—The McKinney Prize Debates have been announced. Question—“Resolved, That Legislation is a Cure for Industrial Evils." Affirmative-Clarence U. Carruth, Clinton; William M. Collier, Clinton, and David G. Smith, Otisco. Negative-Charles W. E. Chapin, Clinton; Edgar C. Morris, Pulaski, and James D. Rogers, West Winfield. The prize speakers are: Juniors-Eddy C. Covell, Cazenovia; Clarence J. Geer, Seneca Falls; Lincoln A. Groat, Franklin; Robert J. Hughes, Remsen; William R. Loomis, Norwich; Edward L. Stevens, Malone. Sophomores-Robert N. Brockway, New York City; George H. Harkness, Potsdam; Thomas E. Hayden, Arietta; Eugene H. Northrup, Elbridge; George M. Weaver, Utica. Freshmen—John M. Curran, Potsdam; Charles A. Frasure, Sherburne; Horatio Z. Jenkins, Waterville; George F. Wood, Franklin. -The faculty has made the following announcement of prizes and honors: High Honor-Clarence U. Carruth, William Miller Collier, E. Coit Morris, James D. Rogers, Charles H. Warfield. Honor-Lincoln C. Ackler, Walter S. Knowlson, J. Herbert Pardee, W. Sherman Knowlson, S. Dwight Waterbury. Credit-Schuyler C. Brandt, M. B. Loughlin, Curtis B. Miller, George D. Miller, Frederick Perkins, David G. Smith. By election of the faculty from the High Honor group: Valedictorian, Clarence U. Carruth; Salutatorian, James D. Rogers. By award of the faculty: Clark Prize Oration, Frederick Perkins. Department Honors: In Greek-James Denison Rogers, Clarence U. Carruth; in Latin-James Denison Rogers, William M. Collier; in Mathematics and Astronomy-Charles Henry Warfield; in Rhetoric and LiteratureFrederick Perkins; in French-Charles Henry Warfield, William G. Steele, equal; in German-Charles Henry Warfield; in History and Law-David Garrett Smith; in Philosophy and Ethics-Clarence U. Carruth, Charles Henry Warfield. -The following is the official score of the ball game played at Albany with Union on the morning of the 24th of May: 6 27 20 5 Base on balls, Perkins, s. s.--. I 7 7 27 17 2 Earned runs, Hamilton I; Union 1. 2 base hit, Benton. Passed balls, Rheinhart 4; Northrup o. Wild pitches, Struck out, by O O O I 2 4 -At the annual Field Day of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association, held with Union at Albany, on the 24th of May, six colleges were represented : Hamilton, Hobart, Madison, Union, Rochester and Syracuse. The following is the official record: Lawn Tennis-W. L. Lapham, Hobart, first; S. H. Adams, Hamilton, second. One hundred yards dash-D. C. Lee, Hamilton, first; J. L. Spurlarke, Hamilton, second; time 10 seconds. Throwing 16-lb hammer—F. Mead, Syracuse, first; S. W. Rice, Hamilton, second; distance, 78 feet 8 inches. One mile walk-O. R. Whitford, Syracuse, first; J. A. Seavey, Hamilton, second; time 7 minutes 32 seconds. Pole vault-W. P. Landon, Union, first; T. W. Chester, Hamilton, second; distance 9 feet 7 inches. Quarter mile run-J. L. Spurlarke, Hamilton, first; W. W. Wallace, Hamilton, second; time 52 seconds. Putting 16-lb. shot-F. Mead, Syracuse, first; S. W. Rice, Hamilton, second; distance 31 feet 9 inches. One hundred and twenty yards hurdle race-D. C. Lee, Hamilton, first; C. W. Culver, Union, second; time 18 seconds. One mile run-T. L. Coventry, Hamilton, first; H. W. Tooke, Syracuse, second; time 4 minutes 49 seconds. Two hundred and twenty yards dash-J. L. Spurlarke, Hamilton, first; W. W. Wallace, Hamilton, second; time 23 seconds. Running high jump-W. P. Landon, Union, first; H. D. Kittinger, Hamilton, second; distance 5 feet 2 inches. Two mile bicycle race-H. D. Kittinger, Hamilton, first; C. W. Hills, Union, second; time 7 minutes 37 seconds. Eight hundred and eighty yards dash-T. L. Coventry, Hamilton, first; C. W. Douglass, Syracuse, second; time 2 minutes 28 seconds. Two hundred and twenty yards hurdle race-D. C. Lee, Hamilton, first; C. W. Culver, Union, second; time 28 seconds. Running broad jump-F. L. Purdy, Syracuse, first; W. P. Landon, Union, second; distance 18 feet 4 inches. Tug of war-Given to Hamilton by default. INTERCOLLEGIATE NEWS. -The total income of colleges is $4,000,000. -A book of Amherst poetry will soon be issued. -Five men