Show ABOUT OTHER COLLEGES Miss Julia Irvine has resigned the presidency presidency presidency pre pre- of Wellesley College In Johns Hopkins University a class clas has been organized for the purpose of operative co-operative study of current congressional congressional congressional congress congress- ional history Dr David H. H Cochran who has been president of the Brooklyn Institute for thirty-five thirty years has tendered his resignation resignation resignation nation on account of age The Tar gum N. N J. J On the campus of Columbia College J four new dormitories with j F for students are being erected i iThe i. i The United States government has made an appropriation of for forthe forthe forthe the erection of a new boat house and armory for the Naval Academy at Annap Annap- olis Professor Simon Flexner of the University University University Uni Uni- of Pennsylvania who has just been elected to the chair of pathological anatomy of the University Medical Department Department Department De De- to succeed Dr John ohn Guiteras will sail March from Vancouver for Manila where he goes with a party to tomake tomake tomake make a several months' months study of tropical tropical tropical trop trop- ical diseases in the Philippine Islands He will be accompanied by a party from Johns Hopkins University and is to re return return return re- re turn earl early in September next The University University University Uni Uni- medical classes will next year receive receive receive re re- the benefits of Professor Flexner's investigations The party will carry the best modern appliances for the investigations which they propose to make as well as letters of introduction from the army and navy authorities at Washington Pennsylvanian Pennsylvania Chicago is to be boycotted An athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic com combine bine has been formed by V Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- is- is Michigan and Illinois with this purpose as its bond of union The action of the three schools is sanctioned by their presidents and is to extend to every branch of athletics The base ball games already scheduled are to be cancelled cancelled cancelled can can- celled and the Western Intercollegiate Association is to be no more The cause of this action is said to be the unfair terms demanded by Professor Stagg of Chicago University for his teams Stagg says he will fight the combine and will schedule eastern games in place of those usually played with the State ties Chicago's foot-ball foot schedule as al alf al- al 1 f I j ready ready announced announced contains two eastern teams and L several with other western colleges in In track athletics the other Universities contemplate an invitation meet in Milwaukee The outcome of this fight will be watched with interest by the whole world Whether Chicago can ignore the three great State U Universities Universities niver- niver with whom on account of her geographical geographical geographical geo geo- graphical position she is naturally a competitor remains to be seen The Nebraskan |