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6 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE NEWS THE AMHERST ALUMNI BANQUET. REMARKS BY PRESIDENT HARRIS. Over 100 -Sonu ot Lord Gcoffre, " Gather at Cooley’* Hotel at -lai Annual Meeting; of the Connecticut Valley Amherst Alumni Associa tion. Meu of Amherst, to the number of more than half a hundred, came together Fri day evening in a private dining-room of Cooley’s hotel in tills city to “whoop 'er up for the beloved legacy of old Lord Geoffrey.’' It was the 21st annua! meeting of the Connecticut valley alumui association and inci dentally it was one of the best and most enjoyable the association has yet held. The things to eat were good, the speak ers were better, and the spirit—real Am herst spirit—was the best. President George Harris was the guest of hon or, and he with President Allen T. Treadway of the Massachusetts Senate. Mayor Nathan P. Avery of Hol yoke, Judge Henry A. King and Rev Ed win B. Robinson of Holyoke made up the list of speakers. There was one thing lacking, however, and that was the pres ence of "Old Doc" Hitchcock. "Old Doc," however, sent his blessing in a note which was read by Henry H. Bosworth of this city. This note from the aged dean of the Amherst faculty, now arrived at the ripe old age of 81. ran as follows: "It will r.ot he prudent for me to be n ith you on Friday evening, but you will have my hearty blessing and a kind remembrance during the hours of the meeting. I hate to miss the occasion for myself, but all things must have their end." The read ing of the note was followed by a loud burst of applause, every Amherst man feeling the spirit which prompted the writer of the message. Of course the first thing to be doue after the first greetings of the evening had been exchanged was to do justice to the banquet. Some two hours and several courses were consumed in doing this, the chief result being a general elimination of appetites and the creation of a mood which made it easy to appreciate that which was to come. Wheu the usual Havana conflagration had been started. Walter S. Robinson, the toastmaster, gave the ball a push, aud the best portion of the evening was on the roll. Mr Robin son said that it was the usual thing for men. when one of their college chums was elected to any office of trust, to make it known from what institution of learn ing he was graduated. "I don’t think this is true of Amherst men," said lie: "the trouble is they dou’t shout enough.” Before the speaking began several Am herst “sings” were sung, supplemented by Amherst cheers. Hamilton. 1909, being present to "hit the box” and help in the tinging. President Harris'* Addre**. The introduction of President Harris was greeted by a round of cheers. Dr Harris said that he bad noticed in read ing of the makeup of the cabinet of Pres ident Taft that he had included two Har vard men. and one each from Yale. Will- Imms, university of Pennsylvania, univer sity of Nashville (Tenn.), university of Nebraska and the university of Berlin. Entertaining for a moment a facetious mood. Dr Harris stated that he believed that the Amherst roan who was invited to become one of the president’s advisers had been unwilling to make so great a pecuniary sacrifice. He said that to at tend a meeting of the Connecticut Valley Amherst alumni association was like a homecoming, because the Amherst men found there came from near the college and they were most of them well known to him in other walks of life. Dr Harris said that a Yale man once asked him if most of the men who came to Amherst didn't come from Springfield aud vicinity, and the president said he replied that as a matter of fact about two thirds of them came from outside of New England. He stated that probably*, unless Williams be excepted, Amherst, consider ing its size, drew from New York state more than any other New England col lege, At present, he said, there are about <SO attending Amherst who come from Western Massachusetts. Prof John M. Tyler has been sending letters through out the West to ascertain the Amherst interest centered there, and as a result of this correspondence a trip has been planned by President Harris and Prof Ty ler which shall extend out through the western part of the country as far as Des Moines and Minneapolis, for the purpose of meeting Amherst alumni and men in terested in Amherst for one reason or another. President Harris told of the recent im provements that have taken place in the scientific department of the college: the new astronomy building, he snid. is nearly done, as is the new biological and geologi cal laboratory. The physical aud chemical laboratories are already done, and there are others which are in the works. The new Amherst inn of 70 rooms, with its desirable appointments and furnishings, was also mentioned by President Harris. He went on to speak of the interest shown in interfraternity games in all lines of sport, of the new baseball diamonds, ten nis courts, etc., that are being, and are to be. constructed. Dr Harris closed with an allusion to the arguments advanced with regard to the relative benefits to be derived from the university and the small college. The next speaker called on by Toast master Robinson was Mayor Nathan I’. Avery of Holyoke, a member of the class of '9l. Mayor Avery said that there arc times when be dreams of something besides politics, times wheu be dreams of Am herst, of the days when be was an Am herst man. of the situation which con fronted it then, aud of the situation which confronts it uow. Mr Avery said that in bis college days there was a groat deal of talk about the future of the small college, aud there was some apprehension as to its future by those who were its friends. That apprehension he said has been proved to have been groundless, for the small college still exists, and is doing its good work. Times have changed somewhat, said Mayor Avery, for now the college man goes to college to develop himself for business pur suits as well as for the professions. He wants a training for life: not a training simply so that he may become a doctor or a lawyer, but a man. and he gets that training best in the small college. "I be lieve,” he said, "that Amherst was never more secure, aud sure to stand the battle with the other institutions of learning, thun at present. We need have no fear of the future.” Jud*e King Speak* for Lawyers. Aldermuu Ralph W. Wight of this city was to have been the next speaker, but he was unable to attend, and Mr Robinson gave the Hour to Judge King. He told a number of pointed stories and auwdotea of his college days, and finally elided by pay ing an appreciative tribute to lawyers us he had found them during his career as a judge. He said that he had found the career of a lawyer most satisfactory from nil points of view, and that it had been his experience to find the greatest of cour tesy among