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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
FEATURES OF THE ANNUAL CATALOGUE
LIBRARY PROGRESS

The catalogue of Columbia University for the
current year has just been issued, and very few
marked changes noticeable. The book con-
tains about fifty additional pages, but in every
other respect it presents the same appearance.
Among the new features is mention of the sum-
mer session, to be held for the first time this year
The registration figures present anomaly, mas
much the total registration is smaller than last
year while the number of students actually receiv
ing instruction under the faculties is greater This
Is explained by the fact that the number of
tension students Is much smaller this year than
last. An attempt has been made in this catalogue
to present complete list of the publications of
the university. While it may have omitted
minor books, 1t is the complete ever pub
lished. Another feature noticeable is the double
registration, used for the first time this year In
academic calendar June 10 Is set the date for
commencement. There has been some doubt as
the day. but this fixes 1t definitely
large number of lectures which are open to
the general public. will be given under the au-
spices of Columbia at the University. the Museum
of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, during the next three months. At the uni
versity a course of ten lectures in the German
language will be given each Wednesday in Feb
ruary, March and April 43O p. m. The list of
lecturers includes the Rev Dr. Gustav Gottheil,
DIR. Frank Boas. DR.. Julius Sachs and the Rev. DR..
Ulmann. The lectures at the Museum of Natural
History will be the subject of paleontOlogy and
will be given on Saturday evenings during Febru-
the SATURDAY mornings on February M by Se e Jean am
Schopfer, French architecture and sculpture.
on February - the American Society of Psychical
Research Will hold a meeting at Columbia. when
Professor James II. HyslOp will read a paper
the Trance Manifestations of Mrs. Piper Pro-
fessor Hysop has made an extensive study of Mrs,
Piper
The Columbia library has probably the best coli
lection Of British parliamentary reports outside
Of the British Museum. few gaps exist, which
Mr.. Choate is making an effort to NIL up by get
ting the necessary books from the British Gov
ernment.
John R. PIanten Consul-GeneraI of the Neither
lands has presented to the library a collection OF
very old books and pamphlets pertaining TO the
because of their age. The monthly reports Of the
library show two-fold increase in special readers,
that is. of persons not connected with the uni
versty
At the next meeting of the trustees it IS ex-
pected that several important changes Will be
made In the entrance requirements of the college
Just what the changes will be has not yet been
learned. but il is thought that Latin may cease
be a required study.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
FOR A BOTANICAL STATION IN CUBA
LECTURE COURSES.

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. "A concert will be
given in Sanders Theatre February 16 to arouse
interest among the undergraduates in Scandi-
navian affairs. The expenses have been provided
for by the recent gifts of Mrs. Hammer, of Boston,
and the concert will therefore be free to all Nor
wegian music, both vocal and instrumental. will
be rendered by Miss Lunde, a Norwegian singer,
and by members Of the Boston Symphony Orches
ira under Max Zach. A feature of the programme
will be the Peer Gynt Suite" by Grieg
Henry Austin Clapp completed a remarkable
series of lectures on Wednesday night the plays
of Shakespeare The attendance was large that
the last five had to be given in Sanders Theatre
Professor GoOdale and Cakes Ames, of the
Botanic Garden, have just returned from Cuba,
sugar cane. Z. f. Atkins whose plantation
near Cienfuegos they have been making their in
VestigationS, has made offer of very rich
land on his estate for the prosecution of expert
ments in the cultivation of tropical plants Pro
lessor Goodale. director of the Botanic Garden,
will accept the offer of Mr. Atkins and will set up
an experiment botanical station in Southern Cuba.
The annual William Belden Noble lectures will
be given this year by Professor G. Fl. Palmer on
the subject of Ethics in Relation the Neigh
boring Sciences" The dates of the lectures, which
March Z, Ethics and the Descriptive Sciences:
March II. Ethics and the Law; March q, Ethics
ana the F+ne Arts March "a and April T. Ethics
ana Religion and April II. Conclusion
Professor j. H. Beale, Of the la " faculty will
give a new course under the faculty of arts and
sciences during the second half year which will
treat or the History Of Crime in England and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03

