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New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
NEWS OF THE COLLEGES
YALE.

>vew-Haven Conn Dec IA CSpeciaD.-Again the
question Of sophomore societies has been raised
several weeks ago a compromise was made. where
bv the societies were allowed tC initiate members
from, the present sophomore class. on condition
that they should increase their combined member
hn from hfty-one 10 seventy-ffve but the Faculty
reserved the right radical means IL TINS
adjustment should prove unsatisfactory. TO the
UNDERGRADUATES body and 10 the alumni at large tue
compromise proved unsatisfactory. Among the ui'-
dergraduates the feeling against the exclusive SO
cIetes has grown strong that II Is praeticany
impossible for a society member to be elected ~
any Office I'm the gift of the whole class FROM tne
alumni have come innumeraole letters OF protest
The faculty Is now convinced that the evil Is 700
serious to admit of further delay. AT It's last gen
eral meeting 1t passed resolution WHICH, tnousn
cOuched In milder language. amounts 10 hoohuoh
of the three sophomore sOcieties-Eta Phi happa
Psi and He BOule. With these societies out OF tie
way satisfactory reorganization OF the Whole
society system should be possible. Just what FORM
II will take Il IS impossible TO say. The faculty
declines commit itself to any dennte Pai, Pie e
ferrtng that the undergraduates should De leIt SO
far as possible TO arrange the affair themselves
The committee funds for the DicentehillaI csle
braton has issued circular asking lot suosSIip-
ment In addition conditional pledges OF $z5OVol
over $500 600 has been contributed since tne Desih
site of the buildings and TO insure the conn-
pletiOn of University Hall. which Is now under way
The committee desires to begin work on Lne auuI-
torium and memorial vestibule ana 10 MAKE SUI %
stantial addition TO the permanent enjoyment OF
the institution. On Monday meeting OF the cor
poratiOp was held 10 consider the honorary ar
ings have not been made public. Committees nave
been appointed in the several classes 20 manage
the undergraduate part In the bicentennial -,
Edward b. Adams, of the senior class, has been
appointed to the John ]. Cox scholarship
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
SMITH.

Northampton. Mass, Dec. IA (SpeciaD.-The Fur
Mss Shakespeare prize has been awarded TO Miss
Marian Louise Sharp. OF BrOOkline Several years
ago Mr.. Furniss gave to the college a Of
money the income Of whlch-s50-was to be devoted
TO the promotion OF the study OF Shakespeare II
was decided TO use II prize for essay writ
ten by member of the senior class a pre-
scribed subject. This year the subject Shake
speares Plain People"
President Seeye has issued his report for 1900 in
which he states the religious preferences OF stu
dents as follows: Congregationalists 36S: Episeo-
paIans 2O4; -Presbyterians. I6S; Unitarians f29;
Baptists, SO: MethOdsts. So: Catholics "a; Uni
versalists II; Jews H. Swedenborgians, 8; Luther
ans Z; Dutch Reformed. 4 Christian Science s;
Union Evangelical, 4: Friends 2; Christian Church.
erence, 29
The Smith Catalogue. just issued shows an en-
rolment OF 1,133 students-first class S4l; second
272: juriors. 1885, seniors 25s There are stu
dents whose work IS exclusively in the School OF
Music and eleven in the School of Art There are
also eight graduate students.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
THE GOVERNOR ENTERTAINED.
JOSEPH MURRAY. AGAINST WHOM HE WAS
FIRST PITTED IN POLITICS, GIVES
HIN A DINNER.

