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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

RESIDENT and faculty were combined n
- one man who mel the first class Of King
College with eight young men on july
T. 1854. The meeting was IN the 'schoo'
house o. Trinity Church. At the time James pe
Lancev was acting Governor Of the colony the GU!
mad two newspapers The Mercury ana Inv
Gazette; there stage route TWO weeks e"e"
yysy between New, York and Boston: Washington
was t-yentv-tvo. Franklin forty-eight; Hamilton
and Marshall not yet born. On the college, board
Of governors named in me King charter were
the heads Of the religious institutions Of the day
Trinity. Dutch Reformed Lutheran and French
churches and the "Presbyterian Congregation
As a further indication Of the times, there APP
pear in the three issues OF July !. and 10 Of
The Weekly Gazette" In which President John
son advertised that ne would meet canddat toi
admission. the following interesting advertise
ments: "A fine likely negro boy, Of about fifteen
wears old. nj for any business. to be sold ITO
he sold a German servant man, with his VIE
and son. Of about SIX years old who are 70 serve
FIVE years: he is as compleat gardener as any in
America: understands Flower and Kitchen garden
70 perfection" and lottery for the College Of
New Jersey COW Princeton. The issue Of July
IN has news Of April from Madrid, April is from
Stockholm. April % from Paris, April p from
Landau Anril - from Edinburgh, July from
po.,o, and July II from Philadelphia twice n
many DAYS a. our trains now run hours. a
.e,,lcnan H. also reported to have seen letter
f,or Colonel Washington mentioned as though
already well known saying that ne "ouid pro
coed A. once against the French IN Canada wi'f
600 white men. "in good spirits over the pros
pect beside Indian
An ode 10 "B nF n" reveal an apprecA-
,. .f the man OF versatile talent. These are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

The rise o. empire ard the fall a. kings
Thine is the praise. with holder flights to soar,
And airy regions. yet untracked. explore
To dictate science with imperial nod.
And save. not ruin. by an iron rod
Nev York was not vet the recognized metrop"-
Dr.. NJ the American continent In fact. DR.. But
Ter tolls u that fifteen years after the college
opened the hope was expressed that Ne" TOT"
might some dav even equal Newport as com
mercial city.
Funds for King's as for Princeton in fact Tor
all worthy purposes -wer" raised b. iotterles'
The LEGISLATURE authorized in l746 such lottery
for New York college An advertisement OF the
io,,or, anpears m "The Gazette" not The Trih-
une's Gotham Weekly OF June Is, l'4S. lnere
u,ore 600 tickets At 3Os totallIng $4,000: 1901
tickets were to be fortunate. ono Tor tooo' one
70, goo. two Tor goo. ten for 500. twenty for
.,o ,bir,v for f25. forty for $40, fifty for fl6,
t5o for 40 and OOo for 81. each winner % con
.r.br,e Is per cent to the fund serious phase
n the Advertisement is that such as forge or
counterfeit any ticket or alter the number and
are thereof convicted b. the said act are TO sui
Ter death a. in cases OF felony
Tho ,ssue Of August .. 1854. mas the first page
t.,.o,ed ~ the list Of numbers not names o.
a,o,.rs of another lottery for the same purpose
Woman. early supremacy is indicated by rumor
,, ,r.vious issue that this first prize was won
by a young woman.
DR. Johnson was called TO the presidency IN
1883 and little later also 20 be assistant priest
A. Trinity His qualifications we're well evidenced
by the urgency Of Benjamin .Franklln's request to
become president Of the College Of Philadelphia
nov University Of Pennsylvania. and by letter
from Bishop George Berkeley the well known
philosopher. in l7i9 expressing confidence IN the
nrospective institution n only his friend Johnson
could he Al the head. A. first tutor Of Yale for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