E. Howard gave the address of the day on THE
Social Function of the Open Library" President
Wheeler of the University of California also spoke,
and his closing sentiment Gloria crescat bibli-
otheca Stanfordiana." was heartily cheered by the
appreciative audience.
description Of the interior arrangement of the
library economy has become science in itself.
The entire constructive is hreproof even to iron
shelves and cement floors. The reading room is
50 by 20 feet and contains twenty-six reading tables
with provision for three hundred students. The
tables so arranged that each reader has a
section to himself, with separate electric light.
Besides the large windows the north, abundant
light is afforded by the dome of stained glass, ars-
Three beautiful memorial windows of stained glass
shed their tempered light upon the reading desks.
The wanscotfng Is of white marble. the walls are
finished in white stuccO and the balcony Is supported
by the cut sandstone pillars, familiar feature
of the university architecture. Opening off from
the reading ROOM and the ground floor are four
large rooms. One of these will house the Hopkins
Railway Library; the others will be used ref
erence rooms and for cataoguing. On the second
floor opening onto the broad balcony, six
seminary rooms. The stackroom, 20 by "a feet. has
a shelving capacity of over two hundred thousand
volumes. The library is spending this year about
5000 for the purchase of books 1t is planned to
purchase about ten thousand books annually The
library management is considering the matter of
keeping the library open Sundays.
recent university regulation declares that credit
will be given only for work done in residence at
the university. But work which cannot be done at
the university, be better done elsewhere will
be regarded work done in residence. All such
work must be duly registered in advance. The
effect of this regulation is practically to abolish
summer school WORK and to pave the way for
continuous session of the university during the
SIM
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current year the following are mentioned: Intro
ductton TO Roman Archaeology The Times and
Life OF La Fontaine'' The History of the English
Language, THE Gospel and Letters of st. john
THE History of Italian Painting" The History
OF Architecture from the Year 1000 A. d. to the
Present Time, The History of Music and Mu-
sicians" and two courses in phiIology.%
Regarding student numbers, President Hazard
says
1t is gratifying to report the entrance of a large
freshman class. Two hundred and twenty-three
new STUDENTS were admitted in September. and
ranked ranked as follows: Freshmen, 1879; sophomores. 8
new candidates for the freshman class 100 were
prepared in public schools and 70 in private
schools 1t is worthy of note that the present
freshman class is the largest which has been ad-
mtted since the increase in board and tuition and
steady growth in coming years. The total regis
tration for September, 1899, is 6S7.
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AMHERST COLLEGE.
THE KELLOGG FELLOWSHIP LECTURES
POPULARITY OF PRESIDENT HARRIS

Amherst Mass, Feb DIR. Arthur II. Pierce, So
has commenced his fourth and last annual course
of lectures as incumbent OF the kellogg fellow
ship. This fellowship is unique in that it is held
by one person for seven years. and yields him dur
term expires January l. 1901. and before that time
the faculty will nominate and the trustees ap-
point his successor. He has specialized in psy-
chology space perception. and his lectures these
four years will form the basis Of work 10 be
published. In the present course optical illusions
Will be dealt with by the aid of the stereopticOn.
The college library is for the first time light
ed throughout by electricity, and the entire build
ing including the book stack. is kept open from
$50 a. m. to $50 p. m. Great satisfaction is eX-
pressed with this long needed Improvement, and
the leading place which the library has always
taken at Amherst among the college institutions
will be well maintained. \ large number of new
books has lately been added to the library, includ-
ing a consignment OF German books purchased
abroad by Professor Richardson during last sum-
President Harris has been received with much en-
thusasm he alumni of the Chicago and Boston
assoCia tons their recent banquets In each case
the Boston dinner reaching lS9. While on his trip
10 the West President Harris was entertained in
ST Paul By Emerson w Peet, former trustee,
who brought together a large number OF repre-
sentative men in that region to meet him He re
turned from the trip much encouraged as TO the
prospects Of the college:
on Monday evening the college listened to Pro
fessor Patrick Geddes, OF the University Of Edtn-
ern system of Education" this being the first in
the annual course on college Thought and Public
interests" The following morning Professor
Geddes explained to the faculty the plans for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
OPENING OF JEsUP HALL-THE THOMPSON
LECTURES AND COLLEGE PREACHERS

