New-York tribune., 1901-05-27
UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION.
INTERESTING PROGRAMME OF EXER.
CISES FOR FIRST WEEK IN
JULY AT ALBANY.

Albany, May 26 (SpeciaD-The addresses q,
the thirty ninth University Convocation promise
to be of unusual interest. the main theme being
Tendencies in Education at the Beginning OF
the Twentieth Century" The replies already
received from those to whom invitations wera
extended to prepare papers show that all will
probably be present who received these invita-
tions.
The sessions of the convocation will be held
on July L. 2 and 3 in the Senate Chamber Of the
Capitol BY ordinance of the State Univer-
sity all trustees. instructors and other officers
in universities. colleges. normal schools acad-
emies high schools and other institutions Of sec
ondary and higher education in the State are
ex-officio members of the convocation. Those
holding similar positions in other States and all
others interested in education can also consider
that they are cordially invited to attend the
convocation-
The opening exercises of the convocation will
be held on Monday evening. July l. Prayer will
be offered by DR.. Orris A Warren. of the Board
of Regents and short addresses will follow by
the chancellor of the university. Anson Judd
Upson; the vice-chanceIlor. the Right Rev. W.
c. Doane. Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the
Diocese of Albany. and these re-ents; Chester
S. Lord and ST. Clair McKelway. At the close
of the session there will be informal recep-
ton in the State Library.
The morning session July will have as It's
special theme Present Tendencies in Secondary
Education The opening address on this theme
will be made by Professor Elmer Ellsworth
Brown. of the University of California, and ad-
dresses will follow from DR. William H Max
well. superintendent of the schools OF New-York
City; Professor George n. Locke OF the Uni
versity of Chicago. Editor of The School Re-
view; Charles n. Keyes superintendent of the
South District public schools of Hartford, Conn.,
Nhar har
ter schools; Frederick Van Dusen. principal Of
the Ogdensburg Free Academy; James Winnie.
principal of the POUghkeepsie High School and
Frank 5. Fosdick principal Of the Masten High
School, Buffalo.
Tuesday afternoon the theme will be Present
Tendencies in Higher Education. The opening
address will be made by F. Stanley Hail. presi-
dent of Clark University, Worcester, Mass. and
there will be other addresses on the same theme
by NJ. Woolsey Stryker. president of Hamilton
College; Rush Rhees, president of the University
Of Rochester. and A. E Winship. Editor of The
Journal of Education OF Boston Then there
will be a formal discussion of the theme. in the
course of which addresses will be made by A. v.
V Raymond president Of Union College, and
Walter B. GunnisOn. principal of the Erasmus
Hall High School Brooklyn
Tuesday evening the annual address will be
delivered by w II P FaunCe. president Of
Brown University. His theme will be The Con-
tribution of Our Higher Schools to the Life Of
the Nation
Wednesday morning the theme will be Pres
ent Tendencies in Technical and Professional
Education" The chief address will be made by
John Butler Johnson dean of the College OF
Mechanics and Engineering. University Of Wis
consia. Special addresses this theme will be
made by DIR. George b. Stewart. president Of
Auburn Theological Seminary; Dr. Bayard
Holmes. secretary of the American Association
of Medical Colleges, and James Brown Scott,
dean of the College of Law, University of IIli-
nois. There will be a formal discussion of this
theme by Howard ]. Rogers. Deputy Superin-
tendent of the Department of Public Instruc-
ton. and by Percy L. Bugbee principal Of the
Oneonta Normal School. The exercises win close
with the reading of the neurology OF the year by
Charles W. Bardeen, Editor of The School Bull
letin,'' of Syracuse.