720 



UNITED LABOR PARTY. 



ides. The material is brick, grouted grav. and diver- 1 

 sified by pilasters of white. The t'nmi edifice of ca.-h 

 college IB subdivided into throe sections, each contain- 

 ing 16 rooms and giving a total dormitory accommo- 

 dation of about 2,K>. The engineering-rooms, the 

 chemical and physical laboratories, the armory, (lie 

 natural history uiuseuui, the chapel, and the n-cita- 

 tiun-rooms of _the ^epartuients of Greek, mod. rn 

 languages, engineering, chemistry, physics, natural 

 history, and military science are coutaiued in this set 

 of buildings. 



At the back of the campus, midway between the 

 colleges, stands a sixteen -sided structure of stone, 84 

 feet in diameter, and surmounted by a dome ri.-ing to 

 a height of 120 feet above the ground-floor. The 

 exterior ornamental ion is white sand -.-tone and Scotch 

 granite. The interior has a mosaic pavement of Salop 

 tile, the walls are rivetted with polished marble, the 

 galleries are of corrugated iron, and light is admitted 

 through stained glass. This costly structure was 

 erected by Dr. Potter at the cost chiefly of the Hon. 

 Clarkson N. Potter, and Mr. Howard Totter, as a 

 memorial id' Dr. Nott At a shortdistance to the rear 

 is a semi-circular structure of pressed brick. The 

 central part, two stories in height, and fire-proof, 

 contains the library. 



The wings hold the recitation-rooms of the depart- 

 ments of mathematics, English, Latin, philosophy. 

 and ethics. The central portion is styled " The Wash- 

 burne Memorial Library Hall." the rest of the struct- 

 ure "The Thomas Henrj 1 Powers Memorial Hall." 

 The gymnasium is a detached structure of brick in the 

 rear of South College. In addition to the four resi- 

 dences already mentioned are the following : the 

 dwelling, formerly Dr. Noll's, now occupied by the 

 president ; the house built by Dr. Potter for his use ; 

 a handsome Swiss cottage erected by Hon. Samuel T. 

 Benedict for the use of Dr. Jackson and wife, and 

 in virtue of this consideration held by himself under a 

 life lease, and two other residences. The remaining 

 buildings are the photographic rooms, bath-houses, 

 BtaUes, and cottages occupied hv college servants. 



The departments of law, medicine, pharmacy, and 

 the observatory which with the college constitute the 

 university are situated in Albany. 



The library contains about 30,000 volumes. Its 

 special features are the liillespie collection of engine- 

 ering and scientific works, the Patterson collection of 

 matheniatical works, and very complete sets of the 

 literary reviews. Connected with it is a reading- 

 room supplied with the leading current magazine s and 

 reviews. 



I nderthe title of apparatus and collections may l>e 

 mentioned the following : ). In physics a co.-tK srt of 

 apparatus for illustration and experiment in elect i -icily, 

 magnetism, light, heat, acoustics, pneumatics, etc. 

 2. In natural history, the Wln-atley collection of shells 

 and minerals, the gill of the Hon. K. ('. I Ma van, 

 valued at over $80,1 KM). The collection of marine in- 

 vertebrate faunas, made by President Webster and 

 his assistants during his incumbency of the prod 

 ship of natural history, representing the results of fif- 

 teen years of special research along the Atlantic coast 

 of North America and the west shore of the Gulf of 

 Mi-xico. and of exchange of duplicates for specimens 

 from nearly every part of the world. The fine col- 

 lect inn of North American birds, (fathered and 

 mounted by James E. Benedict, A. M., some time 

 to the department of natural history. 3. _In 

 engineering, instruments of every class, representing 

 the entire development of practical engineering. The 

 Olivier models, ;Vi in number, represent ing the most 

 important _and complicated surfaces of descriptive 

 geometry, invented by Prof. Theodore Olivier, of the 

 Paris " Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers." Of the 

 three existing sets. Union College has the fullest and 

 the original Bardins. (Paris) plaster models of inter- 

 sections, Schroder's (Darmstadt) models, stone cutting 



models from "L'Ecole Fob/technique," architectural 

 models from "L'K.-ole des Beaux Arts," bridge models, 

 includi! s dynamometer bridge model 



and over . r >i.i,uOO plates of engineering and architectural 

 structural 



The courses of study offered at Union arc four; 

