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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24

clety occurred on Tuesday evening. The Following
new members received: Seniors-Bessie avery
C. f. Cooke. G. NJ butcher. Vesta w. Heywood'
Jessica VI. Hitchcock, Ida L. Hull. Ruth A. Nelson
Clara g. Rowley. Le;.tia f. Young; Juniors. L.
Horton. Mary G. Lane and r. G.. Iorenzen'
movement Is on foot among the veterinary anu
medical preparatory students OF the University 70
organize a comparative medical association Inc
Committee Constitution and Bylaws consists Oh
Il. L. Moore. H. Illsion. l.. T. jerks. j. u. Sthi"eh
and c. W. Gray
The class of ss has indorsed the report of the
committee upon the proposed Cornell song-book. and
has officially started upon the work OF compilation
ne al on ana OF he ~ 6an
the Instructor of the e Gte Club CT "
-, The senior banquet held Friday, evening IN
toasts were responded to by President C. HamHii-
ton, NJ r. Connolly. j. Langdon. f. d. Cois9n, y.
nell and Professors Benjamin lde Wheeler and n
Morse Stephen Quintet from the Gise Tno
The football COACH Glen 5. Warner. returned e
viii have good team next year. but is not salts
fed with the result OF the sprrq Actco. the turn
The 8 Memorial lar Prize PPG t%s was held in the
Armory Friday evening The SPEAKERS were the fol-
Maye a cpsen MSrs F4'r III vi l. ssn
won by Allen first and Swift second. The competi
ion tais year was one of the shapes ever held Tor
Frederick c. Prescott, of Harvard. has been APP
pointed assistant professor OF rhetoric for next year.
His special work will be the development OF courses
in English composition more especially argumenta-
tive English and the writing of briefs He will also
give course OF lectures on the development OF style
In English prose writer's OF the eighteenth century
The last lecture in the Sibey College course was
delivered on Friday by William c. Brown; OF New
York, on The Construction of Direct-Acting Steam
Pumping Engines"
4 race was held on Wednesday over the three;
mile course between five crews-three varsity and
two freshman-with handicaps. The race was
won by the second varsity (Which was substantially
the same as the Annapolis crew by abou: length.
About three lengths separated the first and third
'varsities. and the freshman crews
eight lengths behind the third varsity. The timo
satisfactory.
cety has been in session during the week under the
auspices OF the Cornell CHAPTER. on Wednesday
afternoon the delegates were received by Professor
and Mrs. H. c. Elmer. and in the evening the
ccty banquet was held at the chapter house On
THURSDAY evening the Cornell Chapter gave a recep
ton at Dixies in honor OF the visitors. Tine patron
esses were Mrs. Holhrook. Mrs. Elmer. Mrs. H. s.
White, Mrs Thurs;on. Mrs. Hooker and Mrs. West,
of baltimore
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NORMAL COLLEGE.

Preliminary notices OF the entrance examinations
have been sent to all the girls grammar schools.
po,u,een LOO and 900 girls will probably try for
tho examinations, although 1t Is thoroughly under
stood that only the highest six hundred will be adj
mitted. A resolution has been passed by the Ex-
ecutiye Committee that all those who enter VIII be
required TO take five years course. 80 that the
break occurring on account Of the promotions into
the high schools may be filled In. These students
will receive the degree Of Bachelor of Arts on grad
uation.
Tho Young women Of the graduating class have
been sent out this week TO the various public
schools in the city to observe their management
and methods OF instruction. especially In the lower
classes as many OF them will probably be teaching
I'm these classes In the fall. They are sent out In
groups OF three and four. and are expected TO re-
port at the end OF each week on their observations
TO the president and professor OF pedagogy. me
object OF these visits has been to give the students
experience In practical work. ,. .,. II,
the college was held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock Or. Thomas Hunter president CT the cor
iege gave the principal address. The foioWins
women composed the Reunion committee. MIS-
Ernest Bunzl Miss Anna NJ Hunter, MISS ETA
Keith, Miss Emma Klauser, Miss Anna Mcpon-
ough. Miss Edith Patterson, Miss Margaret Shai-
non and Miss Elsie Earle. 49,, -
improvements I'm the college buildings this sum-
mer will be made by the addition of an entrey
new heating apparatus throughout the buildings
and some changes in the middle hreproof starr
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SAVED BY An EXPLOSION.
From The Spokane Spokesman Review.

