New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.


c..,-,ao. Der 24-The Harvard Christmas va
..,Ion becan on December g. and all men must
r.e,s.or again on January 3. During the Vacauoh
tho sixth annual chess tournament VIII De CON-
tested by Harvard. Yale. Princeton ana Coiuiho'a'
The play begins next Monday. and VIII De ei''ieiy
IN charge Of E. A. Caswell. Yale. DO Inc Guy ~
bs contested for is valued at $780, but TO De kept
permanently II must be won ten times. eoiu!hol'
hos won twice and Harvard three times Har-
wards team this year will be composed OF L. L.
Southard and ]. Hewins tr., 80. with r L. inA'e''
100 and p w. Long. 49, as substitutes
Southard has been one OF Harvard rePiese"
,,ves In the last two tournaments. last year win
r,ro oil six OF his games He Is to-day at 'ho
haod q, college players Hewins played In tho ~
,ourrament when he won Ave out OF six games
Tho outside practice Of the Harvard men mas oeen
with members Of the Boston Chess O'uc. NoiuA
h,a and Yale have respectively had the oenei' "a
expert coaching by II. n. Pilsoury ana D. w.
Showalter. T.,
Great interest IL being shown by the students N
81. lecture which Booker T. Washington. the col
or.d ,eacher and reformer. 10 TO give In the ohep
ard Memorial Church on Sunday evening MT
wasb,neton has not spoken In Cambridge OF ia'e
and probably every student who Is near Ca"oiiuso
will be at the church to hear him.
The Harvard Natural History Society iae. friuas
celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. professor
sbaler gave an address on the history OF the 30
cetv and William T. Hornaday, OF the New-1ork
ZoooC,cal Society, lectured on the preservation OF
our native birds. The society was founoeo IN 100
nv John Boreon, 81 (presdenD; W. l. Bowoitch
49, p T. jackson, 49, and T. W. Stone, @ Mem
bers were originally taken only from the TWO upper
classes but this Idea given up. and the CROWN
OF the society was rapid. The faculty grantee II
many valuable privileges and room IN Massachu-
sets Hall for its meetings and In which 10 Keep
It's specimens and library. In 1895 the society was
reorganized In sections. according 10 the various
branches Of natural history having general meet
inss every month The membership Is now over
seventy and the list Of past members ihciuoes
large number Of distinguished graduates
In experimenting with his powerful new patte1y
of ter thousand cells Professor John IrowDriuse
has made q discovery OF great interest," 20 az.
medical men, In previous experiments Win tne ~, -
ray the back OF the hand has been placed near tns
tube with the result that the skin has peen ouieu
of In a painful and dangerous manner. froiess9l
Trowbridge has discovered that the same resu1I -
produced by brush discharges In the ar. MS
shows that the burn is due to poweriul eIec'iIca-
ton and not necessarily TO the y rays
Harvard will have water polo team thIs yea
IF. ". Pope and d. c. Williams have been seiec.eo
10 raw UP a provisional constitution ana arrehse
IN Jules and plans Of the team. Inc ruIes Q! ue
DC on Athletic Association will probably De aoopti
"a as II has been suggested that the b. A A. alo
EraEvard teams should hold frequent pracuce
n games. Half-hour drill will be held three or TOUR
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