laujera., He said lie never hud aeen a lawyer /akc advantage of a jury, that ns a body they try to do their duty to their clients and do it loyally. "I •tn glad,” said Judge King, "to pay the lawyer this tribute, and I think I do so in nil fairness and with all reason.” Rev Edwin B. Robinson of Holyoke was the next speaker, introduced by the toast master as one of the most loyal men over graduated from Amherst. Mr Robinson submitted an appeal for a meeting of the present meu of Amherst with the large body of the alumni of the institution. He said that there ought to be more co-op eration between the college and the men who have gone out from it from year to year, and that something Ought to be doue to bring this about. The last speaker of the evening was Al len T. Treadway, president of the Massa chusetts Senate. He said iu part: There are in my mind two great objects in these meetings; one is to meet and bring one another good cheer, and the other is to see where we can renew our pledges to our alnm mater. I believe in organization in all things. The first impression of college organization perhaps lies in the fraternity, and Amherst surely is blessed in this direction. I believe in what you may and dp call machine organization, provided the machine is the organ of the scrupulous and the just. Mr Treadway spoke of the Chapman revival in Boston and in this city as examples of effective organization. President Treadway went on to say that he could not see why it was that a man who went to college from the Connec ticut valley should look elsewhere than to Amherst. To make such a condition more nearly possible. Senator Treadway stated that it is up to the Amherst alumni of the Connecticut valley to get after pros pective college men aud turn their faces toward Amherst. We have a large num ber of students from New York state and other states outside of New England, we ought to have more from our own com monwealth. I am in love with the com monwealth of Massachusetts. I am also in love with Amherst, and I want them both to go band in band in their, devel opment. We should regard our citizen ship as a great opportunity and respon sibility, and make Amherst felt as much among the colleges ns .Massachusetts is among the other states of the Union. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President, Frank N. Look of Northampton: secretary and treasurer, Walter r. Hubbard of Springfield: execu tive committee, Dr John T. Hitchcock of Northampton. Harry W. Kidder of Am herst. Dr A. C. Eastman of Springfield and Dr William Goodell of Springfield. Those present were: Prof Benjamin K. Emerson, 1865; President George Harris, 1866: N. Saxton Cooley, 1866; Rev R. De NN'itt Mallary, 1872: Henry A. King. 1873; Prof John M. Tyler, 1873; Collins 11. Gere, 1877; H. P. Field, 1880: Charles W. Eustis, 1884; Walter S. Robinson, 1884: William G. Baker. 1884; Henry F. Cutler, 1886: Dr Ralph H. Seeyle, 1886; Allen T. Treadway. 1886; Herbert E. Flint, 1886: Dr Nelson C- Haskell, 1887; William D. Goodwin. 1888; Henry H. Bos worth. 1889: Dr Herbert C. Emerson, 1889; Dr John L. Hitchcock, 1889; Nathan I’. Avery, 1891: Ambert G. Moody, 1892: Prof Frederic L. Thompson. 1892; Prof Herbert r. Gallinger. 1893; Dr Frank H. Smith, 1893; Dr V. M. D. Streeter, 1894; C. G. Smith, 1894: Dr Alexander C. Eastman. 1896; Samuel P. Hayes, 1896; I- E. Fay, 1897; Edwin S. Gardner, 1898; Everett E. Thompson. 1899; Charles W. Walker. 1899: Thomas J. Hammond, 1900: Dr William Goodell, 1901; Walter T. Bryant. 1902: Robert J. Cleeland. 1902; Harrv C. Lapham, 1902; Charles A. Woodward, 1902; H. C. Barber. 1902; G. K. Pond. 1904: Rollin W. Hitt. 1906: George W. Porter, 1906; Walter P. Hub bard, 1906; George B. Downing. 1906; Walter F. Pond. 1907: E. C. Taylor. 1907: Felix Atwood. 1908. Members of the faculty present besides those named in the list of alumni were A. M. Kidder, W. J. Fletcher and R. P. Utter. SMOKER AT AMHERST COLLEGE. Prof Grwrcnor Tell* About the In au*nratlon — President Harris a Speaker. The junior class of Amherst college en tertained all the undergraduates and fac ulty Saturday night by giving a smoker, to which all were invited. The custom was started last year and, being so informal, they have been very well attended. In this way the natural barrier between fac ulty and students is broken down. The affair Saturday night was the second held this winter and, coming right after the in auguration, took a patriotic turn. Ameri can flags were used in decorating and several national airs were sung. The pro gram also included the more popular college songs. The first speaker of the evening was President Harris, who introduced the sub ject of patriotism as connected with the college. He was greeted with the college cheer, and the students cheered him again when he was through. Edward T. Bedford. 1910. rendered a baujo solo, ac companied by Charles Mason, which proved very popular. Prof Tyler was the second speaker, taking the subject of patriotism from the point of view of the common citizen. He was followed by the college mandolin club. Prof Grosvenor was the principal speak er of the evening, giving a personal ac count of the inauguration of President Taft, which he attended. By being a relative of the new president, he was able to give a personal touch to his talk, adding to the interest. When he was through several songs were sung and re freshments served, of peanuts, sand wiches. "hot dogs” and coffee. The com mittee in charge was Adolphus S. Milloy of Eric. Pa., chairman: Joseph D. Cornell of East Orange. N. J., and Louis J. Heath of Cortland, N. Y. TAFT TO YALE MEN. Tell* Them He's Glad He Drew a Lucky Number. “I feel in all my bones and nerves the disposition to ‘/nake good,'" said President Taft Wednesday night last week at Washington in addressing about 700 Yale alumni, at their smoker. “I hope with nerve to be able to stand just criticism and to improve by it and not to ‘care a durn’ for unjust criticism.” The appearance of Mr Taft was the signal for long applause, followed by a rousing college cheer. "The spirit of Yale,” he said, “is the spirit of democracy, every man doing ins best, and if he does this having the support of every other Yale man. That is all I ask for.” He was greeted with loud shouts of “No,” when bo said there 'and been many Yale meu before him who would have been able to fill with more credit than himself the office upon which he is about to enter. "Many circumstances have worked together to place me where I am,” lie said. "There is much luck in the coming of opportunities to men. I am glad, however, to have drawn a lucky number. T am about to enter upon one of the most perilous jour neys any man in our country can enter upon. Great obstacles can be njet by the observance of common sense, courage, the sense of proportion and the absence of swßll-hiadism, which principles are incul cated at Yale. The