James Koran. a rancher living on a claim on the
CCrur d. Aene Reservation In Idaho, met with a
little accident recently which nearly resulted In the
loss OF his lie. The story is told by Mr. Horan
whose veracity cannot be questioned, as follows:
MY house is a small building. 10 by II and feet
at the caves. had Just started a fire to get my
dinner and had gone for bucket OF water some
three hundred yards from the house. when. upon
my return saw the roof OF the kitchen enveloped
I'm n sheet of flame. | attempted to save the house
by getting upon the roof OF the Kitchen with an
axe, for the purpose OF cutting the kitchen roof
from the roof OF the main building. stepped by
the stovepipe and fell through to my armplts, and
was bile to move up or down with tfat flame or
fire and smoke about me. In n few seconds IL
would hava<fxcd' me had It not been at that In
slant that 4 hve-pound can OF powder had been ig.
nited and puffed onto soft garden bed
had made the day before. The fire burned my
overals OFF me- and one Of my shoes some (Which ne
from the top OF the building to the garden bed did
not hurt me ut oil,
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GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

The lectures of the seminary for the year closed
last Friday. Examinations begin Monday and
continue each day at 10 and o'clo * until Friday
The commencement exercises will be held on
June2
Among the graduates who have received appoint
ments the following: Nelson Poe Carey, Grace
Chapel. New-York; James L. Craig. Casper. Wyo:
Thomas f. Davies, jr.. church OF the incarnation
New-York; Cameron J. Davis Trinity Church, Buff
falo: Edward X. Dodds, Christ Church, New
castle Wyo.; William Chauncey Emhardt ST
Johns School Selma. Kan; William H. iIigham
sicnary to Africa: rSomas f. Johnston. 81 Peters
Church OF the Holy Innocence Hoboken. ~ j.. :
Charles n. Mcknight Trinity Church, Emira
y. y: Robert ". Mize. Calvary Church. Hiawa tha
Kan: Edward n: Parrott. jr.. Grace Church. New
York Henry w; Rnnner. Grace Church. New
York Walter g Webster, 81. Stephens, Proyi-
dence. r. l.: Robert L. Wood. Associate Mission
mont; Herbert L. Gaylord st. Johns Youngstown
Ohio: Lewis q. Morris. ST. John the Evangests.
St Paul. MINI
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UNION.

held a meeting last Tuesday and elected John IL.
Guttman captain OF the cross-country team. 1t
was decided to hold q banquet early next month.
Great interest continues 10 be shown in the inter-
class baseball games. The first game Of the series
was played or the nth between the juniors and
sophomore Ninety-nine was purchased by the
AT the regular college meeting last Friday three
important undergraduate offices were hiled
Swami '98 was elected student representative on
the Athletic Board; Cullen. IS. as Unions repre-
sentative on the New-York State lDtercollegiate
Athletic Union, and Human, SO. assistant football
manager After the election occurred the annual
change of chapel seats. and from now on the at
tendance Of the seniors at chapel Is not com
pulsory
The annual spring meet was held on Friday after
noon and all the contests were close Although
there was high wind. TWO OF the college records
were broken. Cotton, 49, lowered the record for
the mile walk TO 7:4o and Hid, 'ss the time of the
mile bicycle to, 2% The meet was won by the
class Of 8 and the best man In each event will
represent Union at the meet Of the n. Y. S. A. u.
IN be held at Utica, juno 3.
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WELLESLEY.

Wellesley Mass. May 23.-Entrance examinations
will be held June TO 10 at the college, and also
on the same dates at New-York, Plattsburg. Gens
Falls Andes and Rochester. y. Y: at Philadel-
phia, Gambler Ohio: Portland Oregon and Homo
lulu. Hawaiian Islands, for candidates already
registered for college Tho dates of the examna-
lions for tho second semester's work and for
moving deficiencies are June and 1s. These are
held only at Wellesley.
Three new courses IN English are offered for
next year-criticsm OF masterpieces of argument
taton, ancient and modern. with view 10 noting
effects gained and how they produced: study
ir verse forms and their relations to prose forms
with lectures principles of versIication, on his
torical development of English poetic FORMS on
special forms of II epic, drama and lyric and
on tho common ground OF verse and prose and an
advanced course In English composition-daily
theme work.
President Conklin OF the School for Christian
Workers. Springfield. Mass. addressed the students
after the prayer service Thursday evening. DR.
Of lectures before the history classes the East
question. Wulf Fries. OF Boston, and Professor
J. w. Hill. OF the Wellesley music department
gave n recital In the chapel Friday afternoon
Between 20J and 800 guests are expected at the re-
ception TO be given by the president and faculty
noon Professor George X. Morris of Boston Uni
versity, preached In the chapel this morning.
The "tree day" festivities will take place Fri
day. June g. and the float exercises. for which some
new and attractive features have been arranged,
will occur on the 10th.
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SYRACUSE.

