Evening star., 1896-09-19
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
GEORGETOWN Upiyersfty,


coming year has been chosen. 1t consists
Of Francis X. Delany, '97, as editor-in-
chief; associate editors. ]. Ashton Dever-
eux, '9; John Mulvihill, '9G; Edward J.
Brady, '97; Neil NJ. Sculy, '97; Thomas N.
Pierce, '9S; Livingstone j. Cullen, 90, and
Grafton l.. McGill 80; exchange editor,
John Joseph Gallagher, '9S; athletic editor,
Joseph P. Monaghan; business manager,
Edward NJ. Shea. and assistant managers,
John H. McAleer, '9S, and O. Perry johns
son.
The 'varsity's field and track are in first
class order for the teams and though
nothing has been done as yet about the
formation of the teams it is thought that
most OF last years men viii hold the same
positions.
All the entrance examinations are COM
plete, and on Monday the undergraduate
school will begin its regular work.
The medical school will begin work Oc-
tober !, though the opening takes place
the 18th instant The graduate school
begins October l at 10 o'clock am, and
the first term Of the law school begins
October l at $3.50 pm.
The university has decided to open de-
partment Of music. which is to be inauSu-
rated under the direction of Anton GloetZ-
ner, Mus Doc. The program for the first
year consists of courses in harmony and
counterpoiht, and prerequisite for class
membership is an acquaintance with some
instrument-piano. organ or violin.
Catholic CniHersfty.
Everything is now in readiness for the
opening of Caldwell Hail. which takes
place Wednesday, though the regular ses-
sion of the divinity school does not begin
until the following Tuesday, as the first
days of the new year are always spent in
a spiritual retreat to be given this year
by Bishop Curtis of Wilmington Del.
The session of the school of philosophy
departments of philosophy, letters math-
ematics, physics, chemistry and Biology
and the Institute of Technology begins
October l, and October the session opens
OF the school of social sciences depart
ments of sociology, economics, political
science and law.
Or. Edward Green has returned to the
university. The doctor has spent the sum-
mer in field work in Wyoming, Nevada
colorado and California, and has collected
number of plants, which he is now en-
gagged in cataloguing for his herbarium.
GnlInudet College.
| College work began on Thursday at Gal
| laudet College for deaf mutes at Kendall
| Green, with an attendance of about 100
| students, including four Normal students,
| graduates of colleges in Colorado, Illinois,
Mississippi and the District of Columbia,
| who will spend a year at Kendall Green
| preparing to be teachers of the deaf
1t may surprise some to know that the
| deaf collegians have yell" which they
| give with spirit on suitable occasions. But
| with the speech they are acquiring comes
| a desire to use the same, and so they yell
| as other college boys do.
| 1t is understood that fine football team
| will enter the lists with neighboring COL
| leges for the laurels of the field the COM
| ing season.
| The opening Sabbath session for the year
| will be at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
| when Prof. Chickering will preach orally,
| his sermon being interpreted into the Ian
| guage of signs by President Gallaudet.
| Columbian University.
| DR.. Lee Davis Lodge, who has been
| spending the summer travelling abroad, has
returned. The object of the doctors trip
| was to consult eminent authorities on in
| ternattonal law, to which chair he has been
ton he collected number of books for the
use of his students this year.
Columbian was well represented at the
recent meeting held In Buffalo of the
| American association for the Advancement
| of Science; DR.. Howard D. Hodgkins, be.
| sides being member of the nominating
| committee in the mathematical ection was
| elected a fellow of the society. Dr. Gill en-.
tered upon his duties as vice president OF
the section of zoology, and DIR. Fireman
read an interesting paper.
Dr. Pollard, who has been STUDYING
abroad for the past few months, preparing
for the chair of English, returned to the
university the first part of the week
President Whitman has returned from
his summer home at Cottage City. and :,
to be found in his office at the uniyersit,
every day at l o'clock.