeenth
centuries. The collection forms pat Of the ma
tcral gathered during the last ten years for his
works on italian Society in the Sixteenth Cen
fury" and French Conversation in the Seven
tccnth Century"
Professor T. A. Fuertes has been invited by the
Spanish Government in Cuba to consider and formu-
late plans for improving the sanitary condition
Of the city and port OF Havana
Changes in the faculty for the present year IN
clude the appointment Of Associate Professor
George +. Atkinson to be professor Of botany sue
cocdins the late Professor Albert y. Prentss' fto
fcssor Edwin H. Woodruff. of Stanford University
10 the profcs~orship Of law vacated by lroi'SSo'
Henry W Iardon. who goes 10 ColunbEl' iro
fcssor james Seth Of Brown University TO DE sag
professor Of ethics; Professor Nathaniel Schi'iu'
Of Colgate University, 10 be professor o o'''li'0
languages Lieutenant Bell has completed his four
years term as commandant, and departs IN oc'o
Der for Fort Smelling, MINI. He Will be succeeded
lv Captain Walter $ Schuyler, who was command
ant here several years ago.
The two University courses OF instruction III
music will be conducted by Adolf Dahm-feterSeh
of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music.
The appointments of preachers In Sage 'hape'
for thc fan term are as follows September - the
Rev. J. NJ Buckley. New-York Methodist; October
the Rev Samuel A. Elliott. Brooklyn unitarlah'
October II. the Rev Charles Cuthbert Han Brooh
yn Presbyterian october 49, the hSnt en-, Key; E;,is
Mott Williams Bishop Of Marquette Mlch.' s;p,r .
conaliau: October o. the Rev. T. T. Munger. New
Haven conn Congregauonast; NoYn oYiiindo,rb, imnJr
thn Re-, George Dana BOardman, fhilah'lPhlh'
Raptjst. November H. the Rev. +. Ninchestor az h,o
aid Boston Epscopalan November - no1 not ",',T ,hi
cago Unitarian: December 3. IN" KEY ''eVrsT =
Brhringer Nyack. Lutheran; Decenher - tIo i'''
cbnrios n P,rkhursi New York. Presbyterian.
The annual reception TO the men OF inc til''i"s
class took pacc in Barnes Hall Friday evening
Professor Wilhelm Ddrpfcd. first secretary oi t.'
German Archaeological Institute at A'nrns, ne ~
hing at the University and Is the guest of trol'ssu
Vh'aI.r Professor D6rpfeld is the successor ol
Schiiemann in the work Of cxcavaiing on Iiyr 'Iy
nf ancient Troy While here he Is 10 h'iN"t
rins - thrce lectures I'm German on archa"iotl'h
.,,hi.cts Tho suhic., OF his first lecture VIII p'
Troy and the Results OF the Most h'''"'
fions on That Sit -. g., ....,.o- ., s,u
II is now thought that the whole nuinper o' r ser
d,nts VII he considerably larger than lasl year,
,rhn freshman class is probably 10 or 10 per '''''
larpor man the entering class OF last year
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
SYRACUSE.

Syracuse y. Y. Sept. 27.-The university opener
the exercises of the year last Tuesday morili"e
the largest freshman class in its history FROM '
,,rossu, registration IL looks If there Wouu pc
ahout four hundred freshmen In all. Inc e''''0S'
gain seems to be In the College OF llperal Aus
whore there are already registered over 10 ne"
students against about 40 at the same time last
Gear Tb, College Of Fine Arts has about one nun
dr.d nev names on the roll now. with large mum
her vet TO come in. while there Is every reaSo" -
-, tho numbers in the college of law ana meol-
cine will be as great as last year
The most important change IN the lacu''! % Wv
university is due to the death OF Dean H. VI N,,.
no, A. the close of the last college year ne went
cov,b ~ deliver a course of lectures retu'h'is
carly in July He had not been feeling very We"
for several days but feared nothihs serious ~ hl
COCO seveloped into typhoid fever from Wnlcn W,,rc '
5"aS IN Iess than a week At the trustees ihetti,S
~, TUESDAY last Dr.. George a. faiktl, 'I' = !" ar,
~ the department of music. was appointed ~ "''
as dean temporarily ... . .,,,ei, in the col
Miss Ruth Guibalt instructor OF MUSIC IN M l,ie rl
,age of Fine Arts, is unable TO retuIh I'm "a ,;Ied
cs M occonni Of her health. Her place VIII oe I'M
by Miss Evalina Vernon. graoua'e VI '''
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
IFIII(iII

