The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-04
Two Candidates Captured and
Are Made to Deliver
Speeches.
MANY OLD STUDENTS RETURN.
Two Hundred Placed Their Names
on the Register on the OPEN
ing Day.

UNI OAL., Sept
3.-The frs. display of interclass spirit
manifested itself this morning on the quad
rangle. A score of boisterous 1913 men,
plumed with their new sophomore dig
nifty, marched down the north arcade in
two lines, ten abreast, keeping step and
periodically yelling: "Chee hee! Chez
bee! Chez ha! ha! ha! Ninety-eight!
Ninety-eight! Rah! Rah! Rail-"
At the main entrance they surrounded
two trembling freshmen, extracted from
each an impromptu speech, then made
them link arms and march between the
two lines three times around the quad
rangle. The yelling seriously interrupted
the freshman examinations, which were
being conducted at that time; and if
large percentage of failures should result
they may be attributed to sudden fright
The junior element is assiduously at
work, infusing all manner of deyiltry into
the unsophisticated bosom of the fresh
men. Every tank in the vicinity has been
picked out for coat of paint, and it is said
the freshmen even have designs upon the
lofty stone smokestack, which may be seen
from miles around, and affords an unsur-
passable site for class banners, emblems,
etc. But it does not yet appear what de-
vice will be resorted to in atfixing paint or
flags to the top of perpendicular tube of
solid masonry IT'S feet high. A few rash
acts of greater or less offense will prob
ably inform the community of the stran-
gers advent, and then in due time, clad in
fighting clothes, they will face their tradi-
tional enemy, the sophomore, and the oval
back of Encina, and be formally initiated
into the mysteries and felicities of the col
lege rush.
AT present the newcomer is learning
what an objectionable sin it is to smoke
on the quadrangle or to pick the flowers.
He has been cautioned not to cross the
quad in daytime, and has been warned
never to miss daily chapel services in the
morning at o'clock. Yesterday he walked
through the main entrance, strolled into
the Registrars Office, and pompously asked
Dr. o. L. Elliott to ''show HIM where that
quadrangle is" Later in the day he was
looking for course of work under Pro-
lessor Ben Harrison.
The students of law, especially the
seniors, are in sore perplexity because of
a conflict of hours between Professor Alb
bott's course in real property and DR..
Towards two courses in English and
American Constitutional History. These
three branches practically constitute the
bulk OF large number of courses, and, at
the present outlook, the students are
obliged to sacrifice either the real property
or the history. All three courses are
Stanford this year from the University of
Chicago, ostensibly to take Abbott course.
He is a young lawyer, and says the course
here in real property is the finest offered
in the United States.
J. N. Pomeroy of San Francisco, the
member of the law faculty, is on the cam
pus, preparing to take up his new work.
He will offer courses in equity and con-
tracts.
Professor Davidson, the new professor of
French. arrived from the East this morn
ing. Very fattering reports have preceded
him to the coast. The Daily Mail and Ex-
press of Toronto, Canada, said in recent
issue:
+. J. A. Davidson, MA, of Toronto Univer-
sity has been appointed assistant professor of
French in the Leland Stanford Jr. University,
California For the past three years Mr.. Da-
wilson has held with much distinction the po-
sition of fellow in Italian and Spanish in To-
ronto University and his valuable services were
Immediately recognized by his appoin tment to
an instructorship in the same languages on
the expiration of his term as fellow He took
very brilliant undergraduate course in mod
ern languages, in addition to classics, for the
first two years and graduated in the class of
80 first in modern languages, obtaining also
the French prose prize in competition with the
whole university. In the following summer
he proceeded to a postgraduate course in Ger
many, spending also some time in France. He
worked for two years with distinguished sue
cess in Leipzig under Professors Brugmann
and Birch-Hirschfield, taking Romance Ian
guages as his special field for study. On the
whole, Toronto University has never turned
out graduate of more brilliant promise, and
the excellent appointment which he has Just
obtained is no more than just recognition of
his merit.
Two hundred old students registered to-
day, which is quite good showing for the
first day. The old students will continue
registering Wednesday, and on Thursday
the new students will be enrolled.