disposition to meet each difficulty as it arises will accomplish what ought to be done. A man ought not to put himself in the attitude of fearing these difficulties, but have the courage to meet them ns they come. That is my hope. If it prove* otherwise, then I will not have 'made good'.” This was greeted by shouts of "You'll make good.” Mr Taft, the broad smile passing from his face, declared that there was nothing of mock humility iu what Jie said, and added tbnt he was "speaking of conditions as they face us,” and Hint “by maintaining high standard of character any man who had hard problems Io face would receive the help which he needed." Mr Tuft shook bands with all present, and THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1909. ns he departed was given another long cheer. TAFT AND YALE CORPORATION. President Expected Now to Retain Mcmher»hlp. apodal Dispatch to The Republican. New Haven. Ct., Monday, March 8. It is uow expected that President Mill iam H. Taft will not resign his member ship iu the Yale corporation, the univer sity governing body. It has been toured that he would retire as soon as he assumed the duties of the presidency, but no word has been heard from him. and Yule offi cials have reached the conclusion that lio has consented to remain a member aud to attend what sessions of the body he can. although the number will of necessity be limited. He succeeded Chauncey M. De pew as member and Senator Depew was present at comparatively few meetings, owing to his other duties. If Taft were to retire a special election would have to be held at the coming Yale commencement exercises in June, and plans for it would have to be made soon, as notices for cor poration meetings are sent out in March. According to custom the term of ouc member of the corporation expires every year. This year Alfred L. Ripley of Bos ton finishes his term. He has been a member of the corporation for 12 years, or two six-year terms. He is a member of the executive committee, and his member ship is valued highly because of bi- finan cial experience. He is a Boston banker. It is believed that lie will consent to stand for re-election and it is doubtful if any rival candidate opposes him at the polls in June. Calls for nominations will be sent out from the office of Secretary Stokes of the university in a short time, but it would create general surprise if Mr Ripley did not consent to again stand as a can didate and become re-elected. Through the generosity of Frederick W. Vanderbilt, '76, of New York, additional land has been bought in Temple street for the enlargement of Vanderbilt square, the dormitory square of the Sheffield sci entific school. The property bought is known as the Pynchon place, having a depth of about 225 feet and n frontage on Temple street of about 86 feet. This property lies next to Vanderbilt square, and Mr Vanderbilt has given sufficient money to the board of trustees of the Sheffield scientific school to enable them to buy the property. This purchase has been made with the distinct understand ing that the land is to be used solely for dormitory purposes and as an addition to the square. About one-fourth of the men who have entered Yale university failed to gradu ate, This is shown by the records for a nongraduate catalog which has been iu preparation for several years and which is to soon be published. The catalog will cover all the departments except the grad uate school, the art school and the music school. It will contain about 4500 names with the residence and occupation of non graduates. LECTI RE Bl DR VAN EEDEN. Interesting: .Address on Dnieli Litern ierntnrc Friday Evening at Smith College. A lecture of much interest was given Friday night in Assembly hall by Dr Fred erick van Eeden of Holland, who is in this country for a few months under the aus pices of the civil reform bureau. The college was exceptionally fortunate in hav ing opportunity to hear this distinguished man during bis short stay in this coun try. Dr van Eeden is the leading scientist in Holland, is the author of plays, poems and novels, is a physician, having been the founder of the first clinic of psycho therapy ever established, is a noted soci ologist, having been commissioned by the government to adjust the bread riots in Amsterdam 10 years ago, and is now the editor of a literary magazine called De Nieuwe Gids, or the New Guide. With such a list of attainments Dr van Eeden is well qualified to speak on a variety of subjects, and the wide range of his inter ests helped to make the lecture of last night, on “Dutch literature,” exceedingly interesting. In introducing the speaker President Seelye reminded the audience of the debt of the United States to Holland. From her shores came the Mayflower; to her we are indebted for some of our most distin guished men, and but for the Dutch we should never have had our President Roosevelt. Dr van Eeden began his ad dress by saying that it is a surprise to many to find that there is such a thing as Dutch literature. There is a frequent confusion of the Dutch with the German, and to avoid this confusion it is preferable to use the term “Holland language.” Dr van Eeden considers this tongue the in ferior of none in the world, and it is nearer the old common language spoken in northern Europe than any other at the present time. To those Hollanders speak ing English, the English poet Chancer is more comprehensible than lie is to his own people to-day. The first literature of Holland began at the time of the coun try's greatest glory, in the 16th century. This was the golden age of Holland. While there were no poets who could be called world poets, there was a great deal writ ten of « high order. During the 17th century set in a period of decay for the nation and its literature, and for two centuries nothing worthy of note w as pro duced. At the end of the 18th century, however, literature was again revived, this time marked by a keen sense of humor and love of fun. which Dr van Eeden said he had found characteristic of the American people as well. In 1880 a revival of poetry began and a group of men arose who were infused with the idea of "art for art’s sake.” This tendency Dr van Eeden is strongly opposed to. His theory is that of Schiller, the German poet, that art is the liberator of life. Only through art nnd the admiration of that which is beau tiful, especially that which is ethically beautiful, can the human mind become free. Ad dream on Settlement Work. Miss Williams of the New York college settlement on Rivington street spoke Mon day night in music hall. In describing the work done at the settlement. Miss Will iams said that it was very difficult to tell what they have accomplished during past years, because the population is continual ly shifting, and they are obliged to lose track of the lives they have been trying to influence. But. the fact that many of their girls