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WELLESLEY

Wellesley. Mass. oct. si.-Iord Bishop Potter and
Mrs Potter. Of Rochester England. visited the col
lege recently. in company with Bishop Lawrence.
~ Massachusetts. Dean stratton has appointed
Wednesday evenings for 4 series OF "at homes 10
Doe given during tn" remainder OF this term. The
students observed Halloween Yesterday evening by
costume parties. dramas. music. dancing and
games IN the different halls and cottages.
\ talk college, settlement work was an inter-
"sting feature Of the last yesper service Several
members ~ the faculty attended tn" recent hi
enn!al convention Of the College Settlements Ass0-
Citations hold IN Boston. The Rev. @ T.. Jener-
son preached IN the chapel to-day. Archdeacon
Rousmaniorc. OF New Bedford. will conduct services
here two weeks from to-day The Thanksgiving
recess ~ days viii extend from Wednesday
noon. November -. 30 Friday noon November Is.
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SMITH.

Northampton Mass. Oct. a-Thc council called
a mass meeting OF the students on Saturday, with
the purpose OF explaining the nature and object OF
the different societies In college to tho freshmen,
and Of emphasizing some matters important to the
students In general Miss Scott. the senior presi-
dent spoke earnestly about the Smith College
Association for Christian Work Harriet Bliss
80 represented Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi and Colloqui-
UNI. and Elizabeth McFadden. '9s the Students
Building Association. Josephine Daskam. rs
spoke In behalf Of The Smith College Monthly"
and asked for the support and contributions OF the
students The meeting was adjourned for few
minutes while the girls hurried down TO greet
Governor Wolcott who was passing through the
grounds with his council
The Alpha Society held its regular meeting In the
reading room OH Saturday night Georgia Dunn
Coye, IS: Janet Waring Roberts, 80. and Mary
Willard Reyes, 90 admitted 10 the society
Al the meeting OH Tuesday night Coloquum
elected Abby Louise Allen and Marguerite Isola
to become members OF the society
The Chicago Club gave pretty german in Pym-
outh Hall for the members OF the society and few
OF their friends.
Ruth Harand Duncan. 'ss. Elizabeth Apthorp
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AMHERST.

Amherst Mass. Oct. 3l.-The senior class e'ec-
ton. resulted follows: President, J. ~ Lenne'
han. Springfield. vice-presdent. Q. johnson, Ch-
cago: secretary A. f. Porter. Springfield treas
urer s. r Kurdish. Brunswick. Ne; gymnasium
captain, F. X. Dyer, Washington: vice-eymnasium
captain. Harold Walker New-York city: baseoaii
director J F. Gregory Wiamsport. Penn: ioo,-
ball director f. H. Barnum, Auburndale; ath'e.r.
director, s. y. Furbish; tennis director. /: w E
II r. Mossman. New-York City: class orator! -,
5SsTFy eSss poet 4eram
grove poet F. G. Wellman. East Jafrey, y, H.
Ivy poet r. G.. Dwight. Burlington; toa s ,naiso.,
c. X. AFTER, Cleveland. prophet. T. u pig aor
southbrldge prophet on prophet, wi .;,.;sr walton
D. p. Trsfether. Portsmouth 4. II.
The elias. adopted the cap and gown anu ~
to omit the customary presentation eN''' "
OF commencement week l., airoi,s
The finals in the tennis tournament; IN slhgIes
between Johnston. 'as and Goddard se. VIE w"
bv the former. The doubles are not ytt nuSneu.
The freshmen put another ieathe III 49, ~
hv winning the college baseball championship, DC DC
feating 80 to = They also won the la" a''''o''
meet. ,,.,,r, o,r,o NTH
IN. strong Wesleyan eleven losing ny I'M, scote
OF "A To O. The team IL light. YET tne C2Iisffs ~
confident that II will be able TO deieat Nld NE
and make a good showing against dartmouth
Coach Tyler's work has ben most enec'Ne' 'nc
great handicap being lack OF beeI: l.. ,,o Co,u.
Ion Club: President. II. n. Mossman, OF New n, ork
city: yice-president. Harry f.. Harkhess' u, ps
hamton. secretary and treasurer II. J. h"'''''''
OF Worcester.
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VASSAR.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y. Oct 3l.-1he new recitation
building. Rockefeller Hall. is TO be dedicated on
November ~. The address that occasion will he
made by President G. Stanley Hall. of Clark Uni
versty
Professor Kuno Francke, OF Harvard Univerrity
gave lecture in the chapel last Friday evening on
THE Genesis OF Faust"
Last Wednesday Dr. Hanchett gave "A Study IN
Rhythm In the open musical lecture course
dav morning
The principal social incident Of the week was the
opening Of '9s's senior paror Saturday evening TO
which. according to u time honored custom, tho
faculty and the sophoi were invited
In the dining OF the three residence halls
the instructors have introduced the custom Of sit
ting together instead Of at the heads of tables OF
students as formerly.
Professor Leach and Professor Salmon attended
the annual meeting Of the Association OF Coegiate
Alumnp In Detroit last week
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I.EIII(iIi.

