New-York tribune., 1899-12-16
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
THE CERCLE FRANCHISE PLAY-w C. LANE
ON THE NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY.


Cambridge Mass. Dec. 15-Three matters OF gen.
eral interest have been before the university this
week-the Princeton debate. the senior class day
elections and the Cercle Francaise play. In ue-
hating the contest with Princeton mas, OF couiso
been of prime importance but. nevertheless grea'
interest was centred in the outside DEBATES Oh .ne
,bree class clubs The senior Wrangers defeated
the Congress Of the Boston Young Mems Chilsuah
Association. the sophomores were defeated by FIX
eter Academy and the juniors debated the Worces-
ter Classical High School on Thursday night.
"Ie Pedant Joue" by Cyrano de Bergerac. Is the
plav selected by the Cerce Francaise TINS year lor
the annual production. The dress rehearsal was
on Tuesday and the first public performance was
given on Thursday in Bratte Hail. Cambridge.
The other performances will be tomorrow night
IN Cambridge and Monday and Tuesday In Boston.
II B. Stanton 60 president Of the Cercle Fran
caise has published revised edition OF lie
Pedant Joue" with sixty page introduction on
the life and works Of Cyrano de Bergerac. lhe
play is the first OF its kind which has ever been
given by undergraduates, and, although an extraor-
binary amount Of energy has been expended on IL,
there are many amateurish defects, the chief of
which is overacting The balets are well executed.
The full cast is: Granger, A. s. Dixey, 10; Cha-
teaufort, II. B. Stanton, 90; Matthew Gareau. f. W.
Morrison, 90; De la Tremblaye, b. F. Bell. %;
Chariot Granger. r. Goelet. 02; Corbinel, A. ..
Hills. 'O2 Pierre Paquier. ]. A. Dix 02; Fleury,
~ w.
Genevote, F. Watson, '@.
The regular vesper service in the college chapel
on Thursday was I'm cOmmemoratiOn OF the lWth
anniversary Of the death Of George washington
who received an honorary degree at Harvard IN
1776 President W. j. Tucker of Dartmouth Col
lege delivered the address
The Harvard Yale and Princeton debating au-
thorities have agreed upon set Of rules and sug-
gestions for judging intercollegiate debates. They
are in brief that one college select the question
and the other the side. that the award should not
be made on the merits of the question, but OF the
debate; that knowledge Of the subject, logical Sc
ouence skill in handling evidence and power In
rebuttal should be considered that matter rs more
important than form. and that written ballots
should he cast by the judges. 40 , ,,oo
The Toppan and Sumner prizes, OF sloO ana siV
respectively have been awarded TO A. L. Cross 3D.
for an essay on The Anglican Episcopate ana me
American Colonies" and TO w. b. Munro: A. NJ
49, for an essay on THE Feasibility OF universal
Staatenbund." c. c. Beaman. 81. OF Newly ork
was one Of the judges of the latter essay
William c. Lane librarian or HarVard UnlVcI-
sity, tells plain Facts About the Library IN
the current Harvard Graduates Magazine.
Speaking in detail of its present needs, ne groups
them under four general heads-addltonal sheii
room for books. study rooms for professors ana
advanced students. increased space for admnistra-
ton. and a reading room more commodious more
comfortable more beautiful and more dignihed
Although the Harvard library - the largest ana
best university library in the United States, MI
Lane admits that In respect 10 the Dulldlng IL Is
far behind the libraries OF cornell Frlncetoh nnu
Columbia He points out how the present building
could be enlarged by still another ADDITION, put
claims that such an addition can never make me
building permanently satisfactory ana thaI -, a ~
had by giving up the old building and beginning
afresh.