New-York tribune., 1899-03-13
HARVARD

,,oh lo-The matter OF co'-
-, .nxo,,on has again come up neions Ia hear
,.hor,ties for discussion. Al 'ne , commit
Co., ~, Wednesday last OF the LeelS'"''' certain
zoo ON Taxation in regard to the p'''s e,,atives
or,,. ~ educational institutions rep' yy,i
ptope'H Dhtni,e Andover, Wellesley anu " "
VI 'i'r r,e,,oa enoke against the proposed a" '
, 4, ,roet intimately connected WI" nth
i.,. as II the bill is not Vo'eu wv ,s NOW
,-o much I'm the way Of income VIM" tuud,nos
o,tennIating to gain from erecuns nv 1tn, he,ne
com ~ c,,h, &c being made and everytmhs "'.e ~
,o,a n show why 1t IS unjust 10 '"A Ar,sbes
tons President Eliot said that the 0'" 49,. ,h,s
W. ne,es ss higher institutions. ana 'nd' ,IiI'
h,,, oronoses TO prevent this. lie saiu lII POI
,estrents do not make per cen" W, 80, ox
roacbing the time when the hcon'e W. w. - COW
"a nor cent This bill permits ue ~! ,Jr
bridge TO take the entire income oi 80 ,o,ied
ards personal property TO pay 'he -o az" ,ta
"a. h,u Harvard College SPENDS more "''
" oao,,os. :, is not true that It Is laying UP any
money" ,,,,,va Committee
4, the last meeting OF the Executive aano,.s
~ tho Athletic Association OF HarVaiu
the following men were appointed as .,,
80 nominate candidates for the eight Vaca"c''s '''
r e.. ,he Executive Committed DR. A -
,,,dco 81. Joshua Crane. 80; w. G. Borahu' 90
= W Trafford. 90; r. w Emmons' 3d. "al'er D
Rarnes "a; S V r. Crosby 81; j. H. H"o"u'' %. 80
20. \ E Doucette. 95. and w > 1ouhsin""
u F1Ouard Rod, the Cercle fTaHSdlS 49,
,ooo ,oar his series Of lectures last ThursoaE j"
c,ors Theatre on Friday he made an auuIesS a
- mo Alliance Francaise at the "a,
80, af,er which reception was gwen u, nj nj
ii'' T1rring his stay in Cambridge M itUu VIII
ioctrra al Williams, Smith, Worcester anu "a 20 ~
tTteruard he will lecture at Nae, AuelpIl ee.io
iege brooklyn: Columbia, Princeton Ten'i7' wanna
and Cornell. r .ha ciov,c denartment
bas recently prepared the interest," ins G',
titied songs OF the Ghetto, ana mas lust I'LL 9,h
,Irtcd another book. The History Of lluulsii i
fiterat,re i'm the Nineteenth Century; lne n'n pGon N
!hors Iieht upon the sources Of modern RUSSIAN
some important investigations are being carried
,,r ~ tho Jefferson Physical Laboratory toWdtu
,,eaeurlng the length Of electric waves III an WIZ H.
,', ~ y.iree Professor TrCwbrdge Is engaged IN
ouI 1 .xhausfiye study Of X rays in vacuum,
~ INC hope OF obtaining greater penetrating Po"tI
lie has succeeded IN obtaining some lnii,oI " .dI
data in regard 10 the power or air az QlHeienl
pressures TO absorb Y rays. These VIII De pup
~ Harvard Cabinet the senior debating CLUB.
hoe elected the following officers: President. W. II.
Iiarkins. secretary OF the treasury, ). w MerreII
sncretarv of the interior. r. D. owen: captain or
tbe right II F. Wolf; captain OF the leit, -. X
Stohbs The cabinet was only recently ORGANIZED
aftcr the model OF the Wranglers' club OF the
In his recent annual report for the year l%- ~
William Coolidge Lane who succeeded Justin WIN
cor as librarian Harvard College states that the
Ubrarv Of the university numbered approximately
597 723 volumes To the university library as a
whole excluding the laboratory and classroom
lhraries the accessions by gift and purchase
amounted 20 1906 volumes.