South Bethlehem. Penn. Oct. 3l.The first meet
ing OF the Athletic Committee was held on Octobr-
2S at the Northampton Club South Bethlehem, for
the pur Dos. 81 organiz7 ton. The officers for tho
ensuing year as follows: Reed rs chairman:
Shepp. 's. secretary; Linderman. treasurer.
Executive Committee Wilbur. Morris. Professor
Robinson. White, 90 and Reed. &
Committee Grounds-Frofessor Thornburg
Johnson and Reed.
Manager Farwell was authorized 10 purchase uni
forms for the football team and the schedule rs
presented by him. was approved. The plans for
The Improvement OF the athletic grounds Will be
carried out, AMI the collectors we're urged to coll
lect all dues q quickly a possible.
The University Glee club held meeting in
Christmas Hall al which n number OF men were
taken IN from the class OF '01.
Team shoots Will be arranged with the Gun Cluo
OF the University 81 Pennsylvania
The freshman class election. held Monday. result
Cd follows President. Higgins. vice president
Mussleman: secretary. Smith treasurer Enzan.
athletic representative. Webster r. James.
Al the last meeting Of the Mathematical Club
Steckel %. read paper on symbolic 1ntsgra-
ton
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UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Professor Thomas Kelley Cheyne. OF Oxford. will
lecture at the Seminary on Phases OF Jewish Re-
g!ous LIE After the Exile" November 10. u.
Is. l.. % and "a.
About twenty-h students from the seminary
will attend the tenth annual convention OF the In
terseminary Missionary Alliance at New-Bruns-
wick Theological Seminary on November and !.
The council will give reception al the Union
Settlement in East d-and-fourth-st.. on
Wednesday at 4 o'clock. II is estimated that two
thousand people a week take advantage OF tho
privileges afforded by the Settlement An enthusas.
III, Settlement meeting held on Tuesday. at tho
Seminary. at which addresses were made by DR..
Francis Brown and Mr.. McCord the head-worker.
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AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.