South Bethlehem. Penn. Sept 1.-THE opening
exercises Of Lehch University were he'd in the
Packer Memorial Chapel on Wednesday afternoon.
The freshman class "umbcrs more than l"'. which
is an increase Of p per cent over last years enter
ing class.
Professor Thornburg Of the chair Of mathematics
and astronomy. has returned fully restored TO
health and has again taken charge OF his depart
lnent.
Two additional instructors have been added to
the teaching force. RIrry H. Jones. Of the class
Of '95 will be instructor i'm the department Of me-
chanical engineering. and Mr.. Williamson. gradn-
ate Of Cornell in the class of 8, will bc Instructor
in the department OF electrical cnginocrrg. The
vacancies created by the designations OF MT Knox
and Mr. FRYE have been filled by IN" appointment
Of l. O. Danse and - NJ. Emery.
Or Worcester for several years chap.ah OF in'
University has rendered his resignation IN ordcr 70
accent call 30 become rector OF -. stephen
church Philadelphia. no one has yet been APP
uointed TO the chaplaincy caused by his rcsigIa-
tion. D.. .o,,.I ,1,,rin, tn.
S,ucou Hall has been entirely rented durlE VI.
summer and vii. now be used for the d'laItmttl
NJ English The first floor will be devoted l.. !n'
literary societies and TO the editorial rooms ol tiG
Brown and White and the Burr On the S''1Hu s,
and third floors are the lecture ana I'c1h'i"n
rooms and the private studies OF Professor mayer
and his Instructors.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
UNION.

Schenectady ~ Y, Sept. G-union oesa" W. ~,
ond year of her second century. Sep'en'Oe' -, ~
.nroIling sxty-two students in the freshman o''9'
,rhr, ,re now no arrangements for spechi OF IT.
r.g,,lar students and no one can enter ule e
except 10 take the prescribed courses iea"''ie - ~
dree The new class is especially characterized Wy
,b largo number pursuing the classical COURSE o''
,r,v st5cuts being registered in this department.
,r. no u, electrical engineering course "iiicn
in connection with the theoretical btanSSn S enerai
-, mo college a practical study AT tnc .en,ion
I,loctrc plant at Schenectady. was an attid re ci
i% = large number Of applicants pun y n'my io, in
tVrned away on account Of lack or prepaidio" III
III h.natcs a nau. VEN
,ur" I'm the literary world by issuing ne non, =
cordi.nsis' MS "A weekly paper ana Dy star star !, :"
monfhiy magazine called The Parthenaon, non ,s,e u,
roind entirely To literary matter. The nrst issue sue
of 'Thc Concordiensis' this term apPe"'e" vi
Pr"f"ssor S J. Ashmore. Of the LATIN & aepaI, ,be
,rnnt returned this fall. after having spent tl
Iast wear in Europe. most OF which time ne Passeu
i'm Rome. .,... ros,dopco wos COM
nlntrd and is now occupied by Professor fat'er-
49,. Aloha D.,a Phi fra
tornity has a new chapter house In process Oh coh-
struction on the campus.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
PRATT INSTITUTE.

The day classes opened on Monday. September p.
and the evening classes opened on Wednesday, Sep
tember % The enrolment will probably be larger
than usual. though. at present II s Impossible 10
make any definite statement In regard 10 the num-
her OF new students IL IS encouraging to those
who have the interest OF the institute at heart to
notce the decided increase I'm the number OF normal
students. and to find that the applicants for the
normal classes are better prepared than they have
ever been before In the department OF fine arts the
normal cass reached its limit almost before the be-
ginning OF the summer vacation, and the department
Of domestic science shows large entering class the
members Of which are unusually well prepared both
In mathematics and science for the work OF the
course.
In the course of the summer vacation the main
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Hartford Conn., Sept. 26-Thc sixty-third year
of the Hartford Theological Seminary Will begin
October : with the usual opening reception. The
Indications are that the incoming class Will be
larger this year than for several years past. II
expected that there will be some women in the
iunior class Women are admitted on precisely the
same terms as men. the object being to meet the
needs OF women seeking 10 engage In missionary
work AT home or abroad. to prepare themselves for
Christian teaching or for organized charitable
work. or to secure any other special training pos
eihl. I'm a theological seminary. There
entrance prize scholarships OF $50 each. offered 10
th. women passing the best examinations on Ger
tain selected topics and the examinations for these
scholarships will be held on the opening day. Oc-
The hartford School Of Music whose conserva-
tory is i'm the Seminary buildings, already oners at
tractiyc courses by a large faculty to music stu
dents When fully arranged Tor, however. the
schonl aims 10 offer regular course OF three years
for Christian students who are properly equipped
for specialiZ.d study. and VINO intend 10 become
professional church musicians, whether AS organ
isis choirmasters or singers. The course VIII IN
clude careful training in the theory and practice
OF organ piano. singing, composition etc. with
varied instruction in the whole history and theory
Of music, and In it's special adaptations to public
worship The Seminary faculty also Itself includes
a professor Of ecclesiastical music and hymnOlogy.
The Two mixed choruses. large one and "a small
one that AT the seminary ucSln their srS-
siops during the fall in preparation for the winter
and snring concerts. \ number OF the students be
long 10 one both Of these choruscs. There are
Instruments for practlce.pianos ana a PIPE Tisan
siruction offered by the Seminary itself includes
lessons In voice-building sight singing. harmony.
topics In musical history. oratorio study ana work
I'm hymnology and liturgy. This. however, Is only
one OF the efforts OF practical instruction made by
the Seminary. There are plentiful opportunities to
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
WILLIAMS

