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New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
THE TRIUMPH OF THE "CO-EDS."

Educational pessimists doing their best
or their worst-to convince other educators and
the world at large that the young idea should
be taught how to shoot in separate academies
of craftsmanship rs co-education a failure?'
asks Professor James. of Northwestern Uni
versty. Young people," says an unsympathetic
and unsentimental instructor in another West
ern co-educational college, there is too much Of
this yumyum business in this institution" Not
to be outdone by mere faculties, the male stu
dents of Columbia express their dissatisfaction
at finding sidecombs and hairpins in the co-edu-
cational swimming pool.
All this has a tendency to bewilder the lay
observer of educational affairs. who has grown
insensibly to believe that co-education like the
higher criticism. the automobile and the gypsy
moth has come to stay" Must he revise his
impressions and resign his belief in the equality
OF the sexes and the inaenable right Of the
young woman get her higher education in
whatever manner she fit? 1t had begun TO
seem if he must.
But the young woman. as usual has risen
to the emergency Already she had shown her
self the peer of her fellow students of the male
persuasion by snatchng scholarships and prizes
they had thought their peculiar property:
and she had proved herself not unworthy of
mems college traditions in some forms of ath-
letics; but it remained for her to demonstrate
that she could hold her with the once dom
inant in what had been supposed to be the
distnctvely masculine college sport of haZing.
Cornell ''co-eds' for example, had been made
to feel their inferority to their brethren of the
university by rude practical jokes of the sort
ordinarily reserved for freshmen, played upon
them by these unchvalrous youths. Now these
girls of Sage College. or their successors.
have vindicated the right of young woma nhood
TO all the privileges of higher education in
colleges founded for men by their proficiency
in the manly art Of hazing. Last Saturday night
the freshman toastmistress was suddenly set
upon by the sophs' (says the veracious chron-
bravely. and long struggle followed" The
toastmistress captured but afterward es-
capped Another freshman speaker, however
taken, hustled into cab. and was driven
around the city during the entire evening"" be-
ing released only after she had made a speech
standing in front of the restaurant where her
classmates were making merry they could
without her "extoling the sophomore class"
A form of interclass pleasantly said to be
much in favor among the young women of
Wellesley is the sprinkng of flour the locks
Of freshmen by sophomores, and vice versa; at
Vassar the students in the second year give
some form of evening entertainment in honor
Of the bashful newcomers. But Vassar and
Wellesley not up to date. and they are
only girls colleges, anyway. They order this
matter better in Ithaca.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

in the Croton Valley. It must be maze ao
solutely impregnable in every part, lmpossF
BILE of destruction by any imaglnaole ram
fall and consequent pressure Of deluge oehiho
it. The dam at the Jerome Park reservoir
should also be studied with exceeding care
Statements have been made that the loulua
tions of that Jerome Park wall are not what
they should be- Mayor Low and his associates
in the local government may be trusted 10
examine that problem with diligence ana
thoroughness.
Engineers of the highest reputation bo'h III
Europe and America are watching with Keen
interest the progress Of the work on three
Cyclopean enterprises in the public supply Oh
water within a days journey from the lily
Hall of Manhattan. Two of them are for lie
benefit of this metropolis. The third one IS
the making of a vast artificial lake in the
Nashua Valley, in Massachusetts, for the I'M
pounding of water for Boston and all the
neichboring cities on and near the shores OF
Massachusetts Bay. These three the new reser-
yoirs and dams in the Croton Valley, at Jerome
Park and in Worcester County, Massachusetts
rank among the most ambitious tasks OF modern
times in the provision and storage of water Tor
we'll known communities. In every one OF
these tasks the expenditure must he counted by
millions: but in no one of them can the outlay
be unduly stinted if there is peril of disaster
from unwise restriction.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
BAGGAGE AT THE PIERS.

Secretary Shaw makes it plain that he is sin
cerely anxious to do away with every cause or
reasonable complaint as to the examination or
passengers trunks at the steamship piers. But
il seems likely that grievances of this sort have
been exaggerated for partisan purposes. and 1t
must be borne in mind always that the Federal
Government does not own OR lease or control
the wharves The Secretary of the Treasury IS
in duty bound TO enforce the laws as they stand
and the difficulties in his path, If he should at
tempt to satisfy the captious, would he abso-
lutely insuperabe.
There never was a time when there was not
great deal of grumbling among Transatlantic
voyagers who are detained at the docks but it
may fairly be expected that Secretary Shaw
and Collector Stranahan will try to lessen fric-
ton and discomfort as far the statutes VIII
afford them opportunity.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
BROOKLYN LIBRARY CONSOLIDAIION.

