New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

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/ ago. An Interesting fact is that the School Of
Science continues 70 gain on the academic de-
| partment. lI6 OF the new class being entered
for the scientific course and lS9 for the acade4n-
1 ic whereas heretofore the academic department
has been almost a third the larger. Although
! the freshman class is smaller than for two
years, the total enrolment OF the university is
Increased for this class is larger than the class
OF 'u2, which was graduated last June by
over hundred THIS means total enrolment
of between 100 and loo. Us against 13,,4 last
year.
a large number Of changes in the faculty
has occurred within the last few months. but
with few exceptions they are not especially sig
u.toaut The most important Of these We're
th. r.sisa.t!ots OF Professor Henry Clay Cam
e-ur the senior member and clerk OF the fac
-l,y. and Professor :. s,auhope Orris. and the
death ot Professor Humphreys
since the Urw president was elected two fig
ur.s have PASSED from Frincetons present day
life Johnny Drsnan. the college policeman
Tor upward of quarter Of = century, died
week after thu university closed its doors last
June. ana just a month later Jimmy John
SON. tho old peanut and candy vendor. whose
grotesque figure was always seen at the ath-
l-tlo field when games were played at the
ar,hWay OF the new library where he dis
I-u-eI his tulvats TO the undergraduates as
they filed out from the recitation rooms, bade
Princeton farewell The latter, who had been
j. Princeton since $3.50. used 10 refer TO him
self the oldest member Of the faculty. An
interesting letter bearing the life of Jim
my was recently sent the editor OF the
"Ptin,,tou Alumni Weekly The burden Of
the letter was 10 show that fund was raised
hy th~ Southern students of the college for
IN. pur. ha~- ot the freedom of the slave in
~, and that IT Was not, as has been generally
supposed 10y tn, Northern students.
Alexander Hail. IN which President Woodrow
Wilson VIII be Iua~Surated, has 4 seating ca
pa,ty of only II4N persons, and it is difficult
to see how more thau I.,'oO Will be able to gain
admission TO the exercises. This means that
few alumni ana Undergraduates will be able
to hear the addresses. There may, however,
be- found d way through which the alumni and
undergraduates who are in Princeton that
day VIII ferI fully compensated An official of
hISu authority IL the university said only 4
day or TWO ago that it probable that an
informal meeting would be held on the steps
OF old North after the ceremonies in Alex
audeT Hall
There viii be another feature OF the days
programme which every one may witness. and
Il W.t come hitting climax of the Inaugu-
ration. for the new president has put himself
ou record as being in sympathy with manly
sports we'll Il with academic studies This
feature will be the Columbia Princeton foot
field il the afternoon. President Wilson and
the class of - viii attend in body. NJ 1t
] expected tnat many OF the distinguished
guests viii also be present
Experience during the last three years has
taught the Tigers the severe lesson that the
New-York eleven is no easy proposition
solve in the course Of two thirty minute halves.
even though the attempt is stimulated by the
given factors, home grounds and unlimited sym
pathy OF fifteen hundred undergraduate root
ers" and a representative contingent OF loyal
alumni. Nothing short of a hard. fast game
can be expected, and the defenders of the
Orange ana BLACK viii key every muscle in
their efforts TO round cut the day in good old
Princeton fashion
The Inauguration Committee is constituted
follows
G. G.. Cuy,r. -, chairman j MacN Thompson,
81 secretary.
Alumu-A. Pennington Watched 20: Colonel
A A Woodruff. William NJ Johnson. u;
William scott 'tS Adrian n JolIne, To- William
r. Horublowtr Il, Charlie Scrihuer 70. John
\ Campbell. -. George A. Armour. II: Robert
Bridges - Rev \ " Hal~ey. ~. Cleveland II.
Dodge 20 Rob.rt H. McDaTt-r. 70: Rudolph L.
ScErmer 81. Philip y jackson. 81; Albert q.
MilhaUk. 'gt, Robert Garrett "
TrustrcS-Jchu \ Stewart John l. CadwaI-
ader - James W. Alexander, 60. Alexander Van
Rensselaer,. 4. John d Davis. =. Rev. Dr S. J.
Mcpherson "A, Eayard Henry 10 David B.
Jones, 70 NJ Taylor Pyne, U; Cyrus H. McCor-
mick, 70; Henry W. Green. 81
Faculty-Dean Wluans. II. Dean West, "a; Pro-
70: Professor William Libuey II: Professor W F.
Magic 10: Professor II. B. Fine, 50; Professor J.
q Hibben, 81. Professor Fl. d. Thompson, IS; J.
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