Willamstown. Mass Sept. .,-Coliog" "as opened
Yesterday morning with prayers conducted 10y fro-
fcssor Spring TIE entering class, numbering l-@
though not quite large The class when entered
year ago. Is much larger tnan any onr anil'ipai"
and seems t. point to permanent increase in mum
bers In the College The freshman class of last year
WAS the largest In the history of the college" -',-
oud large cla-s runs the number OF students up ."
about So and the college chapel when seats ar"
provided for the faculty T. crowded TO IL utmost
capacity
one or two changes have been made in the curric-
ulunn In order to give the seniors a greater rang"
of elective studies, Mr.. Dale VIII giN" course III
botany in addition his course IN geology ana th'
college thus obtains his services for the "Aoi" "o-
l.go year Dr. Woodbridge will repeat bis course ia
.nafonv which was given az an experiment last
var and Professor Russeils course IN 30" history
~ philosophy will extend throughout IN" year. ne
br.w which was omitted last year. Will u" gwen
again. ,, 49,, t.., q, confinti-
o,s existence for several years as mcInrr 81 IN"
,rna,Gr.n R.puhcan College League. r j.. MT
urv o. is department chairman Tor ~" f.ntt'n,l
au Inc England colleges in order - inil'' =
a.. sindnnts az poss iblc 20 90 home to Noi" ana
,n h of service TO the local campaign comm 'u"s
hI taking part in campaign professions OF ns @ il,f
oiher means to keep up enthusiasm iof So""' injury
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
HAMILTON.

Clinton. ~ y. Sept. 1.-THE college year oi'n''
on Thursday. with about the same humpor oi SUI
dents on the ground last year The freshman
class is small less than forty The registration
promised more but not few men relorru 'h''
owing 70 the hard times they could not enter 'hiS
vear Small as the class OF 1900 Is. ii contains an
unusual number Of athletes, and promises 10 turn
out several good football players.
The honor roll OF the class Of "a was read IN
chanel yesterday The high honor men. those VINO
FOR the three years have attained grade OF >"
or o\ or are Beakcs. Glass, Johnson. seek, SW'e''
W-bife and Winams The honor men. thos. VINO
con paw Iettcrly and Hopkins. The credit men
tSose VINO have averaged SO to So are Babcock'
Pr"frssor Edward Fitch. associate professor OF
Greek has returned TO college after three years
obsence i'm EUROPE. ~ GGttngen he took the de-
gree of Doctor OF Philosophy.
Two new members Of ne faculty. begin work
e"riain professor Of chemistry. ana Thomas
Nichols. Of Bowdoin. as assistant professor OF
The many friends Of Professor owen Root among
,he aimmn will regret TO hear that Mrs. Root
died al ner home-thc IIcmlocks- -Scptembcr T.
Tho burial was IN the college cemetery. President
Strykcr officiating.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
NASSAIt

Pouehkccpsic y Y. Sept. THE ne" s'""'h'S
number nearly 900. Notwithstanding Inc la'l Uh"'
NAM. annlications for admission were withdra"h
owing to fear of hard times.
or Friday evening a vocal and violin recital
,,s given bv Miss Ida w Ilubbell and Erwin :.
H,nck the new instructors OF the voc" ana the
violin. .,
Dr. Marvin r. Vincent. OF New-fork 'lty'
nreached In me college chapel Sunday morning
Professor Ernest j.. Burton, o! me University OF
Chicago will give the Sunday evening Bible lcct-
urcs until January.
The library has been increased 10y 3" volumes
during the summer Its most notable gift has been
500 from the class of IL for works on American
Colonial history large part Of this has been
,s.d to purchase the collections and the proceed
inps of The Massachusetts Historical Society. II
has also received 500 from Mrs. George f. Ijimock.
Of Elizabeth - j., 10 be used for Shakesp" triants
X j. Bright. Screcant-at- Arms Of tn" United
states Senate has given several volumes which
complete the file of 'Ihc Congressional Record
The system Of student aid. supported by the
generosity Of Frederick +. Thompson, Of Now YORK
tuN for the last four years, IL continued. Through
This means fifteen more students receive imam
cal aid each year by assisting In the library when
they become familiar with various kinds Of library
work and sometimes gain an interest and an i'm
u.ius which lead them to choose the work for an
occupation. Two former aids Of the class OF 80
viii complete this year the TWO years course at
the Ncw-York State Library School.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
SMITH