IT is reported that a delegation of Brooklyn
neople will urge Governor Odell TO veto the Dill
for the consolidation of the Brooklyn Library
and the Brooklyn Public Library on the ground
that the new corporation is TO have n sef-per-
petuating board. We hope that this is not true
mr. that If # is true Governor Odell will not De
Influenced by them. for their view is snort
sighted one.
The desirahility of consolidation is on all
sides admitted. The Brooklyn Library can con-
sent TO consolidation on no other terms. Tor II
holds large trusts which must be safeguardeu
in that way The New-York Public Library,
the NetropoIitan Museum of Art, the Museum
of Natural History. the Geological and the Bo-
tanica1 gardens in Bronx Park are all managed
by self-perpetuating corporations, and Governor
OdelI has without opposition just signed Dill
turning over the Aquarium TO the Geological so
ciatv because it was conceded that 1t could ne
better managed by such society than ny the
CITY officials Exactly the same reason exists
for the reorganization of the library, with the
additional incentive that valuable collections
can thus be secured for the free use Of the pub
lie There is no good reason why the Dill
should not be signed. Mayor Low. after hear
ing. has accepted it for the city. and, in view OF
the Governors settled policy of respecting the
desires of the local authorities and giving New
York home rule that action is sure to have
great weight.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
AmuSemtnfs.


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New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

wedding yesterday of much interest to a wide
circle Of friends that of Miss Ruth Huntington
Bond, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Henry r. Bond of
New-London Conn. and Robert Thorne, Of this
city Owing TO the recent death of brother of the
bride, the wedding held at the home Of her
uncle, Major Frank S. Bond. No. IS West Fifty
frst-st in this city and only the immediate fam
lilies and few intimate friends were present. The
Rev. DR.. Benjamin w. Bacon. of the Yale Divinity
School cousin of the BRIDE ofticiated- The best
was DR.. Edward Southworth Halves. Of Brooklyn.
and the ushers were Henry r. Bond. jr., Johnston
de Forest, Frederic E. Haight and Harold B.
Thorne.
Kingston " Y. April Is (SpeciaD.-RObert Bay
ard Coykendau son of Samuel D. Coykendall, OF
this city and Miss Katherine Gardiner Sahler, OF
Saugerties were married in the Saugerties Re-
formed Church this afternoon. the Rev DR.. Lipple
of New-York cousin of the bride. assisted By the
Rev David Hunter. the pastor Of the church, Of
fciating Miss Grace c. Hecker. of Detroit, was
maid OF honor and the bridesmaids were Miss
Helen Becher of BaIIston; Miss Grace Gillette. Of
New-YOrk Miss Caroline WolcOJt, OF Rochester.
and Miss Agnes L. Cantine. Of Kingston The
bride was given away by District Attorney Gan
tine OF this city her cousin. Harry 8 CoykendaIl
brother of the bridegroom, was best man. and the
ushers were Nathaniel Campbell, OF New! ork;
Edward and Thomas Coykendal orotner5 OF [he
bridegroom and Christopher h LoUghran. Of this
citv The ceremony was followed by reception at
ths home of Mrs Peter Cantine. Among the guests
who came by special car from NeW-Iork were Mr
Gould Dr. and Mrs George F Snrady Mrs Frank
n Gould. Mrs. Henry Merwln SaTady, count
BoteIIi Mr. and Mrs. Herzog and Mr. and MIS-
Frederick CoykendaM
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
THE DAMS MUST BE STRONG.

