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COLLEGE HISTORIES.
SOME INTERESTING RECORDS AND REM
INIsCENCEs.

,rn,vrRs1r1rs AND THEIR SONS. History.
influence and Characteristics Of American pdr-
tFa;ss Of xlumni and Recipients Of Honorary
Degrees General Joshua l. Ghanmner,.ainn d., rI
rs Boston: r. Herndon Co >
YALE: HER CAMPUS. CkAssRoOMM s3or AM sn4
ATHLETT tbs ny h an in,rodaeton samuel
J. Elder; illustrated Octave PIP XIV 0-''
COLLEGE DAYS AT GEORGETOWN and o'ne'
Papers BY J. Fairfax McIsps h pS,i hl a.
illustrated Duodecimo. PIP Z-s f"''Sue'P''''
j. B. Lippincott Company
NORWICH UNIVERSITY. Her !, Histt ,9i,Y, Her
Tii;S p { Illustrated octave. PIP xiv. 624. Con-
cord \ IL: The Rumford Press ...
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND ITS Asso assoc nntevo
m Vii 9l7 Published under the auspices OF '"e
Historical Department OF Iowa
The sumptuous volume Of anniversaries anu
1beir Sons" is the first Of five which are 10 NC
devoted TO the four universities OF han '"'u
Vale. Princeton and Columbia 1t is also i'iil'eu
w.. IN SUBSEQUENT volumes 10 the total OF al
least ten. other institutions and their graduates
are TO be treated If the plan as outlined IS car
ried ont with the discrimination that is DIS
nlayed in the initial volume the whole VIII lo,''
=, ivonortant contribution to educatonai MS
.orx such indeed the present volume is. II 10
aovo+Ad n historical sketches Of the insutu'loHS
mentioned The second volume Will 0oH'''"
biographical sketches Of administrative o"i0e'''
professors and instructors While the three io
lowing will present sketches OF alumni ~ NV
seventy thousand alumni OF these Ioul ''''
+ions more than forty thousand are HN'"e' 20
these II is designed to give Representative" -
three thousand or four thousand IN choos''e
subiects II is not intended 10 CONNIE the se'eo
tions 10 men Of National prominence ana lep"-
tation for II is thought by the coInpHeis t"''
they are somewhat adequately represented elso-
o,,d fcaf
where. but men who are actively ana useiu.''
occunving more modest places ana VINO al ''e
same time are typical products OF uiNe''i''
cul,ure are to be placed in this record
The object Of the work is 10 recognize 'he
Mace which the higher institutions Of learning
80 hold in the DEVELOPMENT Of public character
and work as nation and TO illustrate the pl"C-
teal Influence which these institutions have had'
Not merely IN the learned professions and liter
ature hut also in business and in fact on all
that expresses itself in the character and pros
neritv Of the Nation. DR.. William I. Harris
Commissioner OF Education. has by way OF nitro
duction written brief critical sketch OF Hisher
Education in the United States. Among o'her
subjects he discusses the true inwardness OF the
vitality Of Latin and Greek as university stuoies
at the present day. As kind Of second miro
duction General Chamberlain. ex-president OF
Bowdon College. the general editor mas iur-
nisbed an historical sketch Of university educa-
ZION from the earliest times TO the present
But II is in the sketches Of the four universe
+,es renresented that the special interest OF this
volume centres The history and customs OF
Harvard are outlined by Mr.. William Roscoe
rbavAr Editor of The Harvard Graduates
MAGAZINE" Yales history Is traced and her dis
.,nctiv4 customs are sketched by DR. Charles
Henry Smith. professor OF American history at
that university. Princeton is similarly treated.
her earlier history as a college being written by
DIT John De Witt professor Of church history
IN Princeton Theological Seminary, While her
recent history and life a university are
treated by Mr. Jesse Lynch Williams, Of the
class Of 90 Columbia University has as its his
torian and deneator Dr. j. Howard Van Am
rjnge dean of the university. Throughout these
sketches there is abundance of illustration.
Fuu mage PORTRAITS Of the four presidents are
shown. together with smaller portraits or the
long lines Of earlier officers and teachers. Inter
estng pictures Of early buildings, as we'll as OF
the imposing structures which have succeeded
them. are here in great numbers. And not alone
pictures of the college building proper, but pict-
ures Of society halls. typical classes. classday
scenes bits Of campus scenery and like things
10 which the memory Of the alumnus reverts, ar.
furnished in judicious selections OF the text
generally It may be said that it IS instructively
and afectionatey written. Not least interesting
are the early charters. rules for government
courses OF study. bills OF fare and advertise
ments which are reproduced
Yale Her Campus Classrooms and Athletics
is trimming over with that indehnable some
thing which is known as the Yale spirit"
tells the story Of the Yale Of to-day rather thar
Of the institution from ITS earliest days OF ath
letics however the history Is complete In tn
treatment Of other subjects the past is draw
upon only when this is necessary for the NOR
effective elaboration of the present CONDENSED
accounts Of characteristic institutions. historic
Of student periodicals. societies Of all sorts. rec
ords Of intercollegiate debating contests III
origin Of customs and the voluntary religion
work are some Of the subjects treated. To Sc
forth these vital matters at Yale Nh Wech car
ries a supposititous student through all tn
stages OF college life. entering him a fresh
man. taking him through the classes and bring
ing him back to classday gatherings.
The book is made valuable for reference, II
IN its chronological tables is given the histor
OF the college proper Of the Sheffield Scentif
School and Of all the other departments with
record Of attendance and scholarship. figure
of sectional representations and Of gifts TIL
book has a large number Of illustrations. fu
page portraits Of professors and portrait
grouped by departments portraits or couee
characters. pictures Of buildings campus scene
reunion groups successful crews. mines an
teams The part which deals with the scholas
tic side and student life and customs is by NJ
Lewis s. WEIGH. Editor Of The Yale Alum
Weekly; the section on athletics is by NJ
Walter Camp. II is pity that book Otherwis
so complete and excellent should lack inde.
In college Days at Georgetown" DR.. j Fairfa
McLaughlin gives some pleasant reminiscenc'
Of that ancient Jesuit university Or. McLaugl
lin was entered al Georgetown in 1851, and VIZ
graduated in 1850 From his own long az
ouaIntance with the institution, as well as fro
the stories told TO him by aged instructors,