have been suspended from Brown for cribbing. -Harvard gave its first degree of LL.D. to George Washington. -Sixteen colleges held their commencements on Wednesday, June 19. -No smoking is to be allowed, henceforth, within the precincts of Columbia. -Oberlin has received $55,000 by the will of the late Charles J. Hull, of Chicago. -Michigan University has more students than any other American institution of learning. -James Russell Lowell is to fill the new lectureship in poetry at Johns Hopkins next fall. -Papers are published by 174 of the 389 colleges and universities in the United States. -A German University has conferred the title of Doctor of Divinity on Prince Bismarck. -Cornell etiquette requires that no woman recognize a male acquaintance on the university grounds. -Of the 389 colleges and universities in this country, 271 are supported by religious denominations. -A new hall of science has recently been added to the University of Wisconsin at a cost of $270,000. -The Harvard Annex ladies propose putting a four-oared crew on the Charles river next season. -The photograph of the students at Cornell is the largest group ever taken, containing over 1,100 faces. -Among the students at Princeton College is one seventy-two years old, who expects to graduate this year. -Fifty thousand dollars of the $150,000 needed to purchase the site of ancient Delphi has been raised. -The trustees of Princeton have given Dr. McCosh a pension of $2,500, whether engaged in his duties or not. -The University of Pennsylvania will erect a dormitory at a cost of $125,000, which is to be the largest in the United States. -During the past year Princeton has had more men appointed to college professorships than any other American institution. -The largest college in the world is at Cairo, Egypt, and contains three hundred professors and ten thousand students of Mohammed. -Fraternities are now prohibited at Princeton, Oberlin, Monmouth, Carlton, Georgetown University, Wheaton, and University of Illinois. -Stagg, the Yale Pitcher, has received a letter from Melbourne, Australia, asking him to come that to city as a minister and as a base ball expert. -In the belief that small colleges do the best work, the Amherst trustees have recommended that the number of students be limited to three hundred. -In the United States the Episcopalians have 12 colleges; the Congregationalists 26; the Presbyterians 41; the Baptists 46; and the Methodists 52. -There are 2,750 languages. We hope none will be discouraged by this information. A knowledge of all is not considered necessary to a good education. -Methylbenzointhoxyethyltetrahydropyrididinecasboxylate is the chemical terminology for cocaine, and is the longest known composite word in our, or any other language, thank goodness. -The question of changing the name of the Baptist College at Hamilton, N. Y., from Madison University to Colgate University, after James B. Colgate, of New York, is being seriously discussed. ---The first college paper in America was published in 1800 by the Dartmouth students and was called the Gazette. In 1802-3 it contained articles by Daniel Webster, then a graduate of a year's standing. -More college students come from Connecticut in proportion to the population, than from any other state. She sends one to every five hundred and fortynine persons, while Pennsylvania sends one to every nine hundred and eightyone persons. -In 1885 Germany spent for the education of her people $10,900,000; England, $36,000,000; France, $15,000,000; Austria, $9,000,000; Russia, $5,000,000. The United States in that year, spent $100,000,000 for education, or as much, practically, as the five nations combined. -At Cornell ladies are eligible for election as members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. On Thursday last Misses E. L. Berry and E. L. Gilbert were elected by the faculty from the Junior class. It is an innovation probably not contemplated by the parent chapter, from whom Cornell's charter was derived. -Mail and Express. EXCHANGES. -The Brunonian should be complimented on its editorials, but there seems to be a lack of