Northampton Sept. 20 Smith College began its
,u.ntv-nrst year Of academic life Wednesday. Sep
,auher ., The number Of students Is larger than
ever before 400 names having been registered for
the entrance examinations. though the entering
class will ultimately be considerably smaller
The many changes in the faculty have been prin-
cpally among the assistants in the various depart
ments Miss Luce who recently took the de gree OF
Doctor OF Philosophy at Heidelberg. has become
one Of Miss Jordans assistants I'm the rhetoric de-
partment. giving her attention especially to .Nrls-
totlc Miss Bradford. Smith y3. Is on" of the as
sistants i'm the department of English literature"
The Instructors In all the scientific courses nave
also been changed. Miss Knox, smith. n, has be-
come registrar. succeeding Miss Scclye
4 new entrance has been added To the Alumnac
Gymna sium, 10y which IL Will br possible to clear
the building very rapidly I'm case Of an emergency.
The plant house, begun last year. Is nnaly com.
pletcd 1t IL the gift OF Mr. r. II. II. Lyman Of
Northampton The new boathouse on Paradise
Stream is also completed. II has not yet been put
I'm use but will probably be opened soon by Miss
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

The Bishop Paddock lectures for this year will
be delivered by the Right Rev. Dr John Dowden
Lord Bishop OF Edinburgh. the general subject
Of "rhe Theological Literature OF the sixteenth
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - The lect-
urcs will be given o'clock I'm the college chapel
on the following dates. October 2. Introductory
Cranmer. Ridley Latimer. Jewel: October ). Jewel
(cohtnued). Rhemes and Douai Tuke Bishop Bill
son and the dcprving power OF the Pope, Hooker's
attitude toward the ROmiSh CONTROVERSY the rise
Of the Puritan party. Whtgft. Hooker Calvanism
I'm the Church of England. October T. the rcigns OF
James ! and Charles |. Dr. John Reynolds Dean
FIcid Bishop Andrews. Crakanthorp and Marcan-
TOMS de Domnis Dean Jackson. Archbishop Usher:
beon Bishop Montague. Archbishop Iaud Chill
ingworth. bishop Han. Jeremy Taylor Bishop
Biamhall. Cosin. Hammond. Brian Walton and HIS
cOllcaruts, I.gntfOOt October H. Sanderson and
the English Casusts Mead ilales. "The Cambridge
Platonists" the reigns OF Charles II and James II
Pearson. Barrow Bu the anti-Roman pamphlet
GERS: October II. general review Of the theological
literature Of the eighteenth century.
The senior class met last week and elected Of
,ice-presiden and w. H. FIeigham secretary and
treasurer The president OF the class has appointed
TN. following committee TO take charge OF the an
nua reception to the frstyear men. TO act Jointly
with the committee OF middle men yet to be named:
w . Jarvis. chairman; O. II. Harris J. B. Sill
and 6. j. Davis
The incoming class Is smaller than usual. num-
class numbered forty-six Some small changes
have been made in the courses. but In most
spects the present year will be much the same as
last
New-York tribune., 1896-09-28

College Hill Mass. Sept. 9 ,SrecaD.-Th" TUFTS
Republican club is preparing for active work IL is
rrorns.d 10 organize a battalion To take part In
street paradcs The club also expects TO put soy
,ral speakers I'm the f"ld.
The football prospects are excellent Nearly all
the last years players are on the lliIl THIS year.
and there are several promising candidates Tor the
eleven In the entering class ActiN" pf''uc" under
direction of Captain Davis has already begun The
team Will be particularly strong back of the lnr.
What 10 cll thc class OF iHp has been ihc subject
Of considerable speculation. tn" rather queer
name double uits" seems 10 be- IN general U.s." ON
the I'LL. ., . .
Snow. Of Hdycrhil. - =,
Hy the Will Of the late Rev. Dr Lucius K Paige,
of Camhridgc the Divinity school receives 2r1. -
h, tls.d f,r scholarships. I'm ease the town or
U,rdwck ,iocs not comply with certain conditions.
Tnfis VIII r-ccivc an AddlllonAl }lV"V.