No conceivable risks should be taken with a
dam which is to keep in check an artificial lake
nineteen miles in length and Of enormous
capacity. Mayor Low and the other members
of the city government who have been inspect
ing the colossal work in the lower part Of the
Croton Valley not far from the Hudson, are
inclined TO the view that the mighty barrier
which is to hold back one of the largest reser-
yoirs ever built in any country must be OF the
strongest and most solid masonry from bank to
hank even if the cost OF the undertaking is con-
siderably increased. Their conclusion will GER
tainly be approved by the wisest Judgment of
Newly Workers.
The horrors of the Johnstown flood have not
vet been forgotten. In that disaster hundreds
of lives were sacrificed. and the property losses
mounted ND in the millions. That calamity was
due to the breaking away Of dam which had
been constructed by engineers of repute and
experience. Those engineers had not provided
for sufficiently large margin of safety. Heavy
rains fell, the waters rose, the dam crumbled
away, and the horrors which followed were
heartrending. Heavy as are the burdens heaped
upon the shoulders Of New York taxpayers with
annual budgets OF a hundred millions EACH
and with the issue of scores of millions OF
bonds IN addition every year, it would be
criminal folly TO neglect any precaution in
the putting together of the gigantic dam
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

John : Rhea. one Of the boy orators of KEN
tuckv Of the jos Blackburn type. IS soon 20
leave Washington 10 return 70 the NentucA! -7'-
of notifies where for number OF years ne HOS
heen a leader in the town hall and on 'le s-U-s.
His oratory in his State has won him fame 20 u'e
evtent of c,,rnpar1son with William Jennings Bryan
with respect TO force mental energy ana eIOq~7I'-
But at the capital he seemed % nave 4oSI Ms
rover having permitted his more aus-e'e O'
leagues in more English attire TO assume tne -pOS
ton as speaker in the House Of RepreseHla@.-,v ~
which he held in the woods and toWhS u -
lucky Rhea is succeeded in Congress oS -
Mckenzie Moss. nephew of MckenzIe MOSS -
nominated Grover Cleveland for president -
House Committee on Elections decided the coI'gS
case against Rhea some time ago. Before 'he 19
cision was reported Rhea learned that ne "aS ~
ing TO lose the fight for his seat he tneIe"Ie-
drew on the disbursing officer OF The House i0 .0
full allowance of stationery yearly granted 10 Co-
gressmen amounting to $10o His successor W.
not therefore. he able 70 secure ffee S Demo
cratic convention in St Louis IN $50 Khea n it had
iargafI r 70 do vtth his election to Congress. he
an enthusiastc supporter OF S1o1STi, i,.1 from
one town to another to make speech from rireer ON -
the bushes along the roaasl3e lta a biCb pierced
the Side of his horse. Rhea succeeded IN escdphs ne
from the anti-Goebel kentuckian anu Wen ea7djdate
wav only slightly perturbed lie was q .I -on
for United states Senator IN the nsht Iece'i''S
by Blackburn
The King of Portugal. although advised aSdi'S'
il bv his physician is very fond of meat ana '-i'
no form of cooking comes up 10 that OF 'le H-7
ush. When staying In England few years ago N0
visited Lord SaUsbury's beautiful seat at Hallei'
During dinner the conversation naturally tuIieo
upou the royal visit and the Duke OF 1orN-lO
the Prince of Wales-who was present. said 70 @ ,h0
King. Now what has impressed your mdJe'''
most during your short stay in England!
The King Of Portugal replied tnouSHOi"i-''
We'll I think the English roast beef IS very u'-
"Ohr' laughed his royal highness but S sufs1y ~
something else has impressed your maJeS'S 80
An. enthusiastically replied the king: slJ.
course, The English boiled beef IS also dehSH'A"'
Last winter Mime. Patti was staying Ior 4e"
days in an Isolated village in Yorkshire To XIII 'ne
monotony OF the place the prtna donna went QUO
night to a concert given in aid of a certain village
institution Not half OF the performers appeaTteo-
Appreciating the difficulty Nine Pattl-inco5Iiii'a
Of course-offered 10 o5lige the audience VIII
song or two. Then she sang three or her SWSeteSsS
ballads. AT the close the chairman approached anu
in solemn tones. thanked her.
Well. miss, he said. you've done unconiIrSn mo-
we'll And. although AIRY 'Ock. the JuSgler' WIZ
thinks nowt of takin' old Of 'ot pokers and a,swa
very considerable. miss
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
About People and Social lncidenfs.