and boys come back frequently to visit them indicates that they have marjo some impression. For those thou sands of people who have no settled home life the settlement offers something per manent aside from the saloon to which they can turn in time of trouble. Most of the work of the settlement is done through a system of club*, by which they try to develop the capacity for self-government. At present many of' the clubs are entirely conducted by hoys who have grown up in them. Most of the people in this section of the city are immigrants, fresh from isolated parts of Europe, and the mothers nre very anxious to learn American cus toms in order that their children, who are attending the public schools, may not be ashamed of them. These women the set tlement workers try to teach how to eon duet their households along American lines, while at the same time they train the children to become useful citizens. Miss William* urged upon her h-arors the value of volunteer work in the settlements, even when constant work in the slums was im possible, Rnying that she hoped those girls whose homes were near settlements would give what time they eould to such work after leaving college, as n large amount of good could be accomplished in that way. WELLESLEY RECEIVES BE<H EST. A bequest to Wellesley college of the teaidue of the estate of Miss Ellen A. Kendall of Boston, estimated at between $75,000 and SBO,OOO, was made in the will us .Miss KeuqaiL filed for probate at Bos- ton Monday. The will directs thnt the luoucy shall b< used in the establishment of a professo,-ship nuined lot the donor and that everything in excess of $60,000 shall re used to assist worthy students! PROBLEMS OF THE COLLEGES Discussed h. Harvard Teacher*' Asso clatlon— tdini.mlon Hcoutvemcnt, Deemed PrenoMeroa* — Home Los* Importance as Lite Factor, I'he Harvard teachers’ association, with a membership of 400 among university and preparatory seitool teachers, had its 18th annual meeting Saturday morning iu the new lecture hall at Harvard. At the morning meeting there were two addresses of importance on educational subjects—the first by I’rof M. L. Perrin of Boston uni versity. superintendent of schools in M ellesley. on "Present educational needs.” lie was followed by Prof W. T. Foster of Harvard. 1901, who spoke on the saute subject front the point of view of the university teacher. Prof Perrin said in part :— “The teachers of (Ite present day com plait. of the lack of home influence in the boys trod girls. The cause for this must be placed along with the real facts of the case. The modern child has drawn away from its place in the family by its own voluntary will, anti this seems to have been the ease more with the boys than with tlie girls. There are many valuable qualities lacking in the children of to-day, such as the following: Regularity, obedi ence, humility, respect of elders, dexterity, ingenuity and cierer handedness. For merly these traits used to come out in the boys at home and were corrected. We in the schools examine the children physi cally, but we cannot do it morally. 'l'he time when a boy’s morals are affected the most is when he leaves school just at the legal age. Should we not give boys and girls a chance to learn the lessons of life as well as the ordinary lessons while they are ut school? Manual training schools help iu this direction, but not enough. We want something to apply to the country ami suburban boys, something iu the way of moral, manual and social education. “We have to contend with tlie blindness of the stereotyped system, especially from Ilie colleges. There are the most prepos terons requirements for. admission for boys to college, preposterous for the boys who eVer expect to prepare for college and ut the same time make anything of themselves, and this pressure bears down and crushes out the life of tbo grammar schools. We are so forced to get the scholar ready for the promotion that the child is lost sight of in the rush. It is worse in the small town where they can't afford to have the Latin school. The boys who are to leave, school and go. jo hbA at this stage are the ones who are hurt tlie most by this state of affairs. Homo should be an important agent in the social development of a boy. because of the father's presence, and inspiration. Now adays. however, things have changed, and is is almost reduced to a minimum. To many a boy home now means nothing, for the father is not there nnd it is barren without hint, I .don't believe there is any normal boy w!io. with proper freatihent, cannot be saved, but they cannot bo saved in the lump. They must be worked with individually.” I’rof W. T. Foster, 1901. of Bowdoin college spoke in part a* follows: “The American college is on trial before the tribunal of the public. In many of the co.'- Icges the degree may represent little or no thorough work: in ninny of them the student spends half of his time in the lecture room and stands as much chance of getting intellectual exercise as the man who sits on the .bleachers at n football jrame stands of getting mtiseular exercise. File registration figures of American col leges are proof of the popularity of college education, the increase in the lust 29 years has been out of all proportion to the in crease in general popiilation. With all this increase of rtyistration there are faults in the Ameri««j| colleges that cannot be condoned. “In American colleges to-day the most harmful influence is tlie desire to maintain numbers ut. tin* expense, of instruction. There is in administrative officer* a lack of insight and of moral courage to exclude boys who on accoupt of miscellaneous worthlessness, in the words of the late Denn Shalor, arc not fit for college. Col lege faculties arc showing culpable lax ness. oven absolute dishonesty, in letting down college standards to get students in and then emasculating their curriculum to keep them in. There is a mad race for numbers which is destructive of all real efficiency. Certificate systems of admis sion as they are at present used are abso lutely condemned, and so is the certificate of moral character that is usually required for college entrance. Almost as useless is the examination which is lubricated to allow- boys to get in who. are absolutely ni-titted for college work. Again, boys are admitted to college as ‘specials’ or ‘conditioned students’ who nre not fitted for college work. Of the 607 new stu dents who came into Harvard college this y ear. 58 per cent had not filled all the eu trance nquiren-ents: at Princeton and at Yale it was 37 per cent, aud at other coj leges it was greater. My remedy for this is absolutely to have no admission of spe cial or ' Oinlii i.med students; either a boy is prepared for college or he is nor pre pared, and there is no middle ground.” WESTFIELD’S SPELLING CONTEST. Training School Win* With a Clean Record. The high school assembly hall