New-York tribune., 1897-11-08
COLUMBIA.

President Low has left town for fortnghts
vacation Before ne returns the trustees who VIII
hold their monthly meeting week from to-day
will act on the repor, Of the special committee hav
ing charge Of President Lows resignation IL is
generally believed in the University that the resig-
nation Will be accepted and that the trustees
will ask Mr. Low 70 continue mis- work on the lines
which ne laid down upon accepting the presidency
The electric lighting system Is in operation
and on Friday for the first time the lecture-rooms
were lit up for the last lectures. on wednesday
nigh, several friends Of Professor Hallock and
Superintendent Darling witnessed trial OF the
lighting of the immense globe which hangs from
the centre Of the dome. Electric lights were thrown
upon IT,. and these IT reflected about the reading
room The lights shone 80 clearly that many OF
the students who about the 'frat houses
came over and congratulated Professor Hallock the
inventor The electric lights on the desks and
reading tables In tho general library and law library
have been put in place. and both libraries VII! soon
b" opened In the evenings.
An annual prize OF So for the best essay on some
subject in political economy has been established
by Edwin II. A. Seligman. one OF the c!ass OF ~
OF Columbia College. Competition FOR the prize Is
open 20 al members OF ne ScnooI o1 voS pUasJS hv
the faculty and the essay Itself must be not less
than twenty thousand words in length: 80 .-
The James Gordon Bennett prize OF $40 VIII this
year bee awarded by the faculty OF political science
United States IN Regard TO Governmental Paper
Money" The competition il open TO seniors in
m. arts and to all students In other depari iments
VINO have not takea a baccaaureate degree in arts
letters PHILOSOPHY. providing they spent az least
r., m1GaI offered by the National Society OF the
: ~ u the American Revolution VIII De gwen thls
year the came terms and for the same subject as
The nrs, ~ the French lectures given under the
auspices o, the department OF Romano lansuages
tnI literature WAS delivered last Thursday by Pro-
or Mobile Cohen who SPoke on he he's Tbsr.6ay hsGlnS
vii oc given In room No. 3o5, Schermerhorn Build
ns by ucG6e Il the fsehCn Anes ESnfSl penoses a 81
Tho mrs, meeting OF the Romance Club Will be hcld
ndymnced Students in the department Of Romance
languages anl literature are invited
f,. iran game 1iD aE&ns s Berkeley last frdiy and
cxcclcntiy bu, they still are denclen, in the knowl
edge OF team work, and As result. after several
Cxc.@St plvng OF Mitchell Who was put at centre
reliable and often blocked Berkeleys kicks Games
Tac trais for membership IN the Philoexian So
except tn. Arts men and freshmen In the profes-
sional schools. eligible ana cindidates VIII De
asked to speak for eight minutes on the question
candidates who are tnen approved OF ny j. NJ Pros-
kaucr Geoifres Parsons and C. a. Baker VIII De
Scion OF the hes! poems whch ma have r5s rp
Literary Monthly within the last i've years will
b.. published on December under the title or
columbia Verse The editors are J. VI. Proskauer.
90 90 Law whose comets In The Literary Month
ly" have been copious,y copied, and j. y. Kosen-
berg 80 Law.
The annual tournament OF the La Bourdonnais
Chess club began last Monday with twenty -tour our
entries. The players divided into two sets, ana
honor OF representing Columbia In tho interco-
lcgiate chess tournament The officers or the cup
are: President. .IAcOhus. vice-president, Seward:
secretary treasurer. Parker.
Owing to the fact that "Montczuma, an opera
music hv Donald Nactircgor. M, words hy Charles
G Sargent. %. and lyrics by \. Augustus Powers:
o. who last year wrote the words ana music or
Cleopatra" Will h' produced by a profess
sonal company II Is thought that their other piece.
Vanity Fair" thre'-lct musical farce. Will he
accepted and staged hy the Musical Society There
win he but twelve principals ana twenty chorus
people and the great expense for costumes which
last year cut the profits down 10 less than $1,000
VIII he done away with. 1t Is expected that the
company will be seat 10 Poughkoepsie. New-Haven.
Philadelphia. Washington, Baltimore. Brooklyn,
Orange and Yonkers
The committees which will have charge OF the
Junior ball Columha's society event are follows:
From the college H. NJ Blrckhead J. n. Pell A. 4.
Fowler C. II. Elmer. w ilracley and H. {.
Fllert from the Mines T.. $. MoTatt. jr. F. L.
Satterlcc r. Schroeder. r. Darrach. +. r. Knee
land ard ! A. MADAM: chairman. Birckhead: secre-
tary Pcl treasurer Kneeland. Efforts being
made to obtain permission 10 hold the bail In the
reading-room of the library. ~
The Philharmonic Society has elected the follow
ing officers: Honorary conductor, f. w Mcdowell;
president G.. Sessinghaus. M: vce-presldent. r. a
Palmer '0i secretary j. Asberg. '9s: treasurer C.
Mckay Lewis, '9S 3.