New-York tribune., 1898-01-29
COLUMBIA.

February I. at p.
COLUMBIA.
The work Of wedding out the unht crew candidates
has been going under the supervision OF Coacn
Cowlos Captain Longacre and G. f. Webb They
have cut the number OF candidates for the varsity
TO about twenty-five and the freshmen 70 'hlrV
The men show much improvement The members
OF the first Varsity squad are much ADVANCED III
the technicallties OF the reach catch. swing and
recovery. r. 3. Tilt is stroking them Ihe hrs'
Varsity squad is rowing as follows: Tilt (sroke).
Erdal shattuck Longacre (captain). Mackay. Nc
Lintock. Jones and Oddie Dow. The second Is IN
the following order: c. c. Macheu tstroke) wafer
man. Belts. Birckhead Boyesen, Gardiner. Finni-
gan and Thomas tbow). The freshmen are still
little stH but the material Is good. lher hrst
boat is composed OF Lawrence (s'roke) Falconer,
Meyer. Nash. Hasbrouck. lie Prince stevenson ana
Willis (bow) TIE second is made up OF Dixon
(stroke). Wells. Mapes. OShea. Mitcheil. Henoer-
son. Scharr and Smith fbow) Cornelius FREQ
Fox has been elected manager OF the freshman
and W Z. Mitchell assistant manager
Columbia's most successful athletic association
the cycle team is In better shape this season than
ever before Last year II captured thirty-iour OUT
Of the forty points in the intercollegiate cycle races
All OF the competitors in those events with the eH
cept!on OF Fearing. are again at Columbia. ana
will ride. Fearincs place will be taken oy e. u r
Schwarz who has won distinction In the mile ana
fve-mie races. The team boasts OF sucn rlders AZ
Powell quarer-ne. standing start worlds cnanl-
pion: Raw Dawson. Captain J. T Williams. Jr'' r.
n Hall and II. X. Bird. Peter McGue VIII again
train the men. He expressed the opinion Thursday
that his men would capture every one OF the
points in the intercollegiate cycle races this year.
The famous chapel bell. which first saw servi"e
when Columbia situated just west or the City
Hall. will be removed shortly to the new site l,
taken the Forty-ninth-st. place when the
encroachments Of business houses forced Columbia
to leave College Place. In It's second home the oe'i
tho object Of many midnight adventures 'ne
most famous Of which was its use as punchpowi
ny the members OF '6s when they gave their senior
dinner 1t was cut down by some members of that
class and carried 20 the banquet hail. Early the
morning it was carefully brought back ana
put on the chapel steps.
Last night an uthors' reading, for the bcnent or
the Varsity crew. WIS given in Mendelssohn Glee
Club IIa H. under the direction Of President Francis
Bangs OF the Union and John Kendrlck Bangs. SO
Professor Brander Matthews presided. Among
those who read from their works were the Rev. Dr.
Dyke. Edward Townsend John kendrick
Bangs Paul Leicester Ford Henry Gallup Paine
and James Barnes
The seniors have elected the following speakers
for the class day exercises: Valedictorian. Freder
lex Pau! Kcppcl; ivy orator Ralph Brewer Pome-
roy; prophet, Gerard Roberts. historian. John F. Is.
Mitchell. jr. poet. Jacob Smith Schlusse; presen-
tation orator. Randolph Hoyt Stern: committee.
Samuel Copp Worthen. Edwin Taylor Islehart.
Bttle Symmes. jr. Jesse Watson, stuyvesant Fish
Morris jr and William Rodgers Westhed; Dance
Committee. Messrs. Dcpew. Averill. Demarest.
on Saturday night in the ST. Nicholas Rink.
Columbia will line up against Yale az hockey: The
c For Columbia % the he players viii be: Goa Roberts;
point Robb coyerpoint Belden forwards, ards Pell'
The dances In Vanity Fair" will be arranged
dancer dan Rehearsais are going smoothly. and every
thing points 70 another theatrical success W. n
Macheu and Harry n. Hall have retired from the
James Rlntoul Knapp has Been elected an editor
The second Of the preliminary debates to choose
Columbias representatives in her debats with the
in Room No Az Library Each Of the ten men
fortnight ago SPOKE % nea on Sayy nis IS
wise and should be continued" The judges were
Of economies. and Ralph Curtis Rinswalt. who has
charge OF debating at Columbia. They selected
whdaoH a. 3 ID n Enss f21S2s W. and
" Cushing as the six who are to c. impose the ,W9
the fnai three have been chosen
Manager BeIden has arranged the fol9wpg ip
Naval Reserves February 5. with Yale: March 2.
with Montclar A. {. All will be played at the St.
on and after February, "A chapel services will be
h at s a. b M sSs nSfesf be OF az % hour m a
tendance would be secured. but such did not prove
The annual repor, Of the Alumni Association has
Just been issued. For the first time Montana. Col |
GenTesented The COMMITTEES Which is to raise $780,
90 for the erss,iSn Of The alumni memorial hall & re-
dinner Af IN honor Ra' Of II" Professor Wsm Mgan
Sloane who after a long service at Princeton. has |
returned 10 his own Alma Mater The dinner will |
be held on February 9 under the management OF
A. b. Cowes. 'S3 Charles II. Mapes. IS. and Guy |
Richards 'SI. Tickets can be had from William T.
Lawson. No. "a Nassau-st., at Sl2 each
The Columbia University lectures IN cooperation |
with the American Museum OF Natural History, for |
February will be he'd at the museum Central
Park )Seven;y-seventh-st. and Eighth-ave), on
saturday evenings ats o'clock The lectures will be
on Electrical Engineering as follows Feoruary
& 'Mechanica. Sources Of Energy" by Professor
Frederick r Hutton; February Il, "Generation OF
Electrical Energy" by Professor Francis 3. Crocker;
february 49, Trans mission Of Electrical Energy"
bv Or +. A. Kennedy; February %: utilization OF
Electrical Energy" bv Professor William A. An
thony. The lectures will be illustrated by slides
and experiments. Tickets Of admission can be pro-
cured without charge. by application 20 the secre-
tarv OF Columbia University.
The Columbia University lectures In cooperation
with the Metropolltan Museum o. Art for Febru-
arv vii be given at the Museum Saturday
mornings at II o'clock. The lectures vii! be on
Picture Making and Picture Judging" ard will be
Rutgers College. follows: February 5. The
picture az Decoration: February 12 The Picture
as illustration February 10. The Picture as Rep
rescntaton" February Is The Picture as Expires,
IA nous pictures No tickets OF admission re-
T'he Columbia University lectures In cooperation
with the Cooper Union for February VII be given
in tho grea, hall at o'clock on Tuesday evenings:
The lectures will be Sir Walter Scott" and Will
te delivered by James E. Learned. No tickets OF
admission are required The doors will be open
rom 715 o'clock until o'clock. after which no per-
SONS will be admitted.