New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-01
PERSONAL.

The bronze statue for the memorial TO Harvey
Rice "the father OF the Ohio school s;-stem, VIII
soon be cast.
Robert Pierre the Lord MAYOR Of Belfast Ireland
and president Of the Harlan & Wolff Shipouiidihs
Company. who is now visiting in ths counrry' al
about ffty years Cd and has travelled heariy al
over the world.
The Khedive of Egypt has bestowed on Edward
Randall Knowles LII. D.. of West sutton Mass
the decoration OF Commander OF the orGer on ,
diide In recognition OF his WORK, supp '"''e'
of the Spiritual" published two years ago
Paul de Longpre the French flower painter mas
lust returned 10 town from his country place, az
Short Hills. n. J. He is busy at his home IN west
End-ave getting ready for the exhibition OF ms
paintings at the American Art tailer!' III 'a'u"''
next.
Ding Gle Sui. of Foo Chow China who Is said 10
be the greatest Chinese inventor. has recently III
vented a machine for spinning cotton anu Ia"
filed an application for patent before the uh''en
States Patent Office through his attorneys. lie VIII
shortly 0,e n second application for additional M
nrovomcnts on his invention. The machine MAJ *
a departure In methods OF coton-splhniins' a," ,h
said to give evidence OF great i,nsooihn,S large
part of tho Chinaman. who has deveioleu a Ia, -
hump Of originality I'm spite OF pciiis ni T., TO-
reared In a nation Of imtators whe PER- AZ
gar,ied as the prime virtue or IDEAS anu "''''''7'
Tho Youngest university president I'm the oni.en
c,otcs IL Jerome Hall Raymond. Phi D.. ana the IN
stitution over whose stinics he IS to preside Is
the University OF West Virginia. at Morsah'o"h'
At nine years Of age he was newsDoy on .he
streets OF Chicago Al fourteen ne was edltor VI Il
little paper published in the interest OF 'h'aso
ncwsboys At sixteen he was private secretary 10
George NJ. Pullman. All this time ne kept up MS
Studies ard ut eighteen he resigned his position 10
enter Northwestern University. at Evanston i"''
where he maintained his income by acting ~
st.lographer for .he president Of the University
and for Miss Frances f. willard, whose nome was
In Evansion. and who has always been one OF MS
warmest friends After his graduation he spent
two years abroad. residing fer snort time ht s'I
"ral German universities and farnializing MINIS II
with their methods. He then went 10 Palestine ma
India as secretary to Bishop Thohurn o. TIE
Methodist Episcopal Church spending eleven
months In India. with hcadquarters at calcutta
Two years a,J he elected profc' sor Of sociology
in the University, Of Wisconsin; ut twenty seven
years OF age. This place he has just resigned
10 accept that OF president Of the Wg-t VII,
he immensely pOpu ar. and lcctured TO more
students than any other profc sor H. the University
During his course at the Northw, stern University
he entered contest for Il gold medal. his leading
comp ,titor being young woman. The young
woman won. and DR.. Raymond af;erward married
her. and thus secured both the medal and i;s
winner Mrs. Raymond has taken her Master Of
Arts degree, and TWO years Of work at the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin for the doctorate degree.