for luncheon Yesterday il chartered by
James Henry Smith. who had as his guests Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson. Mrs Earle Dodge Miss
Babcock Philip Noin and Delancey Kaur Alfred
G. Vanderbilt drove. Mrs. Vanderbilt has retained
II Tor Friday for party OF young friends of her
daughter Gladys
Among the entertainments of yesterday were =
dinner party given by Mrs j. Hood Wright az
her house, No. 61S Fifth-ave.; Miss Leary's musf-
CAL in the afternoon. which the singing of Heath
Gregory constituted the principal feature Of the
programme. and the drawing room meeting in the
morning at the East Seventy-eighth-st home Of
Thomas e Stillman. for the benefit Of the Rose
Mission, under the patronage of Mrs William j.
Schiefelin. Mrs. Henry Rowland. Miss Grace
Dodge and others
marriage which takes place in Maryland on
April 30. and which possesses an interest for a
number of people here. is that of Stephen Rowe
Bradley. jr., formerly adjutant of Squadron and
Katharine Mcpherson Scott daughter Of TSr as
Mrs j. Mcpherson Scott. Of Hagerstown. Nd
The marriage of Miss Ethel Phelps. daughter OF
St. will take place on May Is in the Brick Churcb
Fifth-ave. and Thirty-seventh-st 0A'
Mr. and Mrs James A Burden. fr. returned to
town yesterday from their Southern trip
Lspenard Stewart is among those sailing for Eu-
rope tomorrow
Mrs. Vanderbilt has abandoned her projected trip
Europe. and will remain in this country
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay. who were to
return yesterday from Lakewood have DELAYED
their departure until tomorrow. when they will
proceed TO Rosyn and take I'D their residence at
their country place there
William Astor Chan1er left town yesterday for
two months trip to Mexico.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

number Of weddings figure the programme
of society for to-day. Among the most notable
are the marriages of Hector Havemeyer TO Miss
Raw Russell of J. Arthur Brooks Miss Mary
oakley and of Miss Bertha Gillet to Lieutenant
William Patterson. U. S. A
1t is in the Madison Avenue Reformed Church
that the Havemeyer- Russell wedding will take
place this afternoon. The bride Will be given away
by her brother George D. Russell. The bride
groom's sister will be her maid of honor. Mrs
Isaac Jenney her matron Of honor and Misses
Alice Quackenboss, Gertrude Hencken and Grace
Ballard her bridesmaids. Arthur Havemeyer will
sist of Raymond Havemeysr. Peter Giisey. Guern-
and isaac Jenney 4 small reception which ow-
ing recent death in the family OF the bride
will take place after the ceremony at the West
Forty-seventh-st. house of the brides mother
The Collegiate Church will be the scene of Miss
Mary Oakleys marriage 10 j. Arthur Brooks this
afternoon o'clock. The bridesmaids will in
clude Misses Edith Van CortIandt Jay. Madeline
Litchfeld. Lucy Byrd and Elizabeth Oakley. while
Walter Brooks will officiate. as best man. After
the ceremony small reception will take place at
the Eas, Fifty m -afth-st Nth house OF the brides
The most picturesque wedding. however of to-
day is likely TO be that of Miss Bertha Giet and
Lieutenant William Patterson. owing to the fact
that the latter and several of his ushers will be in
uniform The ceremony takes place at o'clock
in Trinity Chapel. The bridegroom will have Ed
ward X Crook as best man. and Lieutenant Ed
ward Donney. L. s. A; Lieutenant Richard II.
R@ken E Of & II sePherand r99
and William Fans ans as s. ushfrs Mss Giiiet Will
Misses Mary De Barry Leonie Lentilhon; Char
besTf 96e e s badesmaids Own re- be fsct fba
the brides family Is In mourning there VIII be no
reception after the ceremony.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has secured the Pioneer
for to-day. and will take out party to ArdsIey
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
CHANGES AT CORNELL.

Ithaca n Y. April 15-Assistant Professor W. A.
yVinans OF CorneIs department OF oratory, has ac-
cepted a position in the University Of California
where he will establish department OF public
speaking and oratory. He will leave here for the
coast on August / Professor Duncan G Lee, head
of CorueIIs department Of OraJOry. VIII resume ms
duties here next September. after years speciaL
work in English and Oratory at Oxford
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
A GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION.