Williamstown, Mass. Feb 2.-The most important
event Of the last week the opening of Jesup
Hall on Wednesday. 1t is the gift of Morris X
Jesup and viii form a centre for the social and
religious interests OF the college.
Through the generosity of Mrs Frederick +!
Thompson, the Thompson lectures Will be continued
during the winter The list for 1900 IS as follows:
January 49, the Pittsdeld symphony Orchestra:
January -. Professor Bradley OF Wesleyan tWH-
Jams, 80, on Liquid Air" with experiments: Feb
ruary /. Leland T Powers: February l5 the LotoS
Gee Club March S. the Cecan Quartet and Mr.
Weeks; March IS. the Kaltenborn String Quartet
and Marcn % exhibition OF wild animals. by Under
wood on February &c Will occur the biennial
Jackson entertainment, which will this year be fur
nished by the Fadettes OF Boston
The list OF college preachers appointed for this
year February g. the Rev. DR.. Charles y. Day,
OF Boston; February II. the Rev. II. =. Dewey, OF
Concord, y. H; February IS. the Rev. Dr. William
G. +. Khoades. OF Brooklyn; February -. the Rev.
O. q. Atkins. of Greenfield, Mass: March I. the
Rev. DIT. II. l.. Smith, OF Amherst; March II. the
Rev. Robert +. Speer. OF Ncw-Yotk; March IS.
the Rev. Or. John Bascom. Of Williams College;
March p. the Rev. II. l.. Griffin, OF Bangor. Ne ::
April J. the Rev. Harris +. AdrianCe, of New
York and April S. the Rev. Dr. L. w Spring, Of
Williams College
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings We're held
the preliminary debates for choice of those who
to take part in the annual joint debate with
Dartmouth. The successful students We're Messrs.
Cross 90 Djerf. 90. and Haynes, %, with Drake.
'0l alternate The judges OF the debaters were
Professors Bascom and Hewitt and Or. Perry:
or the debates. Professors Morton and MaXcy and
Assistant Professor Ferry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
PET DOG SHOW HAS A DEFICIT

At meeting OF the American Pet Dog Club held
at the Waldorf-Astoria Wednesday night re-
ports were made which indicated shortage In the
club funds. 1t is said that the two shows given by
the club have not proved successful. and that a
deficit, instead of a profit Is shown. Just what
this shortage Is no one seems TO know exactly and
1t was said yesterday that complete statement of
the clubs financial condition would be prepared
and offered at meeting TO be held later In the
month There is no fear but that the debt will be
promptly ltquidated when the club meets The club
IS composed of wealthy people of New-York and
other cities. and had the club whole, known
at the last meeting what responsibility had been
incurred il is said the matter would have been
promptly acted upon and money voted to meet
the obligations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
REPORT OF WEILESLEY'S PRESIDENT.
CHANGES AND PROGRESS IN COLLEGE
CONDITIONS

wellesley Mass. Feb. 2-Presdent Hazards first
annual report the trustees of Wellesley. OF the
opening weeks of the college year. contains much
of interest regarding the general condition of the
college, although the report is necessarily brief.
since, in Miss Hazards words. there has been
time for adequate study OF so large and complex
a subject"
To her predecessor in office. Mrs Julia J. Irvine
President Hazard paws graceful and fitting trib-
ute and speaks in cordial terms OF the Wellesley
faculty
Concerning the division Of administrative
duties. which went into effect at the opening of
the year the president says:
In beginning my work here I thought 1t
wise to request the appointment OF dean. who
should take the more strictly academic side of the
Of college affairs the external relations of the col
lpge and the home administration. Our duty
Includes not only the instruction OF large body OF
students but their housing, their living. their
less daily questions which arise to be settled,
MAKE the dlHeItnce between comfort and happi-
TO the college and secured efficient officer
After review Of the appointments on the
of instruction, and of the presidential inaugu-
ration services in October, President Hazard names
the distinguished lecturers and preachers whose
has enriched the college life this year and
adds:
One of the pressnganeeds or the college is a fund
10 devote to the maintenance of the chapel services
49,: We should look toward some system of col
residence for a month or more.
Considerable space In the report is devoted TO the
building and repairs which have been recently in
progress. The five buildings begun within the
last year are rapidly approaching completion. The
Within observatory is virtually ready for Work
Is proceeding on Wilder Hail. the new dormltory.
and the three society houses-Zeta Alpha Phi
Sigma and Tau Zeta Epsilon-will speedily be COM
pleted path has been made from College
Hall to the lodge, and the long winding steps
at the east end of College Hall have been rebuilt
A diet kitchen has been established, and here az
the proper adjustments be made the
cooking will be done by electricity. Norumbega
Cottage has been adapted to the use Of the presi-
dent.
The crowded condition OF the library has been
relieved by series OF changes new department
library for the subject OF economics and a
reading room having been provided President
Hazard remarks the need of gymnasium and a
swimming tank, also the necessity of charging the
electric light plant. and recommends a separate
building for laundry; also a general bakery for the
cottages.
OF the ten new courses offered last Nav for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
PARK BOARD DIsREG4RDs INJUNCTION
RIVERSIDE DRIVE AT EIGHTY NINTH-sT. SELECT
ED FOR THE Monument SITE.

