Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-31
|wEsLEYAN UNIVERSITY LETTER
Faculty Very Active the Past Week. Annual Briggs Prize Debate-Meet- iru of College Body-Annual Track Meet.

,Middletown. Conn, May 27.-The Wesleyan faculty has been very active during the past week. Prof. F.! w. Nicolson attended the conference of administrative officers of New England colleges held in New Haven with the president Dean Phillips, of the Yale Graduate school This conference was established last year al d nlee-s for the purpose of discussing topics of inter- est to the different colleges without taking any action. Prof. G. M. D1tcher of the history department gave lec- ture before the students on Monday evening on England and Napoleon" Acting President Rice has been asked by the faculty to represent the college at the inauguration of the new presi- dent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. w. G. Cady will represent the college at the inaugura- tion of the new president of Union university at Schenectady, N. Y, on June 9th. Prof. A. C. Armstrong of the department of philosophy publish ed in the last Psychological Bulletin a Review of Essays, Philosophical and Psychological, in honor of Prof. Will liam James of Harvard. In the next humber of the Pennsylvania German Magazine Professor Kuhns will have an article on the genealogy of the kuhns and Brown families of Lan- caster, Pa. Professor Kuhns, now at the head of the department of romance languages, is himself of Pennsylvania Dutch extraction. and has done a great deal of research work in regard to those people. Professor Rice attended meeting of the board of trustees in New York on Wednesday, at which nominations for honorary degrees to be conferred at commencement were made.
 On account of several conflicts fin the first schedule of examinations as pub lished a revised schedule had to be printed, and it is now in the hands of the students.
 The college has also printed a cir cular on reduced railroad rates which are seLt to the alumni and non grad- rates of the college. An arrangement is made by which reduced rates can be obtained by all persons wishing to at te nd the -cornme acemeut exercises in Middletown.
 The printed programme of com mencement week is also published.
 The annual Briggs prize deoate was held in Memorial chapel Thursday evening on the question Resolved That in the United States all nominations to minor elective offices should be by ihe direct primary system. The speak CTS on the affirmative side were s. G. Barker Of Worcester Mass, J. T. Han coCk oI bTOOklyH, IN. l., ana on the negative side C. $. BreLgle of Amenia, N. r.. and A. T.VanderbiIt of Newark. N J. The prize, valued at s60 was awarded to MT. Brengle.
 The Peirce prize will be given on an examination in geology held on June 12th in connection with the regular examination of the class in that sub ject.
 The Sherman prize, given to mem nf ha fra =H dlo fna awarded on an examination in trigb- nometry held on June 9th.
 At meeting of the college body held Wednesday afternoon an amendment t. the constitution of the undergraduate organization was passed whereby sort of executive committee is to be ap- pointed by the president of the student body to oversee the affairs of the ten ris and debate associations. handling their financial matters and auditing their accounts. These associations are not under the athletic association nor any other supervisin~ board. A com mittee was al pointed also to revise the constitution of the honor system, to include all written work in class. An other committee is working on rules for competitive system by which to elect assistant managers. Hitherto the election has been by popular vote. but the general opinion IS that this shouid be changed for a competition.
 College sings are being held each Thursday evening immediately after dinner. W. B. Davis. 'S4, the trainer of the Glee club, will be present from now on at the sings to coach the un- derSraduates in preparation for the big open air sing of the undergraduates and alumni to be held on Monday evening of commencement week.
 The annual track meet of the Wes- leyan Inetrscholast association will be held on Andrus field next Saturday Hartford High school, which tied for first place ls sst year with Hackettstown, will send a big representation this year Other schools are the Springfield High Taft, New Haven High, MiddletoWn High, Gunnery, Mt. Vernon High and c. c. l.
 The tennis schedule for the remain der of the season includes meets with Union on Saturday. Williams next Monday and with Trinity in Middle town the following Saturday.