The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11

by number of Berkeley's most promi-
nent citizens to discover why the town.
with its T., 900 inha bitants, cannot have bet
ter protection against fire than is afforded
by two or three hand hosecarts and an oc-
casional small hydrant.
New Chapters of Delta UpsiIon.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 9.-Two new
chapters of the Delta Upsilon college fra
ternity will be organized in San Francisco
next Friday evening, the local orders of
Omega Alpha at Berkeley and the Alpha
Upsilon at Stanford merging into the we'll
known National order. The installation
ceremonies attendant with the formation
of the new chapters will be performed by
United States Circuit Judge Sherman of
Chicago and Hon. Thornton B. Pentield,
secretary of the executive council OF the
National fraternity. They will come to
this coast for the special purpose of con-
Quoting the initiatory ceremonies. The
exercises will take place at the California
Hotel, after which a banquet will be held
at the same place. President David Starr
Jordan of Stanford Will act as POSTMASTER
at the banquet, and among the other
speakers will be DR.. Samuel B. Morse,
president of California College. East Oak
land; Principal J. B. McChesney of the
Oakland High School. and Professor A. f.
Lange of the English department. at the
State University
The Stanford chapter of Alpha Upsilon
numbers twenty men, while the Omega
Alpha of Berkeley mum bers twenty-three.
The Delta Epsilon fraternity is the only
open and non-secret Greek letter college
brotherhood in existence. 1t was founded
at Williams College in 1884, there are now
twenty-nlne live chapters OF the order
and II has between 150 and zoo mem bers on
the Pacific Coast.
Work of Town Trustees.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 10.-At the
meeting OF the Town Board last night the
License Committee recommended that a
saloon license be granted J. J. Higgins on
condition that he pay $100 back license
and $50 for quarter in advance, and that
Mrs. Higgins of Lorin be refused license,
her appli cation not being properly signed.
The recommendations were adopted. The
protests against the assessments for the
macadamizing of Alcatraz avenue were
overruled and Wednesday night was set as
time for hearing tn e. protests against the
opening Of Wheeler street. The ordinan nee
creating the office of food inspector was
passed and the salary was fixed at $25 per
month. DR.. II. N. Rowell, the Health
Officer, was appointed to fill the position.
The question of the petition for the call
ing of a special election to raise $4,000 for
school bonds by direct tax was consid-
cred by the board. They decided to take no
action regarding the matter until after
April d. when school district election is
to be held. The petition asking for the
special election bears 312 signatures.
Freshman sophomore Field Day.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 1O.-The
freshman-sophomor field day sports will
take place next Saturday afternoon on the
university cinder path. The entry-list
n ahn f1ua fu
the board. Captain Merwin of the Varsity
track team stated to-day that he had ex-
pected Lloyd '99 to break the present U. G.
record of 90 feet Ii inches for the shot-put
Dorm '98 to break the U. c. hammer record
of 123 feet 10 inches, and Lloyd to break
the pole-vault record of 10 feet inches.
Dorm and Lloyd have been surprising the
records in their specialties in practice
almost daily for the past week. Dorm has
thrown the hammer 135 feet, Lloyd put the
snot 42 feet and vaulted over 10 feet several
times lately.
Flower Show Coming.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 9.-The
Woman's Auxiliary of the local Unitarian
Society has decided to repeat the flower
show given last season in Stiles Hall under
the direction of the church.
The show last spring was under the
management of Mrs. r. w. Brehm. This
year eXnlDlC Will De In Cnarge OF Mrs. u.
Wattles. The show last year was great
success, both from an artistic point of
view and financially. and it is expected
that this years exhibit will be quite as
good. Berkeleyans are proud of the posi-
bilities the town possesses in the way of
floral exhibits, and there will be a very
general cooperation to make the coming
display thoroughly representative one.
Will Visit the Presidio.
BERKELEY, CAL, March 10. The
senior class of the university will visit the
Preside tomorrow morning for the pur-
pose of witnessing the new dynamite guns
and mortars in operation. Lieutenant
Frank l.. Winn of the department of mill
tary science at the State University Will
escort the visitors about the grounds of
the reservation. Those of the College of
Mechanics will be taken by their in
structors to the Union Iron Works in the
afternoon.
'97's Blue and Gold.
BERKELEY, CAL, March TO- The
editor and manager of '97s Blue and Gold
expect that the book will appear on the
last drill DAY of this term, April %.