 tin- classical, the scientific, the Latin scientific, and 

 the engineering. The degrees Conferred in the course 

 are A. B.. H. S., and ('. E. The faculty includes the 

 president, eleven professors, a proli-sur emeritus, a 

 tutor, and a lecturer. There are several grades of 

 s-holarships, granting credits that range from $50 to 

 $300 per year. Various commencement prizes are 

 offered for excellency iit oratory, essays, debate, and 

 general standing. 



The list of commencement prizes embraces : 



r,i ,- f Blatchford Medals, two. 



'" 1 Junior ami Sophomore, four. 

 Extemporaneous I IT , 

 Debate. j Veeder . 



( fngha 



I Chirk 



am, 



Essays, ' Clarke, 

 (Allen, 

 Com! net") 



ami > Warner Cup, 

 Standing,] 



Military, 



one. 



one. 



two. 



three. 



one. 

 three. 



Total value $70. 

 SO. 



" " 50. 



" " 70. 

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" " CO. 



" " CO. 

 75 



Honors consist of assignment to place among the ten 

 commencement orators, the valedictory, special men- 

 tion for high standing and extra work. 



Ctilli'i/i' S'irietiex. The old Adclphic and Philonia- 

 thean Debating Societies still exist, but their function 

 has in large measure teen transferred to the n en t 

 societies. The students publish the I '..</,-</,', ,,*!* 

 monthly during college year, and the (,'nriift annually. 



(J. R. T.) 



UNITED LABOR PARTY is a political organiza- 

 tion which grew out of the Central Lalior I'nion in 

 New York city. This union was established in the 

 winter of 1881-82, and its origin is traced to a meeting 

 held for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of 

 workingmen in New York city with the poor of Ire- 

 land In the autumn of Iss-j the Union nominated 

 candidates for Congress, the State A--. mbly, and the 

 city board of aldermen. But tho Liber vote in the 

 election was trifling until Henry (ieorgc (</. r.) had 

 commenced an agitation tor the nationalization of 

 land. In July, IS.MI, the Union appointed a commit- 

 tee to prepare a plan of political action. Allir S. v- 

 eral conferences a city convention was held Sept. L'3, 

 at which I'll labor organizations Were repn- 

 The jilatform adopted practically affirmed (ieorge's 

 doctrines, ami the convention nominated him for mayor 

 with little opposition. The candidate of the united 

 ( Democracy was A brain S. Hewitt, and the Kepublicau 

 candidate, Theodore IJoosevclt. Mr. (ieorge made 

 over 1(K) spei -dies during the campaign, and by his 

 energetic action roused Ixith friends and toes to un- 

 wonted efforts. Before the nomination he bad rceeivi-d 

 the pledges of 34.000 voters. The election gave Hew- 

 itt M>,At; (Ji-orge. r,S. Mil; and Hooscvclt. (10,435. 

 As the stretiL'th of the ( ', recnbaek- Labor party (see 

 (iltKKMiACK PAKTV) had been in the country districts, 

 this result seemed to show that a similar element ex- 

 isted in the large cities. The problem lor their leaders 

 was how to unite these elements in an effective organ- 

 ization. In New Haven the LaUir parly obtained 

 alxmt HKK vote.- in November. ISM!, but the movement 

 in I'.oston failed as an element in the campaign. In New 

 York city those who supported (leorgo determined to 

 call themselves the "I nited Lalxir Parly.'' and they 

 prepared a constitution with the following preamble : 



We. the representatives of the United Labor party 

 of the city and county of New York, believing that 

 governmental corruptions and injustices spring from 

 neglect of the self-evident truth that all men are cre- 

 ated equal ; that the advantages arising from social 



