Medical School. The ladies' room has received a donation of portières and furnishings from Miss Elmira Wilson, '97. L. B. Peck, of the class of '97, Baltimore Medical College, visited friends at the Medical School, Monday, April 29. The Alpha Delta Society held its last regular meeting of the term, Friday evening, April 26, and elected the following officers: President, Eleanor D. Pond,'96; vice-president, Sarah S. Webber, '97; secretary, Annie M. Smith, '96; treasurer, Elizabeth A. Riley, '97. The lectures in the Medical School closed May 1, and the examinations of the various divisions of the class in laboratory, in medical chemistry, and toxicology have been finished. The examinations in the various branches will be held as follows: General Chemistry, written work, May 4, 9-11. Laboratory work, first division, May 4, 11-2; second division, May 4, 2-5; third division, May 11, 9-12. Anatomy, May 2, 2-4. Medical Chemistry, written, May 8, 9-12. Practice, May 13, 9-12. The examinations in physiology will include questions upon embryology and hygiene. Medical chemistry includes questions upon toxicology. Practice includes questions upon. chemical medicine. Obstetrics includes gynæcology. Surgery includes ophthalmology and clinical surgery. Many of the students have signified their intentions of taking some of the special summer courses which are to be given by the various professors of the different subjects during the coming summer vacation. Eleven subjects will be taken up. Professor Hall will give a course upon physical diagnosis of diseases of chest and abdomen; Professor Thayer, a course upon preparatory anatomy; Professor Dudley, a course upon pathology; Drs. Austin and Thorpe, a course upon medical chemistry and toxicology; Dr. Cumston, a course upon clinical gynecology; Dr. Derby, upon clinical obstetrics; Dr. Johnson, didactic and manakin obstetrics; Dr. White, children's diseases; Dr. Brown, bacteriology; Professor Pitkin, general chemistry; Professor Tenny, ophthalmology; and Dr. Rogers, materia medica and therapeutics. The second annual banquet and election of officers of the Gamma Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Kappa Society was held at the Parker House, Friday evening, April 19. The first business of the evening was the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows: Primarius, F. S. Raddin, M.D.; president, J. I. French, '96; vice-president, I. E. Stowe, '97; secretary, C. S. Gilman, '96; treasurer, P. F. Kelleher, '96; marshals, S. F. Ayers, '96, J. A. Healy, '96; warden, R. W. Place, '97; guard, Avis der Avedisian, '96; page, E. H. Bailey, '97; executive committee, E. E. Thorpe, M.D., R. M. Pearce, M.D., C. D. Ebann, M.D. Grand President Professor C. P. Thayer was the expected guest of the evening, but unfortunately was unable to be present, After a vote of thanks to the retiring officers. the banquet hall was thrown open and the members sat down to an elaborately prepared menu, with Harry C. Holmes, '96, as toastmaster. After the edibles had been cleared away and cigars had been lighted, the toastmaster, with a few well-chosen words, called upon the various members who were given the toasts of the evening: "Our New Members,” I. E. Stowe, '97; "The Ladies," P. G. Scoboria, '95; "Officers, Past and Present," J. I. French, '96; "The Medical School," G. A. Leavitt, '95; "Initiation," J. A. Healey, '96; "Alpha Kappa Kappa," J. F. Ryan, '96. After the singing of "America" in honor of Patriots' Day, the meeting closed with enthusiastic college and society "yells." The success of the affair was largely due to committee in charge, John Francis Ryan, '96, William Henry Green, '96, and Harry Clinton Holmes, '96. C. S. GILMAN, '96. Our Alumni. '66. Charles E. Ridles, who is engaged in the book, stationary, and art trade, corner of Boylston and Berkeley Streets, Boston, finds time enough away from his business to do considerable art and literary work. He graduated from the Massachusetts Normal Art School in 1874, and has received several State awards and honorable mention for drawings. He is also a prominent social figure in Boston and Dorchester, where he resides. Among the well-known societies of which he is a member are the Appalachian Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston Natural History Society, "Linnæa," in Sweden, and the Roxbury Shakespearian Club, of which he is the president. '66. Frederic H. White is engaged in the paint and oil trade at 365 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He has been a member of the city council for several years. '70. Minton Warren, Ph.D., Professor of the Latin language and literature in Johns Hopkins University, has been studying and teaching continuously since his graduation from Tufts. In 1871-72 he was in the graduate department at Yale, and from 1876-79 he was enrolled at the universities of Leipsig, Bonn, and Strasburg, Germany, from the last of which he received his degree of Ph.D. Since undertaking his work at Johns Hopkins he has been elected vice-president of the American Philological Association, one of the executive committee of the American school at Rome, and