Governor Roosevelt the guest of honor at a
private dinner given by his friend Joseph Murray
at the Morton House last night. Mr. Murray is
Deputy Superintendent Of Public Buildings at Al
bany. The Governor made his entrance into poll
tics in the old XXIst Assembly District when Mr.
Murray was the leader there. There were present
among others Congressman Lucus W. Littauer
w ii. Russell, A. ID. Russell. Michael 6heehan
James r. Sheffield. Attorney General Davies John
Proctor Clarke. Colonel William ]. Youngs and
John McConaughy.
Governor Roosevelt said that when he first dipped
into politics, in 1881 after leaving college, he found
himself at district meeting where he was op-
posed TO Mr.. Murray. After a hot debate Murray s
side beat HIS side by vote OF 90 10 T. II he had
been Ike a good many men, he said, he would have
quit the Republican organization then and there
but he stayed in, and finally got the good graces
Of the leaders. who nominated him for the Assem-
bly, IN leS2 the year Grover Cleveland was elected
Governor; Colonel Roosevelt spoke in happy way
OF his old friend of Colonel W. J. YOungs and Of
Attorney-General Davies. He said that the At
torney-Senerals Ice Trust opinion was one OF the
ablest he had ever read and that the postscript
paragraph In which Messrs. Hayes and -Peckham
were referred 10, was particularly interesting.
Remarks were made by Attorney-General Davies
colonel 1oungs and others. After the dinner Gov
ernor Roosevelt went to the dinner of the National
Civil Service Reform Association at the Savoy.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
PRINCETON.

prfrco+or " 7 Dec Il (SpeciaD-R. s. Steen. Of
Philadelphia, received the prize In the Frehch
medal debate held in Whig Hall this week. The
Coubertin medal is of gold and is valued at 800
The fund was provided by Baron de Coubertin'
Fr-nch nobleman who visited Princeton in 1898 on
tour of the American universities as ofrciaI COM
missioner OF the French Minister of Public Instruc-
ton. Similar medals were established at Harvard
Chicago and several other American universities
The winner OF the medal this year won the class OF
'7s prize debate last year and member OF the
team which defeated Yale In debate last spring
He is a member &f the senior class in the academic
department Walter E Hope OF New-fork CITY,
and T. L. Thompson both members of the senior
class won first and second places respectively In
contest in extemporaneous speaking recently held
in Clio Hall.
The freshman class held meeting this week, at
which j. w Cook. of Philadelphia, was elected to
represent the class in the Washington's Birthday
contest and T. A. Butkiewicz. OF Pennsylvania
who was a member Of the varsity eleven this fall
was elected class of 76 debater. 1t was also voted
to present II. p. Butler and E. P. Fellows who
won the annual spree for their class, with
Dr. Henry van Dyke entertained the Monday
Night Club at his home this week The speaker t
who spoke on Public schools and Politics"
The Graduate Club Of PRINCETON University mas
been organized with Harden Craig president, A NJ
Hltebetel secretary and W. Beale treasurer ID
to the Federation Of Graduate Clubs, which will
hold convention in philadelphia the last week OF
December.
meetings throughout the year. at which members
the faculty will speak on subjects or interest to
the graduate body.
DR. Marcus S. Farr has been appointed curator OF
vertebrate paleontology in place of Professor j. b.
Hatcher who has accepted the place or curator OF
the Boston Museum. Dr. Farr has been until re-
Gently assistant zoologist at the New-York State
Museum.
At a recent meeting OF the Triangle Club II. p.
Homans was elected business manager and ID. H.
McAlpin jr, assistant manager. motion was
passed granting membership 10 all men who have
been in either chorus or orchestra for three years
Work has begun on the opera which viii be pre-
sened by the club next spring. The ibrettO will be
written by r. p. SwOfford and r. s. Thompson. and
the music by Howard SaylOr and L. l. Matthews
The first performance will be given in April
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
CORNELL.

