The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-12
DOINGS At Brown.


Yesterday noon the sophomores who
had won their numerals In baseball last
year. come together to elect captain
for this season Paul Churchill De Wolf
OF Newark. n. j., was elected. De Wolf
has been captain Of the Varsity baseball
team this winter. and played first base
last spring on the sophomore team.
The March number OF the Brown Alum
nj Monthly appeared yesterday. The pres
sure for space has been $50 great that four
more pages have been added. making the
current issue the largest ever printed,
numbering forty pages.
The feature OF the number is the article
on "Midwinter Alumni Reunions" de-
scribing the reunions at Boston. Newport.
Washington. Philadelphia, New York.
and Springfield. The Providence CLASH
cal High School and its Relationship 10
Brown University" is a well written arti-
Gle by Frank T. Easton, 'a2. who shows
the close connection existing between the
two institutions. The school debSting So
ciety, the interscholastic athletics. and
the student teacher training system. have
been three ways in which the high school
has been greatly beneficial to the college.
Since 1857 the school has sent 613 students
to Brown.
In it's various departments the monthly
chronicles the events OH the campus. ana
the progress OF the college in all branch
es Picture OF the Colgate Hoyt SWIM
ming POOL of the Pembroke Hall library.
and of many prominent alumni are also
a feature OF this issue which seems to be
on the whole the best number OF the
year.
The outlook Is good for a strong fresh
man baseball team this spring. Over
thirty men werc present at the first meet
ing of the squad. seven or eight OF whom
are still on tho Varsity squad. and about
a dozen men more will be out later. or
course not much can he said OF the pros
poets OF the team, but Edward ID. Kill
burn acting captain, thinks thst the
chances are OF the best.
No regular practice will be attempted
this term, but the men are urged 10 take
all they can during vacation. The can
for candidates will be isued March 81, the
field will be available until the return or
the Varsity the following week from the
southern trip.
The men who have handed In their
names and the positions they wlsn =, 70
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The athletic committee has decided 10
elect traineS for the athletic teams OIL
tho university. Charlie" Higgins was
He has been connected with the teams
for some time. but will now have an ohi'
cial position and an increase OF salary.
The Syracuse debate Is now the most
prominent problem before the Brown de-
batera The question is hard one. be-
cause It is rather indefinite. being; Re
solved. that present tendencies or trades
unions are inimical to the welfare OF the
nation" and Brown will uphold the mega
tive side. Regular practice debates are
now being carried on. and are proving
very advantageous in rounding the work
into the hest shape for the final contest.
The Brown teams that are now at work
on the debate are composed Of: first team,
Percival r. Bakeman, @ captain.
George r. Francis, Jr. 'M, Walter T..
Prince. 'Oi: second team, Henry o. Greene
03. Herbert l.. sackett 'A. {. Hadlai
Hull '06.
The Judges and the date for the debate.
which will take place at Syracuse, have
not been definitely agreed upon yet. but
will soon he announced. April Is, Is a
probable date.
Charles s. Mitchell 'o5 broke the single
etring record for the Brown bowling al
! leys yesterday afternoon. rolling a score
OF l24.
/ The Modern Language association OF
/ America has recently correspondod with
| the modern language departments az
! Brown, concerning the bureau of inter
national correspondence This bureau Is
a sort OF exchange where American stu
dents may be put I'm communication with
/ French. German. Italian. or Spanish stu
/ dents. The object Is a permanent cor
/ respondencc, In which the writer's gain
knowledge of the common usage of the
/ language they study, and of the life and
/ customs OF the other country.
! The student scndMg i'm his nSme 20 the
/ bureau. with the nominl fee OF twenty
/ Ave cents. will receive a letter I'm about
a month, In the foreign language that
ne desires. He will answer IL in Eng
I lish. and his foreign correspondent viii
answer ~ in English. When that an
swer Is received ere the correspondent
will make a careful correction OF the
/ English. and etun the coection with n
/ lette OF his own written in the foreign
/ language. Thus the letters will cont
nue. 10 alternate tho languages 90 the
mutual benefit Of each writer.
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