cI.cs TOOK place AT 81. George Chapel. then To-
Gated a, the corner Of CjF and Beekman Beck
mans Sis. These rye men were:
Samuel ysrplanca. governor Of the college 100.
ono o. the founders Of the Chamber Of Commerce
IN 1868
Rudolph Ritzema. ION Of the Dutch reformed
minister
Philip Van Cortlandt nephew Of the ancestor
of the Van Cortlaudt Manor family.
Samuel Provost. one Of the new governors Of
Columbia .n 1854. first Bishop Of New York
Joshua Boomer. loyalist Episcopal missionary
,o jamaica. who closed his church at one tme
rather than omit the prayer for the King
DR.. Johnson remained as president Of the col
fege until 1863. and died three years before the
Revolutionary War. The college was closed IN
1875. One hundred and thirty years ago ITS char
ter was renewed as Columbia College the name
undoubtedly suggested by Theodore Dwight
army song Of the Revolution. IL ~ interesting to
rnow tnat the new president was the hrst presi-
dents SON William samuel Johnson. that ne also
..iaduated from Yale. 10 years ago. and that ne
b.. said TO have been ne first lay college president
that is. not a clergyman among English speak
ing peoples
columbia University's many branches MAKE IL
DossiLie for almost any year to become i'm
portant anniversary of some Of them. For
anole in addition TO those already mentioned,
TIN. h. the l50th anniversary Of John Jays grsdu-
alton ,he tooth Of the gift by the Legislature OF
Botanical Gardens on Fifth av, the fftIeth Of
tie School OF Mines the twenty-hfth of the in
corporation Of Barnard College. the twentieth Of
tbe requirement OF the present site, the fifteenth
of the Accession OF Teachers College according
TO DR. Slosson. the Cinderella Of the univer-
sity"l and the tenth Of the aAiation Of the Col
lece OF Pharmacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
, swEDE The CAPTAIN or 4 TINY TIC,
THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE NAVY.

These boats offcered BY navy warrant Of
dcers and manned by enlisted men. ! think per
haps the happiest man that have met m the
navy was The captain OF one OF these tiny craft
\ Swede Oy birth he had enlisted thirty years
ago and a chief bosun. he had at last obtained
not only the highest rank open 10 enlisted men
in the seaman branch OF the service. bur ne had
received a command" as we'll
Sucn are the ships that stand behind the hgn'-
ers they ray be neither speedy nor snowy, and
when there IS a naval battle should sucn ever
come they will be kept far in the rear. and they
will not figure largely. il at all in the news
pape- reports. But the success OF the lighters
wiz e in no small measure due 70 the ships that
have supplied them and maintained them When
the navy went around the world IN 1907 the aux
uiary service was sti1 unprotected. coal and sup
plies were purchased az almost every port. That
cruise could he repeated to-day and not a ton Of
coal would have TO be bought in any other ccun-
try or an ounce OF provisions. or, IN other
VIC rds through the ships that are behind 'he man
behind the gun the navy is never OF is base how
ever far OF It's base It may be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

three wears after her removal 90 New Haven. he
must have gained invaluable experience At Yale.
as at Kings ne was the first TO live IN the first
building 10 be erected on the new grounds "DeN-
ter's Yale Biographies" says that ne was the first
graduate to be the subiec, Of an extended biog
raphy. Yale was IN her infancy. Saybrook.
Conn. when he graduated. two hundred years ago.
Later. after course OF divinity study IN Eng
and with degrees from both Oxford and Cam
bridge, he returned TO become the first. and for
three years the only. Episcopal rector 10 Con
necticut dedicating the church IN Stamford
10 years ago this Christmas.
When occurred the first mention OF the college
il not certain Lewis Morris. afterrvard New
Jerseys Governor. wrote in 1902 suggesting tine
allotment OF the Queen farm" a tract Of thir-
ty-two acres for such purpose. In 1903
Trinity directed the rector and wardeus % ascer-
tain from the Governor what part o. the King
farm" the old name Queen Anne having be
come sovereign only the year previous had been
intended for a college.
The first advertisement OF the college APP
peared simultaneously in the Mercury" and
Gazette" OF June ,, 1854. r. manifested a com
prehensive conception Of education well worthy
Of place in modern pedagogical thought The
colleges charter while signed October 81. 1851.
was delayed by Presbyterian opposition and not
delivered until May OF the following year. June
g. 1855. was adopted the great seal OF the col
lege, still in use, with the new names substitu-
ton.
The cornerstone Of the first building was laid
July 70. 1856 T. was located on the south side
Of Murray a.. little west OF Church st. Col
lege property extended between Murray and Bar
clay sts from Broadway to the North River
The new building was occupied in 1858.
Five Of the original class we're included IN the
first graduating class, June u, 1853. The eSer-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
BACK OF OUR MIGHTY WARSHLPS LIES YET ANOTHER FLEET
The Varied Flotillas of Supply Ships, COL
HerS, Hospital Ships and Repair Ships
Are Not Speedy Nor Showy, but
Their Work Is of importance,

