New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-25
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.

~x Mas oc. 2t-The coming Yale
Harvard debate 10 now absorbing tho '%..'
the mon anxious TO represent Harvard on .,
Z At New-Baven. The trial OF cano,u
r,.c. mart Wednesday evening. and the question
-h,.h Ia. bsen accepted by both colleges Is 90
fellows: Resolved. That the United States sno.'u
annex the Hawaiian Islands feieieheo ~
the score have been reserved IN inc nui"'''
for the last week men hsve been worAiHs 80
th.m Al far a. can now be Judged there vii, 70
more candidates In the competition this S'"'
49,, hesore Harvard has now been defeateu %
v.,a in two successive years. Since the iast ue''
there have been two important chA"e'' -
manner OF conducting the debating courre'' ~.
bodv recognizes that the victory OF iaie We"
IN a great measure to the poor reouttai VI '
Harvard sneakers. In order TO develop inns
80, m briefs are issued by the debaters az i'i
merry. 90 that there shall be no oppoi."ni' W
work I'D q set case. Whereas Formerly '"e' ~.
nnly one Ave minute rebuttal speech ioi coz"
the instructors have now arranged ioi ~
. nine minute refutation by each OF the oppone''s
rha u.eI has shown a deeper enthusiasm over
.,a Irn,vsys,,v club project than was eXpeSyne1o Ky
Graduate Committee has said maj me, ,me win have
!ecteo LOT ' for thsf purpose as the subscriptions
have been small. and II would be unds h nh"criber
PsaGbs snas to Fiji TSe the Sosss
daily has printed letters from Inc ath-
ietic and mountaineering the plan ins 10Th the
have also taken the mater d IN aft Societies be-
Forum she rne Club the Editorial Board OF
THE Lampoon," the Signet ana s -. HE plan
,ars already passed resolutions faVOrn's .ne rgyrsd
TbsTe csn now be no doubt that the
yates as whole favor ne 'o nmt;c,ent money to
with the graduates 10 iase su''''
make the scheme practcaoie, Utah hoe been issued
The University Directory whc ,t ma nyer last wear
S T, s,re. ~ course are yet incomplete aiu
viii undoubtedly be me- os qseS tic
rsst year The number OF students was s,9sv' 10
gain of ts is j9 %f he i %G s students
rolled with the Faculty of Arts ana iSsnboo and
is the college me Laurence y sssn' Enrolment was
100 Isl less than this years Inc Jaw s IND the
en her de 9a ia Though the gain cannot
he accurately given Is falr 10 saS Srssier in.
cember catalogue will show an even greater III
The modern language conference ,h o. vesr last
sSsnrSay The conference organized primarily
to enable graduate students o, ohf 70 one another
bs results OF nvesga in which they may Ts
engaged Papers are also rea aost Ty a II. Thorn
Si sHf read PAPER and Fe Neson
The subscription Tor memorial to ore so
Child has resulted S n s% q Memorial Library and
his sum has been handed over to ne onsy
and Is reaaS and more than $500 for the pur-
chase Of books have already been rece dsn,rtment
and which is merged In the Meno,,s' ,hnnsand
Hn q ~
,nnmes some OF which are rare ana valu arDnj
Win the income which the fund has ALREADY earnr,
90 cher moneys at the disposal or the uePa .lie,'
here are already several hundred dollars TOT tne III,
,nedta 70 n,rchase OF books. very nanusois ~, ~
,,ista has been designed. with which every poon ~
~ i,hrarv will be marked. The Inscription Oh 'iiis
hooL-niate reads: ITO Harvard ChNeisIS, 80
men,orv of Francis James Child, nrst proieSso' VI
English" ,. u,.,. @, Harvard this
x,ear Acting on the precedent OF the fshsIiSt or,
I've ella sscal departments, Professor ne .he
Sss Induced the French department 10 CIV md LII
nerformances az Racine's "Athalie. me play VIZ
Ss i syan in Sanders Theatre December ano
. -, Of Harvard and Radcliffe leaolhs
soe,e,v in Boston has agreed 10 sing the chor
Ire orrhestra will he composed OF meInpe,s ,u re
faos,on symphony Orchestra. and the music VIII ne
uendels<ohn's The other play VIII ne sNei ~
1Se Cercle Francais. the Undergraduate frenGn 81
e,a,v .Ie Nedecin Ma.gre Lui" is me pay whIcn W..
bas heen selected and II will be performed ABOUT
the middle OF February. .,.r.o,,va
This year the Cerce has secured most a'',dctlnu
Nst ~ lecturer. FOR it's regular meetings. A I
he lecturers from outside the Ce.cle are Su H
Inouns head of the French departnlen az r aie
Who Will lecture on November "A: PROFESSOR 1eorse
~ n, princeton who will lecture early In DECEMBER
Professor Adolph Conn. OF Cournpia' anu iioie'S
Van Dael OF NJ l. I. 49,. -, .r,.,,,. IA.
N Rene Doumic, literary critic OF the revue ues
Deny Norde." who is TO give eight lectures our
Inc 6rsr mart OF March in Sanders Theatre unoer
,be ausnices OF the Cercle Will take ~ MS suostc'
sThe French Romantic Movement during Inis ZEN
,,irv in Poetry the Novel the Theatre ana Other
Literary Manifestations.