has been the editor princeps of the Codex Gallensis, besides publishing the transactions of the North American Philological Association. Professor Warren intends to spend the coming year abroad. '73. Albert Stetson has recently removed from 50 Broadway to 243 Broadway, New York City. He has won considerable distinction of late as an electrical and patent expert, and makes a specialty of technical and scientific translations from French, German, Italian, and Spanish. '75. The Rev. Fred A. Dillingham is chairman of the Universalist Board of Missionaries in Massachusetts and superintendent of the second Massachusetts district. He resides at North Attleboro. '77. The Rev. Frederick A. Bisbee is the present editor of the monthly magazine To-Day. Several poems from his pen have recently appeared in various magazines. '83. George K. Milliken has recently accepted the position of superintendent of maintenance with the Chicago Telephone Company. '85. T. B. MacDonald, at one time a member of this class, is the junior partner of a law firm of which the new governor of Colorado is the senior member. '86. Fred P. Chapman was recently elected to the school board of Franklin, Massachusetts. He is the superintendent of Ray's Woolen Company, and the inventor of the Geb attachment for card feeds. '89. The Rev. Charles P. Hall is the assistant pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Baltimore, Maryland, and president of the Young People's Guild of the parish. '90. Elmer E. French, now principal of the McGaw Normal Institute, Reed's Ferry, New Hampshire, has been elected principal of Bridgton Academy, one of the largest and best preparatory schools of Maine. '91. George M. Gerrish has graduated from the Yale Theological School, and has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational parish at Goshen, Massachusetts. '92. The Universalist parish at Waltham has extended an unanimous call to the Rev. Ralph E. Connor, who has been supplying its pulpit for the past few months. '93. Joseph Byron Groce, of the Transcript staff, has accepted the position of treasurer of the Boston Home Journal Company. '93. Ira H. Ellis, a former member of this class, will graduate in June from the Chicago Law School, and is now the evening librarian of the Chicago Bar Association Library. '94. The Rev. A. N. Foster is the pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Lynn. He resides at 274 Summer Street in that city. '94. Orville J. Whitney is at work under the city engineer of Medford. RESOLUTIONS OF CLASS OF '92. Whereas it has pleased our Heavenly Father to take from our midst our dearly beloved classmate Betrand Flavel Putnam; and Whereas it seems fitting at this time to take some action as a class upon his death; be it Resolved: That we lament the early death of our dear classmate; that on account of his noble character and generous nature he is a great loss to us; and that we as a body and as individuals extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy, praying with them that the good Father in Heaven may give them the peace and comfort they seek and so much need at this trying hour. Be it further Resolved: That the Class of Ninety-two has lost a member who will always be remembered. Be it further Resolved: That these Resolutions be published in the TUFTONIAN, and that a copy be sent to the bereaved family, and that they be spread on our class records. For the class of '92. JOSEPH F. COBB, Secretary. Local News. The baseball game with Wesleyan, April 27, had to be postponed on account of rain. The Goddard Prize Readings will be held May 28. The members of the Oratory I. will try for places May 11. The Prohibition Club will hold its last regular meeting for the year, in Miner Hall, May 16. The ninety-six "Brown and Blue" was put on sale May 2. Many copies were disposed of on the first day. The class of '96 has postponed until next winter the play which it proposed giving this spring. The play is being prepared by S. B. Johnson and W. H. Belcher of the class. A mass meeting of the non-society men was held on Thursday, May 2, to arrange for the representation of this faction on the board of editors of the TUFTONIAN. The tennis courts have been put into very good condition and playing has commenced. Only members of the Athletic Association are allowed to play on the courts. The annual meeting of the Tufts College Publishing Society will be held May 14, in the chapel. In order to vote at this meeting students must pay their subscriptions before noon of the preceding day. Mr Charles Snow, '94, is preparing an elaborate treatise on the Homerus. Professor Dolbear lectured before the Metaphysical Society of Boston, Thursday, May 2. H. G. Chase, '93, has returned to college as assistant instructor in the Electrical Laboratory. Mr. Djelalian of the Tufts Medical School gave a lecture before the college on the subject of Turkey and Turkish Armenia, Wednesday evening, April 20. Tickets for the performance of " Ralph Roister Doister," to be given in the gymnasium June 6, were put on sale the last of last week, at the library. The Kappa Chapter of Zeta Psi Fraternity gave a reception