KIN ERSlDE DRIVE AT EIGHTY NINTH ST. SELECT
ED FOR THE MONUMENT SITE
The Park Board yesterday, ir spite of the in
junction procured last week restraining the mem
bers from erecting the Soldiers and Sailors Memo
rial Monument in Riverside Drive at Eighty-ninth-
st. approved resolution selecting that spot a J
the proper site for the monument
Tho resolution offered by President Clausen
and rescinded the resolution approving the selec-
ton Of Mount Tom a site.
Two women living at the end of Eighty mint h-st
secured temporary Injunction last week restrain
ing the Park Board from having the monument
erected there. The Board hopes to have the in
junction vacated through the efforts of the Cor
poration Counsel.
Bids were opened by the Park Board for the cree
ton Of two prOpagatOrs for the conservatory There
were three bidders, Htchings & Co. who bid SI595:
Lord & Burnham who bid S11,530. and Thomas W.
Weathered's Sons who bid 81 400. The contract
was not awarded.
A communication received from the Cor
poration Counsel recording the confirmation of the
title of the Park Board to the plot land for St
Nicholas Park. The ground lies between One hun
Observation-Disclosures and One-hundred -forty-first
SITS, along St Nicholas-ave. and st. Nicholas Ter
race. and takes In One hundred andt hirty-eghth-
81. to One-hundred- and -forteth-st along Amster-
dam-ave.. well. The confirmation of the title
fnsures the commencement of work on the new
park at an early day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
FOR A SCHOOL. OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WITH BUILDINGS.

Berkely. Cal. Jan. 29.-The new term has opened
with about one hundred new students most OF thelh
I'm the graduate and advanced courses.
The recent rule lessenng prescribed work ana
increasing freedom OF election VIII go INTO eHect III
August.
The principal scholastic events of the rev term
will be the FIVE lectures on French poetry by NJ
De Regner the French poet: President Wheeiers
course on Greek archaeology and the course to be
given at Berkeley by the astronomers or the LICK
Observatory. Mr.. Meade. the Government fore
caster, Will also give course on 1neteoroogy. in
Guiding his experiments with kites and those with
balloons
julius Kahn has introduced into Congress bill
transferring to the university the Lake Tahoe
reservation. TO be used a basis for a college
of forestry. 1t allows the disposal OF timber water
pasturage and other products for the support of
the college.
and has been on leave while serving lieutenant
in the Philippines has on his return been appointed
assistant professor.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars has been voted by
the Regents to build house on the campus for
the president.
Hearst Hall. built by Mrs. Hearst adjoining her
new residence here. has been finished oi.d used
for several receptions and musicals given to faculty
and students. The decorations tapestries and
paintings make the hall very beautiful and it will
Hearsts expressed intention to spend much time
n Berkeley making personal acquaintance with
Pathological Association o, Of the Pacific Coast
representatives from all colleges and the higher
%Ree AND %as esced It's s p
Wheeler has also been made a coTrespo3!nding mem
The wilmerding Trades School has opened
TO build the permanent structure themselves.
tute Of Art approaches completion It is IS by 100
feet in size and p feet high. and in the same style
attached.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
MERCHANTS WIVES AID EAST SIDE POOR