cluded about $4,000 pounds Of candy. Candy and
tobacco however. are not provided with the daily
ration; Jack buys these from the ships canteen'
which can sell him also most Of the articles 10
he found in modern drug store. except drugs.
which ne gets only from the ships pharmacist
on the doctors order. But his candy his to
bacco and his motions" he gets al cost price.
plus 10 per cent This slight profit goes toward
the athletic fund, for the men and for moving
pictures aboard snip and other amusement.
A soon a. the supply ship arrives upon the
anchorage ground the motor-sailing launcne.
from the various ships those of the Texas and
the New York are but little smaller than
inc Santa Maria arrive alongside and the stores
begin going over. Sometimes as many as twenty
Of these boats will be there al once. The supply
ships crew. however. does not do the stevedore
work: the boats crews have to do their own
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
COALING, An INTERESTING AND DISAGREE
ABLE PERFORMANCE

The process OF "coalng ship" 's AS interesting
a. IT. is disagreeable. The collier comes along
side the battleship vessels Of smaller aimeH-
.ions 90 alongside the collier and make fast
The matches Of the collier are then opened. the
booms swung across the deck OF the other shin
and the machinery for raising and lowering the
great shovels started These snovcls drop through
the open matches come swiftly up. rur
out over the deck Of the other shin and drop
their contents on the deck There swarms Of
men in all ou, less than the minimum of cloth
ingi are ready with hand shoves and barrows
Half OF this force IS detailed 20 assist the heaps
Of black dust down the coal hole to the bunker
on that side Of the snip which is mex 70 me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Hospital ship Solaco

which are cheap no can efec- saving for
that day so that on the day following ne can
give the men turkey. which is MOI on the al
lowauce In the same way by substituting hard-
tack occasionally Jack gets IN recompense fancy
breads cakes and so forth. Even ice cream
comes into his bin Of fare. But this pooling o.
the ration is the secret. European naves could
do likewise. if they would. but for some reason
they do not care TO trouble about II; and conse-
quently their men still remain as compared with
ours. poorly and monotonousiy fed.
When 70 comes 20 distributing the stores OF
the supply ship tine ration IS again used a. the
basis, Before the ship arrives eacn vessel 100
the Aeet is assigned so much OF each kind Of
store. according 20 the number Of men aboard
multiplied by the number OF days which have
gone by since the ship was last provlsoned
Then. as the actual needs OF the ship, resulting
from the system Of catering. will not coincide
with this balance is struck. And thus, al
though one ship viii have surplus where an
other has a lack the two Of set each other in a
rough way az least and each ship becomes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

loading - well As the slowing when they get
back 20 their ships.
Does any one snip receive more stores 'naH u
needs 20 the curtailment OF the supplies for an
other ship This is d question which naturally
occurs. and TO provide against such situation
has required no little ingenuity. But system
has been devised not only against unequal dis
tri6ution. but providing also for elasticity Of
distribution as well. The basis for this rs the
daily ration, which is the portion for each en-
listed man. the two matters. distribution and
feeding being bound UP together.
Theoretically each receives aboard snip
so many ounces Of meat beans tea coffee bread
etc: this IS mis- ration. and, If he insists. he
must be given it. This ne never does; for bF
no, asking for 1t. he actually receives more
food and Of greater variety. The way ~ which
this is achieved is as follows: The ra,ions, I'M
stead Of being doled out, are pooled. as it were,
the ships caterer taking their value about mir
ty-six cents per day and buying agains, tne
Sims stores 10 10 that amount Thus, by max
ing the piece de resistance for one day beans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