Syracuse n. Y. May 2-On Monday evening
Professor Berwald gave a piano recital In Grouse
College Music Hail. The feature Of the evening
was the first public performance Of a plano and
string quintet. composed by Professor Berwald
In this number he assisted by Professor Beck
or first violin; Mr. Hey. second violin; Sidney Lit
tIehales viola, and Miss Littlehales cello
Again on Thursday evening the Music Hall was
opened for organ recital by Clarence Eddy.
The alumni OF the University have begun move
ioent 10 endow a professorship In memory OF Vice
Chancellor French's long and inestmabie service
In the institution
,usf aupeared and shows the following items OF
especial interest: The class in music is SO large
rbst two sorees will be necessary that all may
appear hence enc is put down for May a. IN the
week before examinations. The speakers or the
memorial service for Vicerchanceor French and
Dean Vernon Sunday evening s1ne W Wili a1 nd
the Rev. DR. j. 4. Gracy. OF Rochester. The
alumni orator for June is to be the Rev. Dr.
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TEACHERS COLLEGE.

Frank NJ Chapman assistant curator OF the
Natural History Museum delivered a lecture at the
Teachers College on Thursday afternoon upon
migratory birds This and second discourse upon
birds which will be given at p. m next Thurs
dav are intended to start pleasan. line or sum-
mer work, which will be preparatory course for
those who propose TO join Professor Loyds ex-
tension class In nature study next autumn.
on June | the domestic science department will
begin to move into quarters In the M!lbank
Memorial-the new wing OF the college. The
cooking laboratory is a spacious room. looking
north and west
The literature costume entertainment given by
the pupils of Horace Mann School gained $50 IN
admission fees for the Helen Keller maintenance
fund to which the proceeds were devoted.
Invitations out for a reception next Friday
evening for the senior class by the classes OF IS
80 and co. There will be dancing The patr0nesses
are Miss l.. Edwina Brown, Miss Grace Hoadley
Dodge, Mrs. Jos 'ah Macy. Jr.. Mrs. c. NJ Bryton
Mrs Walter Lowrie Hervey, Mrs. Frederick Ferris
Thompson and Mrs. Charlotte Louisa Williams
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BROWN.

Providence, r. T., May 23-Some consternatioh was
felt among the devotees OF baseball a week dso AZ
the simultaneous loss OF two prominent meH'oefs Va
the nine both pitchers. One OF them. Brady mas
left college, and the other. T. ]. Dunno. has give"
I'D athletics fer the remainder of the year INC
loss of these men, however, has seemed 10 nave
stimulating effect upon the remainder OF the team,
who have since played with spirit WHICH 'neS
failed 10 exhibit earlier in the season. -, ,.,,o
The annual inspection OF the Brown cauet M =,
was held Wednesday morning by Colonel ftop,it 4
Hughes Inspcctor-C eneral United states AlinS
The one hundred fifty men under tne uIIeut t
of CAPTAIN c. H. Murray made creditaDle sho"lu ,
The annual election OF the Brown chapter Oh ,ns
Phi Beta Kappa Society was held last week, anu
resulted In the election OF the following new n ne
hers: From the senior class-Horato CushinR AItn
Fred Atwe Arnold Arthur Hale Chanpe' i,
Elijah William Collins. George Rice Coughian Aipers
Orson Foster Sanford Keith Quincy FrahK, o sf
Jones Marcus Ward LYON tr George bb eIana
Miner William Burgess Peck, John DAWSON EocKr-
teller. jr. Harris Elwood Starr William Hcnry
THORNLEY, jr., and Ernest Edward Tyzzer. c, rr9in
the Junior ciass-Jamcs Sidney Allen. )r" Cndlies
Carroll Clinton Harvey Currier: George Anth M,
Gaskill Ephraim Leroy Hart. George sIIrea 8 ner
len William Adams Shade. Fred Andrew smart bor-
den Durfee whiting and James Nickel WlIlains.
Letters recently received from President ANDREWS
who Il now in London indicate his complete restora,
ton TO health and the practical certainly tnat IT,
will return to college in September. In view or tnls
fact Professor Clarke. the acting president mas re-
ceived leave OF absence for the coming year.
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ERIE RAILROAD.

