80th Anniversary of the Philolexian Society. A PLEASANT change in the usual form of the meetings of Philolex. was made on Thursday evening, May nth. Instead of the customary literary exercises held at the hall of the Society, a dinner at Martinelli's was substituted in order to celebrate the " Eightieth Anniversary " of the Society's foundation. The " Committee of Arrangements," Messrs. William S. Sloan, 'B2, Chairman , Girard F. Thomson, 'B3, and Herbert L. Satterlee, 'B3, labored to make the evening successful under a series of misfortunes. The date chosen, the only available night before examinations, happened to coincide with the date set for the New York Bar Association's reception, tendered to Judge Samuel A. Blatchford, one of the Society's graduate members, and many of the Alumni who are in the legal profession were thus unable to be present at the dinner. Congressional…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1882-05-19 →

CORRESPONDENCE. Eds. of the Spectator : AMONG the improvements effected by the new buildings is, that hereafter we will have two cloak-rooms in place of one. This has of course become necessary 011 account of the numbers of the freshman classes of the last year or so. There will undoubtedly have to be some fixed number for each room and I would like to suggest the following division : let one cloak-room be used only by the junior and senior classes and the other by the two remaining, the sophomore and freshman. This would undoubtedly be a great help to class feeling, and would add a great deal of pleasure to the Burial as the sophomores would not only burn their tormentor but celebrate their leaving the under-classmen's cloak-room. My letter is short, but I hope to the point. SUGGESTION. Mr. Spectator:— HAVING noticed your invitation for correspondence and how freely it has been…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1879-02-15 →

About College HTHE Chess Club held its last meeting for the season on Wednesday evening, May ioth. THE coming freshman class promises to be very large in numbers. THE Eighty-four Columbiad board have chosen Mr. H. V. A. Anderson Chairman, and Mr. Perry Secretary and Treasurer. THE excellent portrait of Professor Nairne which we give on page 109 is taken from a photograph by Pach Bros., the college photographers. It is reproduced, by kind permission, from The Daily Graphic. THE race which our 'Varsity eight won at Newark on Decoration Day was one of the prettiest that they have ever rowed. The Metropolitans finished second, by half a length. Several of the crack Harlem and Passaic eights were in the field. THE cricket match with the University of Pennsylvania takes place at Philadelphia on Monday, June 12th, at 10:30 A. M. It would be greatly encouraging to our team if the match were…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1882-06-09 →

About College rNTERMEDIATE examinations begin Monday, January 28. EIGHTY-SEVEN is quite well represented in the gymnasium. NEARLY every freshman has joined one of the debating societies. THE freshmen have only one candidate for class poet. Happy class ! AN unusual number of freshmen are conditioned in Greek every month. THE new tables in the library make a very welcome addition to the room. EIGHTY-SIX finds trigonometry no easier than preceding classes have found it. WORKMEN have been putting up new shades over the south windows in the library. PROF. BOYESEN'S play will be produced at the Madison Square Theatre some time in February. SEVERAL of the 'B6 men who were lately dropped are studying hard with tutors in order to try the semi-annuals. NINE-TENTHS of the men went away avowing their intentions to grind terribly during the holidays. How many did ? THE regular system of registry…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1884-01-22 →

About College PHE crews were out on the river for the first time on Wednesday, April 16th. POLE vaulters are needed for the Athletic Team. MR. James Russell White has been elected Chairman of Class Day Committee. THE Athletic Association asks odds of no one, but needs and deserves your support, which can be given by joining it. THE prospects for the Intercollegiate Team brighten day by day, and vulgarly speaking, a big brace is being taken. SOPHOMORE (who has been studying the History of Germany and France for six months): " Excuse me, Professor ; but what was the Holy Roman Empire ?" EIGHTY-SEVEN'S class-pins are blossoming out on all sides with the coming of Spring weather. They are not thought to do credit to the manufacturer. A NOVEL feature of this year's Triumph will be a chorus "to enliven the proceedings/' We hope that its meetings will be held on Saturday, or else away from…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1884-04-25 →

Named in The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912) at the referenced leaf.

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

William Simpson Sloan · Confidence: CERTAIN

William S. Sloan · Confidence: CERTAIN