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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19

Poughseepeie y Y. Dec. lS-The new catalogue
fust issued shows a registration OF 6is students
The distribution IS follows: Graduate students
II: seniors III: juniors. l26; sophomores. H. fresh
men l73. IN special courses. "a The ofnceta OF
government and instruction number hfty-eiSht n
new alumna trustee. Mrs. Sarah Sheppard ARM
strong Of ~ enters her term Of office this year
Several new courses are offered. including one In
psychology, two in biology. two in history ana one
In music q, A., Wanna,
on sunday evening. December H. tie H.n. h9uh ms,
Womena Christian Association was addressed py
Miss DYER OF New York. on fresh-dir WORN y
lecture on old English music was given on W zones
day by Professor Cow. and was illustrated by a
chorus OF women and men from Poughkeepsle on
Friday Miss Isabel r. Hapgood lectured on hus-
sian Rambles with Courtiers, Priests and Peas
ants. -.. go I'll
The Theka Society gave Its first concer' on Fri.
dav afternoon Meetings Of the Contemporary
club and the Marshall Club took place on Satur-
sifion THAT the proposed general DISARMAMENT or
the European states is practicable. " The SUBJECTS
OF the TWO debates held by T. and NJ have been
"Resolved That the customary conmencenlent ue-
bate between members OF the senior ana r lunG or
classes Is not desirable" and Resolved, Inat III
times OF depression the municipality should fur-
nish labor for the unemployed.
The college closes for the holidays on Friday.
December g. and rcopens on Tuesday morning.
January
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Y LIE

New-Haven. Conn. Dec. ls-The subjects for
theses IN competition for the Townsend prizes In
tho Law School arc % THE True Position Of
the United States In the Family OF Nations; C)
THE Dreyfus Case; 60 THE Cars Proposition
for Disarmament' a. THE Relation Between
Citizenship and Subsection 10 the United States
50 civilian Writ: 81 "Bismarks Services In
Popular Representation. Compared with Glad
stones: al THE Relation Of China TO Japan
also Nos l. .. 3, 6. and - OF the Porter prize
subjects.
considering the advisabllity Of Introducing team
golf matches next year between faculty teams OF
some of the more important Eastern colleges. As
such matches often occur between the faculties OF
Scotch universities this plan would not bc without
nrecedsnt Professors f. :. WoOsey and W. l..
Phelps are especially interested In this movement.
and are confident OF being able 70 bring about a
match between the Yale and Harvard faculties
next spring. ,o., .oo
I'm a much-improved form the frontspiece being a
reproduction OF the cruiser Yale. The editors for
his wear are y. NJ Burrell and J. l.. Evans, Of
the class Of go The illustrations in the book are
all entirely new, ana the wash drawings are by
-. D. Burrell, 9o
The University Glce and Banjo clubs will begin
their annual Christmas trip on December q The
clubs will not go far West as last year. St.
Louis being the furthest point in this direction.
but concerts will be given as far South as Memphis
ard New Orleans.
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weather. but no regular games have YET oee"
nIaycd A. L. Wright captain or the track 'ea''
is making arrangements for series OF '"'o'
meets TO be held next term In the gymnasium
For the intercollegiate debate Dartmouth mas
chosen the negative OF the question, fesoVea'
mat the United States should retain permanently
the Philippine Islands -, ,ho p,huca, Re.
search Club A. l.. Scott. 90. was electen Presiue"'
in Mace OF r. A. Schweger resigned ,.s r
The Gymnasium Ball Committee mas e de rda g.
NJ Kent ao chairman. and G. d. Hale; 49, treas
iirer The Sophomore Ball Committee mas cnosrm
r r Gross chairman. and f. b Evans se s Ia, Y
and treasurer. Arrangements are maklns tor
third ball that OF the Phi Kappa sigma S4y,eI =
The Committee OF Arrangements consists 90. OF ecre
Maglll 49, chairman; Charles Carroll; vs. seS G
,ary: t. De Y. OConnor. ": j. Is " Donne"' 'p'
and W g. Mclaughlin; o. ,,,o.aoy and
elected oficers as follows: President II. v Hazel
tine 90: Vice president A. L. scott VI secIe'a ~
p j. McQuaid, 20; treasurer' a r. Tha 6IiE ~
Greene 'ol. and W C. Leland, 90 C. S hoyt C nl;;
has been elected assistant business manager OF
THE Brmnonian. in place Of E T. Cross resigned
The Hardness Classical Society held lts last
meeting for the term al the house OF f h
Albert Hardness and listened to paper by j, r
Greene Instructor In Latin. on The country LII,
Of Roman Gentlemen Of the Period OF the Empire
The college is in the midst Of the term ex-
amlnations. The Christmas recess begins lhu'S'
dav evening and continues for eleven days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
HARNA RID.