Through leave NeW-IOrk loot Chambers-st,
as follows and five minutes earlier from West 23d-st:
O:OO A. M.-Vestibuled Express daily for Waverly
Binghamton Emira Buffalo, Bradford. Arrive Buffalo
500 =. NJ Parlor Buffalo
2:OO T.. M.-vestbuled Limited fas, mail Daily. solid
for Chicago Chautauqus Lake. arrives Cleve-
TAO A. NJ. Chicago, T. VI. Seepers 10 Chicago
Cleveland and Cincinnati. Dining Car
1870 II. M.-Bunalo and Cleveland Vestibuled Express
Daily, arrives Buffalo 7l5 A. NJ Bradford. 1.l5 a. NJ.
jamestown. 500 A. NJ. Cleveland 1918 p. NJ seepers to
Buffalo and Cleveland aking direct connections for De-
tro Chicago and the West
SAB y. M-via Chautauqua Lake and Niagara Fails FAN
Daily. Solid Chicago. Sleepers to HornellsviNe,
Chicago and Cincinnati. Dining Car.
accommodatons at III. ll3. 26 iol and go Broad
1871 Bowery, 125th- and 81 West
Chambers West 23d- st ferries. NeYYork: 1913
and 728 Futon-st.. 100 Broadway. Brooklyn; 300 Hud-
son-st., Hoboken and Jersey City Station Westcott
Express calls for baggage from hotels and
residences to destination
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PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia. May Ex-Governor Hastings has in
formed Provost Harrison that he will attend the
commencement exercises June q. His staff will
also be present The three younger classes OF the
college department had their last lectures OF the
year on Thursday. and examinations will begin to-
morrow.
The commencement week programme,
ranged begins the week on June with the sopho-
more cremation. On the 9Th the juniors will have
their annual oratorcal contest. and on Sunday the
baccalaureate sermon to the graduating classes Of
all departments St Stephens Protestant Episco-
pal Church by the Rev. DR. Elwood Worcester. on
Monday. the 18th inst, the cassday exercises will
be held. followed by lecture on international law
by Frederic r. Coudert, and reception in the IL
brary building; reunion of the classes of 81 and n
medical; ivy-planting exercises; songs by the glee
Tuesday Will be alumni day which will begin
with n meeting of the General Alumni Society, fol-
lowed by baseball game with Georgetown; annual
exercises of the Phi Beta Kappa Society: annual
alumn@; commencemcnt OF the Zeosophic Society
and the performance OF Very Little Red Riding
Hood" by the Mask and Wig Club. for tho benefit
of the varsity crew.
marking the 18th year Of the Uniyersity's exist.
ence. Besides the comforting Of degrees in tho
alumni will be held in the evening. and a perform
ance of THE Rivals" will be given by the Garrick
The Executive Committee Of the production OF
THE Norsemen' on June l will provide, out Of the
vestlgate the discovery of America by the Morse
men. The proceeds will also be used as n nucleus
land
The officers Of the Zelosophic Society for next
year have been elected follows: President,
Kuemerle: vice-presdent, Parry; treasurer, With
row; corresponding secretary, Fisher; recording
secretary, Saul.
The annual sophomore declamatory contest was
held Monday evening. The two prizes which are
offered annually by the college faculty
awarded, the irst to Horace stern for his Grafton
THE Assault on Sumner and the Defence OF
Massachusetts" and the second TO William Haines
Parry, who read extract from Baine's Ora
ton on Garfield" Frederick Lewis Clark received
honorable mention.
The work of adding TO the number OF trees
the campus has been carried on, until now nearly
three hundred slips have been planted.
The museums have received an addition TO their
numsmaic collection by the donation of one of the
finest private coin collections In the country The
collection is especially rich in early American Co.
lonal coins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24
COLGATE.

Hamilton. " Y, May 23-The senior-j Junior inter
class debate was held I'm Sheldons Opera House last
Saturday evening The question under discussion
was; Resolved, That trusts and corporations in
tended to monopolze industries should be pro-
hIbited" The senior debaters Creighton, Coleman
and Woods. supported the affirmative and the
juniors Smith, Sears and Thompson argued in the
negative The Judges. Judge Mason and G. H.
smith OF Hamilton. and ex-senator Charles Smith
of Morrsvile. decided in favor OF the Juniors.
The annual sermon before the college Y. NJ. c. A
was preached in the Baptist Church Sunday even
ing May IL. by the Rev. w. H. Wallace. OF the
Tabernacle Baptist Church OF Utica;
baseball team defeated by Colgate on the home
grounds: score. TO ). The Syracuse team was de-
fcatei By CogAte Thursday afternoon In one of the
closest and best games OF ball ever played In Haml
ION II took eleven innings to play the game the
score being TO D. Both teams played fine.y VOores
and Lines doing especially well FOR Syracuse, and
sheldon and Webb for Colgate In the evening two
htndr,1 or more OF the students celebrated the VIC
tory with n bonfire and nlghshirt parade. led by
the band ., ~ -
follows: J. T. Bullock '9s. leader OF the Glee Club
Fred Ernsberger. '3S leader Of the Banjo Club and
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Railroads.
"AmaR,oA,s oRgATgsT RAILROAD"
NETWORK
GNTRAL
~ & HUDSON RIVER r. r.
THE .F0UR.TRACK TRUNK LINE.

