Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
U N liver SlTY. NOTE S
Interesting News of What is Going On
Among the Students.
Gossip of the Class Room-SOme of the
Pursuits That Occupy Leisure
Moments.
GEORGETOWN University.

track sports a permanent institution at the
university, and in future there will prob
ably be three or four of these meets year.
From the present Indications, it is highly
probable that the ball team for '96 will not
fall far behind that Of last year. There Is
plenty of new material, and the men are
anxious to work.
At a recent meeting of the class of ~
the following officers were elected: II. L..
Harrison president; Augustin Y. Greene,
vice president; Livingston ]. Cullen, secre-
tary; Charles R. Mullen, treasurer, and
William M: Parker. manager Of athletlcs.
The subjects of dissertations for the post
follows: Old English course, King Alfred,
Boethius; Post-Elizabethan, Charact er!za-
tons in Macbeth, Advanced Rhetoric, His
tory of the Essay
fine appearance. The November edition
presents series of pictures illustrating
Torquato Tasso. The Journals staff has
been definitely arranged for the coming
year, with Robert Dick Douglas, '96, as
editor-in-ch.ef; associate editors, John F..
OBrien, 96; J. Ashton DevereuX, '96; Wal
ter s. Martin, '96; Edwin ]. Brady, 81;
Walter M. EgSinton, '97; Frances X. De-
lany, 81; Thomas NJ. Pierce, 90; ]. Ray
mond Stafford, '9S; Grafton L. McGill; ex-
change editor, Outerbridge Horsey, '96;
athletic editor, Joseph P. Monaghan, '96;
manager, Edward NJ. Shea, '98, and assist
Il.
o. Perry Johnson 80.
Columbian University.
The Enosinan Society will hold its
weekly meeting tomorrow and the second
election of this year will take place. The
question to be debated is: Resolved. That
war is inconsistent with Christianity The
speakers will be Mr.. Robinson and Miss
Metcalf for the affirmative and Messrs
Parker and Tyssowski for the negative.
Last Saturday evening a well-attended
and enthusiastic meeting of all the stu
dents of the Corcoran Scientific School was
held for the purpose of completing the
formation of a society to advance the in
tellectual and social intercourse Of the
students of this school. At the invitation
of the students Dean Monroe was present
and made remarks Indicating his hearty
approval of the movement thus well in
augurate1. A permanent organization was
effected by the election of Frank D. Skin
her, late colonel of the High School bat
TALON, as president; Miss Harriet l.. Cam
eron as vice president and Fred F. Ris-
singer secretary and treasurer. In the
absence of Mr.. Skinner Miss Cameron pre-
SIDED.
0. l.. Fassig of the weather bureau has
recently presented to the department of
physics, through Prof. Hodgkins, pendu-
lum apparatus for graphical Illustration OF
the combination of simple harmonic mo-
tons. The apparatus has been set up in
the physical lecture room, and the students
in physics are given an opportunity to eX-
pertinent with it. -
Arrangements for the, annual meeting
and reception of the alumni, which will
take place in about two; weeks, are now
being made.
Edition No. of the Columbian Call. the
new journal Of the university, was published
en- Wednesday. 1t has eight pages, with
four columns to a page, and contains
large picture of the new president, DR.. B. l..
Whitman, with a sketch of his life, and
much local Columbian news.
The paper will be issued on Wednesday of
each week throughout the academic year.
The Columbian University Foot Ball Asso-
citation has been formally organized with
Robert 7. Barrett jr, as manager, and
G. l.. johnson as secretary-treasurer. Ewing
Cockrell. Harvard 81 University of Virginia
'95. has been elected captain. The team puts
in hard practice every day at the North
Capitol street park, which has been leased
by the association. There are forty men in
all for candidates, and these are doing excel
lent work, under the careful coaching of
Reeves Lewis The team will play match
game on Thanksgiving day, with either the
c. A. C.s, Johns Hopkins or the University
of Virginia teams.
There is now movement on foot in the
university to issue a magazine, to be called
the Columbian Quarterly. This magazine
will be published four times year, and will
contain accounts of the interworkings of
the university. Subscriptions for the stock
of the company are now being taken, and the
outlook is bright.
Today on account of the inaugural of
President Whitman no classes We're held at
the university.
The Debating Society of the law school
have chosen for the subject of their next de-
bate, which will be held Saturday of next
week. Resolved, That the Monroe Doctrine
should be strictly enforced in England and
Venezuela" The speakers will be Messrs.
Jno. Garner, H. o. Weaver, H. c. Sanford
for the affirmative; John l.. Censor Bennett
Peck and H. L. Deyo for the negative.
A museum has just been added to the
medical department.; the cases contain al
ready 200 valuable specimens, and more will
soon be added.
A meeting of the junior class of the law
school was recently held to arrange for a
class organization. William NJ Smith of
Ohio was elected temporary chairman and
George J. Hesselman secretary.
Catholic University.
On last Friday afternoon an enthusiastic
meeting of all the lay students of the uni
versity who are interested in athletics was
held in the recreation room of McMahon
Hall for the purpose of forming an ath-
letic association. A permanent organiza-
ton was effected. and an election of Of
ficers took place, as follows: President,
Thomas D. Martin of Los Angeles, Cal;
secretary, William F. eastman of Boston,
who for two years was captain of the foot
ball team of Mount St Mary's College,
Maryland, and treasurer, George D. Twohy
of Norfolk. This is the first club of any
kind that has been organized among the
lay students, though as the year advances
others will be formed.
A friend of the university, who wishes
his name withheld, recently presented to
the observatory meridian circle, valued
a $1,000.
Yesterday Prof. John Quinn began his
course of Greek lectures, which are Illus
trated by means of stereopticon. These
lectures will be given three times a week.
Rev. James O'Neill, '95, has recently been
appointed professor of fundamental moral
theology at Mount ST. Mary's College, Md
Rev. Thomas f. Shields, '9i, who since
his graduation from the university took
the degree of doctorate at Johns Hopkins,
has been appointed professor of physics at
st. Thomas Seminary, st. Paul, MINI.
DEPARTURE OF THEDOCTORS.