Cambridge Mass, Dec 1s-The Official enrol
ment or Harvard University. which has Just been
Issued. shows gain in the total registration over
that OF last year OF i0l. There are now sS9 stu-
dents In all departments OF the University The
gains. however encouraging they may be in the
college and the Graduate School. do not give much
satisfaction to the professional schools. The Law
School. with registration of 543 shows n slirh,
gain OF seven members. The Dental School has
now l39 students. which IL 10 more than last year
but the Medical School. with 5is students. is lS
behind the total of last year. The smailer pro-
fessiona schools have fallen of In greater proper
ton. The Bussey Institute which last year had
only students. has increased the number TO g. and
Is the exception. But the Divinity School has
dropped from 20 to % students and the Veterinary
School has dropped from % TO g.
The college proper however shows a clear gain
OF IS men giving the registration l.SA The scien.
Uec School with Ns students. has increased IL
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WIITlAM Ms.

Willlamstown. Mass. Dec 1S.-The debating So
cietes have elected eight men as preliminary de-
baters. from whom will be chosen the team which
will debate against Dartmouth next term. The men
are: Phiologian-Rowland Haynes. 90: r. NJ Shep-
herd 90: H. II Lehman. 49, f. F. Drake. '0l. Pho-
technian-'T W. Cross. 90; F. Edison 'o2; Il. w
Whitehead. 99; A. r. Branch, 90.
The Phjotechnan Society mas elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing tern; President
Branch 90: vice president. Jones. go: secretary
dunbar 90; critic f. H. Whitehead, 80
In college politics the absorbing topic II n pres
emf the renewed talk Of the Dartmouth papers
about leaving the triangular league THE Williams
Weekly" this week says that Williams Is ready 10
hreak I'M the league with Amherst and Dartmouth
II Dartmouth wants to- This position Is taken with
the assurance that new league would be imme-
diat ely formed with Wesleyan and Amherst.
The Philoloeian Society expects 10 put In opera
ton during the winter the Yale wigwam plan Ior
the extension Of interest In debating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
COLI' MBIA.

The selection OF Or. Walter b. Peet as coach o.
the Varsity crew has met general approval
out the undergraduate body. Dr. Feet Il Oo'''''-
bia alurnnus and such is naturally more "'''P'
able TO the crew men. who were opposed 10 al o"'
e,aer None OF Poets 80 champion elSn' die nv"
olighIe for the boat several Of the 20 men are
Peet Is fortunate in coming into contro1 AT uiHe
when there are no debts. and the materai II pe''e
IN quantity and quality than 1t has oeeh LOT d
decade His status IS 10 extent professional.
William H. Maxwell, jr, 90. VINO was chose'' '''a''-
ager OF the Varsity. wrote letter on lhursua, "
Eye,vn Pierrapont IT,, president of the boat cuo'
resisning the position. Maxwell was success as
manager o. his freshman eight ana cannot '"Ho
the higher ofrcr owing TO his connection win many
other UNDERGRADUATE movements. which require al
OF his time william T.. Mitchell. w. or f. H.
Weston 90 will probably succeed Maxwell.
Or John J. Cotter who first baseman OF the
Columbia Varsity nine In 1885 and 1870. maze d
reputation sufficient to elect MN captain OF tne
elected coach OF the ball team pr Oottep was
graduated last spring rSM tn the u S9 sea GI Of hc
Oritanix Field Club nine. and was suDsequssnt.y
coach at Fordham Coter is an aUnhd s
yiabe record OF last year on the qanomn b.. hold
at sherry's The list OF patronesses gives assur,,
ance that 1t viii be success Doth soe'ay an %
college property. During the Christmas holidays
the flooring OF the gymnasium viii be removed and
the bali are sold TO the students at $40 and include
a buffet luncheon. The committee has received per
mission 10 decorate the ballroom with trophies won
by Columbia field. track and water
The officers of the track team Tor the coming
year are: President. Or. Reginald Sayre, treasurer
Nosenthal. graduate directors Lawson, Kirby.
Chntain lSyers Taylor. Charles Mapes Smul and
Kingsley; Undergraduate directors. Josephtha, 49,
Captain stevens. 49, Read. 90. Turner. 90; Meehan
'oi smith Ol. Armsted. 'o2 and Johnson. 02 With
the idea 81 preparing the men for the early meets
captain Stevens will hold games on alternate Sat
urdays. u, -, -, !,
Editors has determined to make II a semi weekly
0teip
The Fencing Club has secured as It's maitre
d'armes NJ. Gouspy. who trained last years Veto
Tous team.
Cornelius Fellows. jr. who resigned as manager
OF the 'Soph" show, has been succeeded by william
+ Mitchell. Two hundred and NIFTY patronesses
have been secured for the New-York and Lakewood
performances and as each takes fifteen tickets. '0
Will easily pay of Its freshman crew debt
The first permanent officers OF the University
Football Association are: President James NJ
Hewlett SO. vice president. II. H. Boyescn. 90.
rotary, Charles Meyer. '0l graduate directors. Gus
T. Kirby. 95: J. Glderseeye 30. and T. I.ud-
low Chryste. '92
The Giee, Mandolin and Banjo clubs will play In
Philadelphia December q. In Baltimore the
18th and Washington on the 10Th The man win
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
FORDHAN.