collier. ~ is tne business of the remainder 70
wheel AN equal amount across decN 70 the holes
on the other side When all rs aboard and
slowed and the collier has left to carry ITS bur
den 20 another ship, the decks are washed down,
.nc men 90 overheard take to the shower
baths. and m short while the battleshp -
again the spic and span craft that we know
when invited TO afternoon
Bur although the collier feet would seem 20 he
quite as important an adjunct to the fighting
ships as is the supply feet. it does not bear the
same relation 20 them. Both Golfers and supply
ships are rated as auxiliary vessels. bur only the
supply ships are Differed by navy officers and
manned bv enlisted men. The golfers have civil
as shippers" and tho crews are picked up along
inc waterfront and igned for the "oyage or for
a term of ~eryicc. as is any merchant crew. No
ono seems 2. be- able go say just why this is
parra0s d.. Is for economy. since the collers are
frequently out Of commission for long periods,
uertap. Do is because the peculiar build and ar
ranromer, Of the coal carrier render X unadspt-
able FOR tine routine 20 which -he enlisted man
u.s. subicct
ON tn- supply ships. Oh the other hand 'ne
navy programme IS carried out The commanding
oiccr Is Of the rank of commander or lieutenant
commander. Under sim are the executive officer
who s also the nav gator, ordnance officer sun
-sor pav7layter and SO on The ship has sick
oay. AN operating room. pharmacists office.
postocice ard barber shop. and the 80 blue
Jacket Thar man her climb out OF their ham
noc1s 90 the sound Of rcreille and INTO them
ac1ir a. tre playing Of taps. r. would probably
make the skipper Of the old beef boat Celtic King
wonder whether no awake or asleep IT n"
could see her now. trim and grim m lighting gray
with men svarming fore and aft II IN MS day
he managed TO have fifty hands aboard hel b.
doubtless bought himself lucky and when ne
ro- few pots Of paint slapped around. more than
commonly elated The English freghter captain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THE LATEST NAVY GOLFERS WITH a HOLD
CAPACITY or 10 600 TONS.

The latest OF these bui.t are huge. having a
mold capacity OF more than 10000 tons and csps-
bic Of making twelve knots lu almost anf
weather They are ,wn-screu ships with the
engines set far aft so not to oreaa tho mold
space
The collier may not bee thing Of beauty. and
It is certainly not exactly joy. But from the
point Of view OF eficiencr D.. nor surpassed b.,
anything else in the entire world of industry
When the first cargo boat with Goa. aboard was
bought during the Spanish war that conI bad to
be transferred 20 the bunAcrs Of the Datt.csn,ps
by hand methods: and 10 wa d SLOW and lengthy
process. r. became az once evident thar to be-
OF service collier must be developed which
could coal q Dattleship IN icv hours. Hence
the evolution 20 the sos-goIug trestie. The trans
fer OF goo 20 200 tons of coal n five hours D'
one of the modern boats is common occur
renee And last year. M tes- for record.
400 tons were put aboard the ba,t.esnip Ar
kansas by tho Orion IN the same length 81 -mc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
II, PERCY ADAMS HUTCHISON.


Aboard = Arkansas
Haroor Of Vera Cruz Jul,
" HI tumult and the shouting died away a,
Vera Cruz long since. Several OF the
big lighting ships have ALREADY gone
home or have been sent on missions
elsewhere and Of those tina, still swing AZ
anchor under the not Mexican sun, officers and
men are fretting and hoping that they too. may
soor be ordered away The doings Of the great
armada that swept south from Hampton Road,
less than three months ago are no longer enron
icled by the press or. II noticed al all. they are
gwen but the brefest space.
And ,et there is one chapter OF feet history
~ Vera Cruz which mas not been written a
humble chapter. perhaps for It Is unpunctuated
by machine guns ana devoid Of spectacular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THE yESTN \ FLOATING NAVY >ARD-THE
WORK OF THE TUGS.

The Nes.al on the other hand d, ne~ boat.
having been launched since the famous cruise
around the world. and OF something like twelve
thousand tons displacement Ir would almost
take less time 20 enumerate what she is MOI than
THAT she u.s. for the Vestai is virtually floating
navy yard and can DO almost anything except
build or drydock a ship. There are machlne
shops. foundres. forges carpenter shops IN
snort facilities for repairing any and every part
OF ship. Not great while ago the cruiser
Sa.em crept I'd from the South with exploded
boiler: she lay alongside the Vestal in the inner
harbor for two weeks while the boiler men aboard
the latter got 10 work. and now she is ft as II
.he bad been 10 a navy yard. And even II the
Vesta. can't drydock a ship. the feet found "a
.mali floating dock rere. and when tug needed
some slight repairs she was put into 10.
And. speaking of tugs, IL should not oe forgot
fe, that they 100 are included among the auN-
,liary vessels. Not very imposing when beside a
,uper-dreadnought, nevertheless they are stanch
little seagoers. and they do general utility work
for the Acct For ne first few weeks that the
battleships were here mail service with Galveston
was maintained BY using torpedo boat destroyers;
but eventually the destroyers were sent back
North and he work turned over TO thc tugs. And
Little while ago one sent down 70 Puerto
Mexico to pull a Spanish steamer Off a reef.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Torpedo boat de stroyer usod IN carrying
Mail to Ga1Vp stoD