was filled by an audience of 600 people last evening to listen to the spelling contest, by stu dents from the seventh and eighth grades of the Green district, Prospect Hill, Asb ley-strcct and training schools. The spell ing match whs precede,] by an oral arith metic test by the pupils of the sixth grade. The showing whs h most creditable one. In the spelling contest Superintendent Charles L. Simmons gave oat the words and 60 pupils took part. The contest lasted oue hour. At the end of the hour the training school bad not niispelled a single word, and Prospect Hill was second. The Green district was third aud Ashley-strect fourth. A bandsonv- bronze loving cup was pre sented to the winning school by J. D. Cadle, chairman of. the school board. Su perintendent Simmons stated that Mr Cadle stood ready to offer a cup next year for a similar contest. TH ETR IA N Gi:LAR DEB A TE. I'osial Saving* Hank Question Di*- <-nx«c<l — Williams Wins From Brown, Dnrtnionih From Williams nnU Brown From Dartmouth. Dartmouth, Brown and Williams each won and lost one debate in the fourth an nual contest of the triangular debating league Thursday night, leaving Dartmouth, last year's victor, still in possession o f the championship. In each case the affirmative side of the question was successful. Hart mouth winning from Williams at Hanover. N. IL. Browu from Dartmouth at Provi dence, aud Williams from Brown at Will iamstown. The question was; "Resolved. That the postal savings bank scheme as ad vocated by PqAt master-Genera I Meyer be adopter) in the United States." The home team took the affirmative side iu each de bnte,, , I'HE It ET BEAT OF WESLE YA N. [From the fndepehdeut.J Of course the closing of Wesleyan will be no material loss to feminine eduention. We do not see why any girl should want to go there, or any decent boy either, so long as tlie present feeling prevail*. No mother would want her son to go where he would learn to despise her sex. If one does noi like coedueatioii there are plenty of purely masculine colleges where sex prejudice is not so violent. But Wesley an's education*! fncilitie* are seriously im paired by this action. It cannot claim to give n Christlnn education, because the fundamental rainciph' qf Christianity is justice, combined with chivalrous treat- ment of the weaker members of society. It cannot claim to give a liberal educa tion, fn>- its student* and graduates have shown themselves conspicuously deficient iu this quality. In fact, the institution hgs uo right to tin- honored name it bears, and tlie trustees should in fairness pass uuotbor resolution changing it. We sug gest thnt it be called the Nictzsebeau uni versity or the Sehopeubauereau university, to indicate its present anti-Cliristiun aud nutiwoman (the words arc almost synony mous) tendency. The policy of coeducation is an open ' and delmtnblf one, not to be decided by > a fixed rule, but according to the eireum- I stances of each case. The degree to which J it is safe and profitable for the two sexes io he allowed to associate depends upou the prevailing manners aud morals of the locality and the times. In some parts of New t'alodonia it is regarded as improper for a brother .-rod sister to eat together. There arc degree* in bentbenism, but it Is shocking to find any form of it out cropping in a Christian institution. An- ' other departure trom Methodistic prinei- I pies was demanded by the Wesleyau boys ' at this same meeting, and though the , trustees postponed action on it. they will doubtless ultimately yield on this point also. The boys want the use of the new gymnasium for their dances. This, too, is a question on which it is not safe to be dogmatic. We do not venture to decide whether it would be a wise change at mirb dletowu < r riot. But we believe we are safe in saying that if n line has to be drawn in < itber ease it would be better to have segregation in the ball-room nnd coeducation in tlie class-room. There nre always dangers and difficulties wherever boys and girls come together, but iu our opinion they are less where they study to gether and waltz separately than where the opposite jidlicy prevails. Philanthropists and philanthropy formed the theme of the address delivered by President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard university at the Founder's day exercises of Tuhnie university. New Orleans, Sat urday afternoon. In the evening Presi dent Eliot was the guest of honor at the banquet of the Tulane alumni association and again his address was the principal feu tine. Tulane conferred upon President Eliot the degree of doctor of laws, and in acknowledging the honor he took up the subject of college endowment*. "The en dowed universities of the country are still In the lend of ail universities. 'They are in the lead because they nre older, because they have mono expedience, because they ixceed in numbers nil the universities of the eoumry. This,, in my udgment. is not long to be so. but it is still the fact. I want to point out this pioneer spirit of public philanthropy. It is tlie best means of .promoting the- public welfare." Gqldwjn Smith writes to the Cornell Era fery cogent words for his old university to Consider:— I sec that the number of athletes failing to pass a university cxiimlnatlon is less than it was. The shade of Ezra Cornell will re joice. What our founder wanted was not show of muscle, but preparation tor life, in which in the ease of university men muscle docs not count for much. The force spent in football innnot he recalled for study. Let us have ganics,. by all means, but. games whh li exercise, not -exhaust, and iu which Sil alike can take part. GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP. The duke of the Abruzzi, who is to sail this month for India, is said to be quite confident of recovering the record fur inoimtaiueering, the ownership of which seems just now to be in some doubt be cause of iincirtuinty ns to measurements of altitude. One by one the high peaks are yielding, but Mt Everest seems likely to remain as a challenge unless the flying machines conquer that along with the north pole. One of the old-time newspaper men of Baltimore nnd the South. Oakley P. Haines, died last week at the age of 71. He was correspondent for the Richmond Enquirer during the civil war. and iu 1869 became connected with the Balti more Sun, of which be became managing editor in 1881. holding the place for 25 years. He was respected for his ability, character and devotion to the best inter ests of bis city. The Oklahoma Legislature is going to put a marble bust of Sequoyah in the state capitol, which is most fitting. Sequo yah. or George Guess, was the man who invented the Cherokee alphabet and was a half-breed, born in Georgia in 1770. It was in 1.826 that he put Cherokee among the written languages with its 48 charac ters, each one standing for a syllable in stead of a single