The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-10
O0|MGS At BROWN.


What the student body and what the
faculty and corporation will do about the
action OF the board OF athletic directors
still remains to be seen. At the present
time there are two petitions being cir
culated among the students.
The purport of one is that the action
Of the board shall be sustained. while the
other reads that the action shall not go
into effect until Sept. 18th, and until that
time the old rule shall be strictlS en-.
forced The first petition seems 10 nave
the greater number OF supporters AT TINS
time but how II will all turn out can,
not be predicted. Neither side has caiied
I'm their petitions as yet, so IL cannot DC
determined accurately how they stand.
The faculty side of this important ques-
ton was taken up yesterday In faculty
meeting. Mr. Guild, the resis,rs.' s.a,sa ,sa
that some action had been taken by the
faculty, but as yet just what was none
has not been made public. houghto'
Metcalf. secretary OF the poar9 on o'i ~
tors. has not received any word from the
faculty vet so everyone is now waiting III
suspense for the dictum of this body;
In regard to Browns position the Har, iha,
ward Crimson stated In an editorial tnsl
/ the statement and position OF Brown hau
| al least the sting of partial truth.
Or. Edgar F. Smith. chairman OF the
| University OF Pennsylvahiia isouss sorsss the
| recent action taken by the Brown UNI
versity authorities I'm regard TO the , atm
letes being allowed to play summer is oai,,
/
make one important change. ] would aou
a provisIon requiring the student 10 sue
| cessfully pass all entrance eNamlnauoI,s
| and complete a full years term OF Worh
before being allowed to represent the IN
| stitution in any form of athietcs.
/ The Biblical literature department mas
purchased with money given by Mlilian' an
| ives Gammell three casts OF extrems III
| ,erest and value. The first cast OF the
! Moabite stone, was taken from the origi-
| nal now I'm the Louvre. OF Whlcn tne
"a tsftfh
| ac,itv from the Moab east or Jordan III
is ascribed 10 the years about 400 -, y.
! and contains the stories OF the oa.llss I
and events OF the reign OF Mespa; .,om,
| the Moabite as opposed 10 the hebrew
nnint ~ view. The story lis written IN
! phoenician characters. ,,.
Tha second cast IL that OF the Deluge
Tabbet giving the Babylonlan STORY OF
| the food II was found In NineNah anu
| is suuposed TO have come from the
,,hrarv'of Ashurbanapal, 6ss-62s b. c. The
or5alnal Is now In the British museum
| probably the oldest specimen or he
| hrev inscription in existence IL the
original of the third cast. "rhe siVan
! inscription. -oo +, r,
This was probably made In 700 y. G,
IN the days OF Hezekiah, and was touhd
! near Jerusalem. -.
tern slides OF Assyr-an and Babylonian
| monuments and Inscriptions have peen
purchased out OF the presented funo,
miniature reproduction or Jewish
scroll of the Pentateuch has been pre-
sented by Rabhai Housman of the
Friendship street synagogue
Prof Gerald Binney Smith. VINO was
graduated from Brown In the class OF
a1 and is now professor OF systematic
theology I'm Chicago university. viii be
rho sneaker at tho vesper service this az
! tcrpoop IN Sayles' hall
The arrangements ~ the Sock ana
Ruskin for the presentation OF It's an
nual play are now we'll under way. IN
accordance with the general aims OF the
society and the desire OF the Brown
faculty something on n much larger
scale Is To he attempted this year.
The cast has been at work on Sheri-
dams plav. '~rhc Rivals" for about q
month already This old and famous
play has been given by many college and
professional companies throughout this
country and England IL was In this
playNhat Joe jefferson made such hit
as Bob Acres.
The executive committee. under Prof.
Crosby's able direction. is doing its best
10 give n production which will establish
the reputation OF the Sock and Buskin as
n fitting successor 20 the famous Ham
mer and Tongs OF the nineties. The man
agcment is doing its utmost Go supple
ment the work OF the east
New costumes are being made for the
, production by n we'll known Boston firm
Before the Providence performance
| there will be several others out OF town
witch will serve to give the cast ex.
pericnce and DO much toward ensuing
| All effective presentation In Providence
The performance will be given In the
Providence Opera house a. usual IN com.
hlnatlon with the festivities of junior
week on Tuesday afternoon. April IL.