$3.50 sunday Empire s Assny E' Hss
s aca.s ''sa he e Ssr' Due
Niagara Falls 6:65 p. This train Is Limited 70
$3.50 Mbay. Mail for Peughksep.is Albany R,II,
Utica Utica Syracuse. Rochester. Buffalo. niagara HE
1890 M-Excep sunday Day Express For all i'm
100 p M.-DaIy. Southwestern Limited For Column n:
Indianapolis s snd 81
900 'eP and n buffalo ,, %, Detroit, c,.v.-
Albany: Schenectady Utco, Syracuse. Rochester
$3.50 S, MSExeeps Sunday West Point Poushk''D'l''
$3.50 oo M-paily; North Shore Limited Due ps:ro,s
Utica sS m Chicago 4;ao p m Stops al A'0'"''
oU da r MMDa For Albany Troy U' ka Ha'r M
Fas c.v aSn'I'' 4osS6 Detroit
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1850 r. MmPay Buffalo Niagara Falls s,o csv e,
600 alssay s. and s ~
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sru9 Chicago; except Saturday. for Cape vincent
sundy on nsh Genital sSs ee5y h nso S
o'oc pi A. n and as %pa,y except Sunday to
oh5 4 M-sunday only. to Pi,isneld and the Be-k-
'?ii 5 ki IT H? TR&1H R!v 4o nrosxErs =,
Putnam Division as f H as Yone. IN WIN
Gs Fet YraS. H HS; n + the only line running all
Wagner Palace Cars ON all through trains
Ts. nns %ssn.y WIN nseh Ias s Central station
Jl7 2Gl ts Broadway 81 East l4ihst 9'2 Broadway
ton SewYorF ass and 72o F%lion:st and ios
Bassaso from hotel or residence by tn. West,
cot JOHN HsPT NJ T T9mnn5y GEORGE r. DANIELS
General Manager General Passenger Agent.
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CITY COLLEGE.

rh. MI, which has recently passed both houses OF
The Legislature providing for an additional app,o-
priation OF 10000 for the new site was sisheu ny
Governor Black last Saturday. PRESIDENT Wepo
has calculated that It will require about Iooo'"
cubic feet OF floor room to accommodate all the stu
dents and the architects are drawing up '"e''
plans according to this estimate.
Tho following officers have been elected ny tiie
C'lionian Literary Society for tho ensuing !e"'
President S. Mork 9S; vice-president' b' '" ''C,
or 'oS. librarian W. =. Buchler. 90; treasurer NJ
= Marks go: editor F. w. Hottenroth, 'ss; record
ing secretary A. Ernst, 90; corresponding secre-
tary A. Michel, 49, character commlttee-h Cd
lunt 'os: IT, NJ I.owenbaum. s9; r. HARRISON W.
j. s. Menllne SO. special committee mas ueeh
anpointed to issue the society paper The Chon-
tan nv the first inter- society debate next faii
This debate will be holly contested as Ciionia mas
won twenty-seven debates to twenty-six by Phre-
nocosmian Tho socety will conduct ono mock
trial this year.
The senior society. Kappa Beta Sigma VIII 'ni.i
ate about thirteen juniors Immediately after the
examinations but the names will not be published
until next February. , ,.
The senior class picture was taken on last
wednesday, About one hundred and FIVE members
Including ses all c ha p% pas the St.
Francis Xavier club on June II and y -Four games
viii be played and there will be four players S Sba
arman, ,g7: l. W; stern, go {. J. Laserwaid' w.
an The lacrosse game scheduled for Friday with
Johns Hopkins was sa fscv p not the To
owing 10 ,ne he absent more than one day at time
The game with the Montclair Athletic cino WEEK
ago resulted in victory for the college oy score
OF The 70 spring games Of the Athletic Association
suited most successfully, both from an athletic and
financial gSnt Of ysw boush the games amn
Oh The f"o handicap golf tournament has resulted as
follows First, Dorand, 81 handicap Is; second
Smith h Ts2n hs" cnb viii hold its spring
on June is and S II will be run ,1, of h in four
ed 10 the winners In each class.