Cambridge. Mass. oct. 3l.-The competition to
December held last Wednesday evening. The
speeches. which were limited to five minutes. were
on the same question as the Yale-Harvard debate
will be: Resolved That the United States Should
Annex Ha wall" Forty-seven spoke. the laig
est number which has turned out for any
debate. and the large Fogg ,ecture-room was
crowded 10 the doors This means a revival Of the
debating interest al Harvard. and that all men
realize that another defeat at the hands OF Yale
Will mean most serious blow 70 the prestige OF
Harvard as debating institution. The judges at
the competition were Professor James Barr Ames.
Solomon Lincoln Professor George p Baker. DIT.
A. c. Coolidge and T.. H. Warren. all recognized au-
thortes on debating. The men selected were
Charles Gullk es. Of Davenport. Iowa; Wilbur
Morse 60 Of Philadelphia. and J. \. keath. spe-
cal. OF Cambridge Philip q. Castleton. 49, OF Law
renee. Mass. was chosen alternate or these
bates. and Mr.. Morse the freshman team
that defeated Yale two years ago. Mr. keath is
a new man. whose competitive speech showed clear
reasoning 10 a remarkable degree. Mr.. Casiletoh
was on the team OF the Harvard Forum wh''h
was defeated by the Columbia Union.
The official figures Of the different classes in COL
lege SHOW a gain Of forty-tTo over last years
class which class, however. was somewhat BE-
hind that OF 1886 In 1870 " the toidI huInpen
in the college was l75s and in 1891 % the number
was l,cfi. Although the class OF Vi IS three ieSS
than last years sophomore class. stu. lnciuHlhe
specials and scientific school students III Is tHe
largest yet registered There will very hkely De a
slight increase when the December catalogue di-
de figures
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NORMAL COLLEGE.

Commissioner Hurlbut and Lawson n. Fuller. ex'
Commissioner OF the Normal College, were present
at the chapel exercises on THURSDAY. ana ad'
dressed The students.
The first lesson OF the course in blackboard draw.
,ng by Miss Virginia s. Keith, Of the Alumns Free
Kindergarten. held on Wednesday. Tho class
was limited 10 forty and more than this mum:
Der were present it was decided TO form second
class.
The following programme has been arranged BY
tho Philorathean Society for Friday. November 5:
Essay. "Ideasm." by Miss Eleanor c. Clarke; es.
say Re alism" by Miss Ellen Chopper; quotations:
talk on Thomas Hardy" by Miss Miriam Brom-
berg. discussion ''Idealism and Realism" open
20 the entire society.
The programme which was to have been rendered
by the Alpha Beta Gamma Society on Friday haS
been postponed until next Friday
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New-Haven. Conn Oct 3l.-The celebration Of
the Sheffield Scientific Schools semi-centennial.
which was held on Thursday, proved decided sue
More than two hundred alumni were In
town. and all the exercises were well attended
The eight men who have been chosen from the
academic department to speak in the final trials
for the representation OF Yale in tho Yale Harvard
debate. and who therefore eligible for the
Thacher prize. are H. Bingham ir. 49, X. Bruce.
a.: s. X. Clark. 80; c. l.. Darlington. go; H. w.
The, Rev. u. T. *, cneyne of oxford Univer.
the third e~r.Ss Of American lectures on "The
History q Rclieion" He will give six lectures on
Jewish Religious Life After the Exile
New hooks by Yale professors which are 10 ap-
pear shortly are Early Greek Philosophers by
Fion and = Farap5Tase Of The Episto 70 the
!ema,ic theology Four new books that have just
been published THE Growth OF the French
so p GsGGs R by Aas% F.
IRE director =, Of the psycchologca ab1rst9ry "A
Woolsey Bacon. OF the Divinity School, and "Ph
losophy Of knowledge" by the Rev. George Trum-
bun Ladd. Clark professor Of moral philosophy
An effort is being made here to collect funds for
Robert Louis Stevenson in his native city. Edn-
burgh. There is Robert Louis Stevenson club
now in existence here in the senior class Of the
The Hotchkiss School Club ha. elected the fol-
treasurer; F +. Baldwin. 'a9S.: secretary. C. L.
Tiffany. I'd. %: Executive Committee. I. w. Far
nam, 90; " F. Doninick. as; A. G. Fox. 10: f. r.
Savage. 00S
In pursuance of the present policy Of extending
athletics At Yale TO the student body in general
and not merely TO the few men on the Varsity
teams. special pains have been taken with the
newly Instituted class football teams this fall IN
addition to the regular freshman team Of every
year the seniors juniors and sophomores have
organized elevens and have practised faithfully
besides playing several games. This week the
series for tho interclass championship is TO he
played Off. The quality OF these games will show
how well the experiment has worked As many
teams deserving will receiy" the right 10
wear the class numerals
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BROWN

