The evening times., 1895-12-16
AMONG THE UNIVERSITIES
Golumbian's University Extension
Students Enter a New Field.
One of Pope LeO's Books on the Con.
demned List of the Vati-
can Library.

| The mandolin, banjo and glee club of
Columbian University will give u concert
tomorrow night for the benefit or the
| athletic association. Mr.. q. l.. johnson
| is the director, and unGer his supervision
| a charming program or twelve pieces has
| been prepared.
The university extension course. with Mr..
| Charles Tilien Senipers in charge. will
| shortly begin an interest series of studies
| in English literature. Mr.. Sempers has
| thoroughly organized his system OF work.
and announces that. while attendance ut
fhe meetings with Tie Instructor Tor exam.
iBa1 Ion ana critIcism of the work done Is
desirable. no one viii be excluded from the
| course who wishes to do the written work
| but Tor any reason Is unable 10 attend IN
person.
| Each member of the course will write
| a daily theme of one page To be handed in
| or sent TO the secretary's office. or to the
| instructor, not later than 8 a. m. or the
morning following the day on which Ii Is
| written, with the exception that themes
written on saturday Will be received as
late as q a, M: OF the Monday following.
| All themes may be sent by mail. They must
be- legibly- and neatly written on foOlScaD
| 1aper with a margin OF an inch and a half
| to the left-haDd side. or on legal cap paper
or paper OF the same size and having AS
! large a margin. One theme only Is to be
written per day and may be On any sub
iect."
On Thursday. November / g. a meeting OF
the students or Columbian University in-
tcrested In athletics was held for the pur-
pose or forming n asso citation TO ke charge
of all matters pertaining to baseball for
1885 MIR. K. s. Barrett, jr.. was elected
chairman.
On motion the meeting resolved itself into
The Columbian University Baseball Asso-
ciatiun. An eleclIou OF officers was then
held. resulting as follows: Ma nager. Mr.. II.
s.. Barrett. jr.: captain. Mr.. IL. 3. Greene.
for the last three years. On motion finance
committee consisting OF REPRESENTATIVES,
from each department OF the university was
appointed by the chairman. motion was
then pissed creating an executive commlt-
tee. who shall have charge OF all uetalis.
THIS committee will DE- eiected at tue next
meeting. The association EXPECT to secure
games with Yale. Harvard. Pennsylya-
mia. Princeton, Corueil. Lehlgh. and other
leading institutions. The meeting adjourned
until Tuesday, the 18th. at o'clock.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
The ordination of four students OF Di-
vinity Han is an event OF interest here.
and much regret is expressed that the
ceremonies occur in the respectives homes
of the candidates. namely. Baltimore. fhii-
adclpha and Buffalo.
Divinity and Mcmahon Halls close Tor
the vacation on Monday next. u,
The reverend rector. Bishop keane. VIII
remain at the university. the VICE rector.
Rev. DR.. Garrigan. will spend the HOLIDAYS
at his home In Massa chusettS- Dr. Alexis
OrDan Will go to Philadelphia.
An Interesting lteIi oi news III Su'nCn,
literary circles Is the fact that the late
index of the Vatican library books contains
on its condemned list work from the pen
OF the present Roman pontiff. II was writ
ten in 1873, when the distinguished prelate
was archbishop OF Perugia. ana Is tre.i,isc
on ,Ieyotion to the precious blood or the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Cardinal Antonelli. then prefect OF the
congregation of cardinals that decides on
the relative merits OF religious books.
condemned this work i'll the severest terms.
and incidentally accused the writer or llb-
eralisn and unorthodoX views IN regard 10
socia! questions.
Th,. library is in receipt Of valuable
collection Of books. presented by Cardinal
Satolli They are mostly OF u literary
character.