Evening star., 1896-12-05
UNIV ERSITY NOTES.
ColuAbian University.

crssed and routine business transacted.
A class in lettering in the department Of
mechanics and engineering Is being formed
by Ernest L. Thurston.
President Whitman went to the Carolinas
Thursday. He will deliver addresses at
Charleston. 8. c., and Greenvflle and Ra
leigh. N. c., and return early next week.
Mr. Robert H. Martin. secretary and
treasurer. is at Hamilton. Va, on account
of sickness in his family.
Prof. Louis Amateis. head Of the depart
ment Of fine arts applied to architecture in
the Corcoran Scientific School, has been
awarded the contract for the $50 900 allie
gorical statue of Lepas to be erected i'm
Galveston, Texas. He has been granted a
years leave of absence and will go to Italy
where the work will be done. Mr.. Theodore
Friebus has been appointed acting profess
SCR of the department in the absence of
Prof. Amateis.
Felix Freyhold, c. E.. has been appointed
acting professor of civil engineering in the
school of graduate studies. vice Prof. f.
A. Fava, de ceased.
Prof. Lee Davis Lodge has completed his
course of ten lectures on Free Trade and
Protection" before the classes in political
philosophy.
Dean Munroe has commenced a course of
lectures to the students in chemistry and
er sineering the Corcoran Scientific
School on The Metallurgy of Iron and
Steel"
The work Of preparing the catalogue for
ieeb-9! has beer begun. and it is hoped to
have II published at an earlier date than
heretofore.
The class Of '97 Of the Corcoran Scientific
School at their last meeting adopted a class
ring. 1t is gold signet ring, having the
seal OF the university and the class mono
gram.
In the Society for Philosophical Inquiry
Tuesday afternoon Prof Lee Davis Lodge
delivered an address on THE Philosophy Of
International Law"
Georgetown University.
Rev. Fathers William j. Ennis, 8. J.. and
Henry Y. Shandell, S. J.. attended the tenth
annual convention of the Association of
Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the
Middle States and Maryland at the Cniver-
sity OF Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Friday
| and Saturday of last week
Il. j. Wefers. the sprinter. has gone home
on account Of sickness.
Father j. Havens Richards has been in
New York city the past week
In the fnterclass foot ball games as beat
g3 last Saturday so. and Wednesday '97
defeated 9S 6-i; this places 81 at the head
of the class teams
The subject Of the first paper to be writ
ten in the course of ethics is END and
Means Mans Destiny and Moral Char
acter.' and will be presented December 16.
few days ago the curator of the Cole
man Museum received a polar bear skin
from the Rev. Francis Barnum. s. j. the
Alaskan missioner. Peculiar interest is at
ldcHeu 10 IL from Inc TACT that ArchDlShOD
Seghers. the founder of the Alaskan mis-
sion, was lying upon 1t at the time of his
assassination by a treacherous attendant.
The chairman of the Law School Debat-
ing Society committee on Intercollegiate de-
bate. r. T. Merrick. reported at the last
meeting that he had corresponGed with the
universities Of Virginia and Maryland. and
with Columbia of New York. with which
latter he expected to soon complete ar
rangements for a series Of debates.
The Philodemic Society last night elect
ed Maher Of Maine. Fox of Ohio, and Cur
ley OF Delaware as the contestants in the
Merrick medal debate. to be held on the
9th OF February.
The committee of the faculty appointed
to arrange the details Of the new course
leading to the degree OF doctor Of civil law
have about completed their work. and will
soon announce the result. The committee
| consists of ]. Havens Richards. George E.
Hamilton and J. J. Darlington.
Catholic University.
A course In Latin comedy will be begun
by DR.. Boiling, commencing Immediately
| after the holidays
Wednesday afternoon a seminar was or
| ganized by Mr.. Nell for the purpose of ad-
! vanced study IN money and banking and
| the monetary system of the United States.
The report of the committee on classifi-
| cation and obligation of students was sub
| mitted to the senate at its last session and
| was ordered printed.
Conception will be celebrated. solemn
| high mass will be held, and at its conclu
sion the degree of bachelor of social science
| will be conferi ed on W. T. Jackson. A. b.
Examinations in elementary law, under
| Professor Robinson. Will be held the COM
| ing week.
There has been placed on the shelves Of
| the general library in Mcmahon hall the
collection of 600 volumes recently do
mated by Mgr. Mcmahon. This collection
embraces many rare and costly books and
forms valuable addition to the library.
The road race OF the cycle club, which
| was to have taken place last Saturday, was
declared off on account of the weather.
National University.
| The first case to be argued in the moot
| court is on the calendar for tonight 1t is
the intention Of Judge Raiston, On account
of the size Of the postgraduate class. to
| entirely dispose of one case at each session
OF the court.
| Mr. w. L. Lowe, the retiring president of
| the postgraduate class. has been obliged
to return to his home in Texas, on account
| Of bad health.
| The mid-.erm examination of the senior
| class on the subjects of pleading and evil
dence will be held about the middle of jan
uary.
| There has been a meeting OF the post
| graduate class for the purpose OF arrapg-
ing for the annual Christmas banquet The
| president appointed the following commit
1
| johnson. B. F. Roodhouse; auditing, New
| man, Churchill, Randall; banquet, O'Fer-
| rail-. Driggs Briggs.
| At a meeting Of the Junior class held
| Tuesday evening. 1t was decided that the
! class would not form a special debating
| society, but would take an active part in
| the debates Of the University Debating So
| ciety.
| Judge Gcode will shortly commence his
| lectures on criminal law. He will be fol-
lowed by Prof. Schouler. who will lecture
| on bailments and domestic relations.
| The annual banquet Of the Alumni Asso-
| citation win be held at Freund's Hall Tues
| day evening" December Is.
| E. d. Carusi. secretary Of the law de-
| partment. has resumed his duties afer an
| absence of a month, occasloned by sickness.
There will be a meeting of the senior
| class Monday evening to arrang. for their
| annual banquet
| The senior class Of the medical and den-
| tai department elected w. l.. AuShnbaush
president. E. B. Wall vice president. I. G.
| Mcconnell secretary, b. F. Larcombc tire as
| urer, ]. r. Moore sergeant-at-arms and J.
| L. Norris class reporter. committee OF
| three was appointed to revise the constitu-
| ton. 1t was decided not to elect the vale
| d;ctorian until after the Christmas holi-
| days.
| Howard University.
The following is the program for the sa-
! cred song service in Miner Hall tomorrow
| n % o'c