Providence. Oct 5l.-The freshman prizes for cx-
ctilepce in preparatory studies have been awarded
as follows:
The Hartshorn premiums for excellence In pre-.
rsratory mathematics-The first to Harvey Ma
thsniel Davis: the second to Howard Oscar Wins
low: the third TO Thatcher Rowland Guild. pre-
pared all In the Providence High School
The presidents premiums fo- excellence in pre-
paratory Greek-The first to Howard Oscar Wins
low: the second In equal parts. to Harvey Ma
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was rendered al the last college meeting and ac-
cepted.
The annual Election Day recess will this year
comprise Monday and Tuesday OF this week
The following officers have been elected by the
senior class in the Law School: President. j. O.
Beckwith: vice-president. A. J. Mcknight jr. sec
rotary. G. A. Dineen treasurer. r. W. Scott; adj
dresser. c. C. Flaesch; orator. J. W. veeder; his
torian, J. W. Barret; poet. X. Dawson; prophet.
w J. Grattan. postmaster. J. II. Curtice. mar
shall. p A. Pitcher: Executive Committee. J. L.
Gibson. jr.. S. Shepherd. F. A. Mackey and l.. X
r. Laird.
The freshmen have selected garnet and light
green as class colors The freshman banquet will
be held some night this week at the Edison Hotel
Although the football season has been one OF
many disappointments, the students are anticipat-
ing seasons in track athletics and baseball that
Will do much TO Offset the disbursement on the
gridiron Captain Thatcher OF the baseball team
ha. already got his team comparatively well
started Outdoor practice will continue as long
as the weather permits In the interest OF the
track. several cross-country clubs have been or
eanzed. which make runs OF from three 10 seven
miles almost daily.
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teenth year is the age at which the largest mum.
Der O1s) entered In the first period, and ISL entered
this age in the second period.
The University Extension work In the subject OF
law carried on in Dr. Russelrs law class, shows
a decided gain last year.
The new gifts to the School Of Engineering al
most I'LL the entire space available.
Many students have entered their names Is
college holiday. They will be distributed largely
In the northern part Of the city.
The director OF the gymnasium reports the aver
height OF the entering class fleet ~ inches,
against feet 10 inches last year. and feet 81
inches the preceding year. The average weight Is
l95 pounds, as against l29 last year and LBS the
preceding year. The required work in the gym
ma stun begins to-day.
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NOINT IIOLYOKE.

South Had.~y Mass Oct. 3l-The New
Haven Alumnp Association recently celebrated
1t. twenty-ffh anniversary with appropriat"
exercises. President Nerd spoke on the
Promise OF the Future: Mrs. Alice Gordon QUICK
OF the American College in Spain. on The country
Of the Little King. Mrs Marion At"el' president
y, tho N.w-york Association on "Our Opportu-
nifty" and Miss Ellen Parsons Editor or " ON
ans Work for Women" on The silver CaH. ..r,.
Professor Bailey recently gave a Lecture on Inc
Principles OF Architecture at the colIcge
Tho first ~ the series ~ nterclas' lectures was
given by Henry clapp on "A winter are
reception wa. give 20 the lecturer in Mary briS-
ham Hall.
Dr Judson Smith. OF Boston. president Of the
BOARD - Trustees. fddressed tho students nj
prayers recently.
Professor Waldo Pratt ~ Hartford gave the
second lecture IN tho History OF Music course.
Tho chief occurrence OF the last week was the
moving into Rockefeller Hall. This IL hardly com
pleicd vet but con be used
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LAFAYETTE

