New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-27
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

Syracuse University is 10 be congra'uiateu ""
having an enterprsirg band OF alumni A com
rittee has Just issued. in q thick octave Voiume u
nearly one thousand pages. highly satisfactory
"Aluuni Record and General Catalogue or SYRIA
cuse University 1922 Including Genesee Coese'
1s52-T and Geneva Medical College. 1852" H. Inns
Illustrated volume gives the annals OF the UNI
versity from the beginning, including those OF the
old Genesee College at Lima. y. Y, which was
c,ossd IN 1871 after graduating one person, ana Oh
the Geneva Medical College, both OF wnich carrier
institutions were Incorporated with the OhiVeio,y
NJ Syracuse. But the Record" does not stop Win
beine n bare catalogue Of names. 1t gives remark
ab,v full and complete sketches OF all the present
md former professors OF the institution anu oi
almost every graduate or recipient OF an honorary
,aeree There is also an alphabetical list OF stu
dents OF the university not graduated WIN tu 'ei
history Of the individuals including degrees iroin
other institutions, far as such information couiu
be obtained brief history Of athletics status
,,ooI tables bbliograp ply OF the publications OF
the university and OF the student body, reprints OF
carly documents and a complete index OF the
alumni complete the volume. 1t is to be hopeo ina.
the ENTERPRISE shown in compiling this RECORD
will be emulated by other institutions most u
which are poorly supplied with such records.
The Secret OF Long courtship.-Mrs Matchman
Mr.. Cokefar, the gasmans son. mas give" N'"
beautiful diamond brooch - ...,oo,
Mr. Matchman-That's only common JUSTICE cerr,
figure that during the three years hes peeh court,
ing her I've paid over 800 for extra gas'-CJe"eiers
Weekly.
The Committee on Marriage and Divorce OF the
House OF Deputies OF the General Convention OF inc
Episcopal Church. at a preliminary conference heid
at Trinity Church. this city. on thursday IN
formally discussed its work. and decided TO meet In
this city on October to begin the preparation oil
canon on marriage and divorce for submission TO
the General Convention which will meet in san
Francisco in October. 1901. The report Is TO be
prnted and circulated in the spring preceding the
convention.
These queer new-fangled names that they !,,. get
said the clerk at the soda fountain. and. hon
estly | don't much wonder. A man carving "a
the other day at the hottest part OF the afternoon
and sat down BY the corner He pulled out r red
his forehead he looked the place over from top to
bottom could see he was trying gst 10 Of f f6r h Te
money so said nothing and waited for his order Ter
PTey So n. he StifG ss"
d9iiy is that there vaxeen fresh? he asked
ss sir says II n lhi tddsy He m9 Yes. sale"
just arrived He thogght for quite while ana
we'll, he said. I reckon y kin gimme glass -
| New orleans Times-Democrat
! Two years ago preposterous Harvard freshman
/ daubed red paint the venerated statue OF the
! founder 9nd presently discovered ana eX-
PEELED. Now another student has followed MS eX-
! annie and is likely to suffer a similar penaIty'
! As Thackeray sorrowingly remarked, "A boy Is an
ass" the Harvard variety, from appearances rank
ing high in the category
The Savage Bachelor.The Missionary Boarder. :,
Now YOU hn0 Nv me nan fnKes whO city.
The Savage Bachelor-No doubt OF thar. pro-
yIded he's a married man.-Qndianapons JOURNAL
The French critics interest in Shakespeare Is
! somewhat liveer than It was In the days OF the
/ Grand Monarque and his successor when, so far as
his works we're known at all. they were looked
har hartQ
taire hardly rose above this view OF him. Ham
let" he considered a rude and savage piece. The
Prince" he says goes mad In the second act and
his mistress goes mad In the third. He Stays the
father Of his mistress. pretending to Kill rat. and
the heroine throws herself into the river. Mean
while one OF the characters conQuers Poland One
! might suppose such a work to be the fruit OF
the Imagination Of a drunken savage" Messrs
Catulle Mendes and Georges Vanor. who have just
fought a duel In Paris to decide whether Hamlet
WAS fat or not, obviously take an ameiorated view
| OF the majestical English bard. and consider him
worthy OF entirely serious critical attention. As
the former retired from the field seriously wounded
Il seems obvious that he Is willing TO stand up for
his shakespearlan opinions and defend them with
| the valor OF Henry at Agincourt. Report OF the
conflict says is the first OF the kind in France In
which anybody has been hurt for long time.
| Routs OF like Issue with that between Hamlet and
Laores are out OF date there almost since the days
| OF Cyrano de Bergerac. little sticking plaster
will probably hold the distinguished critic to-
gether until he has had time TO further unfold his
theory as to the pingudity or exiguity OF the mel
oncholy Dane and the world will await the exposi-
ton with considerable interest
on the morning Of his famous battle Admiral
Dewey stopped lighting to eat, but the indications
are that when he returns TO the United States he
will have TO fight to stop eating-(Troy Times.
I'VE do hope" remarks THE Atchison Globe. -
that we are the first TO ask the War Department
10 change the name OF the Bag-bag to the Funston
River"
Temptation.-The Filipino soldier had been tong
through a mountain pass. which the rainy season
made moro than ordinarily unpleasant
"Capn." said he Il love my country
"Of course you do"
II regard Agunaldo as a second George wash
ington In hard luck"
$50 say all OF us"
''But cap'n a candid man want 10 confess
this much. II thought los Yankees would get up
| a good roads movement as soon as they conquered
The islands. I'm blest II ! wouldn't be tempted TO
desart."-l CIV shington Star.