Ithaca n V. Dec. IA (SpeciaD.-The Cornell De-
bate Council has held several meetings this week
to consider the question which the Debate Union OF
Columbia University has presented for the Cornell
Columbia debate which will be held in New-fork
on March T. Cornell has the choice OF sides on the
question: Resolved That the second part OF Sec
tion II OF the Fourteenth Amendment be retained as
an integral part OF the Constitution. to be rigOr-
ously enforced This section provides that where
part OF the voters OF a state kept from voting
the representation Of the State be reduced. The
competition for this debate stage has narrowed
down to eight men-the men who won places on the
"a Memorial Stage. The following were
chosen on Monday night at a competition held in
the Hall OF Oratory: Ralph Sherlock Kent, Ithaca;
Sidney s LowenthaI. Rochester; Edgar seeber
MOshier. Auburn; Leroy Burns Smith. Seneca Falls;
Milton Miller Underdown, TaughannOck Falls; Ray
Hughes Whtbeck. Hermitage; George Payne
Winters. Melbourne, Fla. and Manton Marble
Wyvall. Alma.
Many of the members of Cornell faculty have
work for the Christmas holidays which begin next
Friday at noon and continue until January S- Pro-
fessor Morse Stephens and Professor Charles r.
Hull will speak at the meeting Of the American
Economic Association in Detroit and Ann ArbOr on
December q and %. DR.. Thurstou. of Sibley Col
lege. will be in Philadelphia working with the
commission recently appointed by President Nc
Kinley to examine into the efficiency of the Postal
Pneumatic Dispatch mechanism Dean White, of
the university faculty. will deliver lecture at Har-
ward on German literature. Professor Bailey, OF
the New-York State College of Agriculture, will
speak at the annual meeting of the Illinois State
Teachers Association in Springfield Professor
John Craig. of the Bureau Of Nature Study, will
address the Society of New-Engand Hortieulturists
on University Extension In Agriculture at It's
meeting in Boston.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR rs DUE.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the article the Boyd monument In ~
Old Scots Cemetery. in The Tribune of Decar,h
lS. It is said: ''The epitaph on the old stone a, a.
Latin. The following is the translation OF tha a.
scription made by Professor Henry Goodwin smith
ID. d.. OF Lane Seminary, Cincinnati! Proyos.o.
Cameron, OF Princeton. disagrees with some ., ,ha
minor constructions Of Professor Smith" Tben
follows the translation.
In the report OF the committee on the erac,,o,
OF the monument. made TO the Synod Of Nsu, -
sey at It's recent meeting. 1t is said in reference %
the eptaph "
h, me .I hev. John Hall, ID; D.. OF Trenton. N q,
ms ftlstory OF the Presbyterian Church oy r., ~
Ton, N j., gives translation but the Ch,,tte Iten- n
uhder greatest obligation 10 the Rev Hsnrs S4n n rs
Sansron, ID D. Of Prnceton University or LAY thy
orstion or the tett and the complefe ~ the
ion @ OF the timsworn and partially obliterats &
,sIn ne prone tablet on the east side ci IN
laiis Professor Came-Ons translation e con-
The translation referred to Is thar a,,r,.
your Freehold correspondent 10 DR. smtth u1ed oy
smith u due the credit OF obtaining ths 10 Dr
pnot9grsph Of the inscription from wSbI,nhirable
translation made. '" winch the
Princeton. N. j.. Dec. II. 1900 . l. ID.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
THE BOY ARRIVES AT SING SING.
SAID TO BE THE SMALLEST PRISONER
EVER BROUGHT THERE NO SUIT
T1-7rJ 7ayOTycII To FIT HIM

Big Chief Keeper Connorton standing in the Of
fee the Sing Sing Prison. gazed down upon little
Alexander Stewart, the murderer, when he arrived
there. Thinking back over twenty five years Of
his connection with the prison. the keeper said:
He is the smallest prisoner that ever came in
here. although years agO-about twenty, l think
We had boy not much bigger and not any older
He in for a few years, and grew 10 manhood
here. forget his name, and never heard from
him after he went away.
Stewart led to the tailor shop and there
fitted with his first long There was not
pair in the prison with small enough waistband or
short enough legs The latter trouble was over
come by one OF the taiOrs clipping of the ends of
the smallest pair in the place. The blouse he re-
ceived could be almost doubled about him. In
day a suit will be specially made for him
and then the boy will take his place with the other
prisoners.
In the clerks office Stewart answered the usual
questions readily. He said he was a Catholic and
born in New-York. He said he had been CON
ylcted Of burglary in May. 1898. He had 80 cents
thirteen and half years hence If he is good and
twenty years II he is not the same 30 cents will
De handed back 10 him he leaves the prison
The boy was sent 20 cell lin. gallery - the
top. or Isolation, ward. In two weeks he win re
ceive his permanent number.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