Easton. Penn. Oct 31The Franklin Literary So
ciety initiated number Of freshmen and few
upper class men Wednesday night. among the fresh
men being Holman and Esenb.rg. who next year
will play the regular football eleven In adii-
ton to an interesting programme by the members
OF tn. society there were short addresses by r T..
James 4. &. La Barre. -. W. Gei--r. Professor
owen, Cofnn. Youngman Hodge and FOLLOWED
{. ". Harvey. Of Bucknrll University. who sue
ceeded the late Hugh Beaver. OF former Gov
ernor Beaver Of thi. Srsic. college Young Mems
Christian Association secretary. at Lafayette
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HANFRFORD

Haycrford, Penn. Oct. 3i.-President Sharplc,s
will read a paper college Admission Stand
ards at the coming session Of tho Association OF
Colleges and Preparatory Schools OF the Middle
States md Maryland. This association will meet
at Vassar College the Friday and Saturday after
Thanksgiving.
Professor William e. Iadd. Of the department Of
French. has been absent since the beginning Of the
term by reason OF attack OF pneumonia
His classes being conducted by DR.. Theodore
Lorenz OF Philadelphia.
The banjo and mandolin clubs have reorganzed
for the year. d. f. Jones. 'HS s leader OF the
former r. H. Stuart on. Of the latter.
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NETWORK UNIVERSITY.

Interesting tables have been prepared showing
the entrance ages OF the freshman classes from
1873 to 1885, and from 1855 to 1896. The youngest en-
trance age IL fourteen. AT which age sixteen
tered in the first period and twelve in the second
period. TIL. most advanced age in the first period
was thirty years single student having entered
at that age; hut in the second period, while two
two and another at thirty five years. The eigh-
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UNION.

Schenectady y. Y, Oct. S-The College Hill
Golf Club met and defeated the Schenectady Golf
Club the college links last week by n score OF
% 10 II. return game will be played soon on
the Schenectady links.
two-step has ben composed by Collier. 'Oi. and
dedicated by him to the college. The composition
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SYRACUSE.

Syracuse. y. Y. Oct 81 The best football game
that has been played here this season was the game
asst Saturday with Union College. Their team was
in god training though a little lighter than SYRIA
cuse but the home men were better trained both
for endurance and team work Every man played
III, position well. and the passes ard interference
sure. Time after time the Syracuse backs
went around Unions ends for gains OF from ten TO
twenty yards. merely because the Interference was
compac, and sw., that Union could not break II
up. The score Of 10 TO was especially pleasing
here. since 1t is tho first time Syracuse has been
= blo TO win from Union.
The annual initiation and banquet Of the Kappa
Kappa Gamma Society was held last Friday evening
Al the Vanderbilt. large number OF alumn@ were
present greet the now iniiaies-Misses Elizabeth
lanes. Mauie Andrews. Mamie Bates, Eleanor
Thayer. Adelaide letters and Edna Miller.
Professor Gaylord =. Clark. NJ n. has Just rn-
turned from spending the summer in Germany. where
he has been collecting some new and valuable ap-
parstus FOR the College Of Medicine. Among the
most important pieces delicate mechanism for
recording movements OF living bodies. designed and
made for Or. Clark by Wilhelm Pezold. and piece
OF apparatus for examining the blood. made by
the famous Carl Zess. OF Jena.
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FORDHAM.

