New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-25
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
DEBATING INTERESTS - ESTABLISHMENT
OF A SCHOOL OF COMPARE
TIVE MEDICINE.

Cambridge. Mass Nov 24-Now that fall ath-
letics practically finished at Harvard a greater
number OF students turn their attention to debat
ing. There never has been time when the college
In general showed much interest in debating
at present. The selection OF speakers for the
Princeton debate has naturally been the most i'm
porant thing. but in addition to this every one OF
the class debating societies is showing greater
activity than before The senior society.
known the Senior Wranglers has arranged
debate, with decision against the Young Mems
Congress of the Boston Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION to be held In about three weeks. Regu-
lar trials will be held select the senior speakers.
During next month the Junior Wranglers will have
a debate against Boston University, and a smaller
club of juniors the @. f. d. Society will debate
against the William T. Russell Club. Of the Boston
University Law School The sophomores will de-
bate against Exeter Academy and the freshmen
have arranged debate with the Worcester Gas
steal High School for December 10. The question In
the three upper class debates is. Resolved, that
the English claims in the present controversy with
the Transvaal justifable." The subject for the
freshman debate has not yet been chosen
The college library has lately received an inter-
esting gift from Thornton X. Lothrop. Of Boston
consisting Of collection OF original editions OF
poems written by oxford undergraduates from 1926
1890 in the yearly competition for the Newdigate
Prize. The collection includes poems by John Rus
kin. Matthew Arnold, j. A. Simonds, Sir Edwin
Arnold and many other well known authors
The dates for the performances of the Cerce
Francais play, lie Pedant Joue" have been an
nounced as follows: In Cambridge. December Il,
Il and &c. at Brattle Hall, graduates night being
December u; in Boston. December is and IL, at
Copley Hall
The bell which has hung In Harvard Han since
1858 cracked during the past week. and VIII prop
ably have to be replaced. 1t was cast in 1870.
Frederick w. Hollis, OF New-York, secretary OF
Conference at The Hague. lectured IN the fogS
Art Museum on Tuesday evening. on the work ana
significance of the Conference. ,,.s
The field Of experimental psychology at Harvard
has been broadened by the introduction or animal
psychology. Two rooms in Dane Han are being
equipped with vivaria and apparatus Tor expert
work along this line and II is hoped tnat this VIII
be the nucleus of special laboratory OF amman
psychology. 49,,
hall is now S25, an increase Of 800 over the member
ship during the first week after its opening.
At the annual business meeting OF the Co-opera-
tive Society a constitutional amendment was
adopted providing that in case the society should
ever be dissolved its inalienable capital, now
amounting 10 more than $4,000 should be turned
over TO the corporation to contribute to the amehty
OF student life
The observations Of meteor showers at the OBJ
servatory were rather unsatisfactory. owing TO the
cloudy weather. On Thursday night seyenty-threes
meteors were seen and photographed thirty-siX OF
Professor Crawford H. Toy delivered the annual
Dudlean lecture Wednesday night taking as his
The site OF the new Semitic Museum has been
chosen 1t will stand Divinity-ave.. south OF the
has doubled his original gift Of s25 900 to erect the
building and there is also sl924O already available
for increasing the collections
At the last meeting of the Board Of Overseers OF
Harvard University II voted 10 estaDnsh
school OF comparative medicine by consolidauon
Of the medical dental and veterinary faculties