AdOlphe COhn. professor OF the Romance Ian.
guages and hteratures. has been made Chevalls.
OF the French Legion OF Honor. While the medal
Is generally a military honor Il Is also given IA
citizens for any direct indirect service France
1t was II Is said. due Professor COINS servcs
In spreading French culture in America that he
was decorated
The 1902 Columbian" the annual year book AZ
the junior class will appear next week 10 viii be
dedicated to William s. Schermerhorn. chairman
OF the Board OF Trustees and will contain the
usual things in annual OF this kind
a catalogue Of the educational works in the ca
lumbia and Teachers College Libraries will shortly
be published by the university. IL will contain
from 5000 to 10.000 titles. classified under forty
eight different subjects. About thousand copies
will be published.
Allison Mitchell Lederer OF Orange. y. j. has
been elected class day historian Of the college
seniors.
Brander Matthews professor OF English Htera.
ture will publish two books in January. "'Ths
Philosophy OF the Short Story" and Notes On
Speech Making"
The Chess Club was defeated IN a tournament
with the Dutch Arms Club. of Brooklyn. this
week. by a score OF to I.
George O. De Witt. 81. has resigned from the
Alumni Council delegate from the college
and William T. Lawson. 50. has been elected 70 al
the vacancy.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
HARVARD.

Cambridge Mass. Dec. IL (SpeciaD.-There Will
be a public meeting in the interests of negro edu-
cation in South, represented by the Tuskesee
Institute in Sanders Theatre next Monday. DR..
F. G. Peabody will preside and the principal speak
ers will be Professor n. s. Shaler and Booker t.
Washington.
Both of the new skating rinks on Soldiers Field
are now practically finished The rinks this year
are placed parallel to the parkway system, and
are both $50 feet long by so feet wide, with
rounded corners City water will be supplied from
the Locker Building for the purpose Of flooding the
rinks. One will be reserved for the use OF the
hockey team.
The basketball team has received orfcial recos-
milton this year for the first time as university
team. About twenty-five men have been retained
on the university squad, which holds regular prac-
tice four evenings each week. Harvard VIII play
Yale in basketball at New-Hayen on January 10
and Dartmouth at Hanover on February = Games
will probably be arranged with the university OF
Pennsylvania, Williams, Amherst, Corheh anu ~
The freshman class has elected the following
officers: President, j. A. Burgess or BOStoH IIoIn
Phillips Exeter Academy; vice-president, X sanger
of Morristown N J.. from ST. Marks School; sec
retaTy and treasurer, y. A. Higgins OF |hicaso'
from the East Aurora High School -
= A w Talmadge, 'O2. of Painfeld, y. j., mas oeen
appointed manager of the football team Tor next
The team which will represent Harvard in the
intercollegiate chess tournament 70 De heI1 h1I az
c. T. Rice 'O1 A j. FOtch, on W. G. Clerk. VI
and f. r. Perry, '02. Harvards chances tnls year year
are considered good Rice and Perry composer
the winning team in the tournament last year.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
WyEEP.S SENTENCING A BOY.
JUSTICE FURSMAN BREAKS DOWN IN
SENDING ALEXANDER STEWART
To SING SING