The following are tho officers Of the Holy Angel
Sodality: Project. Thomas Kelley: first assistant
Ralph WOolett: second assistant. Edward O. Br,en
secretary. Alphonse Edebohls first consulter VIII
lam Murray; second consulter Julio Rabel. first
lector. John Blauvelt. second lector Austin Baush
man sacrstan. Charles Murn
Professor Frederick Hahn Will soon have Thu
Fordham Glee Book published The Gee BanN
and Mandolin clubs will give concert IN Armou
Hall on Thursday evening
Lieutenant Edward Martin, 80. ed Infantry. cav
an account Of the battle OF Santiago 10 the faculty
and undergraduates on Monday evening
The Rev. Jonn Connolly gave an illustrated
lecture on Porto Rico I'm Armory Hall on Wednes.
day evening. Father Connolly was chaplain on tht
hospital ship Relief during the late war
Paul Dol IAN. ~ has been chosen commander Of
the cadet battalion until some regular officer is de-.
tailed for the duty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
NORMAL COLLEGE.

The special postgraduate courses In the academic
department OF Normil College. which have been
recently established. have already proved success
full. as eight hundred teachers have awaited
themselves Of the opportunity OF obtaining degrees
The roll OF the English literature and civic course
shows attendance OF three hundred students
that OF the psychology shows attendance Of two
hundred. and there hundred registere ]
in each Of the French. German. mathematical and
natural science courses
The debate OF the Philomathean Society, held on
Friday afternoon. the subject Resolved, That
the United 6tates should form an alliance with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19

trave throughout on special car and will return
before the end Of the Christmas holidays
The University OF Chicago. which Columbia las.
year defeated IN debate has asked for a return
debate. 10 be held in Chicago. TIE Debairy I'nior
will accept.
The strength tests held last week showed a n ever
age increase o. 20 points The higher records weps
made by G: Nandeveer. 20 l.. LES points. 6
points; /. ). Rionda ri ", s2S points. and r =
uptQn o- NJ. N2 points. N practice or Friday
Wees passed the l.2. mark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
NETWORK UNIVERSITY.

Professor Bristol. OF the department o, Biology
of NewYork University. is chairman Of the Re
ception Committee Of the American Society Of Nat.
uralists. which Will meet az Columbia University
December Is
Chancellor MacCracken suggested AT the alumn
dinner Thursday night the celebration OF the
University's semisesqui centennial The University
Will be sevenyve years old October 10. 1905 dating
from the election OF its first council.
Elihu Root presided at the annual dinner OF the
University Law School Alumni Toasts re-
sponded to follows: The Pulpit" by Professor
Fagnani. OF Union Theological seminary: The
Bar" Horace Deming. professional Health" VIII
lam a. Blakey: The University Law School" Dr.
Clarence d. Ashley. the Dean. Officers elect
ed follows: President. eX-Judge Ernest g. HALL
secretary. Winthrop Parker. treasurer. John d.
Lindsay The Law Alumni and the College OF Arts
Alumni exchanged greetings by letters. which were
read simultaneously AZ the gathering al Sherryi
and the one at Delmonico's. The Law Alumni let
ter referred To the capture OF the chancellor fos
the dinner OF Arts and Science. which they charac'
terized artful and scientific piece OF strategy
by the older association. The lawyers although
they did not secure so large an Attendance ~ me
Alumni In Arts and Science report jolly time.
The holiday recess Is day longer than usual
extending from Friday before Christmas iii Tues
day after New Years Day. both inclusive.
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England" was won by the Misses Grossenbacher
and Altheimer, who argued on the negative s siue
THE debaters or the affirmative were the Misses
Mara and Louis. ,. ,.,, x.oho q,
The Christmas number OF Inc tolleee reno.
,ba literary Journal of the undergraduate depart
nent has appeared under the editorship OF MISS
Tho college has recently been fitted with n new
botanical laboratory. and plans are now being con,
sldered for the equipment OF special pay So'os0'
nlnra Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
WESLEYAN.

