New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-25
SENIOR WRANGLERS.
4 7NEFTE .--r-AL ATTEMPT To ABOL-
TSE TE ANCIENT CAMBRIDGE
MATTE MATlCAL HONOR

/ p news -aa- ar enlightened attempt al the
r-s.-v - Cambridge 10 DO away with
-r w-a--.ers- substituting division OF
4 saec=s=tl. Candidates into classes without
4 --5-- II names has failed VIII have sug-
--=5 70 th- general newspaper reader IL this
-r-~ Ii question. Just what is a Senior
-z1gHer
- s4n5o- T--arzler is the annual product Of
4 gza- -T-sras n pure mathematics. The
-z--srna-ica. .--ipos~ Of Cambridge Is 10 all
=--s ars purposes the greatest Intellectual
-7---g event r he year in the British EN-
Why --Fos" Viii De- shown later II
a. "a. practical fact leaving etymology and
zz-y ASIDE ~ he present II IS a great com
-zzr= exam nation Tor undergraduates with
-z,hs-lztc4L -zlents who intend to take their
=y-ees Al me next following act or com
--c=-e1- and 1hc wish To take II in honors
IL So avoid The somewhat uncomfortable
--n-s-eHc- IN after lie Of having taken q
-r- amor -h= .hai poIIoI'-ll other words. Z
PIP 5-g~-=. Whe1 a man writes after his
s-e B g. -a1-al." there IS nothing in the
editor = --- me outside world what kind or
-~ h. ---- rnether poll or ''Trip0s."
- Czma- Knows and any one who chooses
consult 3 Cam ridge Calendar viii find out.
4 I'D eoT IT. most part of the academic world
4 tz1- rf Cambridge mas eng been greater II
ed ~ mathematics man II the classics
Soy .- natural science.
Q =-ar- ~ --- l-sa equation Of the cam
--g- mathematical "Trtpos- is both wide and
~ am--1 Brush parents and schoolnas1ers-
5lE=-=- absorbed IN the material cares Of life
British -a----- u-i-ias may be- hint from
z zez5--a---- or ---or under whom his son
l8saaoc IS being carried on that the young
-z- nigh G. Well 10 try for a wranglership
str -re parental heart ana I'll the parental
Ind XIII l-lG-sc=nI dreams Of future grea rness-
= he ase - Twelve OF fourteen boy II whom
rs teacher rrac-ised eye has detected the
-lEise u such eminenee as his begins 10 have
sls- NOS boys would consider Z rather hard
,ne. TIE oJaer fellows may either pity him IN
as beast grind which is sure 10 begin for
u -h=1. -r 6etest him for the ab0minabe
7eaHg prie 70 may develop into, but il is some
-slne1son l-r q boy 70 De regarded as even
-ass1le senior WrangIer seven years il ad-
-znoe
Fa- yea-e z--- since mathematical discovery
-argel -tsel@ hesond tie limits Of the calculus,
Faa1 win s-a--r Mons. problems Of oscillating
--rtIcles. aaG such sublimities, there has been
a. enc - ans other very serious mental labor
any serious interest II outdoor sports Tor the
-aaergra 1-ate .ghc dreams Of being Senior
"zang1er Un--ss h De youth of prodigious
1le-!ectla- power - well as extraordinary
-=-voGs stamina. or rs willing 70 extend his
PROC O. residence II the university TWO or
aI-- years bay no the ordinary. n must put
himself under he cas- Of a special "Tripos
-@eh, who's u hole equation Is 70 develop
--9 Sharpen la- mathematical powers. Coach
~ Tor me tripss-not Tor q rripos-has long
s+r1 r-s -sI-z-l among Cambridge Gous as
'@I= 81 highly lucrative mpIIshmrnI The
7= PAD = such coach are high. and
-aHlous coach IKE ne wonderful Routh Of St
-1nns College who takes ms cubs" IL patches
v -llseI sr -7-n-y AZ a time. Is NOT long IN &C
--1I--zrilg q hands M competence or course
+ re collegiate system Of AT English university
IS -' ------a-.. l- except the length Of the
---s.z -2. --i-5. or -ls fathers pocketbook- or
~ ~.- ~ t1= coach himself. upon the seIec-
~ 'Ta-1-- a Trinity Or Peterhouse I'm
e. O.. R1Uth. u 81 John $, T
- CHOOSES provided Ha1rh considers him a sub
damage mis- reputation 10y tax
- " . u addition 10 this there is
-'- ~ .- -a-- when The undergraduate IS
3-r- .u2 vacations. With or without
A--I ~ -a.s.- diary coaches And lastly. the
- --= carefully. = mol auxiOUsIy.
4---l=c b college tutor. VINO sees IN MIN one
ERA 2--sar-1-d chances q distinction for
he eoIeea
- me spring - each year then. the field
'l-s srea- event after three. four or FIVE
-if ~ ar1la-s training o. The spot. not 10
--''A taa previous years If schooIboy prepa-
---'i- arr summoned 10 the schools Tor ex-