Justice Fursman in the Criminal Branch of the
Supreme Court yesterday sentenced to twenty years
in Sing Sing fourteen-year-old Alexander Stewart.
Of No. 4l9 East Twenty-eighth-st., who recently
pleaded guilty to a charge OF manslaughter in the
first degree. Several times in the proceedings.
which were brief Justice Fursman's emotion over
came him. and he covered his face with his hand
kerchief and wept AS the boy stood at the bar for
sentence the top OF his head extended only ten
inches above the railing before the bench.
The minute the lad was taken into the room
Justice Fursman became agtated. He wiped the
tears from his eyes he listened TO the statement
of the boys counsel Edmund Price. II
eral moments before he could control his voice
sufficiently TO pronounce the sentence. Then. with
tears streaming down his cheeks and his voice
choked. he said:
do not suppose that anything can say to you.
young man, win be of any particular value to you
District % Attorney that y your life IS saved 1 ap-
S'e tom. IN the ' hoppe. am frank to say. that they
would pronounce you insane. The best ahenists
sane 1 read the testimony carefully. and am
satisfied they could have come to no other con-
clusion
Justice Fursman then broke down, dropped his
face in the hollow of his hands. and cried for a
minute or more. He continued in part:
can do but thing in your ease-young as
YOU are-send you to States prison. You will
yoa SSFe w III 6e o 6ey You viii
be taught nothing that is not good There remains
yet ii is only justice TO that the taint of the
prison will al ways remain wherever you may go,
however good your life may be when you come out.
Sentence of the Court in your case is that you be
confined at hard labor in the State prison at Sing
Sing for the term of twenty years.
The boy did not appear at all impressed by the
solemnIty OF the He stood drumming idly
on the railing with his fingers. He looked out Of
the windows and everywhere but at the Court. In
court were his father, aunt and sister He paid no
attention TO them, never looking at his fathers
Outstretched arms. The father followed him out
into the anteroom. where the lad drew from his
pocket a handful OF candy and began munching II.
The condemned boy has been IN nearly every
reformatory institution in this city. In the House
Of Refuge he cut the throat OF his mate, Edward
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
BROWN

Providence. r. T.. Dec Il (SpeciaD.-Last Friday
morning fire broke out in the basement OF old
Rhode Island Hail. which is occupied by the geo.
logical geological and biological departments.
Prompt action by Of the students in giving the
alarm saved the building from destruction. The
loss is estimated at 8, 500.
The freshman debating trials were held Monday
and Tuesday afternoons Out of tWenty-siN can
didates three members of the team We're chosen
and three others were picked to contest for the
fourth position. The three successful candidates
were William George Hoffman. jr.. of Providence:
Eugene La Verne Mcintyre. of Waldo, Wis, and
Albert Benjamin West. OF Providence. The other
three were L. j. Beckwith. j. p Herring and j. j.
McKenna.
The following men have been elected members Of
the Junior Prom Committee: c. A. Phillips ". C.
Blanding, H W Stiness. q. +. Buxton, jr., T.
Burgess, 5. y. Douglas. /. s. Miner, n. M Paine
A. X. Potter. G. A. r. Ray and F. W. TilnghasL
The annual election Of the varsity football
ager by the Junior class was held on Thursday.
Howard DenisOn Briggs, '02. of Ashaway. r. L.,
who has been assistant manager for 1900
chosen manager for 1901.
The Rev F. c. Haggard OF Boston returned
missionary from Assam, addressed the Young
Mems Christian Association OF Brown Wednes-
day evening Missionary Work Life Cali
ing"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEw-YORK