literary matter. -The Dartmouth Lit. has a good article on “The Beginning of College Literature." It offers some admirable advice to the undergraduate writer. -Considering the fact that The Buchtelite is but two numbers old, it certainly deserves much credit. The editorials are numerous and well written. -The Sibyl contains an interesting article on "America's Samson Unbound." It pleads for the education of the negro "in whose hands a million and a half of ballots are placed, and of this number over a million are cast by men who are unable to read the first letter of the names written on them." The article is well written and is worthy of commendation. -"Reminiscences of College Days," by Geo. J. Tufts, is the prominent feature of the Tuftonian for May. The article gives many life-like pictures of college days and the pleasant recollections they bring to an interested and loyal alumnus. Many college papers are now publishing series of reminiscences by alumni which make very interesting additions to the recorded history of days when college newspapers were unheard of. -We clip the following from one of our exchanges and would heartily commend its teachings to Hamilton's alumni: "It is one of the duties, as well as one of the pleasures of every college man who cares for his alma mater, to subscribe for, read and even contribute to the columns of the paper or papers pub.lished by the students of his college." -The Mail and Express justly praises the labors of Rev. C. E. Allison on the "Historical Sketch of Hamilton College," which he recently published. The following are its words: A labor of love for Alma Mater is that which hss just been completed by the Rev. Charles Elmer Allison, (Hamilton, '70,) of Yonkers, N. Y. A Historical Sketch of Hamilton' is the title of the little work, which will justify the pride felt by Hamilton alumni in the college which has adhered so closely to classical models and which has inscribed on its alumni roll so many brilliant names. It is a history of the origin and the gradual development of the college, copiously illustrated by nearly a hundred portraits of the college presidents, faculty and distinguished alumni, views of Clinton and of the college campus and buildings. It is a souvenir of college days and college memories which no Hamilton man can afford to be without. It is sold at $1 a copy by A. D. F. Randolph & Co., New York, or Kelly & Bostick, Utica, N. Y." CLIPPINGS. -Women who now attend church simply to exhibit their spring cloaks are sacque-religious.—The Tablet. -When it is one minute after eight o'clock it is past eight. When it is thirty minutes after eight it is only half past eight. Here is another discovery to make the world pause and feel sad.—University Quar. THE SAMOAN QUESTION. Bismarck. I will ride the wild Pacific, In a manner quite terrific, And will make myself the great and only terror of the seas; No matter how your fleet is, For I'm the Giascutis that will do just as I please. John Bull. Ho! Ho! You blooming German, So you think you will determine, The complexion of the action that each one of us must take. In accordance with that measure But ere you rake the ocean take a good look at your rake. Uncle Sam. By thunder, Mr. Teuton, It seems to me you're shootin' On that island in a manner I would hint was slightly rash. I can tell you, sir, by gravy, I have got what gets a navy-that is to say, the cash. -Ex. -The Campus. Τί γὰρ μητρὸς θαλλούσης εὐκλείας τέκνοις -SETH G. HEACOCK, '80, has been appointed postmaster at Ilion. -HARRY A. GRANT, '58, of Tarrytown, has gone to Mt. Desert, where he will spend the summer with his family. -Rev. ARTHUR C. MCMILLAN, '86, will spend his summer vacation in Europe. On his return he will preach in Dakota. -THOMAS H. LEE, '83, is now a member of the law partnership of Powers & Lee, with his office at 45 William street, New York city. -Mrs. SARAH J. REWEY, mother of E. M. REWEY, '73, of the New York Sun, died June 5, at Flushing, Long Island, aged 65 years. -WILLIAM H. CHAPMAN, '87, of Auburn Seminary, spends his summer vacation in doing reporter's work for the Utica Morning Herald. |