The San Francisco call., 1896-06-11
BOYS AGAINST GIRLS.
Co-Eds Will Tell Why Cuba
Should Belong to Uncle
Sam.
Attention of Municipal Authorities
Called to a Brutal Assault on
Chinese.

BERKELEY, CAL, June l0.-One of the
features of the graduation exercises of the
Berkeley High School next Thursday
evening will be debate between the girls
and boys debating societies of the school.
The girls have organized en- Ecclesia of
debaters. The boys call their society of
forensics the Forum. In lieu of the usual
reading of theses the graduates decided to
have debate and the girls society will
try conclusions with the boys over the
question of the admission of Cuba into the
United States. The young ladies will con-
ten that if Cuba achieves her inde-
pendence and is willing to come into the
Union she should be admitted, while the
boys will show why Spain's irrepressible
American dependency would be an unde-
sirable addition to the domain of Uncle
Sam.
The debate will open with "challenge"
by Miss Ella M. Bunnell, president of the
Ecclesia, which will be answered by the
president of the Forum, j. L. Kennedy.
The cebaters for the Eeclesia will be
Miss Margaret E, Doherty, Miss Elma M.
Mansfield and Miss Mary T. Gallagher.
Carlton H. Parker, Erie G. Parks and
George O. Brehm will talk for the Forum.
Each debater will be allowed ten minutes,
five minutes being given to the affirmative
for closing speech.
P. R. Boone, president Of the Board of
Education of Berkeley, will preside. The
judges chosen to decide the contest be-
tween the boys and girls are Colonel
Charles r. Greenleaf, Rev. George B.
Hatch and Attorney w. H. Waste.
Brutalitylto Chinese.
BERKELEY, CAL, June 10.-The Rev.
George E. Swan, rector of st. Marks 8
Church, has called pubic attention to an
outrage perpetrated upon three Chinese
last Saturday night. II appears that sew
eral roughs attacked the celestials and
they had hard struggle for liberty, only
escaping amid a shower OF stones. There
was no apparent cause for the disgraceful
assault except malicious mischief.
THE outrage should receive the prompt
attention of our town authorities or, these
failing in their duty, of some of our citi-
zens," said the Rev. Mr.. Swan.
1.-The feelings of common humanity
should prompt US to resent this injury to
unoffending men, but if this motive Is OBJ
scured then the preservation of the peace
and safety of our community and its good
name should move US to prompt action.
"If this outrage Is to be allowed to
escape punishment others, and perhaps OF
different character, may soon follow, for
nothing grows more quickly than wrong
and evil. The fact that such public out
rage can occur unpunished at the seat of
Californias culture and learning will not
commend US to the rest OF California or to
the country at large"
Marshal LLOYD and his deputies are
working upon the case, but there is no
clew to the perpetrators OF the outrage and
little chance of capture.
Annual Report of Professor Hilgard.
BERKELEY, CAL, June 10.-The an
nual report for 1896 of the agricultural de-
partment of the university has been pub
lished by the State Printer and is ready
for distribution.
1t is a large book of nearly 500 pages,
literally illustrated and containing elab-
crate reports of the work done by the
different branches of the department, to-
gether with many tables.
Much of the volume is devoted to &C.
counts of investigation of diseases OF fruits,
etc., and of the examination of different
soils.
In letter of transmittaI to President
Kellogg Professor Hilgard calls attention
to the increased attendance OF graduate
students in the lecture and laboratory
courses of his department, and expresses
the opinion that the overcrowding of the
professions of law, medicine and literature
will result in greater inclination on the
part of young men to engage in agricul-
ture. agriculture requires quite as much
DTaln WOTK anu 1nteIllBenCo as 10 Tue
other professions" saws the Professor.
Contrary to the policy defined and pur-
sued by many United States and European
stations, l hold that it is the first duty oil
our stations to minister to the pressing
needs of farmers on questions on which
their own experience and often existing
literature furnish them little or no infor-
nation.
Scientific investigation of such ques-
tons will almost invariably lead to the de.
velopment of new facts and principles,
which is one of the main objects for which
the stations were established"
Enterprising Student Editors.
BERKELEY, CAL. June 10.-The edi-
tors of Ola Podrida, a paper published by
students of the Berkeley High School,
have gotten up a 44-page edition in honor
of the graduation of the class of Sc.
In the special issue, which will appear
tomorrow, are six half-tone illustrations.
besides several other pictures. A portrait
of Principal Waterman is the frontispiece.
The other pictures are of the teachers of
the High School, group pictures of the
seventytwo graduates of '96, of the forty
four members of the debating society and
of the baseball and track teams.
Among the articles in The paper are the