The twenty-sixth semi-annual joint debate OF ths
CHonian and PhrenOcOsmia Literary societies will
be held next Friday evening at Madison SQUARE
Garden Music Hall The subject Of the debate viii
be; Resolved, That the partition OF China as
agreed upon BY the Powers will be beneficial to the
Chinese. CliOnia will be represented by Jaffa 'Ol
and stern, 'Ol; PhTenOcOsmia by DOtlen. o. and
+. J. Bernheimer 'O2
The Camera Club has started a series Of lectures
on photography. which are given in Natural His
tory Hall every Friday afternoon.
The class OF 50 Will hold its twentieth annual
union banquet December - at the Hotel Man
haitian.
The freshman class has elected the following o.
hcers for the first term; William Philip Bretwieser
president John FasOla first vice-president Robert
Stewart Martell. second vice-president: LarremOrs
V. v Sweezy. treasurer. and John Phelps Robin
son. secretary.
The annual theatre party of the senior class was
held last evening at the Casino.
The Theta Nu Epsilon, the sophomore secret so
ciety has announced its election from the class OF
'O1 as follows: George NJ. Alexander. Harry g
Benjamin, f. Mortimer Boyle, Eugene Rodney Bur-
nett Howard L. Davies George Adams Merrill
c. Waldo Smith, jr and William Henry Wall
lace, IT.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
REFORMERS AT DINNER.
BISHOP POTTER PRESIDEs AND GOV
ERNOR ROOSEVELT AND
OTHERS SPEAK.

The twentieth analal dinner OF the Civil Service
Reform League was held in the Hotel Savoy last
night II was attended by more than two hundred
members and guests among whom were many
women Bishop Potter presided. With the Bishop
a. the guests table we're Governor Roosevelt q
j. bonaparte, Wayne MacNeagh. Oscar s. straus.
George l.. Rives' Charles S. Hamlin. Edward NJ.
shepafo' William H. Baldwin. jr.. r. H. Dana
Wheeler H. Peckham. William Dudley FouIke
Chafles A. schieren Henry A. Garfield. Nathaniel
a Eisoerg, c. w Knox ana s. W. Burt. Carl
sehurz was not present, owing 10 a bereavement
IN his family.
men the speechmaking began Bishop Potter
paid tribute 70 Mr.. Schurz This man OF re-
markable gifts" he said, though OF foreign bir,b
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
COLUMBIA.

The budget for 19cO-'Ol prepared BY the treasures
shows that the university expects to disburss
N20oOo0 this year. The trustees have appropriafa1
9i6.S7 for educational and administrative purposes
For interest on bonds ana other indebtedness a.
the corporation s111S1 50 will be used Interest o
the Loubat fund and the Williamsbri,ige property
VIII require S2.25 more. and other small approprla
uons and guarantees together with the expense
Of operating the Summer School are expected y,
bring the amount uD 10 the estimated 81 200 oos
This will make the deficit larger than ever before
as may be seen from the following table OF the ~
pendtures and deficits for the five most expensive
years in the university's history
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

- A., ao5s like you and i. good
Ssal more az the grace OF God than ne no" mas
R,shop rhoburn. speaking of the so-cailed t"eh-
,,etb century revival movement said;
We have reached point in tne az usnts Of the
ouE We have larger Methodist consrssatiVts
IN the outskirts OF cities than ever Du. III nc ne
0eo5ie hardly worthy to worship IN thoss sd saiioe @
P.fSf Pffg g.ha fact is we not meeting these -
aiies- 81 thtng sUa need to emphasize Is the fact
that Jesus Christ is alive In the Wo[ldi nn ieaes
Ia ssvlng we must get rid OF the olu ConCcP-
tion ~ a reyival-that We can pray ole ~ ~
The cloud OF blessing is lowering over Us az az dn VI
time Persistent personal WoIh III '"S "Oe - -
~ the prime essentials to-day
Remarks were made also by Bishop warren OF
rerver. the Rev DIR. c. w Millard ana Joseph
Fettrech
New-York tribune., 1900-12-15
BARNARD COLLEGE NOTES.

The adviser for the women students Of Columbia
University is a Office important TO Barnard
II IS however. tentative one. Mrs Edith r.
Darrach Is the first appolntee. This officer has no
educational functions but is expected to be Of ser
vice 70 the women students in any way that she
can and especially in giving advice 10 students
from other parts Of the country as TO where they
may secure suitable quarters and on any other sub
ject they may wish.
The study OF German has been greatly popular
lied at Barnard by the Deutscher verein which