letter. The great trees of California have been named Sequoias after him. Airship company promotions are the latest thing in finance. Oue of them sur prises Wall street for its modesty. The dompahy. yet to be incorporated, an nouqceg the early bringing out of a prac tical flying machine, proposes for itself a capitalization of only $500,091) in $2 shares, and offers 50jXM) shares as a be ginning at 21i cents a share, yielding sl2so—certainly not an extravagant sum for a new transportation industry. Per sons taking blocks of not less than 19,000 shaves can have the honor of becoming direetors. and no more stock will be issued <ot loss than 10 cents a share. With so many centenaries falling iu this year it has almost escaped notice that this is the tercentenary of the invention of the telescope as well as of the birth of Jolin Milton. It is a far cry from the first crude magnifiers to the present-day monstrous reflecting and refracting instru ments which reveal hundreds of millions of stars where the unaided eye secs but a few thousands, and there is talk of new wonders to come from the simple device of a pool of mercury made to revolve till it takes the form of a flashless concave mir ror. Yet uo modern telescope can have so sensational an effect upon the world as that primitive spyglass which showed that Jupiter has moons and that Venus has phases like the moon. People often wonder, particularly those who have traveled for hundreds of miles through the corn belt, what becomes of corn which is grown every year. In the year 1908, when the total crop was 2,666,- 090,000 bushels, 241,000,000 bushels were consumed in flour aud grist mill products. 8,000,000 bushels in the manufacture of starch. 9.000.000 bushels for malt liquors. 17.000.000 bushels in the production of distilled liquors. 40,000,000 bushels for glucose. 19(6000,000 bushels for export, alnd 13,000,000 bushels for seed, making a total of 518.000,000 bushels, or 19.3 per cent of the entire crop. The remain ing 80.7 per cent, or 2,118,000,000 bushels, seem* to have been used almost entirely for feeding.—Corn Reporter. William DeMorgan writes Henry Holt that he is still busily at work on the manuscript of his new novel, which bus been nuiiotuiced as “Blind Jim,” though he will probably ebauge it to “It Never Can Happen Again.” Mr DeMorgun says it wil' be better than "Joseph Vance” in " Somehow Good,” and a render who has seen the manuscript says it will be bis best novel. Mr DeMorgun add* that the slight earthquake shocks in Florence have been seriously interrupting his literary work there. With the Messina disaster lit mind, people are apprehensive throughout Italy, One night Mr DeMorgan was turned out of bed at 2 n. ni. by one of these shocks, which ho feared might bo the warning of n entaclysm. The duke of Connaught (the king'* brother Afthur) lias offered the village of Bigshot. Surrey, a playing field. He was moved to do it by watching the dan gers tlie children ran in playing in the road, from the almost iineeqsing stream of motor traffic on a main highway in and out of London. The playground Is n good old English idea, ns native there a* any thing that'* ‘‘Anglo-Saxon." But one re gret* to see the good old English sports spoken of in the Spectator as forgotten, such a* "piisoner’* base;" and even "bllndnuin's buff." The Spectator asks ‘ some kindly person with n lient for play lug with children'' to undertake to “organ ize game*” In this Surrey village field. American children never need to be taught ofi organized,—the old games serve as regularly as the seasons. NOTES OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. THE MAKING OF PROGRAMS. Some Common Fault* and the DHHcnl- He» Encountered In Compn*lna « Contort Pr<»K'ra:u. The Loudon Times has some good things to say of prograni-tnakiug, a fine art iu which many admirable musicians are de ficient. Tin n is such a tiling, of couroc. as l.'iylu" too much stress upon the com position of a program aud of allowing i one’s self to become over-sensitive to re- | lutious which arc really fortuitous. The unit, after all. is not the program uor even the ’'number,” but the musical com position, and neither the work itself uor the interpretation of it is altered a jot by its juxtaposition to other things, though tlie effect produced may be modified iu a degree depeuding on various things but mainly oil the adaptability of the hearer. The student of art. lias to learu to accus tom himself to anomalies of all sorts, to coueeiitriite bis attention upou the geiu of a gallery or room and not allow him self to be disconcerted by the venerable or modern trash with which it is surround ed. In a musical program, one would sup pose, there should not be the same neces sity, yet so long ns taste continues to be discordant the concert-goer will do well to accustom himself to pick what he likes and pass the rest by with what serenity he can master. Even serious disburmo nics can be made bearable by the simple expedient of not listening. The ideal thing, of course, is a program composed of items all interesting, all con gruous, and so arranged that each reiu forces the effect of the rest. The Times suggests:— Variety Is the first great principle of a well chosen program. We. want as much variety us possible, but, as the result must be contrast aud not contradiction, a care fully planned sequence Is essential. No prclse rules will cover every ease, Just as uo oue has been able to decide whether the scherzo or slow inovcuient of a sonata or a symphony should come first. Indeed, the principles which govern the form of a soua in are applicable to a certain extent to the arrangciUe“t of a concert program. The order of the contrasts must uepelid entirely ou their nature, for there arc ill music cer tain kinds of expression which either con tradict or re-entoM-e one another too strong ly for close contact. Just ns certain colors uo. . . . To limit the program to certain kinds of music Is only to beg the question, and to cast the program In a stereotyped mold often leads to the offenses which the mold was originally designed to prevent. In the old-fashioned plan tor a pinuo recital, tor Instnuee. which is Still often used. Bm-h was thought,too frigid to be beard after any other music, Liszt too obstreperous to be placed anywhere but at the end. Nowadays, when players realize the rhapsodical char acter of such music as the Chromatic Fan tasia, we cau imagine it forming the climax of a concert or placed among the romantic music of the last century. Iu order to plan an artistic program there must bo a central idea, some oue or more pieces which form the main purpose of the concert. A party of instrumentalists is eager perhaps to play Schubert’s “ForeUe” quintet; their main ob ject must bo to place it in the best light. Everyone knows that the best light is not found nt the beginning of a concert; hut it is sometimes