Sidney Woolett will commence series Of lect-
ures and readings In the college theatre on
Wednesday The first lecture will be on 'Tenny
and His Relation TO the ONCE OF Poet Laure-
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Considerable change has been made D! the iiai
ward faculty In regard TO admission 10 the coies
ent list has not been altered in most however
there has been much revision making me Me- SAM ,
a5a ngnTr IRON Ih new conditions are used ex-
clusvely alternate papers will, be onereo unorr
istry ,.s
For several years the Harvard Observatory has
been engaged in photographng both in CsmoIidsie
and Peru the spectra Of al stars apove me pisnt.
magnitude professor Pickering hopea omen wo 5s
some time the field Of the Photographic prism
while taking the speSra out ms dn Mes an
excellent photograph Of meteoric spectrum rhc
first that is known 10 have been o6tained, me m,
though the composition OF the meieorites that have
fallen to the ground is well known the spectrum
meteorites Before the great heat engendered in
passing through the atmosphere has had time 10
consume the more fusible components The de-
auctions from this meteorc spectrum will be an
nounced In full IN the next bulletin OF the Observa-
a piece Of land has been set apart by the Athletic
Committee for the of the Shooting Club. On
it new building is now being erected ,,o ,o,,n,o
tion Of the new house. before the intercollegiate
shoot takes place at New-Haven.
Club the following ofcers were elected for the COM
ing year: president. J. R. Proctor. ir.. '9s vice
ecltive COMMITTEES were elected as follows: W; K.
Sutro, 'as; c ID. Draper and " Davis 90; II. r.
MursoSk and T. Law Rass % H. p Snhsu crane
pointed by the presIden,-L. Q o'Bren. L. s: II. B.
Hgn'nSton or and ab5 csr'i PoT rs m spoke
at the annual convention Of the Young Mems Chris
ton Association of TIC colleges OF Massaehusetts
Harvard delegates TO the convention were F. p
barton 'ss: J. p Sheffield. a.: J. E Hubbard as
E Z: q F. @hi'P'' 'S' H. J. Bennett 'S and H. C.
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ates living in the Lone Star State have been asked
to Join the organization.
The annual divisional examination for the aca-
demic freshmen took place this week. The work
done by this part Of the freshman class has been
uniformly good
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McFadden IS, and Harriet Coburn w. were eiecteo
into the Phi Kappa Psi Society, , - -
The interest in golf is steadily growing and as as
a consequence the links being greatly I'M
proved The Gymna stun and Field Associa ton I'M
poses slight tax players. for which ney ,h hake
the use OF the links and the advantage OF ""oe
sale prices for clubs and balls. -.
Elizabeth McFadden. 9s. has resigned from tne
chairmen.hip OF the Students Building Committee
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10 STAY FOR HER.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Stay" he murmured. Stay!
She turned and faced him in the doorway.
mo" she said. II can't do that. I'm dress
reformer.
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HAMILTON.

Clinton " Y. Oct. 31.-The football game on
Saturday on steubcn Field here with the Polytech-
ric boys Of Troy, sharp. not to say "scrappy."
Captain Finn and Rogers. OF Hamilton. were on
the sick list. and the team was materially weak
ened by their absence. Troy made most OF It's
gains through the centre. but Hamilton PLAYED the
brilliant game, and her gains around the
ends were numerous Hamilton won, to T.
Invitations issued by the college for the dcdi
catory exercises here on Tuesday. November 16
when the renewed chapel and the new Root and
Benedict buildings, will be formally opened: Pres
ident Stryker will deliver the Grafton: addresses
will be delivered by Messrs. Elihu Root and II. H.
Benedict In presenting the buildings. and the keys
will be received behalf Of the trustees by DR.
Edward North. There viii he a banquet In the
gymnasium, where in the evening tho Juniors will
give their annual hop. which bids fair TO be
brilliant.
II has Just transpred that the money-several
thousand doars-for renewing the chapel comes
from Horace B. Silliman OF Cohoes. trustee.
The new features comprise cypress ceiling oak
psnelling and seating, terrazzo pavement in the
aises and big organ in the west end. directly be-
hind the pulpit. in the new apse
The register for the eighty-sxth year OF Ham,
Ison College has jus, been issued. II is a hand,
engraving OF the late Trustee P. V. Rogers As the
founder Of the chair Of American history DIR
Terrett. the Rogers professor of American history
has years absence for study. He will spend the
winter in Washington