Middetown. Conn, Dec ls.-The following officers
for the Football Association were recently elected:
Manager W MacNaughten; treasurer X h.
Jones Professor Max Farrand was elected to the
Faculty Athletic Advisory Committee
The twenty-nnth annual banquet Of kai Gar.
freshman society. occurred on Tuesday evening.
December g. at Pardee Inn Portland The inhia-
ton OF ri Kappa Tau occurred on Monday even
Ing the 18th The banquet was held nj Sucks.
Mddlctown. -
4 freshman sophomore indoor meet is TO occur
next Tuesday. The captain OF the " Team is '. H.
Meeker 49,, , l.,
'0l-S Dodds. the apparatus work; W, VI NNder-
son the track work. and r.. ". Could me use
ball team. A prize IS offered for the best aIl-round
Eymnast. ,, ,.,
voted TO arrange for interscholastic meet In
track athletics. be held here IN the spring
The following lectures will be delivered by mem
bers OF the faculty during the current college year:
Professor H. W. Conn. 'Modern Italy: Professor
F. w Nicolson. "Pompeii". Or; H. W Haley.
Richard Bently. Scholar and Critic; Professor
A. c. Armstrong. jr.. The Close Of Sceptcal Eras ,
and Professor W. " Rice THE Reform OF school
Currculums."
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BROWN.

Providence Dec ls-The Brown ''B" has been
granted 10 fourteen members OF the football squad
clifford s. Anderson. 90 has been elected football
manager for next year. and William l.. Clark. '0l.
assistant manager
Hockey practice has continued during the cold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-19
COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NETWORK.

NE NFW
President Alexander Webb OF the College OF the
City OF New York announced recently AZ the
chapel service .at he had been assured OF the ap'
preparation necessary for the new college buildings
and that ground would be broken early In the
spring.
The fifteenth annual register OF the college
about TO be issued. IL will contain more names
that ever before. In addition 10 the l9ss names
on the roll OF the undergraduate department the'e
this year the ISIS names OF teachers taXihs
n post graduate course OF from six 10 Ten hours
week. This makes total OF over $500 names
On Friday evening the semi-annual Joint deoa's
between the conian and Phrenocosmlan LlteIassS
societies will be held at chickering Hall Inc suo
ject will be. Resolved. That the econome inn sn.
OF the United States will be subserved oy o.
nexation." Max Radn and A. w. Levy Will spsass
the negative for Phrenocosmia ana yose%Es
Frank and j. G. NJ. Bullion on the amrmsS's ~
Cilonla.
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made the largest Dow
$40 graduate students, which Is o. more esn .
at noy work X al ns is @ gain Of
besides there are now 20 admnstratve p o,hcnrs
College G in the sphere Of harvard University
influence. the number OF students lam les, year
The movement to erect a memorial 20 the re, zen
Harvard who died in the war MIN Spa, Of ahe
Committee comm to have charge Of the matter. 1t. has
been decided whether TO ere, ga' hi IN
memorial The committee vii W tooS Sn 'd msS
"a R Rise sppos,sJ II sears sS storrow
n r. r Bnfo"' r. 49, James. "a oo o. a. Adams 3d.
w A. NJ Burden. 20. and 9. j. DAILY. ,oi
100000 has been added to the library fund Owing
to the decline OF the income Of the , rune ,ms
that could not be purchased. -..,..- ,,o.,..,
The Weld Boat Club q rs last meeting adoP' fe
the constitution. which had been prepared ~
It's SPECIAL Ths Mh csb s
Governing Board has also been changed me FOL
ow9s Coleman 9e9rs OF s sse s S r " Pierce @
Governing Board; r l. Higeinson 90 F. En-, r. St9 I'd
T Tf,o treasurer and remaning members of the
Governing Board are TO be elected at later meet
The Junior class has organized a debating So
ciety on the plan OF the Yale Wigwan u h 20 De
pamphlet of he English ID Tsrs
annually The subject is to be one OF con ,.e
T pulon Fr Pierre p Sn Suberr f prize Ia"
The list of speakers 10 whom commeencefneht
parts have been Professionally assigned has been
The members Of The class Of % met ncs last Th Ws
S Som " 5nnn ID eS' nrF The class
COys s q lewis s sGfSn st Of
Brookne. Hopkr sons school; secretary. p. Wen
deli ir, Of Boston. Mobiles school
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
PECKVILLE.

