New York University - Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Q . Jn J- 1, sensg ave. '. wat ' 'iffu la-,f Ira! . if lj 4 1-11-- 'FT 14... 1: ,,i... u qui.. . fri 1 i l , . . . . h. h gl , In the publication of this book we have tried to give to the students and Faculty, those events W ic will always serve as pleasant reminders of the year's workg to the friends and the alumni of the ' ' ' - - Ch ll t nigga u- A ..., jr :yr .J . 41.-U .past . ,IF 551521 5: , l -1:33 . 'Egfr L filzgza :P :gm -H as 'FHF' , all :af :WWE ., HG. F 1 Ht:-: al 35232: 'Wii eu. .. af. if 2 . ' LEFT' 521 .x1...:. avi :nfwj 332535 . Q. 34. 1 .riff f-1 :yd :nga Q. all. .im- 'o..i1 -. , me I --Y--Zi 4 Q .L' 1. 1112135 Tljifglj .Egg--Q .Nj me ij' I , , Q .. -. . ,i 2:5-Z-1113.1:541:+1aL:-ii3:,:13:3q:'1ffL-fagkv. '- ,wzgaqamz 1 4.1 University, a glimpse of her new life, her work and her pleasures, and to express to our ance or, o . . , . whom in deep affection we dedicate this book, our heartiest thanks for our safe arrival in the 'promised h land. It is due largely to his energy and executive ability, that in so short a time, so vast a work as been successfully accomplished of transferring the University from the dusky halls on Vlfashington Square to its new home on the Heights. We trust as a junior annual, this will be received by our classmates as a not unworthy memorial of the Class of Ninety-six, and as a University publication, one seeking the interests and pleasures of all. So dear Critic, deal kindly with the mistakes which you may find herein. YVe are confident of receiving the heartiest sympathy and praise from those who have gone before us in this work. To those who come after us we say, Profit by our mistakes, but judge not harshly of works yet unattempted by you, and speak not unkindly of the board whose work has been earnest as well as enjoyable. The College curriculum, too, has been changed along with the scene of action. By the adoption of the group system of studies, the University now offers to any student a course that will prepare him for his life work, whatever his plans for it may be. It gives us great pleasure to welcome several new professors, one of Whom, Charles L. Bristol, is an alumnus of our Alma Mater. VVe hope that they may remain with us for many years to come to continue their work so earnestly begun, and to manifest toward all the students that kindly spirit which they have shown to us in our occasional interviews with thern. In the compilation of this book we have been greatly assisted by many of our fellow students. XVe are grateful to Mr. L. YV. Wfhitney, who has aided us with his camera, to Messrs. Perry C. Pentz, F. T. Clayton, E. VV, Greacen, D. D. Tompkins and many others for their pen sketches, to M-r. J. Oscar Boyd, Editor of '95 iVlOLE'1',3.'1lCl Mr. E. Edwards, President of the N. Y. Photo-Gravure Co., for their many valuable suggestions. The delay in the publication, caused by the change of Editor and Business Manager, we regret, and hope that we have successfully overcome the many obstacles set in our path. 8 'f ':-1fn:r:a:r'nmw: fu:-' was-3-.Las 4 v - iv .-.. .- ....-. --aug.-TV.-,:p,g..,eg,-. L, -.T ---fY--- -...Q ,. . . , .fa -yr ,W .-:. ,ln .y-fn.:.-L.anim-.Gf:.:f5'r:w:fr-:1:w1f11..e

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Henry Mitchell lVlacCracl4en, D. D., LL. D. N the year 1884, during the Chancellorship of Dr. john Hall, Dr. Henry Mitchell MacCracken became connected with the University, acting Hrst as Professor of Philosophy, then as Vice-Chancellor, and since 1891 as Chancellor. The New York University has, during his administration, founded its Graduate Seminary, its School of Pedagogy, and obtained new grounds in the upper part of New York City, and both its resources and the number of its students have nearly doubled within the eight years of his connection with the institution. Henry Mitchell MacCracker1, Chancellor of New York University, was born at Oxford, Ohio, the seat of Miama University, September 28, 1840. His father, john MacCracken, was a Presbyterian clergyman, and his mother, before her marriage, the head of a school for young ladies in that village. Dr. MacCracken was graduated at Miama University as Bachelor of Arts at the early age of seventeen, and until he was twenty-one, was a classical teacher and school superintendent. He then studied theology in Xenia, Ohio, and Princeton, N. J., and subsequently pursued the studies of philosophy and history in the Universities of Tuebinger and Berlin, Germany. He then, for fifteen years, acted as pastor in the cities of Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, taking also an active part in ecclesiastical affairs. lVhile a pastor he was a member of the committee that led in founding the Wooster University and the Green Spring Academy, and he was also the first to propose, in his Historical Memorial to the Gen- eral Assemblyj' the Presbyterian Tercentenary of 1872. During this period he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Wittenberg College, Ohio, and in 1887, that of Doctor of Laws from Miama University. He became Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania when he was forty years of age, and four years later was removed to the New York University. , 1 O amnesia, wmit wi 1 maawebsrs Jhdwaua has