t h e pro g ress o f education torial says that the profession of Jour
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nalism needs new men, new energy
A S h o rt S u m m ary of E v en ts W hich more enthusiasm and conviction. “ In
S tudents at All Colleges are M anifest
A re T a k in g P lace a t Colleges
num erable o p portunities,” he says, “are
ing Usual In terest in M uscular
all O v er th e W orld.
offered to college men desiring to take
A ctivities
up this class of work, especially is this
T h e M oham m edan U n iv ersity , which
The m anager of football at the U ni
so in the political journalistic field.”
was founded a t C airo, E g y p t, in the
F our scholarships for American wo versity of W ashington has all ready
y ear 908, celeb rated th e 1000th an n i
men, sim ilar in nature to the Rhodes com pleted his schedule for next fall. It
versary of its existence a sh o rt tim e
scholarships for men, have been es is as follows:
ago.
tablished at O xford. The exam inations Lincoln High School .............Sept. 26.
C olum bia U n iv ersity , in New York,
are to be held under the same condi W ashington High S c h o o l........ O ct. 3
has estab lish ed a chair of h u m an ity —
tions and at the sam e time as the pres \\ hit worth C o lle g e .....................O ct. 17
the first of its kind in the world.
ent scholarship for men.
W hitm an C o lle g e ........................O ct 24
M em bers of the class of 1852 have
W hen G eorge W ashington was pres O regon A gricultural C o lle g e.. O ct. 31
p resen ted Y ale U n iv ersity w ith a new
ident of the U nited States he advocat U niversity of O r e g o n ...............Nov. 14
L ib ra ry b u ilding. T he building has
ed a national university. The National ! U niversity of I d a h o ................. Nov. 26
ju st been com pleted and cost the don
\ssociation of P residents of the State
The row ing shell of the Syracuse
ors one q u a rte r of a m illion dollars.
U niversities, which convened at W ash U niversity eight will be guided this
T h e best equipped U n iv ersity in the
ington last year, advocated the plan. season by a Chinese coxsw ain. A
w orld, acco rd in g to leading authorities Now the proposition is being consid Chinam an recently debated for C olum
is the U n iv e rsity of P aris. T hirteen ered in both houses of Congress. A bia U niversity against Cornell and was
th o u san d stu d e n ts are registered at bill for an initial appropriation of $500,- the strongest speaker of the evenng.
the in s titu tio n — a sm all city of college 000 to sta rt buildings and set the plan
Follow ing out a good eastern cus
people.
in m otion has been introduced in the tom the student body of W ashington
S tan fo rd U n iv e rsity has an endow hone by representative M cKinley of State College will present the athletes
m ent of $30,(XX),000, the largest per Illinois, and in the senate by Senator who have been aw arded the official
cap ita en d o w m en t of any institution of Ilem enw ay. T he object of the N ation “ W ” for four tim es in cither football,
learn in g in the U n ited S tates, not ex- ' al U niversity, if the bill carries, will be track, baseball, or basketball, with a
eluding the U n iv e rsity of Chicago.
to instruct men along all lines of gov crim son athletic blanket. Any athlete
Dr. D u d ley A. S arg en t, director of ernm ental work. A special d ep art who has played and won his letter for
physical tra in in g at H a rv a rd U niver ment for A m erican consuls will prob three tim es in any otie of the above
sity, is a d v o c a tin g a plan w hereby all ably be a feature of the U niversity.
branches will also be aw arded the b lan
stu d e n ts w ho are not able to pass a
At M ichigan they use language gra- ket.
rigid physical ex am in atio n will be de phophones to aid French students in
George Cahiil of Holyoke, M assachu
nied adm ission to the C am bridge insti their work.
setts, has invented an autom atic p itch
tu tio n .
ing machine. The invention resem bles
W illiam C ullen B ry an t Kem p has for T H E C O L L E G E S O C IA L W O R L D a breech loading gun and will shoot
tw en ty -sev en y ears been a stu d en t at
baseballs at any rate of speed and is
C olum bia U n iv e rsity and is still an
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also capable of shooting any curve. T he
u n d e rg ra d u a te . W h en he was a Soph
devise is now being used at H arvard.
om ore a w ealth y relativ e died and left o-ed team s of the Ju n io r and Sopho-
At the U niversity of Michigan a de
lore
classes.
him an an n u a l incom e of $2500 which,
vise has been invented to test the
Cornell
students
held
an
ice
carnival
acco rd in g to the p ro v isions of the will,
speed of b atters. . Players will here
short
time
ago.
Colored
lights
were
will cease as soon as K em p leaves col
after be tested at both the beginning
lirown
on
the
skaters
and
toboggan
lege. R a th e r th an lose his income
and the close of the season, and an ac
liders.
K em p has given up all hopes of g rad u
curate record of the im provem ent kept.
T
w
en
ty
women
stu
d
en
ts
at
the
Uni-
ation and h as decided to spend the rest
A ndrew C arnegie has donated $65,-
ersity
of
Chicago
had
a
track
meet
of his day s at college. D u rin g the
(XX) for a sw im m ing pool at Yale. Plans
ist
m
onth.
Sack
races,
potato
races,
tim e he h as been at college, he has
¡are now being draw n for the pond. A
ope
clim
bing,
and
original
dancing
1 sim ilar am ount would not be refused
seen N icholas M u rra y B utler rise from
a freshm an to the p residency of Co ccupied the principal part of the pro I at the U niversity of O regon.
ram. One co-ed broke the W om en s
V ictor M. Place will next year coach
lum bia.
ollege record in the high jum p by rais- the football men of Notre Dame. Place
S tu d en ts a t the U n iv e rsity of V ash-
ig the m ark from four feet one inch has been physical director and football
ington will n ext y ear publish a daily
¡coach at the U niversity of W ashington
paper. A m o n th ly lite ra ry m agazine 3 four feet, three inches.
Girls at the U niversity of W ashing-
during the past tw o seasons.
will be issued as well. T he nam e of |
m are also becoming g reatly interQst-
W alter Cam p, the Plato of the foot-
the new lite ra ry pro d uction will be
d in athletic sports. Each class in i ball world, has been granted an M. A.
‘‘The W a sh in g to n ia n .”
he university has a w om en’s baseball from Yale, on the basis of his being a
T h e U n iv e rsity of W isconsin will
earn and a schedule of inter-class
■ m aster of the football art.
publish the speeches of her intercol
■ames is being arranged. Miss Rud-
C apron, the fam ous drop-kicker of
legiate d e b a te rs th is y ear and d istrib u te iirg. director of wom en’s athletics, has
he M innesota football eleven, has fail
them to th e high schools of the state.
•iven full consent to the plan and has ed in his studies and unless he makes
C olum bia U n iv e rsity has a chair of
iven the young women much en- op the deficiencies will be ineligible to
th ■ C hinese lan g u ag e and literatu re,
ouragem ent in their athletic endeav- olav with his college next fall.
with an en d o w m en t of $150,000.
,rs
The girls at W ashington have
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A rth u r B risbane, ed ito r of the New
Iso organized wom en's row ing crews.
Y o’k E v e n in g Jo u rn a l, in a recent edi