Mrs Mary A. StraChcn, grand wor-
thy matron, Order Eastern star, ac-
comranied by Mrs. j.. l.. Taylor, paid
the Clark's Summit chapter an official
visit last evening.
The borough electric light plant Will
he tested Saturday.
Edward Belts was q Honesdale WIS.,
itor yesterday.
Druggist w. s. Bloes contemplates
the opening of a new drug store at
Olyphant in the near future. The
store will be located in the Lloyd
building, formerly occupied by Drug
gst Watkins. The store is now nm
dergoing a complete renovation and
will be supplied with new furniture
Of the latest design. Mr.. James Roo
ncy who is now employed by Mr..
I|loes at his Pe"kville store. as pre-
scription clerk, viii have charge of the
Olyphant branch.
Mi and Mrs. Elmer Roberts attend
Ell the Ecardsley Simrell wedding at
Factoryville Wednesday,
Mrs. Levi Howell and Mrs. William
Dikeman and sen, Claude. are the
guests of Wilkes Barre friends
Mr.. and Mrs. William DiEcmar
PASSED Monday with friends at May
field.
Miss Mablo Wescott, of Glenwood is
visiting her brothers, George, Earnest
| and Ralph Wescott.
Mrs. y. Oakley, of Scott, is visiting
relatives in town.
! The funeral of Mrs. Eddy will take
place from the residence of Mr.. Reese
| today at 1890 o'clock.
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ty people of the highest theatrical tall
ent, ard carry the best electrical and
other scenic apparatus to be seen on
any theatrical city stage. The dates
for Towanda are for three days, conf
mencing next Monday, going from
here to T'ittston, Binghamton, Scran-
ton and Wilkes-Barre.
The old court house has been sold to
John Brennan for S2oG.
Towanda is we'll represented at the
peace jubilee in Philadelphia.
Manassah York, one of Wysox town
ships oldest residents and an old vet
eran, died at his late home on Satur-
day.
Dayton's Touring mill is compelled
to run night and day during the buck
wheat season.
Some of our town printing offices
are busy with the election ballots this
week.
w. j. Keating. late of the Tidd
house, will soon become proprietorA of
the Wilcock's cafe.
The Walbridge house will change
management about Nov. /.
| The LehiEh Valleys new signal
| tower was put in operation at the
upper station on Tuesday.
Several of the Towanda comrades
will take an active part in bean
bake at lie Raysville, Friday evening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
TREES THAT DRAW LIGHTNING
Select Beeches for Shelter During a
Storm and Avoid Oaks.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Alex. McAdie has asked the weather
bureau to Investigate the question why
some kinds Of trees are more frequent
ly struck by lightning than others.
Apart from the Importance of this sub
ject from other points of view, it de-
mands attention primarily as a matter
of saving human life. AS Mr.. McAdie
shows, many people, particularly farm
crs and these who work in tho fields
exposed to thunder storms, will work
until the storm is almost upon them
and then run to the nearest tree for
shelter.
If the tree is an oak, and the charged
thunder clouds are moving toward it
with high electric potential, the person
or persons under the tree are in the
line of strain and all unconsciously are
contributing to the establishment of a
path for the lightning discharge
through themselves. on the other
hand, if the tree selected for shelter
happens to be a beech tree, there is
some reason to believe that it will af-
ford safety as we'll as protection,
though the reason why is not at pres
ent made clear. 1t is known that the
| tdh 10 ICiitlNtly lllc IDOSI lICIutIltly
and the beech the least frequently
| struck.
Based on the somewhat loose COLA
| ton of figures on the subject hereto
fore available, it is estimated that in
the matter Of relative attraction of
| lightning, If the beech is represented
! by /, the pine stands at Is; trees, col
| lectively, rank about 40 and oaks 54
| The trees struck are not necessarily
the highest or the most prominent. Oak
trees have been struck twice in the
same place on successive days. Trees
| have been struck before rain begar
and split, and trees have been struck
during rain and only scorched.
1t is suggested that the division OF
| forestry and the division of vegetable
| pathology shall combine with the
weather bureau ir an exhaustive in.
| Vestigation of this subject, and thai
those familiar with forests in their re.
spective neighborhoods will tender
their experience as to the relative fre.
quency of lightning strokes on differ.
ent kinds OF trees. But before any
| statement is made as to the danger ot
standing under certain trees during
thunder storms the more general ques.
tionS of the effect of lightning under
trees will have to be gone into. Sucl
a study will deserve the cooperation
of statisticians, physicists and vegeta
| DlS patholOCiStS,