supposed to shine upon the end of it. In the case of music whose one drawback is its length (his Is a fatal mis take: such a niece must have most of the program to follow it. Another popular mis conception is the idea that when a big ' number" is placed in the program the re mainder must be made up of the lightest possible material. The result Is to empha size Its disadvantages, and to make it seem disproportionately large. Recital givers and the artists who Join in two* and threes to give concerts have not the same difficulty and with them the fault is generally found in the fact that the outlines are not suffi ciently defined, and that the programs nre a succession of heterogeneous details. They often give oue good thing early and fail to support it sufficiently later. They have in fact not seen the purpose of the concert clearly, for they rate the individual interest too highly nnd in so doing lose sight of the purely artistic one. Most programs', it is to be feared, are a mush of concession. The concert giver is more concerned to please all classes of concert-goers than to make an ideal com bination of musical works. To a certain extent this is legitimate and inevitable so loug as concerts are designed for the gen eral pub.ic. As music giving increases there is naturally more or less specializa tion. One may go. in a great city, to a historical recital, the purpose of which is mainly didactic, to a chamber music concert where but two or three perfect masterpieces will be presented, to a recital of Beethoven sonatas or Richard Strauss songs, or to a popular concert where only light music is presented. As the audience divides and subdivides the program maker becomes more nnd more independent. An ideal program might be offered to tin au dience bf one—provided he wanted to hear just what the concert-giver felt iu the mood to perform. But such ideal condi tions cannot often obtain. A professional musician to make a living must please many tastes, and must often put on bis programs works which are not pleasing to himself. Sometimes these are good music—the trouble is simply that he and the more mtisieal part of bis audience are tired of them. Sometimes the only fnult is that they belong in some other program. To play a favorite air that the public likes may mean hundreds or thousands of dollar* to the musician; he is not to be blamed too severely if be gratifies his hear ers oven at the expense of artistic unity. The conflicting forces that operate to disorganize a program are perhaps best (o be seen in tlie ease of a song recital, be cause the singer is peculiarly subject on the one hand to convention and on the other to popular taste. The fashion of the day seems to be to include a substan tial group in each of the available lan guages. One begins with a few old Ital ian airs to aliuw the voice at its best. Then follows a bunch of lieder by Schubert. Schumann, and Brahms, to show emotional resources. A group of Ftoneh songs is best to show command of the modern note, and then the serious business of the evening is over, and tne singer is free to please the audience with whatever "xperience has shown to be roost efficacious, folk songs. Irish melodies, old English songs, or compositions by Chadwick, MiicDowell, Foote and Mrs Beach, according to circumstance. A pro gram so composed cannot bo expected to have a great deal of unity, but it may bo interesting for all that. And it is always to be remembered that what one dislikes another may enjoy. It is over exigent to demand artistic unity of n mixed program meant for a mixed au ‘Kence. BONOI AND HIS QUARTET. A Fine Display of Operatic Sona at Court Square Theater in This City— Mme Rappolil, Mme Flahaut, Mr Witherspoon. Tlktc was a reminder of the wild ex citement of a notable “artists’ night” of a music festival in the operatic concert given Monday night at Court Square theater by the quartet from the Metropolitan opera house, beaded by the distinguislicd Italian •on ir Alessandro Bouci. He was of course the star, the celebrity, the attraction, but it whs h notably good quartet, the other artists being the French contralto Mnie Marianne Flnhunt. and two successful American singers. Mme Marie Rnpuold, soprano, and Herbert Witherspoon, bari tone. The musical director and pianist of the company was the composer Pietro FJoridin. If tbc quartet was cosmopolitan, the program was prevailingly Italian, with French for second tonguei nnd English and German only found n modest place among tlie profuse encores. Tlie audience was enthusiastic nud demonstrative, and while n solid phalanx of Signor Bouci's coni patriot* had gathered to cry “Bravo. Bonei!" upphiuse was bestowed generously ou nil. Each of the singer* had nipple cpnnce for solo display, nnd the program was made up chiefly with reference to effet.-tive singing, with some fine ei’semble numbers for points of climax. Such a program naturally has the de- facts of its quantics; it has neither the unity <_»f opera nor tjic artistic compoai un 11 a gOud soug program. It is made , J ». Rrcat moments from many works, “^^rib fragmentary, with emo uot justified by the con .• . K,, t for compensation it does of ai \ concentrated form a nspia.x ot die various forms of florid or impassioned vocal utterance, and such a < nance of comparison is both interesting to a general audirm; ( . and profitable lo a student of singing. It is of course a highly stimulating and emotionai Kind of enter tai nneut. bin it is also to be said that such a program as that of Monday night is ot high musical merit: there arc few song recitals <aat offer so much that is really worth while. If not the most artistic sort ot concert, there is a legitimate place for the program of operatic excerpts, and it is doubtless one of the most popular kinds of entertainment, taking the place in some measure of the grand opera productions which as yet are rarely heard in the smaller cities. 'l’he Metropolitan opera hopse management had last summer a grandiose scheme for organizing local opera throughout the country and supplying the necessary soloists; a tour of an operatic quartet, quite in the style of a generation ago, seems to be the net result, and is a much more feasible scheme. There is still an obvious popular demand for the old fashioned mixed program. Coloratura and the Art of SinsluM. David C. Taylor, whose recent book on “The Psychology of Singing’’ is worth rending, makes an appeal in the New Mu sic Review for the art of song. Ue says:— t Good singing still affords joy to the must cal soul, as well as pleasure to the physical ear. Even the operas of the most extreme declamatory type, those at least which have established their claim to long life, are vastly mjore pleasing and effective when well sung than when badly sung. Excel ence iu the orchestra and in the setting is devoutly to be wished, but so also is ex cellcnce in the fluent and melodious de livery of the vocal parts. The glaring incon sistency between a beautifully balanced aud hanuimious body of orchestral tone and a tuneless, tight-throated voice can hardly fail to offend the artistic seusibilitv. If we demand correct intonation and pure tone of the born and the oboe, we may with equal right expect them of the voice.’ An operat ic performance marred by had singing cau not be fully satisfactory; perfection in other details does not cover up incorrect intona tion. slovenly phrasing, and unmusical tone on the part of the singers. There can be no perfect opera without good singing. . . . It is to the younger genoratiou singers in particular tbat this applies with especial force. The most discouraging as pect of present conditions is that these younger singers, to whom is entrusted the shaping of the future destinies of the art. seem so indifferent to the beauties of the older type of pure singing. It may be pos sible to\ prove that dramatic singing is an art. of greater dignity than, coloratura: but that does uot justify ns Ju looking with in difference upon the threatened disappear ance of bel cauto. Dramatic singing can not be kept up to a satisfactory level of excellence if coloratura is allowed to fall into decay. Whatever its particular type, good singing must rest on the basis of a pure cantilena the easy, smooth, graceful nnd correct delivery of the melodic phrase. This characteristic style of vocal delivery must be acquired by study. No matter how surpassing his natural gifts, the pros pective singer must learn how to sing 6.»r ---rectly a legato phrase: such, at any rate, is the experience and the testimony of every great dramatic singer of recent years who has informed the musical public on this point. Fischer. Vogl, Plancon. Leh mann. these ami probably 20 other famous singers could be cited to this effect. Fur ther. and more important still, those ail agree tbat pure legato singing can be jnas lered only < through the study of tbo tra ditional style of vocalization, that is. by practice in singing florid music. In olbm words, the only legitimate school of instruc tion in singing, dramatic or florid, is the traditional school of bel canto. Fashions in singing may change; coloratura may fall into disfavor, and declamatory recitative may some day claim tbo operatic stage as its exclusive field. But if vocal artists are to bo called on tri sing correctly, they must continue to bo trained in bel canto. . . . Florid music to bo acceptable must, above all else, bo correctly sung. Let this type of singing therefore bo held up to the as pirants for vocal honors as the model which they are tn Imitate. A movement in this direction on the part of the musical critics would probably have a most beneficial of fpct. Is It not time to cease chiding the opera-going public for delighting in feats of vocal agility. Should not music-lovers rather be encouraged in their fondness for pure singing? It would surely re<iuire no great wrenching of the artistic conscience to adopt, this attitude. The end to be at tained is the rescue nf the entire art of singing, and the means is, after all. not a very great remove from truth. Hold florid singing, if vou will, to be an art of low rank and little dignity, but hear in mind thnt if it perishes the higher forms of vocnl Interpretation cannot survive it more than one or twn generations. Comnosers will find their interest also lies in the direction of pure singing. They, too, might with groat advantage encourage the artists to acquire the traditional style of correct singing. If present tendencies continue for another 20 or 30 years, there Is a serious possibility that singing will then bp unable to moot oven the modest demands made pn the voice In the modern type of declamatory music drama. Most nf the older florid operas are no doubt too flimsy in texture to suit the modern taste. Bflt there would seem to bo no valid reason why operas should not bp written along acceptable lines of dramatic truthfulness, which would fit the same time afford scono for the unfolding of all the beauties of the voice. Miiffiival Art Society’s Concert. . Much interest has been aroused in the appearance at the concert of the Musical art society, the 31st, of Lambert Murphy, tenor, who is meeting with much success in and around Boston, appearing often with the Boston festival orchestra. Mr Murphy’s reception in Nashua. N. 11.. where be sang in a concert with Emilio do Gogorzn. was most cordial, his work in “King Oliif” be ing very fine. Ho has an engagement Io sing very soon in Winchendon, where with other Boston soloists he will sing the solo parts in Rossini’s “Stabat Mater.” Mr Murphy has also done considerable work with .Arnold Dolmetsch in Boston. At the Springfield concert ho will sing “Lend Mo Thine Aid,” from “The Queen of Sheba.” and a group of songs. The orchestra will play at this concert Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony, upon which tbc members arc hard at work. Weber’s overture to “Eury nuthe.” and "Two Northern Melodies for Strings.” by Grieg. The choral part of the program is va ried. Two part songs, "Welcome” and "'The Brooklet,” by Rbeinberger. who is said to have influenced modern American music more than any other one European musician through Chadwick, his most cele brated American pupil, are delightful mas terpieces of composition. “The Jumblics.” the poem by Edward Lear, shows Arthur Foote in merry mood. A “Cherubim Song" I by M Glinka, an epoch-maker in music, | is a sonorous six-part chorus from the ; Russian church. In contrast to this is a beautiful “Ave. Maris Stella.” by Grieg. “The Ballad of the Weaver.” by the En glish composer, Hatton, is a part song for mixed voices. "The Alps." by iancyif. is characterized ,by dignity and “Mv Rove Dwelt in a Northern Land,” by Sir Ed ward Elgar, is a charming number for eight parts. Closing the program is Gericke’s "Chorus of Homage” for both chorus and orchestra. TO COMPEL TOWN ASSESSORS. Mote Ofllcinla Cannot Enforce llev ommcndntlonffi Re«ardinß EMate*. The present laws of Massachusetts are not sufficient tu compel town or city as sessors to obey the recommendations of tlie state assessors iu the matter of col lecting taxes, in the opinion yf Attorney- General Dana Malone. The attorney-gen eral at Boaton Inst week announced this opinion, in response tu a request by Tax Commissioner William D. Trofry for ac tion <»n his part to enforce such olwdience. Couuuissioner Trvfrv is trying to add io the tax reveille of tbo cities and towns of the state through a state investigation of i ersonal property. The specific case brought to Mr Malone’s attention was that of the estate of W. F. Searles in Methuen. | The state assessors recommended an in crease in the valuation of the Searles es tate which would have added $170,000 rev enue to the town, but the local assessors refused to make the increase.