and dance to its friends, in Goddard Gymnasium, April 26. Representatives of the Epsilon Chapter at Brown were present, and delegates from all the fraternities on College Hill were invited. The gymnasium Weber catered. was very prettily decorated. The baseball diamond in the new athletic field has been levelled and rolled, and is now in very fair condition. It promises to be a very good field, inasmuch as it is very springy. The bleachers have been moved back from their former position for the baseball season. A new back-stop has also been built. The convention of the Massachusetts Intercollegiate Prohibition Association will be held in Columbus Avenue Universalist Church, May 9. Program is as follows: 2 P.M., Young Men's Rally; 5 P.M., Business Meeting; 7.45 P.M., Oratorical Contest. Amherst, Boston University, Harvard, Lay, Mt. Hermon, Newton, Tufts, and Williams will be represented. A glorious celebration was enjoyed the night of the Harvard baseball victory. The friends of Tufts athletics gathered from far and near to watch the great fire and to exchange congratulations on the success of the team. Many rude structures, such as crooked board walks which have long been considered detrimental to 20 the fine appearance of the Hill, went up in the smoke. Doister" by the students of English is already attracting attention. The following is quoted from the Chicago Dial: "We are glad to note the performances of old English plays that are among the many indications of the good work now being done by the English departments of our colleges. A few days ago Jonson's 'Silent Woman' was given by Harvard students; while May will witness a performance of Ralph Roister Doister' at Tufts college, under the direction of Professor D. L. Maulsby." The proposed production of "Ralph Roister The game between Harvard and Tufts on Holmes Field was very interesting and enjoyable throughout the full nine innings. No scoring was done by either side in the first inning, but in the second Tufts scored twice on a base on balls, a hit and an error by Scannell. In her half of the second, Harvard also scored two runs on a "two-bagger," an error by Corridan, a base on balls, and a single. Tufts added one in the third and Harvard two, making the score 4-3 for Harvard. In the fourth inning, four hits aided by an error of Paine's brought in three runs for Tufts, while Harvard scored two more runs on two bases on balls, an unaccepted chance, and a single. Neither side scored in the fifth. a fairly strong team. Tufts had Scannell, c. three men on bases, but good fielding on Harvard's part prevented any run getting, and Harvard went out in order. In the sixth and seventh, on five hits and three bases on balls, aided by an error of Hayes', Tufts scored five runs, but was shut out in the last two innings. Harvard scored only once more during the In the sixth, two bases on balls and game. fine base running made their final total of seven runs. Whittemore showed rather poor judgment in not replacing Paine by Highlands earlier in 2 2300 Harvard, 2. Three-base-hits : O I I 6 Two-base Pierce, *Johnston out on infield fly. Earned runs: Tufts, 4; hits: Paine, Corridan. Scannell. Stolen bases: Richardson; Winslow, 5; Hayes, 2; Scannell; Rand. Johnston, 10; by Paine, 6. ston, 5; by Paine, 6; First base on balls: By Struck out By Johnby Highlands, 3. Wild to one. TUFTS, 8. EXETER, 1. APRIL 24, 1895. Tufts defeated Exeter at Exeter, in a high wind that prevented heavy batting, by a score of eight Tufts scored all her runs in the first two innings on timely hitting and Exeter's costly errors. After the second inning the Tufts men were unable to bat the ball on the ground, and the flies were easy prey for the Exeter fielders. Exeter's only run was scored on a wild throw by Pierce in the third inning, after a pretty single by Robertson. The work of Haley, Maguire, and Corridan was especially commendable. THE SCORE. 1530011 I A. B. B. H. P.O. A. E. 5 3 I 5 I 4 O 1 . 2 O 2 4 BOWDOIN. Smith, 1.f. Pierce, ab. Richardson, 3b. Ray, c.f.. I NO 2 O 9 27 19 Hull, 1. . Haynes, 2b. EXETER. E. 2 2 2 I Runs: Corridan, 3; Foss, 2; Johnston, Maguire; Smith; Pierce, 2; Richardson; Holbrook, 2; Ray, 2; Fairbanks; Coburn; Bodge; Hull, 2; Dane; Wilson; Willard. Earned runs: Tufts, 5; Bowdoin, 3. Two-base hits: Corridan, Smith, Johnston, Haynes. Sacrifice hits: Foss, Ray, Wilson. Stolen bases: Tufts, 9; Bowdoin, I. Struck out: Corridon; Johnston; Maguire; Smith; Holbrook, 2; Ray, Bodge; Hull, 2; Haynes: Dane. Double plays: Corridon, Pierce, and Maguire; Leighton, Dane, and Hit by pitched ball: Johnston, Haynes. Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes. Umpire: D. W. NASON. Attendance: 400. J. H. SAUNDERS. Willard. Totals. 38 1Ο E. I I O I I J 8 Innings. I 2 3 4 Tufts 6 Book MATTER, ETHER, AND MOTION. Second Edition, Revised, Enlarged. By Professor A. E. Dolbear. The wearisome details of most expositions of physics put the the underlying truths which Review. the works possess beyond the reach of many men who are either too busy to study or too dull to comprehend. In fact, few scientists distinguish, as Professor Dolbear distinguishes, |