New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-13
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
LECTURES Ar VARIOUS COLLEGES CoLUM-.
BIAS PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
Two recent bulletins published by the New-Yorll
State Library in its Library School Series
those entitled Selected Reference Books and
Selected Subject photographers" AS has been the
case with all the publications of the University of
very full indexes. which render them exceedingly
servieeable TO students.
The department of psychology at Columbia Uni
yersity, in which the chair recently endowed
by Mr.. Rockefeller, will send special exhibition
TO the Paris Exposition the psychological instru-
Inents made in its laboratories and thirty-three
large groups of photogra phs. One item of special
interest will be a continuance used to measure the
features of person at the same time that he Is
being g SIXTH The serss If GF sGG se
ures in biology under the Dyckman fund VIII be
81 Br yn's MaWr College The lectures Of which
there are TO be ye viii be upon the Sg99gos q
They will be delivered at 2 m on TnesGays ana
horn Hall. at the university and are open TO the
general public.
Members of the college faculty of New-York Uni
versity considering the desirabity OF continu-
ing the spring until nearly the end or June.
and Of lengthening both the Christmas and Easter
recesses University Heights is considered pleas
ant place to spend the month of June in study and
it is thought that il would be desirable to break
lions during the year: Opponents Of the change,
however prefer solid summer for travel and out
side work. The matter is still undecided
Bryn Mawr Penn. Jan. 12-Since the reopenng
of Bryn Mawr College, January 4. there have
been three lectures by outside speakers. On Janu-
airy ) Elliot Schenk spoke Wagners "Rheingold"
and ''Walkure," illustrating his lecture by playing
many collections. On Wednesday, the Rev. DR..
OF Sr gave obn Dstt Wgrner addressed
o Ps Rs Rs0'' CLUB on trusts 'n'"s'''a' N'o"0'
Aurora, N Y, Jan. 12-The subjects Of Professor
Wnchesters lectures on English literature at Wells
College this winter are -Four Typical Plays of
Shakespeare" These are "A Midsummer Nights
| Dream" Henry W." Antony and Cleopatra" and
THE Winters Tale Moliere lie Bourgeois Gentil-
homme" was given as part Of the programme OF
founders day Arrangements have been made for
Han It Is hoped that it may be in readiness for
use early IN May to be first Used on the anaiye zd
| Of the founders days OF the college
South Hadley Mass Jan. 12-During the Christ
mas recess all the above the first foor in the
| dormitories at Mount Holyoke fitted with
rope fire escapes. In addition to this precaution
the students in the various houses are organized
as fire brigades each being assigned to her own
post and drilled in the Of the hose fire buckets
and fire extingushers, with which the halls are
supplied Among recent lectures have been those
by Charles F. Warner. principal Of the Springfield
Mechanics Arts High School on liquid air. and by
| Professor Timothy Drake. of Abingdon, Mass, on
eTe 5I9a ths former by experiments and
lie latter by the steTeopticon. On Sunday ser
died suddenly on January at her home. in Hart
! ford was held by the Young Women's Christian
Association.
Toronto Jan l2-The committee on Saturday
| public lectures of the University OF Toronto has
completed its arrangements for the of 1900.
! xxl haIyfD Ian he
! tiaued on succeeding Saturday afternoons. These
| lectures are delivered for the most part by men
not connected with the university staff on topics OF
| literary or scientific interest, and form inter-
esting feature In the intellectual life OF the uni
versity on its popular side The programme
| for the present year is more than unusually at
! tractiye. Among the lecturers and topics will be
! Homer Watson. Some Great Landscape Paint
! ers and Their Methods; Ernest Seton Thompson:
| on The Picturesque Side Of Wild animals and
! Louis Frechette. "French-Canadian Folk Lore
| Twelve words are affected by the recent change
| in spelling in the official publications Of the Uni
versty of Chicago The words are catalogue, peda-
| gogue demagogue. prologue decalogue although,
! though thorough thoroughfare, through, through
/ out and programme They will appear in all uni
xersty puoneaIohs Ieds sP demaSnp nse
| log decalog altho. tho, thoro, thorofare thru,
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| tion Association.
The trustees of Boston University have for
| long time felt the need OF a much larger endow-
ment fund to enable them to carry out their plans
for the future enlargement of the of that In
! stituton's work They have adopted the annuity
plan for securing funds, the idea of which may be
! briefly given this: Any person desiring to give
! money may secure In return annuity bond,
! legally executed and yielding an annual payment
of the the donor during the rest of his
or her life The OF interest varies from to Q
per cent. according 10 the age OF the donor At
! death the principal which is kept intact and
! loaned upon adequate security remains in the
treasury OF the university, TO be used In the in
terest OF higher education. .i.s -.a,...,.
At the University of Indiana the student body
varies from term 20 term, and In one respect at
least is unusual, and perhaps unique After the
country schools close in April the number of stu
dents is materially increased by the entrance of
large body OF teachers. who wish to devote their
whole vacation self-mprovement. These stu
dents many OF whom year after yeari are
hard working earnest and thoroughly desirable as
class. II Ia so easy TO determine what courses
they ought TO enter. At present they permitted
TO enroll In any course that they would have been
qualified enter at the beginning OF the term
and take their chances of catching up with the
work and passing the final examinations. The ar
who have been IN the course from the beginning
nor does IL perfectly meet the needs of the new ar
rivals and vet no other arrangement has thus far
beeu asfb these students ~,