The attention of Superintendent Blair of the
Out Of Door Poor. has been called to the work the
East Side Ladies' Aid Association Is doing among
the poor OF the East Side. Mrs. Frances Wunder-
lick is the president of the association and the
members are wives OF merchants The Out of Door
Poor Department has been surprised at finding that
the women have anticipated them IN MANY In
stances. and have given literally and
promptly than could have been done by any other
organization
The family of Joseph Mcdonald of No 500 East
Thirtecnth-st.. discovered by a cotenant with
only loaf of bread and pitcher of water at
breakfast last Saturday. The East Side Ladies'
Aid Association has furnished medical aid for Me-
Donald and his sick child and viii take care of
the family until Mcdonald Is able TO get work
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proposition, the other to see the Rapid Tran
sit Commissioners, ascertain if possible when
ground for the road is TO be broken, and get such
other information may be necessary Inc
subcommittee to call on the Mayor is composed
of Councilman Wise, Goodwin, John !. Murphy
and Aldermen Marks and Gaffney. The sub
committee to call on the Rapid TRANSIT Com
missioners is composed OF Aldermen Mum Hol-
Ter. Owen ]. Murphy and Councnmen Hotten-
roth and Murray The committee may also call
on Mr.. Mcdonald after the contract is let ana
ascertain what he desires and also hnd out
when he means to begin work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
The following statement Of President Harper at
the last quarterly convocation is signifcant:

Has the so-called quarter system justified itself
IN the University OF Chicago? The answer TO this
question VIII turn upon the extent which stu
dents nave awaited themselves of its peculiar ad-
vantages. The facts of year will perhaps serve
as Illustration. OF the 1883 different in
residence during the year 1859 per cent we're
present during one quarter, 7 cent pres
ent during two quarters. per cent were pres
ent during four quarters and "a per cent were
present during three quarters. This means that
only u per cent of the total attendance were or
thodoX students-that is students doing three
quarters OF work Seventy-siX per cent took adj
vantage in one form or another OF the quarter sys
tenn These facts answer very definitely the Ques-
ton whether not the system adapts itself 10 ths
needs of students. There may he other and equally
important questions involved. II would seem how
ever that from the student point of view the sys-
TEN had approved itself The fact that other large
institutions have adopted the plan. and thar still
others, ike Columbia. are considering it, is evil
dence that, Notwithstanding difficulties which NAV
be involved. the advantages of a sufficiently
strong character 10 warrant least the considera
ton OF its adoption 1t is, perhaps safe to assume
that of the 1883 students in attendance last year
at least one-haf enjoyed advantages a result
Of the quarter system which would otherwise not
have been open to them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
PEARY ARCTIC CLUB MEETING

The Peary Arctic Club held its annual meeting
yesterday. re-electing Morris X Jesup president,
Henry W. Cannon treasurer. and Herbert L.
Bridgeman secretary The club decided to proceed
at once with the repairs the steamer Wlndward
presented 10 the club by Alfred c. Harmsworth of
London. bill for the American registry Of the
Windward is now pending in Congress. The
steamer VIII be thoroughly rebuilt and dispatched
from St Johns. \. F., where she Is about
July ], taking no passengers but prepared spend
two or three years if necessary. TO complete Mr..
Peary's work in the North
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
TRUCK DRIVER BREAKS CAR WINDOWS.

Daniel Wright was driving truck up Broadway
shortly before noon yesterday when overtaken by
cable car. He paid no attention to the bell
sounded by John Hannahan the rnotorman bur
drove slowly along for two blocks Then Hannahan
ran his car against the truck, lifting the rear
wheels and shaking up Wright. The latter lost his
temper and picked up a stick which he hurled at
Hannahan The stick went through one of the
windows OF the car. striking Charles Z. Valentine
Of No. 20 Broadway, on the head The wound
a slight one, and valentine refused TO make COM
plant magistrate Omsted fined Wright so, and he
was locked up not having the money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03

pan-academic congress In connection r,.. .
preaching Paris Exposition WIN me ap.
On wednesday evening President p,--.
ured in the Amherst Town Hall in ~ -iect-
Lecture course on The New-Enzisns = rnon
Past ana Present. delivering a thOughffnI I92~n.
large popular audience: He took strong erors ne
FAVOR OF manual training as needed TO resto- y. IN
the American educational system the nrac+iooI 20
aents OF instTgetion so thoroughly Infused isso
times through the necessities of the rod to s
then prevailing ue Of life