The morning call., 1893-02-27
Alameda.

Alameda.
1t now looks as If the attempt TO bold q
Non-Partisan convention on the plan rec
commended by the Improvement Associa-
ton will not succeed. The Central Demo-
cratic Club met Saturday night. and for two
hours wranged over the proposition made
TO them to send twenty-five delegates to
Non Partisan convention. 1t was decided
by vote of 81 to II not 10 participate in the
convention, and the proposition was thus
rejected. William HCff Cook and few
others are in favor Of putting straight
Democratic ticket in the field. 1t now re-
mains for the executive committee Of the
Republicans TO call convention. The COM
mit,ee of one hundred, who want To close
the saloons on Sundays. say that II they do
not get recognition they viii put their own
ticket in the field.
Fred K Krauth Jr. has been reelected
Chief Engineer Of the Fire Department, de-
feating Max Gundlaeh. The total vote cast
was 125 ana krauths majority was IS.
Krauth has held this position for fifteen
years. The salary is $50 per month and the
election by the firenen is subject TO the con-
frmation of the City Trustees.
The trustees of the West End Nj. Il.
Church has decided To build parsonage on
the chu rch lot. corner OF Santa Clara ave-
nue. and Prospect street. w. T.. Bryan has
headed a subscription with S1O0.
There will be four candidates for City
Recorder at the ceming election-A. f. St.
Sure. A. p Stiefyater, 7. McGoun and L.
y. Crosby.
Berkeley.
The lecture ON THE Future Of Sound
Religion" which was postponed on account
of Professor Howison's Illness. will be
given by him at Unity Hall tomorrow
evening under the auspices of the Unity
Club.
Professor II. Clay Wysham Of Berkeley
will deliver one of his illustrated musical
lectures before the students at Palo Alto on
March 3.
The services in the North Berkeley
Church were conducted by Rev. o. II.
Gulck, brother-in-law Of &. X Clark of
Berkeley Mr.. Gulick has been missionary
in Japan fer twenty years. and on bis
return recently was in Hawaii at the time
of the revolution. His subject. The Prog
ress of Christianity in Japan" made an
instructive lecture
The intercollegiate debate between the So
cety of the Law College and the students
congress of the university has been set
week later-March 10-and the debate
changed to Resolved. that our present jury
system should be abolished" The Law
College men have the affirmative. Six hun
dred invitations will be issued to the debate.
which will be held in Stiles Hall.
Ninety tours blue and Gold" the an
nuai publication by the junior class. will be
In the hands of the printers In few days,
and will be ont by March 10.
Mrs. Martin Kellogg will entertain the
members of the sophomore class at her
home tomorrow evening.
j. X. Fryer, 49, Is organist in the Con-
gregational church. Mr.. Fryer wrote the
music 10 one OF the songs given by the Glee
Club last week at Odd Fellows Hall.
Recently the Berkeley Club celebrated
its twentieth anniversary. The club was
founded by Henry Durant and President
ID. G. Gilman. President Kellogg is now
president of the club which includes Pro-
fessors Bradley, Greene. Haskell. HowisoD.
kellogg, lie Conte, Stringham, Moses. Ris-
ing and g. nj. Richardson, ana Messrs. c.
L. Palmer, f.. b. Payne and Waring Will
kinson. AT the meeting President Kellogg
spoke on 1.-The State" Professor Moses on
The State and Socialism, Professor lie
Conte on THE State and It's Relation 20
Science" and Professor Howson on THE
State"
Ii is the intention of the u G. Boating
Club to train a crew TO pull race with
Stanford the latter part of May.
Librarian Rowel OF the university is
nominee of the Citizens party for Trustee
of the Oakland Library.
Street, 30, and Fraser, ex-'90 are on the
COSMOPOLITAN. the latter being on the busi-
ness staff.
The banjo. glee and ciccado clubs OF the
University will give concert ut Shattuck
Hall March II TO raise funds to improve the
cinder running track.
The Ladies' Board OF Alameda County
will present the University with Yelland's
valuable painting, "Cities Of the Golden
West after its return from exhibition at
the Worlds Fair.
Last Tuesday evening the Geological
Club listened To a paper on Some Pecu-
iiaritles of California Coleoptera," by Mr..
Van Dyke, and to remarks by MIR. Bancroft
on ''Tbe Original Significance OF Sex"
Class baseball managers have been ap-
pointed as follows: 93. Koshland; '94,
jackson; '95. Pierce.
The university library now ranks with
the more than $4,000 volume" libraries, 1t
having now some so. 100 volumes on its
shelves. The nun Der of books, however,
scarcely serye TO mark the rank OF the
library. 1t is In the admirable selection OF
working books ana the original system OF
indexiDg made by Librarian R0well that
make tile university library so efficient Mr..
Rowelps system of indexing, by which all
articles in books or periodicals in the library
which relate TO certain subject can be
found at glance, is copied and extended TO
libraries in general by work recently
edited by the librarian Of Amherst for the
American Library Association. In the