New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

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in nc debate % in January The Freshman Union VIII MI
Yale Union will Challenge the SC Sheffield ri Debating he
club These debates will be PUBLIC ,f 1hes and the
men will receive graduate and undersTaSuate 5ada,
hSs wend seem to show that the debating re-
whim on the part OF the students
Cambridge Mass Dec. 10-The following judges
for the Harvard-Prlnceton debate which VIII oe
held in Cambridge on December 10. have been Sc
lected and agreed upon: Andrew F.; Wiswem; s;M'eo;
BALDWIN Judge Of the Supreme Court OF , Errors RS
OF Connecticut. and Professor Cn Cnarinns H. NUM- VI
the economics department OF cornell
"The Cosmopolitan" has offered 800 In prizes
70 be competed for in debate by the students OF
seventeen universities. The general subject IS
What order OF Studies Is Best Suted TO s INC Tno
Average Man for His Duties In the World OF n,aco
day. The preliminary debates are to take p,tGe &c
made before May. during which month the r1a hnal
debate will be held at Cambridge Mass sresepptng ph1
the ablest discussion Of the subject
Providence. r. l. Dec lO--A movement not yet
completed but now foot. is Intended to orns stu
dents OF Brown University into closer toucn with
the faculty. Many undergraduates choose cleo
tives foolishly without proper regard Tor loglChi
sequence others are overambitious and take more
extras than they can proltably pursue whiIe sun
others endanger their health IN an ao5dippS aoedmipS AZ
the same time Now each underclassman VIII ne
recommended to seek advice from SO some nncb ths,
mated professor and the division Will De suc ,gned med
not more than fifteen or twenty VIII ne assisIgu NH
any one 1t is also probable tnat edS Himself
be appointed soon. the president hn1s niru9el Wi
ovcrburdened with petty details Arthur I; 70 Wal az
commodate about thirty-two students at the corner
Of Thayer and Manning SITS Though "a, pTyaIe Irnare
enterprise the dormitory VIII be unoer lhe eupo'
visory control of the college authorities
Seattle. Wash. Dec 1O-The University OF WASH
ngton has begun active work collecting oooh''
pamphlets newspapers, manuscripts ana rehcs io
lating to early Northwestern history ALREADY
number Of rare documents have been secured, anu
friends in the Northwest are soncl,eu orer n,scc
for the preservation Of such materials, as they VIII
there be continually accessible to all and VIII De
especially useful to students. In the same connec-
lion there has recently Deen organized the Colum-
bia Historical Society, with Headquarters IN tne ne
collect and preserve and publish records Of the old
pioneers and to place IN the university al oo'''
tions Of historical materials.
Wellesley Mass Dec. 10.-At recent meeting OF
the Board Of Trustees Of Wellesley College Ansoh
Phelps Stokes, jr., was elected to membership MI.
Stokes Is an aumnus Of Yale, and is secretary OF
the corporation Of that university. Matters OF IN
teres at the moment before the college are artshc
and archaeological. During the last week, IN ,1 1ne
bition of paintings from Boston studios. The col
lection includes interesting WSrk Dy aiTSIS PTofessop
Chaplin, Of the Greek department, who oti lecti
ured last winter at the American Schooi
IN Athens Roke rsys ssf9re Rtes the sPecy pre-
pared slides wee used in the stereopticon ana s
Smarkabie beauty. were thus shown to the audience
TO illustrate the lecturers statement that these
domestic life and character Of the Athenians.
In the December number Of THE Harvard Grad
yates Magazine" Professor W. f. Byerly has an
ha RAD
which he answers the article Of Professor Barrett
Wendell on "The Relations Of Radcliffe College
with Harvard" which appeared in The harvard
Monthly" Professor Byery by no means advo-
Gates coeducation but thinks that the enIerlHs Is
points that since 1884, with the exception OF % one
Seen See tS fswRT Students also that there
great difference between admitting women 70 ch chG
admission TO large elementary courses He names names
twenty-five Harvard professors VINO nave d1ii tau1Ts
own name Professor Byerly closes: But these
Of whom the university ana ner sons o b
ing intellectual degenerates and yet they, ana they
only are yedTs th1 6a more in Radce surely PTO
sor Wendels opinion is strangely at variance WIN
the facts, and perhaps we need not yet despair OF
the university"
Montreal, Dec. 1o-Principal Peterson is endeavor-
ing to so modify the arts curriculum OF McGll
University as 10 the attendance OF those
who desire to take up particular lne OF study
He wishes follow the example OF the University
of Pennsylvania. Where lectures are given on % s9cn
finance municipal institutions, etc; One of the
proposed Innovations is the establishment OF
intend to devote themselves to journalism will be
s50ns az aw lake 5Rsoy and kndT SUBJECTS
course will also he open to journalists who are NOT
regularly enrolled students of the university, but
are engaged in actual newspaper work. Arrange,
ments will be made by which these lectures VIII
be added the teaching course at the next session
The University Of Nebraska has recently given
a report the results of its course in Journal
ism. The report is follows:
instruction on this subject has been given since
@ by M s,aS 0 ons Aer three years trial
of the work, tie instructor, to be advised regard
versies Of the country in watch Journalism is
taught. AS the result OF the inspection i was de-
termined to continue the subject here. The course
is not a general one preparatory TO applied work,
and embodying such studies as economies, history,
journalism proper; To enter IT the student mus!
the department which includes expertness in visu-
alizaton OF persons, characterizaton. VISUALIZE
called description. This enables immediate expert
work in reporting Interviewing and the Ike all
editorial paragraph writing. Material from the
THE State Journal"
Boston Dec l0-The theological department OF
Boston University has been shaken up not a little
by the withdrawal Of nine students because they
considered the teachings OF Professor Hinckley c..
Mitchell TO be un-Methodistc and too liberal
| These students have gone 70 Drew Theological
Seminary Madison, y. ]. In view Of the present
disagreement IT is asserted that protests have been
| made for year past, the protestants being Of
| the opinion that Professor Mitchell ought either
to modify his opinions resign from the faculty
| Of the theological school. The movement cu-
minated in a petition TO the trustees against the
| reappontment Of the professor when his term eX-
pred this month. The matter was OF course. known
| TO the body OF students who agreed with the pro-
fessors teachings and sent in counter petition for
the professors retention. The trustees investigated
heard both sides and finally decided 10 reappoint
| Professor Mitchell for new term of five years.
| The nine students on hearing OF this laid their
case before the Boa d Of Bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, with the result that the faculty
| of Boston University informed them that they must
| cease further agitation. whereupon they severed
| their connection with the institution
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