is no. used to extravaganza Of any kind m hl.
service
There arc TWO ships which might almost h.
classed together. since ~ their duty 20 care for
disabilities In the fleet although one IS for lE
capacitated men. the other for disabled Ship.
These are the hospital ship SoIace and the repair
ship Nestal.
The Soacc. which formerly the Morgan
liner Creole. is another ship which dates back to
tho Spanish War when she purchased By the
army and built over 20 care for wounded soldier.
Later she was passed on TO the navy. jniortu-
natelv one cannot speak a, enthusiastically OF
this vessel as one would like. She has. 90 be sure.
larger operating room than Is pos ible even or
a dreadnought. a dentist Office. am N-ray room
and accommodations for patients. Put She D,
cramped. dngy and old: radeQuateIy ventilated
ard smelling Of bilge. IT the Navy Department
carnct lon or Of some battIeshir estimate few
hundred thousand fer the building Of a really
sufficient hospital ship some millionaire who ha'
horror OF diving rich could DO no better with
norton Of hi, wealth than 20 leave 10 for such 70
cause But the surgeons aboard do good work
nevertheless. Unlike the fighting ships. tho Solace
is white. with a broad STRIP Of green along the
side green being the international color desgna-
zion TO announce me ships calling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THE SUPPLY sHIPs-THE CULGOA THE
CELTIC AND THE GLACIER.

D., tooLing over me auxiliary feet ~ may be
81, - h.g,, with the supply ships, since they
formed it's beginning To the Culgos ard tne
Celtic the word King" mas been dropped mas
-, added the Glacier. and q fourth ship IS to
ne buif. At Boston The Glacier - on Pacihc
station A. present but the Cuigoa and the celtic
are in the Atlantic, and since the Mexican
trouble have been running back and form De
tween New YORK and Vera Cruz, each about once
in every three or four weeks
The Celtic on which, oy chance, ! made the
,,ip down. is Of s,O0C tons displacement. Inc
cylgos i, somewhat smaller, but the ship when
"a 20 be bull; is 20 be rather larger With larger
and larger bsttleships replacing those o. the
No, there are more mouths in the navy 70 be
eu,d eseb wear And the American bluejaeket is
h.,,s, and more bountifully fed than any other
siy.iaeket asoat. r. the men enlist the first time
an, ~ ,s,riotisrn. not few Of the re-eniist-
I'm, are frankly. for the sake Of the good
food Ths workingman ashore cannot even o"
dorbl. ,be v.gss Of the enlisted man in the
navy. live nearly 20 well. The men admit that
meg come back FOR the grub and tne STRIPE
they wear on me arm % SNOW how many en-
listments they have made are called by mem
hash marks"
Some notion Of no. well Cnele sam taxes care
Of me jsesies may be gathered from pafu@
,sbulaiion Of the Celtic's stores on one UP
only. Biz hundred snd thirty-seyen thousand
pognez Of refrigerated beef. besides seYera
thousand pounds o. mutton and pork 75OoVo
pound Of fresh yegetablea. ~ 900 pounds Of but.
tsr, 20O0O dozen egg and 800 tons Of miseeI-
lsn.osT stores. These latter besides -four. bah
inz powder jam and 'hings Of that sort, IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
DEVELOPMENT OF Our AUXILIARY FLEET
AFTER SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.

In 10 the time OF the sinking Of the Name the
navy had been regarded an arm OF the coast
defence rather than a. force which would nave
70 &C, independently Of home ports. When snip
needed coal it tied Up alongside wharf and Goa
was put aboard. Il replenished rs supplies IN the
.sn,e wsv But IN 1898, when two fleets one IN
me Philippines and one OF Cuba had 10 operate
m foreign and hostile waters. IT suddenly be
came evident that the question Of maintenance
sss not 20 be so simple it had been The
,roublesome feature was-we had no merchant
marine 20 rely upon.
In the Philippines Admiral Dewey with char
se,erstie ncisiveness solved the problems for the
TIME being 80 far as supplies Of meats were
concerned By buying outright, with their cargoes
aboard two Australian English refrigerator snlpS'
Inc Culgoa and the Celtic King. HIS example was
followed IN the Atlantic by the purchase in similar
f.sbion Of an English fire ghter carrying coal
When the war was over these various ships were
retained and from his beginning the auxiliary
Ace, has been added 20 and developed until now
o,- navy has behind 10 equipment and organ
attn, for its maintenance unequalled by any
o,h.- navy IN the world The procedure against
,-.-s Cruz gave the system IT'S first real try-out,
- 81, sbowed itself TO be reliable and adequate
IN all particulars.