Bath y Y. April 15-Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Franklin Grant lifelong residents Of Bath ceie-
brated their golden wedding anniversary to-day.
The Southern Tier Medical Association. which Dr.
Grant helped to organize many years ago. heIo rs
Quarterly meeting at Or. Grants home to-day ana
presented 10 him and Mrs. Grant handsome glIIsi;
T0-niehr a reception held. and friends ana
relatives gave the doctor and his vile sSsS-s
sum in gold
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
LUNCHEON IN NEw-YoRK BUILDING

Charleston. s C. April Is (SpeciaD.-J. B Town
send. secretary Of the New-York State Commission.
and Mrs. Townsend gave luncheon on thursday
last in the New-York State Building Of the Charles
ton EXPOSITION in honor OF Mrs H l. Burnett ana
her father r y. Taller, OF New 1ork ana MIS-
John Madison Taylor Of philadelphia Ine lllcnT9n
was served in the East Room OF the bu1dlnS. Inc
music furnished by the mandolin orcnesIra, % OF
the Streets of Venice Among the guests were MT
and Mrs Phoenis Remsen, Mrs. Andrew Slnonds
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Pringe. Dr. and Mrs Dawson.
Of Charleston, and Mrs. Waller Denesre, OF New
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
L H HYDE AT PARIS.

Paris. April 15-PresidsnJ Loubet to-day received
James H HYDE OF New-York. president OF the
United States Alliance Frarcaise. and consraCU-
lated him or his election 20 that once
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

Property owners in Delancey-st. complain 'na |
their real estate has been taken for brldse aP-
proaches, but they have not yet received any
compensation. Are they unfamiliar Win the
slow going, dilatory methods customary III riu-
nicipal affairs? Let them look at Elm-se' 10
day. Then, perchance, they may be persuaoed
tn go back to DeIancey-st and possess their
souls in patience
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

It has been the general impression that the
production of "rnoonshne' whskey was almost
entirely confined to the wild and mountainous
regions of this country. Therefore the capture
in East Twenteth-st., in the Borough of Man
haitian, of an illicit STILL with daily capacity
Of 75O gallons of spirits is somewhat startling.
But the revenue officers were alive to their duty
Fortunately, although the place was SO barrl-
caded that it was almost like a fortress. the
assault was attended by none of the perlls
bravely encountered in so many instances when
raids have been made upon the moonshiners
of the mountains.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

When the voters of Chicago expressed at the
polls by an overwhelming majority their pref
erence for public ownership and operation of So
called utilities" such as streetcar lines, gas
plants. electric plants and the like did they bear
in mind the power which their Aldermen would
surely exert If the city managed those great
undertakings? Recent developments in our own
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
son BORN TO COUNTESS DE CAsTELLANE

Paris. April 15-The Countess Boni of Caste-'aie'
formerly Anna Could OF New-York, gave olrln 10
a SON Yesterday. The mother and child are well
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

Mr.. Thomas A Edison is not yet convinced
that any airship far tested is OF suos
value for business or any of the uses OF peace
full prosperity. Mr.. Edisons sceptlcsm Is siiaie GU
by many experts in such matters.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

The American invasion" of the Old World Is
gaining more laurels than ever before on the
British and Continental turf. Our Yankee jock
eys are winning still larger percentage of vic
tories abroad than in the Aprils of previous
years This is especially notable change IN
racing methods in England, n country for gen
erations Of the most stubborn conservatism in
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

The men in control Of university and college
sports have been hard at work for months IN
clearing away the faintest shadow of ''profes-
sionalisrn" or "Commercialism'' among the un-
dergraduates, and the outlook for season
wholly free from scandal or reproach among
the student athletes is highly encouraging.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

The Chinese court is now making its Pilgrim
age to the Eastern tombs over a specially con-
structed yellow roadway" sixty miles In
length It is therefore evident that the good
roads movement has gained some headway in
the Yellow Kingdom.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

Board Of Aldermen, and in st. Louis ana other
cities are by no means encouraging to the ao-
vocates Of municipal ownership and manage
p1en
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

District Attorney Jerome says he has sur
prise in store for the gamblers. That announce
ment will keep them wide awake. Watch and
see them jump!
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

Alfred G. Vanderbilt has secured the Pioneer
for to-day and will take out party to Ardsley
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
WEDDINGS.

William Astor Chanler left town yesterday for a
two months trip to Mexico
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

Mrs. Vanderbilt has abandoned her projected trip
Europe. and will remain in this country.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-16

Mr. and Mrs James A Burden. ir returned to
town yesterday from their Southern trip