—Andrew Carnegie offers to reimburse all Cornell students for
any pecuniary loss incurred during the recent scourge of typhoid
fever.
—Princeton University graduates its 156th class this year. Mr.
Frank Smith, of Fricks, Pa., acts as Latin salutatorian, and Mr.
Corwin Howell, of Newark, as valedictorian.
—The improvenient of the 1,900 acres of woodland reservation
about West Point has been undertaken by the i 6 Seniors in the
Forestry Department of Yale. The satisfactory completion of
this work entitles them to their bachelor's degree.
—lncendiaries have been at work lately trying to destroy .upper
class Club Houses at Princeton.
—By the will of Rebecca C. Ames Harvard receives $50,000, the
income of which is to support poor students.
—Bryn Mawr Alumni Association have collected over $125,000
for the new $250,000 librar}•. The main reading room will be
decorated and dedicated to those faithful graduates.
—The Department of Experimental Psychology at Yale will
soon begin the study of native Indian dialects. The Carnegie In
stitute at Washington have furnished funds for the expedition.
A special car will be sent out in charge of the Yale men. They
will gramophone records of the rapidly disappearing dialects.
—Prof. Chas. L. Griffin, clean of the College of Applied Sciences
at Syracuse University, has resigned. He was formerly with
Pennsylvania State College.
—Andrew Carnegie has given $600,000 toward the endowment
fund of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Mr. Car-
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