Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Columbian University.

Columbian Un1vere1tys
The new court of appeals was inaugural
ed on Tuesday evening. 1t was presided
over by William T. Mattingly, Henry E.
Davis and Charles W. Needham. The first
case will be heard next Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock.
Prof. Butterworth inaugurated his course
of lectures on patent law Thursday even
ing.
At the meeting of the board Of trustees
it was decided that all departments of the
school should be closed Monday night, SO
the students and faculty could attend the
Joint debate between Columbian and
Georgetown universities. All students of
the law school will meet at the university
and march to the hall in procession; the
Columbians will be seated on the right of
the hall and the Georgetowns on the left.
President Greene is spending few days
at Fortress Monroe for the benefit of his
health.
Candidates for the base ball nine in the
preparatory school are: Copeland, for
catcher; Beard and Farnham, pitcher;
Cummings and Weaver, first base; Fugett,
second base; Beatty, third base; Ward.
shortstop; Mitchell, left; Owens, center
and Raybold and Perkins, right.
Preparations are now being made for the
summer school, which is designed for
teachers and students in the universities
who desire to make up or anticipate their
regular studies.
Prof. Sonatus is well advanced in making
a model for the memorial in honor of the
late President yelling.
A large class has been formed in assay
ing. Furnaces are being regularly lighted
and the students manifest a lively interest
In the work.
The students of the Latin school are
much interested in the entertainment which
they will shortly give The program will
consist of a Latin address by DIR. Mon
tague, recitation of odes from Horace and
Catullus and an original Latin thesis from
member of the senior class a Latin
solo, Latin chorus and part of a Latin
play. The date will probably be April 49,
The university lecture course was closed
by Prof. Gore on Monday.
A mass meeting of the college students
was recently held to elect editors for the
"Columbiad." G. r. Davis of the senior
class, e. A. Playter of the junior, Miss
Ross of the freshman and Miss Chaplin of
the sophomore were chosen.
Each department of the university will
be requested to select an editor. All will
report at the next meeting, when final ar
rangements for the publication will be
made.
Catholic University.
Rev. Mr.. c. W. Waldron. from the do
cese of Davenport, and Rev. Mr.. Stud
ineka of the diocese of jamestown, stu
dents of the university, left on Thursday
for Baltimore. where they entered in re-
treat, previous to receiving holy orders
next week.
There will be as many as twenty degrees
conferred at the university on the next
graduating day, in June. OF these five
will receive the degree Of licentiate in the
ology, and two doetorate of divinity, the
first time the latter grade has been con-
ferred by the university. The recipients
of this will be Rev. DIR. Lucas of Scranton
and Father Dublanchy, superior of the
Marist Fathers, in Brookland.
Howard VTufversitv
Prof. EweI began series of lectures on
Palestine" in the university course We'd
nesday evening. They will be continued